Gay Caballeros?

I was reading the Metro (a free newspaper) this morning, when I came across their review of the new gay cowboy movie, "Brokeback Mountain". The review was titled "Home On The Range".

And instantly I wondered "Why not 'Homo On The Range?'"

Actually, "Gay Caballeros" would have been funny, too.

Gay Caballeros?

I was reading the Metro (a free newspaper) this morning, when I came across their review of the new gay cowboy movie, "Brokeback Mountain". The review was titled "Home On The Range".

And instantly I wondered "Why not 'Homo On The Range?'"

Actually, "Gay Caballeros" would have been funny, too.

Finally, A Meme For Me

Snagged via a circuitous route from oldpanther, a questionnaire for those who have actually lived longer than your standard denizen of LJ:

Check all that pertain!
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Finally, A Meme For Me

Snagged via a circuitous route from oldpanther, a questionnaire for those who have actually lived longer than your standard denizen of LJ:

Check all that pertain!
( Read more... )

I Produce A Rant

I had to write a letter to Salon about a review of the new version of The Producers. Yes, I feel strongly about this.

I haven't seen the movie, and I'm not going to. The original movie was perfect, so why on EARTH would anyone remake it?

Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. ZERO MOSTEL and GENE WILDER! That says it all. No offense to Nathan and Matthew, but they could practice for a hundred years and never be one-TENTH as good as Zero or Gene.

Now I'll have to put up with a media blitz of reviews that ignore the elephant in the room - that remaking the original version of The Producers is like remaking Casablanca (which was also done). Stupid, pointless, and utterly venial.

Side note: I couldn't agree more about Andrea Martin - she's wonderful, and all too often wasted. That seems to be the curse of all alumni of the brilliant and underappreciated SCTV, with the possible exception of Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara.

I Produce A Rant

I had to write a letter to Salon about a review of the new version of The Producers. Yes, I feel strongly about this.

I haven't seen the movie, and I'm not going to. The original movie was perfect, so why on EARTH would anyone remake it?

Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. ZERO MOSTEL and GENE WILDER! That says it all. No offense to Nathan and Matthew, but they could practice for a hundred years and never be one-TENTH as good as Zero or Gene.

Now I'll have to put up with a media blitz of reviews that ignore the elephant in the room - that remaking the original version of The Producers is like remaking Casablanca (which was also done). Stupid, pointless, and utterly venial.

Side note: I couldn't agree more about Andrea Martin - she's wonderful, and all too often wasted. That seems to be the curse of all alumni of the brilliant and underappreciated SCTV, with the possible exception of Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara.