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Friday, August 17th, 2007
7:45 pm	Fear, Loathing and My Search for Irreverence I've gotten to the point where I am one of those people who can't stand watching DVD extras. Oh sure some of the trivia is mildly interesting on ocassion. There may be a rare clip or two that merits a peek. But I'll be damned if DVD extras aren't destroying film history and opinion.  Because everything is "great" in a DVD extra. No one has any bad things to say about anyone. There are no details about director's breaking down. Stars sleeping with each other. Impossible behavior. These are the details film mavens poured over in meticulously researched film books for decades. Of course those books weren't authorized by the film company while DVD extras ARE- so everything was "great" making this "great" picture now and the views expressed are not necessarily those of Twentieth Century Fox or it's parent company. Imagine if say Herzog's "Fitzcaraldo" were made today and released on DVD? The filming would have gone smoothly and Herzog and Klaus Kinski would have been swell pals who really enjoyed working together! Boring! The corporation has swallowed film history. Where is the irreverence? Don't people want to know the real dirt anymore? I'm a book buyer in a store in New York City and I was looking at a comics catalog- we don't sell comics but as a part-time cartoonist myself I like to see what's new. Typically it is filled with remakes and reboots of long established franchises, "tributes" to dead cartoonists and their work and untold media tie-ins. I'm not going to knock the cartoonists, I know a few and they work hard and do lovely work. But where is the irreverence? When Walt Kelly left Walt Disney (after striking in a labor dispute), rather than do a "tribute" to Walt's "greatness", he created the brilliant "Pogo" which subverted everything that Disney held dear. While Mickey and Friends were Republican and apolitical (ah the banality of evil), Pogo and his crew were anti-McCarthy and attacked organized religion!  A decade later Kelly and funny animal fan R.Crumb got his turn at bat. He didn't do a charming strip "in the spirit" of the great Walt Kelly or an "homage" to this "great" strip. Hell no! He created "Fritz the Cat" instead and pushed it all to the next level! While Kelly fought safe targets like corrupt politicians, Crumb's critters did drugs, dropped out and had orgies. Crumb's pigs were literal fascists. His "blackbirds" exposed the racism in American comics. Today's cartoonists for the most part are not going to try to outdo Crumb- even though they should- his work is sexist, often homophobic and ripe for satire. No they will just shelve him under "greatness" and collect his work instead. They don't want to be the NEW Will Eisner. They want to BE Will Eisner. They don't want to say that Eisner's work was racist and his depiction of women as madonna/whores was retrograde and reactionary. That would be political therefore PC and repugnant. Anything criticizing the corporation  is suspect and ruthlessly destroyed- no problem with irreverence there! In America today, satire is embodied by TV shows like "The Simpsons", "Saturday Night Live" and "South Park". The cartoons are superficially irreverent but in their desire to be equal opportunity offenders (for some insane reason the new American definition of "great" satire) they play it safe instead. "South Park" embodies the worst of contemporary libertarianism- "it's all good"- except for people who disagree with libertarianism. They are "pc" and bad! "The Simpsons" is ultimately a poster child for family values. Every other episode ends with a "let's stop thinking so hard and hug Homer" moment. Saturday Night Live was great in it's day but it's corporate water cooler time now- with no clear political or social agenda- it's satire is meaningless- it says nothing. You want to know what satire is? Satire is that 1970's Mad Magazine issue where they did "Star Trek: The Musical". After bashing Star Trek relentlessly for five pages, the cast got together and performed a tribute to capitalism! I'm reading "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". It's watershed baby. Hunter S. Thompson doesn't try to show "both sides" of his butt hole cops at a Las Vegas convention. He's not spouting the mindless "it's all good" mantra of libertarians and anti-depressant addicts.  He has a clear agenda. He has ideas. He thinks he is right and the other side is wrong and just plain scary.  I don't need to be told over and over and over again that free speech is great and every one has the right to their opinion. I want to read a SPECIFIC opinion. I want to read Thompson's. We need young turks. We need young turks on drugs! We need people who hate everything that's come before them. We need people who want to remake the universe and reinvent the wheel. Sure they can be misguided. Sure they can be irritating. But without their iconoclasm we are doomed to live in a world of remakes, rehashes and brainless uncritical "tributes"- all of which are "great" and all of which benefit the same old estates over and over and over again. Can't wait to see the DVD extras on that new Batman movie- not the last new Batman but the NEW new Batman!! They will be "great". Of THAT I am sure. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
