Archive for January, 2007

If You Want an Oscar Play a Developmentally Disabled Person

For years the common wisdom in Hollywood was that if you want to earn an Oscar nod that all you had to do was play someone with a mental disability. To me that idea really bugged me on multiple levels:

1) How hard is it to play someone with the IQ of a squeezable ketchup bottle? - If the person you are playing has the mental ability of a four year old is it really that hard to play that role? Please, I can run around screaming and beating my head if the toaster burns my waffles, it isn’t that hard.

2) No reviewer has the balls to say something negative about you playing someone with a mental disability- Leonard Maltin will not criticize you playing someone with Downs like he would someone that is giving a shitty British accent. It’s like actors get a free pass even though there have been some pretty piss poor performances, did anyone see “Riding the Bus with My Sister”?

riding the bus

Playing someone that is developmentally disabled isn’t an acting challenge or a brave turn, it is taking the safe route. You pull on some heart strings and get to put in a half-assed performance, what isn’t to love about that role? However the free pass ends here, as I rate three different performances of actors playing developmentally disabled people.

THE BEST

Leonardo DiCaprio in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”

whats eating gilbert grape

DiCaprio gives a performance that when you watch it again makes up for the fact that he made “The Beach”. If you haven’t seen this movie you really should take the time out to view it because DiCaprio gives such a nuanced performance, it’s nice to be reminded once and awhile that some people have talent in Hollywood.
THE WORST

Cuba Gooding Jr. in “Boat Trip”

boat trip

Just a horrible performance, in fact I couldn’t figure out who was more retarded him or Horatio Sanz… wait he wasn’t developmentally disabled in this? It was “Radio”? Well that movie sucked too.

THE JUST PLAIN GOD AWFUL

Chris Burke on the TV show “Life Goes On”

chris burke

Worst performance ever……… I couldn’t even believe him for one second.

Who else do you think has given good or awful performances of the developmentally disabled?

Also do you think it is an acting break through or really a safe role?

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  • Seventeen Magazine Questions Answered

    I haven’t done one of these in a long time. As always these are questions that are directly taken from the Seventeen Magazine website, I help these young ladies out with solid advice.

    Q: I’m involved with a married man. He’s only two years older than I am, but he has a daughter and has been married since April of this year. He means the world to me and vice versa. How do I deal with the situation?
    –Mary, 17, Detroit, MI

    A: Wow 17 and already a home wrecker, they start you guys out early in Detroit huh? Well clearly you have a lot to learn about being the “other” woman. Sure people will tell you are too young to be in a relationship that really won’t go your way but I mean who am I to tell you that? If you want this to really pan out you have a few options.

    1-Get pregnant-
    Now you really force his hand of course you run the risk of ending up at the bottom of a lake.

    2-Tell him he need to chose or you are telling his wife-
    Age old standard, apply some pressure and maybe he will choose you. Of course he will lose half of his net worth and will resent you for the entire four years your relationship will last.

    3- Cut her break line-
    She dies in a horrible tragedy and you get to be the girl that helped him through his “grieving” process.

    4- Get hired as their nanny and start breast feeding the baby- Wait that didn’t work in “Hand That Rocks the Cradle”

    hand that rocks the cradle

    Q: I feel really self-conscious about my teeth. I have no success with guys because of them. It makes me feel bad about myself when I read everywhere that the first thing a guy notices is a girl’s smile. Any suggestions?
    –Roxy, 14, Syracuse, NY

    A: This is the easiest question ever…. two words… gold fronts.

    gold fronts

    Q: My mom loves me being a model, but I hate it. Not only is it keeping my grades down, but now I also don’t have time to spend with my boyfriend and friends. How do I tell my mom I hate my modeling class?
    –Jennifer, 13, McAllen, Texas

    A: Communicate and tell her you don’t like it? BAH, that is a horrible idea. The move here is to develop a horrible eating disorder that lands you in the hospital. While you are in there you tell your mother that did it all for her to make her proud of you. For the next 10 years of your life you will get whatever you want and you won’t have to worry about modeling ever again.

