This Is the Diary of a Crazy Person

[mrdankelly]

Colonel Gentleman's List of Five Cheap Literary/Historical/Filmic References/Homages mrdankelly Wants to See Banned from Use by Lazy Directors, Writers, Comic Book Creators, and so on for All Eternity

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Alice in Wonderland3. Christ references, especially positioning a character in a cruciform pose when he is "suffering" for someone or

Comments

[rjwhite]

Suspicion

[mrdankelly]

Oh damn, you're right. I'll fix it.

Isn't Grant poisoning Ingrid Bergman in Notorious too? It's been a while since I saw them both.

[rjwhite]

I think it's mama's boy Claude Rains and his Nazi gang.

[mrdankelly]

Ah! Thank you, Jeeves!

[buscemi]

I'm guessing #3 includes any reference to the Lord's Prayer. Enough with the valley of the shadow of death already. ;)

[mrdankelly]

Now it's my turn to be Mr. Big Brain! You're confusing the Lord's Prayer with Psalm 23.

[txtriffidranch]

May I suggest any rendition of the Odessa Steps sequence from Battleship Potemkin as #6? Particularly by nits who never saw the original, but thought it was cool in The Untouchables?