(Did they change the character limit? I could swear I got away with posting essays in other luckless people's journals for years . . .)
I'm with you on Dame Helen, though...she makes anything better.
I am looking forward very much to her Tempest, although I maintain it was totally unnecessary to change the genders.
You think it's going to be a complete rip-off of something like Michael Douglas's Falling Down, where a buttoned-down dude snaps for Big Life-Altering Socio-Economic Reasons! and starts shooting people, except with differently-flavored racism.
I just want to point out: that is an awesome sentence.
A guy who, on some level, knows he's done wrong, but is too invested in his own image as "a nice guy" (and the privilege that mask affords him) to risk doing anything about it.
Right: it's on the list.
On the Matt-and-Ben tip, meanwhile, have you seen their merciless skewering of their own public personae in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back?
I have not! My familiarity with Kevin Smith is limited entirely to Dogma and the clips from Jersey Girl that appeared in This Film Is Not Yet Rated. Look, I'm very good with pop culture from several centuries ago . . .
Also: They Made Me A Fugitive sounds great. I'll look it up in my Noir histories, see what pops.;)
If you see it before I get the chance (wedding, chaos, etc.), I demand a full review!
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I'm with you on Dame Helen, though...she makes anything better.
I am looking forward very much to her Tempest, although I maintain it was totally unnecessary to change the genders.
You think it's going to be a complete rip-off of something like Michael Douglas's Falling Down, where a buttoned-down dude snaps for Big Life-Altering Socio-Economic Reasons! and starts shooting people, except with differently-flavored racism.
I just want to point out: that is an awesome sentence.
A guy who, on some level, knows he's done wrong, but is too invested in his own image as "a nice guy" (and the privilege that mask affords him) to risk doing anything about it.
Right: it's on the list.
On the Matt-and-Ben tip, meanwhile, have you seen their merciless skewering of their own public personae in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back?
I have not! My familiarity with Kevin Smith is limited entirely to Dogma and the clips from Jersey Girl that appeared in This Film Is Not Yet Rated. Look, I'm very good with pop culture from several centuries ago . . .
Also: They Made Me A Fugitive sounds great. I'll look it up in my Noir histories, see what pops.;)
If you see it before I get the chance (wedding, chaos, etc.), I demand a full review!