tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post7546271214349707771..comments2024-02-29T03:29:52.934-05:00Comments on A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago: Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-62017238447212806582012-05-22T17:31:39.031-04:002012-05-22T17:31:39.031-04:00I first saw Rent in 1996 and Maureen's show wa...I first saw Rent in 1996 and Maureen's show was definitely played for laughs then, which I thought was great at the time since the performance had already struck me as absurd on the cast album.<br /><br />And I don't think the musical implies that "Your Eyes" is any good; Mark's entire evolution is about how he can't write a song expressing his feelings, and in the end it's pretty transparently portrayed as a means to the end of expressing his love rather than any sort of grand artistic achievement.Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-58133406463334279952012-05-22T13:32:34.133-04:002012-05-22T13:32:34.133-04:00I love the movie "Kissing Jessica Stein,"...I love the movie "Kissing Jessica Stein," but I never thought the one full example we see of Jessica's art (on the wall in her mother's dining room) really lived up to the idea that everyone had of her as a very talented artist. Or maybe it just wasn't my thing.Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-60584316997900262682012-05-22T11:20:14.157-04:002012-05-22T11:20:14.157-04:00"Wouldn't a solid gold fiddle weigh hundr..."Wouldn't a solid gold fiddle weigh hundreds of pounds and sound crummy?"<br /><br />"Well, it's mostly for show."Duvallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-6466982107939945792012-05-22T10:21:54.065-04:002012-05-22T10:21:54.065-04:00Who wants a gold fiddle?Who wants a gold fiddle?Bennernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-22142703607570938112012-05-21T22:59:27.084-04:002012-05-21T22:59:27.084-04:00This scene sends my fiancee into painful giggles. ...This scene sends my fiancee into painful giggles. He cannot stop laughing. It just cracks him up so much it cracks me up.Heather Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-38175243428474991972012-05-21T22:55:12.834-04:002012-05-21T22:55:12.834-04:00I just saw the David Cromer directed version of it...I just saw the David Cromer directed version of it at ATC here in Chicago. It was much grittier, and you remembered oh yeah these kids are squatters, but whoa did the flaws and age of that show flare up badly.<br /><br />Although the Angel couldn't sing very well and wasn't the kind of dancer you would expect him to be, but he was the best part of the show in a ways I cannot explain (ballsy, real, emotional).Heather Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-38005037104669952302012-05-21T22:03:04.503-04:002012-05-21T22:03:04.503-04:00I was going to make the Devil argument but I wasn&...I was going to make the Devil argument but I wasn't sure if songs were in bounds for discussion.<br /><br />IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE: The Devil Went Down to Georgia is not worth listening to if it's the bowdlerized "Son of a gun" version. "Son of a bitch" scans better and has more bite.Wattsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-87076683385382822922012-05-21T21:38:42.497-04:002012-05-21T21:38:42.497-04:00I think it's the murinal that wins the prize h...I think it's the murinal that wins the prize here. It's a great idea for a government art piece. smmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-38948737319954649662012-05-21T20:40:42.622-04:002012-05-21T20:40:42.622-04:00The folks at McSweeney's agree with you about ...The folks at McSweeney's agree with you about Charlie Daniels (<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/thirty-nine-questions-for-charlie-daniels-upon-hearing-the-devil-went-down-to-georgia-for-the-first-time-in-25-years" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/thirty-nine-questions-for-charlie-daniels-upon-hearing-the-devil-went-down-to-georgia-for-the-first-time-in-25-years</a>)Fred Appnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-88813713294593478182012-05-21T20:33:14.692-04:002012-05-21T20:33:14.692-04:00Getting it right? The Jeff Bridges songs in Crazy ...Getting it right? The Jeff Bridges songs in Crazy Heart. "<span><span>Funny how falling feels like flying, for a little while</span>." Love that line.<span></span></span>Tosy and Coshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-9301523904121796332012-05-21T20:12:09.689-04:002012-05-21T20:12:09.689-04:00For getting it right, there's Chris Stevens...For getting it right, there's Chris Stevens' art on <b>Northern Exposure</b>. From the piano flinging to the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpykA5WDgr8" rel="nofollow">Northern Lights sculpture</a>, his works were always interesting and almost always successful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-16509761417558234132012-05-21T20:08:17.474-04:002012-05-21T20:08:17.474-04:00Satan demands a recount: In The Devil Went Down to...Satan demands a recount: In <b>The Devil Went Down to Georgia</b> I prefer the devil's fiddle playing. Also though the devil kicked the karate kid's ass in <b>Crossroads</b>.<br /><br />In <b>Bandslam</b>, Vanessa Hudgens made the band worse.bill.