    So start jamming your finger down your throat and all your problems will be solved.

    Q: I think I have a trust problem. My boyfriend would never cheat on me, but I get the feeling that he thinks other girls are prettier and would be a better girlfriend for him. I hate always being nervous that he’s going to dump me for someone else. Is this normal?
    –Kelly, 15, Quakertown, PA

    A: It’s perfectly normal because it is probably true, however don’t get depressed you have options.

    1) Get knocked up- It always makes the relationship better

    2) Slash the other girls faces with razors- Granted this would be a project and it would take awhile but if every other girl in your school is horrible disfigured you really are going to come out smelling like roses.

    3) Learn to give good head-
    He won’t be going anywhere.

    Q: When I was in the first years of my teen life, I did a lot of bad things–hooked up with a lot of guys, got into drugs, etc. I lived my life in the fast lane, but I hit rock bottom and had to re-create myself. My problem is that I’m afraid that people aren’t going to give me a second chance and will forever think of me as how I was back then. How can I be accepted?
    –Amy, 16, Ventura, Calif.

    A: Ventura California…. hmmm… That is like five minutes from me. This question is probably old so you have to be close to 18, you probably have fallen into your old lifestyle by now…. Um, Amy, what are you doing this weekend?

    So there you have it my first Seventeen Magazine Questions answered for the year, do you need any advice that I can help you with?

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    So for those of you who don’t know Prince has been announced to be the performer of the Super Bowl’s half time show. I don’t know about you but when I think of family friendly performers Prince is the FIRST person on my list.

    prince

    Sure he has humped his guitar on stage, introduced tons of scantily clad women into the world before Hip Hop artists made it a video cliche, made androgyny hip, and had a video or two that MTV would air only late at night but now that he is a Jevovah’s Witness, he is totally safe! You know people that believe in the lord never do anything wrong! (Where is that sarcasm font again?)

    Now I want to make this clear, I am no Bible beating conservative that thinks this is an outrage. You see I view this as more as an opportunity for the future, if the NFL is letting Prince perform obviously they aren’t that concerned about the baggage that their chosen artist brings to the table.

    So since the restrictions are really loose, here are some of the artists I would like the NFL to invite to perform at the next Super Bowl.

    T.A.T.U

    tatu

    Russian teen pop sensations that tease lesbianism, what isn’t to like in that mix? I really hope that the NFL can wait until NBC has the Super Bowl so John Madden can break down their halftime performance with the telestrator, trying to figure out if they are lesbians or really just faking.

    Madden: You see Al, they do the fake kiss and she groped her here, but then the redhead puts her boot on the back of the half naked male dancer while he was doing push-ups. I can’t tell if they are lesbian or not, where is Summerall, I need a drink!

    GWAR

    gwar

    Does anything say, “Let’s play it safe for middle America” more than GWAR? Maybe they will sacrifice a Styrofoam version of the NFL MVP from that season, eh fuck it why not the real thing, I hope Terrell Owens has a big year that season.

    Traci Lords

    traci lords

    Porn star or techno artist, porn star or techno artist, porn star or techno artist? It’s a fun little game that the entire family can enjoy while dad feels a little embarrassed that he owns one of her outlawed movies.

    There you have it, three people that I consider strong candidates to do the NFL halftime show next year. Really at this point as long it isn’t Aerosmith doing another version of “Walk This Way” with an up and coming hip hop act I will be happy.

    Who would you like to see perform at the Super Bowl or should they just get rid of the annoying attempt to gain attention by having washed up artists perform melodies of their greatest hits?

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  • One of these two people will die this semester….

    So I started my final semester of school yesterday. It was an interesting day all around highlighted by my political sociology class, which has the early candidates of who will end up killed due to a lynching by their fellow classmates. I have written about different students before from the hardcore, partially retarded Christian in my anthropology class to the “one of those couples” in another class. These two fall into entirely different groups but are equally if not more annoying.

