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Mmk, so I got thoroughly sick Thursday night. We did an extra show for
victims of the hurricane and although I managed to not get sick from my
mom, sister, or anyone else in my house that was sick... I did manage
to get sick from the 80% of the West Side Story cast that was sick.
Except I got it worse. I won't describe how Thursday night went because
it's pretty sickening, but I can at least say that I didn't get any
sleep. Anyways, I was still bad last night, so my energy was down for
the show... but I'm better now... sorta. You can tell I'm still getting
over it because I'm sub-eloquent.
Nevertheless, I'm ready for my next movie review:
Although it may look like a cheesy, men-only kinda action movie that might go alongside such movies that star Jean-Claude Van Damme or Steven Seagal, In the Heat of the Night is definitely not something to dismiss right away. In fact it is nothing like any action movie, and it is rated, currently, at #241 in imdb's top 250. Sidney Poitier, one of my favorite actors, got a wonderful chance in this edgy crime drama to show his stuff. The premise: a murder has been comitted in a small racist town in southern Mississippi. An African-American man by the name of Virgil Tibbs (played by Poitier) gets dragged in as a suspect. Soon they find out that he is a homicide detective from up North. After a call to his police chief, Poitier must stay in this hostile territory, where just walking around town might get him killed, and try to solve the murder. Starring alongside him, Poitier has Rod Steiger, the famous method actor who tends toward dramatic roles (and, incidentally, played Jud in the movie version of Oklahoma!). Steiger plays the police chief of the town who starts the dialogue that made this movie famous: "Virgil? That's a funny name for a black boy! Whad'they call you up North, boy?" "They call me mister Tibbs!" Recommended.
Anyways, I hope your weekend is going well. Mine is getting better. How was homecoming?
Nevertheless, I'm ready for my next movie review:
Although it may look like a cheesy, men-only kinda action movie that might go alongside such movies that star Jean-Claude Van Damme or Steven Seagal, In the Heat of the Night is definitely not something to dismiss right away. In fact it is nothing like any action movie, and it is rated, currently, at #241 in imdb's top 250. Sidney Poitier, one of my favorite actors, got a wonderful chance in this edgy crime drama to show his stuff. The premise: a murder has been comitted in a small racist town in southern Mississippi. An African-American man by the name of Virgil Tibbs (played by Poitier) gets dragged in as a suspect. Soon they find out that he is a homicide detective from up North. After a call to his police chief, Poitier must stay in this hostile territory, where just walking around town might get him killed, and try to solve the murder. Starring alongside him, Poitier has Rod Steiger, the famous method actor who tends toward dramatic roles (and, incidentally, played Jud in the movie version of Oklahoma!). Steiger plays the police chief of the town who starts the dialogue that made this movie famous: "Virgil? That's a funny name for a black boy! Whad'they call you up North, boy?" "They call me mister Tibbs!" Recommended.
Anyways, I hope your weekend is going well. Mine is getting better. How was homecoming?