2:40 pm	Al-Qaeda Number 2 Killed in Iraq TWICE That's right, U.S. media has reported twice that Al-Qeada number 2- Dr. Ayman Zawahari is dead- the last time was a year ago! http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/14782/_Al_Qaeda_Number_2_Killed_in_Iraq_Twice Note that another man dubbed  Iraqi Al-Qeada leader by the same US media- al-Zarqawi, has been said to have been killed THREE TIMES on THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. Is ANYONE paying attention? Corporate news is not news- it is blatant manipulation of the masses for the benefit of multi-national corporations. I used to check out CNN for headlines just to know what they were feeding the masses but lately it's not even worth it- we already know what the headline will be- more fires, more floods, more hurricanes and more killings of Dr. Ayman Zawahari. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, July 9th, 2007
3:04 pm	Everyone in America is Depressed It's so odd that we- the greatest of all nations now or ever, are also the unhappiest people in history. I wonder why? Despite the reality that clinical depression is actually quite rare, anti-depressants are the most prescribed drug in America! http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/09/antidepressants/index.html But Americans aren't really depressed- they are unhappy and there is a difference. Addicted to corporate media, when reality starts to seep into their hyper-kinetic overly conditioned minds,  they freak!  Americans have to be happy all the time now- every fracking minute must be filled with joy. If you aren't manically happy you are deemed "negative". You can't rise in the corrupt capitalist system with out being a psychotic gung-ho team player who asks no questions and delivers nothing but cheery obedience now can you? This is the land of "The Secret", of new age hokum and fundamentalist Jesus freaks. We are in  a panic to be at least perceived as happy. If we aren't happy, we will fail. We will be losers! And when an over-medicated society gets a president like we have now- what happens? NOTHING. This country is doped- it's ALL good as they say. Man this Iraq thing will shoot Zoloft sales sky high! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
12:57 am	The Atheism Thing is Over I've been hanging out at the Richard Dawkins chat-room lately but tonight I had to call it quits. The "open minded" "freethinkers" considered the benefits of eugenics tonight. They were discussing how great this country would be if dumb people didn't mate and considered the pros of mixing in black genes because "they" are so athletic. Another gay guy and myself argued against the fascists but we were alone, nearly twenty others said nothing.  Sound familiar? Atheists are willing to consider fascism as an option. Later on a member mentioned "just buttsex" and pushing the envelope my gay friend and I pretended we were at a restaurant ordering "just buttsex"- this was deemed by the moderator who tolerates the promotion of eugenics as censor-able. Gay sex jokes are bad- eugenics is worth a look see. I looked in the Dawkins groups section in their social feature- atheist myspace basically- there were no groups with the key words "socialism", "socialist", "left" or "progressive". This is a right wing movement. The critics are right- the new atheists are elitists who look down arrogantly at people who think differently then they do. They are insecure, cold, relentlessly left-brained, asocial, over-educated and angry star trek fans- in love with their own cleverness and amoral at best. What it comes down to is this- organized atheism is just as bad as organized religion and it has nothing to do with the beliefs- the reason why they are alike is because they are both groups for angry people and a frightening group think is the result. A true freethinker would never join an atheist organization to begin with. Believe what you like on your own. Lesson learned in the Twilight Zone. Having an open mind is great but when it is so open that it considers eugenics- it becomes a sewer. Some things are worth getting angry about. "The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. " Hannah Arendt (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 5th, 2007
9:28 pm	Bush "Anti-Protestor" Manual Discovered A lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union has uncovered a manual from the Bush Administration detailing its tactics for suppressing protests at presidential appearances. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two people from Colorado who were forcibly removed from a presidential "Town Hall Meeting" because their car had a bumper sticker that said, "No more blood for oil." They have obtained a copy of the "Presidential Advance Manual," which details tactics "to stop a demonstrator from getting into the event." A section titled "Preventing Demonstrators" advises event organizers to recruit local Republicans into "Rally Squads" whose "task is to use their signs and banners as shields between the demonstrators and the main press platform. If the demonstrators are yelling, rally squads can begin and lead supportive chants to drown out the protestors [sic] (USA! USA! USA!) As a last resort, security should remove the protestors from the event site." You can download it here: http://www.aclu.org/freespeech/protest/30265res20070628.html (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
