Not At Home

Aug 15, 2016 14:21

I'm writing this from the downtown branch of the Providence Public Library where I'm going to try and work today, seeing as how it's been almost a week since I've been able to work at home, thanks to the heat. I cannot afford to continue losing days, especially considering I was at least two months behind when this fiasco began. But I have no idea ( Read more... )

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setsuled August 15 2016, 20:36:06 UTC
Note that Kristen Wiig sued to get her screenwriting credit removed from the film; smart woman.

Wow, I didn't know that. I could tell there were a lot of cooks in the kitchen, as with nearly all movies made to be blockbusters in the past five years. Moments like where Leslie Jones acted like the bright blue glowing guy looked like a normal person who wandered onto the tracks made it pretty clear that completely different people were handling different stages of production.

They were simultaneously low brow and high brow.

On a side note, that's how a lot of reviews are describing Sausage Fest. I kind of want to see that.

Ghostbusters (1984) was speaking from the madcap schizophrenia of the Marx Brothers

I remember Siskel and Ebert comparing Bill Murray to Groucho Marx in their review of Stripes.

It thinks that it's funny to hear grown women say "poop." Just because.

It seemed like gross out humour for thirteen year olds.

Oh, and that whole nonsense with casting Chris Hemsworth as a dumb male secretary? I see how it was an ( ... )

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Who's on first. ext_3273398 August 15 2016, 21:01:21 UTC
As kid, I loved watching late night television. "You Bet Your Life" with Groucho Marx, George Burns, and all the rest. It was the un-reality of it. It was like tuning in a different dimension.

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