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Comment on Manic Pixie Dream Girls by John Young

John Young — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:10:55 +0000

Wild Thing, together with the Rumple Minze Polar-Bear chick, were important (but totally incorrect) signifiers about what adult life was going to be like. You LIED to me, Hollywood MPDGs.

Forget madonna/whore, I think there’s another duality at work here. Is the MPDG just one side of it, or is it both at the same time, I wonder?

Comment on Ethnic stereotypes: They’re all true! by gadny.com/blog | The Sound of One Hamster Clapping

gadny.com/blog | The Sound of One Hamster Clapping — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:15:31 +0000

[…] friend Jessica over at MARKSBURY has been sick, but she still had the energy to post about the unbelievably thorough Cliffs Notes to […]

Comment on Before you die you see the dated satire by BWA

BWA — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:01:23 +0000

My only quibble with this otherwise excellent essay is that Wilford Brimley always struck me as a sinister bad-ass, rather than the grandfatherly type. I think it was a combination of that Tom Cruise movie about all the evil lawyers, and the episode of Seinfeld where he plays the Postmaster General.

Comment on Before you die you see the dated satire by John

John — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:22:46 +0000

Welcome back Marksbury, thank god you have once again turned my Bloglines subscription link for you bold.

As someone whose daily day-job rounds include contact with tabloid mag editors, and who is privy to the world behind the world, I can tell you that… well, no. There’s nothing I can tell you. Except that THEY KNOW. THEY ALL KNOW. I don’t know why the don’t SAY, but they all KNOW.

Comment on Do it big, do it right, give it class! by John Young

John Young — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:35:13 +0000

“porcine old men in ascots and softly-lit old women with big hair and barbituated purrs.” Oh, man, this is SOOOO good.

My first job out of college was tutoring young Broadway actors: spending time backstage, I got introduced late (and unknowingly) to some of the Gods of Drama Fagdom, and ended up watching “That’s Entertainment!” 1, 2, and 3 as a primer on what I was seeing. Which was like getting both barrels of Fabulous straight in the face. I hope you don’t mind me adding some of my own observations:

1) When writing about the decline of civilization, folks usually try to compare the Roman bread-and-circus spectacles to something edgy and morally ambiguous, like heavy metal or Jerry Springer. But it’s the musicals of the MGM era that best correlate to the Roman mixture of enormous spectacle and cultural imperialism. Hell, plus in the musicals half the time they’re actually oiled up and wearing togas, so there’s that.

2) You see Debbie Reynolds as “adorable”, but her early dance numbers strike me as “carnivorous.” Seriously, look at her staring directly at the camera while she slams through her numbers — you know where you see that in films nowadays? Porno, that’s where. With that intense stare and that wide, rapacious grin, she’s projecting about a hundred thousand kilowatts of sexual energy through the screen — but it’s clear that after she’s had her way with you, she’s gonna pull off your head and eat you. Sheesh, no wonder she’s a gay icon!

Comment on Stuffing: corn mash con saucisson by Dan’s Blog » Polenta with Sausage Stuffing, Take 1

Dan’s Blog » Polenta with Sausage Stuffing, Take 1 — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 03:57:42 +0000

[…] There were some problems with the recipe. Most importantly, the recipe didn’t allow for enough time for the polenta to cool, so it was more like a casserole than a stuffing. And a somewhat bland casserole, as Jessica points out. […]

Comment on Stuffing: corn mash con saucisson by Darcy Roake

Darcy Roake — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:38:43 +0000

I have never been able to watch an entire episode of the show for some reason. I tried to watch that one with Corbin Bernsen because it happened to be on but I wasn’t feeling it. I will give it another try as I now feel that I’m caught up on a few issues, thanks to you. I also like, according to you, that the writers of the show do their research into actual knowledge. That ridiculous show Numb3nfknks (or however it’s spelled) bothers me because the man is supposed to be a math genius solving crimes and from what I’ve seen none of the writers actually know anything about advanced math. Not that I know anything about advanced math. But I digress, remember when you told me about the time that D’Onofrio fainted when Bush was re-elected and then I read some bizarre thing about him tying watching porn in his trailer to civil liberties. Perhaps he is the actor version of the character he is playing as a cop. A sort of meta-genius thing within ones respective sphere.

Comment on Stuffing: corn mash con saucisson by J. Michael

J. Michael — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:04:30 +0000

Great job on the Polenta. But aren’t you tipping your hand as to the creative verve that feeds your joint genius? Love you.

I was thinking about you most of the day, because i heard the Loggins and Messina song Vahivala and pictured every detail of your fabulous dance just before we left for Washington DC in ‘82. Love you.

Comment on Stuffing: corn mash con saucisson by Dan Check

Dan Check — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:43:48 +0000

My favorite L&O: CI episode has got to be “The Saint”, with Stephen Colbert. Colbert plays a devout Christian who lives with a potlatch-y mother who gives away everything to the Church, including his childhood bicycle and his other toys. Colbert revenges himself by forging documents, selling them to the church, and then murdering people. Even at the end of the episode, his mother does not understand his behavior.

I’m sure Carver decided that he couldn’t prosecute that one without a confession, either.