3:22 pm	Americans Don't Think Bush is THAT Bad I am stunned this week. The release of "The Family Jewels" last week confirms every leftists worst nightmares about the CIA and the executive branch.  We now know officially that the current Bush administration bugs journalists phones. Bush pardoned Libby and you know he knew all along what was going on. The judge on the Libby case received death threats. The Supreme Court has been handing out fascist decision after decision and every court in the land is loaded with far right judges. And yet the average leftists idea of revolution this weekend is to see a screening of "Sicko". Whenever I bring up the idea of a general strike to remove Bush from office, they always nervously change the subject or say it's not worth the bother. When I remind them that he has a year and a half in office still and he will cause infinite damage in his final days- damage that this country will feel for 100 years or more- they say nothing. They say nothing because Americans don't think Bush or his wars or his fascism are THAT bad. And they don't MIND losing their rights either- as long as they have access to hard hitting entertainment like the kind Democrat Michael Moore can provide them. (Comment on this)
Monday, July 2nd, 2007
12:56 pm	Gays Cause Hurricanes The heads of the moderate Church of England believe gay marriage is responsible for environmental disaster- proving that the problem may not be just American fundementalism but religion itself. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/01/nflood201.xml Hurricane mean Sea God angry- we need more human sacrifices- let's hurt gays- that will appease Ocean God! The difference between the Bishops and a witch doctor are few. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
10:13 pm	Bible Time for the Benoits Thank Gawd Chris Benoit read his bible and placed it next to his murdered family confident they were all going on a family outing to Disney Heaven. WHERE would the Benoits be without their faith? Alive maybe? A meaningless crime. (Comment on this)
Monday, June 25th, 2007
9:03 pm	Your Taxes Go to the Religious Right Your tax dollars are being milked by the religious right and the Supreme Court says you have no right to do anything about it! http://ffrf.org/news/2007/heinvFFRF.php "The Supreme Court in effect ruled that the Bush Administration may use taxpayer money to support religion without complaint by taxpayers. The decision makes the violation impervious to court review, since no one besides taxpayers could have standing to challenge the appropriations." When I was a child we were free. (Comment on this)
8:47 pm	Dark Day for Freedom The Supreme Court made this a dark day for lovers of freedom in this country. First they voted to deny students the right to free speech. http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/25/free.speech/index.html Then they voted to destroy the seperation of church and state by upholding the religious stranglehold on government known as "faith based initiatives". http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/25/faith.based.office.scotus/index.html Have we got that straight? Religious groups get special access denied atheist groups and you aren't allowed to talk about drugs. Schools may now regulate students speech. We are totally FUCKED. Oooooooops- am I allowed to say that? Am I being religiously incorrect? "What are you in the slammer for?" "I said 'bong'". Thanks Supreme Court for all you do- I wish there WERE a hell for you to rot in. (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
2:23 am	Nader in '08 I just watched an amazing documentary "Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man". You can watch it free on your computer if you have Netflix. I continue to be appalled by the Democrats and this film showed me why.  The next time a Democrat whines about Nader being responsible for Bush or Bush being the most evil president ever or Bush proving there is a difference between Republicans and Democrats, ask them why the Democrats voted for the war in Iraq. Ask them why the Democrats voted for No Child Left Behind. Ask them why the Democrats voted for the Patriot Act. Ask them why the Democrats now are not investigating the Bush administration.  The Democrats are why we are at war in Iraq. The Democrats are why we have faith based initiatives. Everyone who votes Democrat is responisble for the war in Iraq. See the Nader film- it is astounding! Democrats offered Nader MILLIONS to not run in 04 and told him if he did they would destroy him. Fun bunch of bastards. Yeah yeah yeah, the Republicans tried to pass the anti-gay marriage ammendment- but they failed where the Democrats succeeded with DOMA and John McCain voted against the marriage ammendment. See? Not all the Republicans are completely evil. Democrats are against democracy. You are to march in lock step and not voice any opinion. They are the National Socialist Party. Here is what is happening: 1. Because the Bush administration has been such a disaster, the Republicans are in dissaray- this combined with the growing power of moderate Republicans has weakened the American Right. 