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-91534534484316974522012-05-21T19:54:15.200-04:002012-05-21T19:54:15.200-04:00Did someone say a complaint aboiut the chocolate c...Did someone say a complaint aboiut the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150839808456492&set=a.121714781491.102751.31642771491&type=3&theater" rel="nofollow">chocolate chips</a>!Joseph J. Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-71826396907010888052012-05-21T19:05:51.520-04:002012-05-21T19:05:51.520-04:00There have actually been one or two sketches that ...There have actually been one or two sketches that I thought were about as good as anything SNL has done lately. "Your Daughter's Closet" comes to mind.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BEXF9hD4GfI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/v/BEXF9hD4GfI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="170" height="140</a>Eric J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-12014295968195243562012-05-21T19:01:31.296-04:002012-05-21T19:01:31.296-04:00Nick Nolte's painting in "New York Storie...Nick Nolte's painting in "New York Stories."Eric J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-868357788570958892012-05-21T18:13:32.093-04:002012-05-21T18:13:32.093-04:00Love Handel from Phineas and Ferb are worthly of t...Love Handel from Phineas and Ferb are worthly of their 80's one-hit-wonder status.Lou Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-2717959032915750072012-05-21T17:29:29.235-04:002012-05-21T17:29:29.235-04:00And Roman's terrible screenplay is appropriate...And Roman's terrible screenplay is appropriately and legitimately terrible. Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-9731865287662207962012-05-21T16:47:14.120-04:002012-05-21T16:47:14.120-04:00Oh, also: Adam Scott's character's acting...Oh, also: Adam Scott's character's acting on Party Down. In the episode with Steve Guttenberg, when they are doing Roman's terrible screenplay, he is legitimately terrific. isaac_spacemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-76187744452353435862012-05-21T16:42:32.585-04:002012-05-21T16:42:32.585-04:00I'll add a layer to this. Level 1: Actual wo...I'll add a layer to this. Level 1: Actual work builds up fictional work as something great (it's terrible). Level 2: Actual work builds up fictional work as something terrible (it is). Level 3: Characters in actual work build up fictional work as something great, but actual work is kind of making fun of the characters, so the actual work is building up fictional work as something terrible (it is). My Level 3 examples: the acting scenes in Boogie Nights. isaac_spacemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-82893296604816434052012-05-21T16:37:11.916-04:002012-05-21T16:37:11.916-04:00Sorkin was awful at sketch comedy, but the politic...Sorkin was awful at sketch comedy, but the political speeches by the communications team on TWW were as good as advertised. <br /><br />Spinal Tap were exactly what they were supposed to be -- they were ridiculous and over-the-top, but you could hear why people would love them, and it was believable that they were a once-huge band whose bubble had popped. <br /><br />Jerry's painting of Leslie on P&R also was perfect for what it was. It was amazing for a low-level government employee, in a naive art kind of way. It was actually similar to a lot of LA self-conscious kitsch art, the kind of stuff you'd see in a low-end Silver Lake gallery, though obviously Jerry wasn't being sarcastic with what he was painting. It was way better than the supposedly moving BS that Tom bought from an art student in Season 2 when they were doing the mural competition. isaac_spacemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-5700606961503074352012-05-21T15:19:59.835-04:002012-05-21T15:19:59.835-04:00I vote Dolphin Girl for the least funny skit.I vote Dolphin Girl for the least funny skit.Genevievenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-85102697838649456882012-05-21T15:06:58.941-04:002012-05-21T15:06:58.941-04:00Oh, and intentionally terrible both times, but as ...Oh, and intentionally terrible both times, but as a little innocent lamb, I remember feeling slightly let down by Douglas Adams' Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, and then years later, after I had gotten more into the joke, still somehow much more let down but in the same way<span></span> by God's Final Message to His Creation.<br /><br />Even later than that I got to hear Adams talk about a movie studio who bought the rights but wanted him to change the Answer to something like "love" - he said it was as they had bought a tub of chocolate chip ice cream and were coming back to complain about all the little black bits. So at least I know that at age 8 or so I had achieved around the same maturity as your average high-powered Hollywood exec.sconstantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-66951871192021005632012-05-21T14:58:56.459-04:002012-05-21T14:58:56.459-04:00And, as someone named Watts, you have a stake in t...And, as someone named Watts, you have a stake in that fight!Russnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-38163734714934533882012-05-21T14:57:38.337-04:002012-05-21T14:57:38.337-04:0090210 Ray Pruit's music? 90210 Ray Pruit's music? sconstantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-42658516118755782982012-05-21T14:46:37.765-04:002012-05-21T14:46:37.765-04:00"Man Of Constant Sorrow" in "O Brot..."Man Of Constant Sorrow" in "O Brother" would definitely turn an unknown band into a music sensation.CWnoreply@blogger.com