LET'S TALK ABOUT SEYMOUR
I WAS WRONG ABOUT SEYMOUR
It's amazing how much listening to the stage version (specifically the 2003 Broadway revival recommended by Mike Bithell, natch) changed how I viewed the movie. I still love it, but decisions I previously saw as sacred or intentional are now...
2018-10-14 22:05:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe old cliche of "she's still my little girl" is represented, but for some reason, it comes off as less infantilizing and more...emotionally resonant, here?
We get to see Steve Martin's point of view actually change in real time, to acknowledge the woman his daughter has become.
It's nice.
Yes, 9 to 5 is a comedy. Yes, Dolly Parton is awesome, as ever. Yes, the boss does get his comeuppance at the end by getting sent to Brazil and *checks notes* kidnapped by an Amazon tribe...but lord is the reality presented grim.
Think about a world where the boss still getting the credit...
2018-10-14 19:18:07 +0000 UTC View PostRepo Man is SqualorPunk.
It's poverty made cosmic.
It is the exact kind of story of sex and religion and mysticism and rampant consumerism and meaningless crimes and meaningful coincidences that you'd expect to read from someone trying to be a punk in New Mexico.
A lot of folks talk about a ...
2018-10-14 01:54:32 +0000 UTC View PostLet's talk about Seymour.
We've seen the "nice guy" in movies and TV shows - a lot. You get the sense that there's a lot of so-called nice guys behind the scenes writing these characters. And usually, once you dig past the self-awarely quirky surface and conga line of explicitly presented personal...
2018-10-13 05:08:50 +0000 UTC View Post