2. For the first time since Gerald Ford, moderate Republicans are leading in the Presidential race. This could be the opportunity for moderates to take back the party- if this happens the entire country moves to the center. 3. Once again as they did in 76 and 92 the Democrats are responding to a no-lose scenario by running right-wing candidates when they should be running more to the left- which is definately where the country is going. Hillary Clinton will be the next president- she is ahead in the polls in Texas- it's all over. We will have 8 years of right-wing democrats in office in a sequel to the first Clinton administration- an administration that continued the war against Iraq all through the 90's, and first declared that Saddam was harboring weapons of mass destruction AND Osama bin Ladin- an administration that declared war on the American poor, minorities and gays and lesbians. 4. After the Clintons move us even further to the right than the Bush administration has (with liberals as storm troopers silencing dessent), the Republicans having failed with moderate candidates will go fascist and win with Romney in 2014. The country will cointinue to become even more unimaginably right wing and the Dems will continue the process of mute acceptance to corporate domination of every facet of your life. See you in the ex-gay camps! 5. And this is all the Democrats fault. Please- Ralph Nader run again in 2008! If Ralph doesn't run, vote Republican! (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
12:08 pm	Richard Dawkins Responds to His Critics "Richard Dawkins Responds to His Critics" on Google Video Richard Dawkins reads from the new introduction he's written for the paperback edition of the mega-selling "The God Delusion". He addresses his critics and blows them out of the water! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
11:19 am	The Other Side of the Other Side From the ridiculous to the ridiculously sublime... I have been meaning to post a review of the amazing "The Other Side of Midnight" for weeks and I've finally MADE the time. This jaw dropping camp classic is finally on DVD and it is an absolute must in my book. What do you get when you combine the literary acumen of one Sidney Sheldon with the wired-for-sound, fresh from Rocky Horror, Susan Sarandon, the director of the 70's musical version of "Lost Horizon"  and the producer of Mommie Dearest- Frank Yablans? You get a one-of-a-kind insane camp epic- that's what you get.  This movie plays like Jackie Susann writing "The Winds of War". For those of you who are uninitiated in this brilliant story I will give a brief recap and don't worry- I won't ruin the ending... The film begins in Greece where the stunning Noelle Page (Marie-France Pisier) is imprisoned on a murder charge- she explains to her Ari Onassis-like lover, Raf Vallone, how she got there. It all began in the 1930's when Noelle's poor family sold her sexual favors to Boss Hogg from the Dukes of Hazzard. Yes the first sex scene in The Other Side of Midnight is an amazing one with chubby hairy Hoff man-ramming our poor Noelle! Eventually, the pathologically naive Noelee ventures to Paris where after endless inconveniences, she meets hot shot Airforce pilot Larry Douglas (John Beck) who looks like a 70's gay porn star. The two fall into love montage. Meanwhile in Washington, scrappy career gal Catherine Alexander (Susan Sarandon) shows DC PR power broker Bill Fraser (Clu Gallagher) that she's got what it takes to get ahead in business! Noelle is deeply in love montage with Larry Douglas, but one day he has to return to the war- promising that he will return to her. Only he doesn't, leaving Noelle with nothing but a broken heart and an unwanted pregnancy. Noelle (now a high fashion model!!!!), sits idly with a wire hanger (yes wires hangers feature predominately in BOTH of Yablan's greatest films) before deciding on giving herself an on camera abortion in the bathtub! Soon Catherine is off to Hollywood to work on a film for the War Department where she meets none other than Larry Douglas! Unlike Noelle, sassy Catherine is no easy lay- but her defenses are eventually broken down by the unfunniest romantic banter in film history where upon SHE falls into love montage with the butt headed Larry.  As the Nazi's rise and fall in power,  Noelle becomes a huge movie star by screwing every director in Europe and all to get back at Larry. She uses her money to hire a slime ball detective to find out everything about the stud. When she needs more money she agrees to become the mistress of the richest man in Greece- Constantin Demeris (Raf Vallone). This is my favorite sequence in the film where Noelle enters the world of the super rich. She is glamorous and heartless and bent on using others for nothing more than her petty revenge! She strides through Constantin's amazing sound stage set Greek mansion, her chiffon dress billowing, examining her manicure and finding her nails like herself- perfect. This sequence has me screaming my head off in joy during every screening! Eventually after the war (yes it covers decades and the film itself, running barely under three hours, feels like it's being played in real time!), former top-gun fly-boy Larry now married to Catherine, can't seem to find work. Voila! An offer comes from Greece- fly a rich European movie star around in her private jet! Larry and Catherine arrive in Greece where Larry does not recognize Noelle at first but when he does in a Scandanavian hotel, their now ancient passion resurrects itself -resulting not in love montage this time but soft core sex scenes! And their unholy love will lead them to... the other SIDE of midnight!!!! This was Andy Warhol's favorite film and it's easy to see why- it is the ultimate camp film "product"- big, glossy and completely empty. Andy's philosophy was "always leave them wanting less" and this film delivers with it's unreal running time- only the hardcore campers can muster the effort. I love everything about TOSOM. I love it's 1950's melodrama and romance juxtaposed with 70's full frontal nudity. I love the ice cube sex scene. I love the costumes. The sets look they are from the Wonder Woman TV show- super cheap- maybe Wonder Woman reused some of them. Even though this is a period film, you expect the cast of "The Love Boat" to wander in any minute. Part of the weird quality of this film is the fact that it is basically a 1950's Douglas Sirk era melodrama played for the roller disco era. They don't make soapers like this anymore and this film is why. Today this film is most famous for it's connection to "Star Wars". In the summer of 1977, most "experts" were predicting TOSOM to be a huge hit and they thought Star Wars was going to bomb big. Theaters who wanted to screen TOSOM had to agree to screen Star Wars as well- the rest is history- with TOSOM becoming one of the biggest and most notorious mega-flops of the 70's. Sidney Sheldon was a big deal in the 70's. The novel the film is based on was a mega-seller as were all of his books- but the one two punch of this film and the appalling "Bloodline" (that one featured Audrey Hepburn fighting the snuff porn industry) thoroughly ended his hopes of adapting his potboiling page turners to the screen. No, Sidney's novels became TV fodder instead- which might be appropriate for the man who created "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Hart to Hart". Frank Yablans after scoring a hit with "Silver Streak" would go on to produce the high and low unintentional camp classics "Mommie Dearest", "Monsignor" and "Baby Geniuses". Director Charles Jarrott went on to direct a lot of early 80's Disney dreck- films like "Condorman" and lots of TV movies including "Jackie Collins' Lady Boss". Of course Susan Sarandon went on to mega stardom and John Beck went on to Falcon Crest but to me the heart of TOSOM will always be Marie-France Pisier. It is she that sends this film into the camp stratosphere. Pisier had been a star in France working with Bunuel on "The Phantom of Liberty" amd starring in the art-house hit "Cousin Cousine".  Aside from a few fabulous US TV mini-series turns- notably as Valentine O'Neill in Judith Krantz's "Scruples", Pisier never made another major Hollywood film. She returned to France and is still working. I won't give away the ending other than to say that it is one of the truly surprising climaxes in film history and well worth the three hours of time invested. The DVD doesn't contain much but it does have a mind altering commentary track featuring interviews with the late Sidney Sheldon, Frank Yablans and director Charles Jarrott. Yablans is especially great with his "Don't give me that art crap" mentality. The ultimate vulgarian, he bitches about everyone under 60. He reminds us that it's not show "art" but show "business". This is the heartless attitude that created some of my favorite heartless films! I encourage everyone to see "The Other Side of Midnight". If you've never seen it before you are in for a truly mind-numbing experience and if you have, you will want to check it out again- the film has aged beautifully which means hideously and it's letter-boxed! It is funnier and more unintentionally subversive then anything out there today! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 11th, 2007
7:23 pm	Breeder Porn One of the key facets of pornography is that it is narcissistic wish thinking. Nothing goes wrong in porn. Both parties are perfect and hot and no one has bad breath. Nothing blocks the porn players from ultimate ecstasy and emotions don't get in the way. Well plenty of complications arise in Judd Apatow's new film "Knocked Up" but they are all fuzzy wuzzy problems- the kind of problems "real" people face when they finally "grow up" and breed.  I thought this film was barely funny and anti-feminist. It had the potential to really examine class issues in America but didn't have the guts to go there. It tries to be "daring" but is totally retrograde. This film has 1950's values. Slacker pothead Seth Rogen (giving the same furrowed brow, atonal, over-enunciated performance he gives in every film or TV show he has ever been in- the man is incapable of creating a character) screws corporate media climber Katherine Hiegl while "Rock Lobster" blasts in the background (OK I liked that part). The two wake up awkwardly the next day and part. Of course we know from the title (and the ad campaign) what's going to happen next- Katherine is pregnant with Seth's baby.  I thought the first half of the movie was cute. But unfortunately it loses it's edge about half way through. Katherine decides inexplicably to have the baby- despite the fact that she is an anchor on E! (but still lives with her sister's family?) and seems to have everything going for her. The Mom from "Family Ties" suggests an abortion and so did I but of course the subtext of this bit of breeder porn is that it's "right" and "natural" to have children and that accidentally pregnant couples should marry. Mom is old you see and her old-fashioned brand of "feminism" just doesn't apply anymore. This film could have been made by the pope! How dare these people suggest that the "mature" decision in this case is to get married? Do they know how many millions have been made miserable by doing this? Do they know how many children spend a life-time recovering from the fact that they weren't wanted? Of course Katherine wants stoner Seth to give up the pot and get a job and he does- effortlessly. Who would hire this piece of shit with no education and no work experience? In this Cinderella breeder fantasy all it takes is five seconds and the stoner is a yuppie for an upscale website design firm. He also effortlessly gets an apartment despite having no financial history. The part that pissed me off most as a former addict, was how easy they make quitting pot seem. When I quit pot I saw little creatures running around the carpet- not Seth. Over night he is sober and whats more, his pothead friends are totally supportive which is more wish thinking. When I dried up, my party crowd thought it was the worst thing imaginable. People gave me spiked drinks. They blew pot smoke in my face. I had to cut off all contact with them and start all over again. Not Seth- his bunch of happy stoners are cartoons- just there for comedy relief and moral support. The most appalling aspect of this by now beloved classic is the issue of women and roles. Katherine clearly wants Seth to be the bread winner here. It is implied that she will go back to her job early in the film but by the end we have no idea. They will be living in the apartment Seth chose and paid for from HIS money. Never mind the fact that Katherine is a television personality and must be making loads more compared to a new hire at a graphics place. She is the woman. She is supposed to have babies. He is the man. He is supposed to make the money. It all reminds me of that Judy Garland song- I forgot the name- when she is singing about how to save her relationship and she bleats "MAY-BEEEEE A BAY-BEEEEEE"- like that will cure her ills. This is the same oppressive bull shit they keep feeding us and it keeps ruining peoples lives. In real life, Katherine would have had an abortion and married a rich star. In real life, Seth would develop a full scale drug problem and wake up at rock bottom at 45 with nothing. The supporting actors are great though and I am so in love with Paul Rudd. I could kiss him- he is so adorable! In the mean time- keep telling yourselves the same old lies America.  There wouldn't even be a porn industry if the breeders were even slightly happy- babies or no babies. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 10th, 2007
11:11 pm	Tony's Got "Hip" Grandma! Wow the Tony's really were sure "hip" tonight! I learned that all of us have a "little Broadway inside us"- just as sure as there is a prostate in every man! Angie Lansbury must be told that she is not cute any more and we no longer appreciate her "empowered senior" sexuality- I nearly vomited when she flashed us her armpit! Still I was fascinated to learn that many "stars of movies and TV have their roots in the theater"! So this theater stuff isn't boring after all and it's not just for fags- it's cool like me and so young- so very young! Favorite "hip" moments included: Justin Bond's fixed smile as the ventriloquist from "Soap" won the Special Event category and crushed her dreams. Hey at least JB tried to be gracious or mock gracious anyway- unlike the cast of "Radio Golf" who sulked ominously when dreamy Billy Crudup beat them out for Supporting Actor in a Play. Mary Louise Wilson was fabulous with her whoop. She suddenly reminded me that she had played Ginni Riblicky on "One Day at a Time" with her casual vulgarity- loved her dykey outfit too. Best "hot air" moment came when Michael Meyer won for directing "The Coast of Utopia" and ordered us all to stop whining about the state of the American theater- apparently his winning an award means that there are no problems in America- only to be followed by a montage of "great" musicals this year including the truly hideous "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Legally Blonde"- can't wait for next years "Little Mermaid" and "Young Frankenstein"! I'm sort of sorry I missed Grinch- talk about bad drug flashbacks- a shoddy and garish retelling of Dr. Seuss on the super cheap! The Grinch looked really creepy too and the footage was grainy and frankly chilling. Looks like it was the kitschiest show of the season- and I wasted my money on that retarded MTV show that won- "Spring Awakening"! If they show that "Viva Laughlin" promo once more I will go on a killing spree! I may never recover from listening to Donny Osmond talk seriously about how rewarding it was to play the nad guy in "Beauty and the Beast" last year. NY1 listen up! Fire Roma Torre and hire Donny Osmond to lend his insights into Broadway! It would be "hip". It wouldn't be a "bitch" and it would ROCK. The chandelier drop on the American Theater Wing fogies really "rocked" like Duncan Sheik said of Broadway! It reminded me of a skit from Saturday Night Live- that exciting new TV show that young people really dig! I was half hoping Sondra Gilman would start lock and poppin' just to keep it funky fresh! At least she didn't flash her armpit! I love how whenever anyone from Spring Awakening says the word "bitch" they act like their are fucking Bertold Brecht and shit. My Alexis said that like every week on my Dynasty tots! The "Mary Poppins" production brought back child molestation repressed memories from Disney on Ice 1972. I was so touched that David Hyde Pierce won and thrilled for Christine Ebersol- I swear "Grey Gardens" is my favorite Broadway show that I've seen I think. Anyway- just remember when you are stimulating your inner Broadway tonight, that.... BROADWAY ROCKS!!!!!!! Or is it totally F****d like the censored song says?  Sorry for thinking critically Michael Meyer! I'm just pissed I missed "Little Dog Laughed" because that actress Julie White legitimately rocked. Of course it unlike Mary Poppins has closed already.   (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
6:44 pm	Must Not Have Been Very Important Then So Cindy Sheehan has "given up" her protest? Does this mean she supports the war now? Frankly this country makes me sick- especially the liberals. Oh they hate the war and they hate Bush but none of them are willing to actually get arrested for it are they? None of them are willing to actually stage a sit-in at a recruitment center or block a military transport or picket the Pentagon. They prefer to watch "The Daily Show"- funny news that they can understand- news brought to you by Chevrolet that is somehow "real" and not commercialized. If I hear one more brain dead liberal compare Bush "getting us into" this war with Clinton's sex scandal I will scream. I read on a blog some middle class hysteric actually calling the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal a "consensual affair". How can an affair be consensual between the President of the United States and an intern? Here's some facts for you liberals need to consider and get back to me on: 1. Bill Clinton is a serial rapist, a sexual harasser and a predator of women just like Clarence Thomas- but worse. 2. The Clinton White House continued the war against Iraq (they thought Saddam was harboring bin Ladin) that they inherited from Bush 1 and we have never stopped bombing the country since. 3. Hillary knew all this when she voted for Iraq. 4. Contrary to popular cant, most of the world's governments supports the US war in Iraq. The biggest holdouts were of course France and Germany but in the last French presidential election the conservative won by a landslide and ran on a pro-USA platform. France now supports the War in Iraq leaving only Germany out. 5. We are fighting FOUR wars currently. Most liberals only know about one (because all they watch is Chevy's Daily Show)- then they will remember Afghanistan which is never discussed at all anywhere by anyone. No one seems to know that we are also currently fighting in the Phiippines and on the horn of Africa. Does anyone know? Does anyone care? Is anyone keeping up? 6. Bush is a dyslexic who has trouble reading his speeches. He has been open about his dyslexia- rather than make endless jokes about how "stupid" he is, try to come up with some adult arguments against him- like the blurring of church and state (started by Clinton of course) that continues under Bush. 7. Start thinking outside the box. Democrat vs. Republican is like Pepsi vs. Coke- two brand name mind sets- they are equally evil. If you embrace either you are a pod person. Reality can not be contained in either self serving world view. We need MORE political parties. 8. Jimmy Carter created Saddam Hussein. 9. If you are unwillingly to get off your asses and do something and stand up for your convictions- shut up. 10. The counterculture is destroying the planet as fast as the establishment. International counter-cultural industries like Virgin Megastore, HBO and Comedy Central, MTV, Urban Outfitters etc are destroying the planet with trendy sneakers, Marilyn Manson and Kill Bill action figures, Ramones Tee-shirts, video games, Friday the 13th lunchboxes and billions of Simpsons related products. YOU- not THEY are the PROBLEM. If you truly cared about saving the planet you would stop shopping and that's not bloody going to happen is it?  Mindless anti-Americanism is not rational- especially since YOU are the ugly Americans. Now grow the fuck up and develop some real politics. Because I am bored to death with the lot of you! (Comment on this)
Monday, May 28th, 2007
8:32 pm	Charles As many of you know, the great Charles Nelson Riley has passed away. Who can forget his amazing wit on Match Game? American gay men who were children in the 60's and 70's especially loved Charles on hit television shows like "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and "Lidsville". Remember when he did the "Bic Banana" commercials dressed like a banana? Was there anything funnier than the sight of CNR dressed as a giant banana? Openly gay his entire career in mainstream entertainment at a time when no one else was, Charles never "acted straight" or compromised his personality or sexual identity. He was who HE was and millions loved him for it. Charles had guts. I think Charles Nelson Riley was a truly great role model. A femme queen who was smart, successful, happily partnered and who never gave up. We should all take a moment to thank him for what he did in his life to promote femme queen visibility. (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 17th, 2007
5:03 pm	Spider-Man and All That Jazz Since we heard last month about the confirmed Spider-Man musical heading to Broadway... http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=109544 I'm wondering who will play the various characters in the musical! Here are some suggestions: Mandy Patinkin as J. Jonah Jameson Elaine Stritch as Aunt May Joel Grey as The Green Goblin Harvey Fierstein as Doc Ock Nathan Lane as The Rhino With a special appearance by Hugh Jackman as Peter Allen playing Wolverine . (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
8:27 pm	Spider-Ham Yucko! Saw Spider-Man 3 this weekend! First impression? Why are they bothering making a Spider-Man musical on Broadway? Raimi's just done it in Spider-Man 3! I mean come on there were three musical numbers not counting Tobey (middle aged) McGuire's embarassing dance number on the sidewalk. Seriously- this movie was a disaster- especially Venom who is a rot character to begin with and looked retarded in real life. As for Spider-Man 4, little voices on the internet are already announcing the villains for that one.  The Lizard, Carnage and the Black Cat. Carnage is even worse than Venom. Lizard could be "ok". I'm kind of glad they are bringing in the Black Cat. As I watched MJ being held hostage by a villain  for like the 500th time while all the boys flew around kicking ass, I thought "this is one sexist franchise". Maybe the Black Cat will perk things up. Gwen Stacey sure was wasted in this nightmare production. Can't wait for Black Cat's musical number. Will it be "Cat Scratch Fever" or "Memory" from "Cats"? The way Raimi is wired these days I'm betting on the later. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 6th, 2007
12:42 pm	Getting Hitched Everybody has to read "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens- it is fantastic! I am beginning to think he is right about most things- including the war in Iraq which we are about to pull out of, destroying the region in the process. America can not deal with the simple fact that terrorism exists. It's easier to blame Daddy for everything and fake rebellion by getting baked and watching cable! Passive politics- consumerized Bush hatred. I get a kick out of the mainstream and especially liberal press (which of course wants to support religion). They always say Atheists are "preaching to the choir" whenever they write about us. Like we are supposed to shut up and never express ourselves. Just let the church goers do all the talking all the time. Has it ever occured to them that billions of religious people are preaching to the choir or being preached to at least weekly?  It's another free pass they give to religion and a judgmental standard that only applies to atheists. The idea that someone (be they athiest, theist, deist or agnostic)  might want to learn something from the book seems to allude them or the fact that religion is more of a concern now than ever and should be addressed by all people of conscience. At least the anti-atheist arguements are being pushed back. a bit They no longer say we are ALL angry like they did six months ago when Richard Dawkins' book came out.  They now say we ALL lack a sense of awe and wonder. Read the book. It is much better written than Dawkins or Harris. It is lively and engaging- with each chapter dealing with a different issue. He distills Sam Harris's entire book into one chapter about how religion ruins politics and international relations. Then he is off to exploring pigs in the next chapter and their bizarre religious significance. Did you know that Muslims have embraced the traditional Jewish dislike for the poor hog? In fact they are trying to ban the Three Little Pigs and Miss Piggy in Europe right now! I'm sure Chomsky would approve. He loves a right wing Islamic freak! They are his chosen people. No pigs allowed! Ban Charlotte's Web! And whatever Chomsky says, Michael Moore agrees with and then the whole country thinks it! I want a ham sandwich, too bad Burger King doesn't sell the "Yumbo" anymore- I will have to make do with some McDonalds. Sorry Hindus. The next chapter is about how weird religion is about health. Hitch talks about how small pox is back in the Middle East because the fanatics convinced everyone there that the vaccine was a plot by the US government to poison everyone!  Again I'm sure Chomsky supports the small pox epidemic or maybe he just thinks it's a hologram! Soon Michael Moore will think the small pox epidemic is a hologram created by Jews and so will the rest of the country! Isn't it weird that we are supposed to be perfectly designed creatures created in God's own image- except for our genitals which need a touch-up? How about the fact that God created nature and we are supposed to bless the beasts but SOME of them are for SOME reason evil? Poor pigs. Poor snakes. God just loves the cute critters! He's like Barbie opening a pet shop. This weird fear of dirt is behind homophobia. The religions think that you shouldn't get anywhere near the butt. That's a no-no. They are like Joan Crawford- They aren't mad at you Mr. Homo Sinner, THEY'RE MAD AT THE DIRT! (Comment on this)