    RUNNING COMMENTARY GUY

    running commentary guy

    Running commentary guy is someone that sits in the front row of the class and continually adds comments to whatever the professor is talking about. They will comment without raising their hand sometimes or will raise it once and awhile when they can tell the professor is getting visibly annoyed with them chiming in. Usually running commentary guy is pretty smart but this time around we have a running commentary guy that blessed us with the following statements:

    “Oh, I forgot what I was going to say, hold on a second I am sure it will come back to me.”

    Yeah like everybody is waiting to hear your input for the 17th time in an hour and a half class. Maybe if you spent less time raising your hand or throwing in your two cents you could form one single thought that had some level of importance. Of course that statement is nothing compared to the gem that he gave when asked why so many people don’t care about voting.

    “I have to deal with my own personal demons right now so I don’t concern myself with politics. For example I have had issues with my parents…”

    Thankfully the professor cut him off before he used the class for his own personal counseling session.

    The best part about it is you can see the entire class turn against him. It went from the “this guy is pathetic” chuckle to groans and grumblings of “shut up” about halfway through the class. There is no humanly possible way we make it through the semester without someone trying to jam an overhead projector into his ass.

    ANN COULTER THE FORMER HOUSEWIFE

    ann coulter

    Next up we have the former housewife that just returned to school because she doesn’t need to stay home and watch her kids anymore. Usually these types of students are harmless, in fact they usually are pretty damn solid contributers except this time we have someone that is so blindly conservative that other republicans in class try to distance themselves from her.

    She nearly incited a riot with statements like:

    “Was it really FEMAs responsibility to help the people of New Orleans, no it’s not their job.”

    “College students don’t vote because they are lazy and would rather play video games all day.”

    “The Bush administration has not done a thing wrong.”

    Yeah pretty much each time she opened her mouth she ended up going at it with a fellow student. In fact she said that she would debate anyone that wanted to after class. I think it is a ploy to get young college democrat cock because she is going through a midlife crisis, I could be wrong. But with her blind loyalty to the right I only see this ending with someone throwing her through a window like a trash can in “Do the Right Thing”.

    WHAT TYPE OF STUDENT AM I?

    I am the creepy older guy that leers at all the 19-20 year old girls and thinks about licking hot cheese whiz off of their taint. We all need dreams to keep us going in life…

    What type of students from high school or college annoyed you?

    And who will be the first to burst into tears between the two of them this semester?

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  • Leggings- The New Fashion Must Have

    On the front page of yahoo yesterday I saw this title:

    “Leggings are the new must-have”

    The first thing I thought of was this:

    flashdance

    I just figured everything old comes back into style again. So those little leg things that they wore in Flashdance were about to make a comeback. Oh you silly women, you will wear anything…. But then I read a little closer…

    Leggings…. the new hot MALE fashion must have. I clicked on the article to see this picture:

    leggings

    The picture was accompanied by an article which had this little blurb in it:

    Leggings made of microfiber cotton and wool, shown in violet, forest green
    and Milan fog gray, all of them with stirrup straps, except of course for a
    couple of them cut above the knee, accompanied half the looks in this poetic,
    polished and unexpected collection.

    These leggy knits were paired with mercerized cotton jerkins, snug little
    Rude Boy with manners jackets and Two Tone era skinny ties, a big Milan trend.
    Marni shoes were also real winners, knobby workerist boots in bottle green or
    metallic gray with subtle strips of contrasting color like burgundy.

    “Unconventional but sophisticated,” smiled Consuelo Castiglioni, Marni’s
    Creative Director, backstage after the show.

    Uh… Rude boy with manners? What the hell does that supposed to mean?

    eddie haskell

    Oh I get it…

    I don’t care how big these things get I don’t see myself ever being able to wear them for three simple reasons.

    1- They will hug my junk- I don’t like my junk to be hugged unless it is by a female, clothing should never hug it. I need to let the boys breath.

    2- Possible underwear lines-
    Girls worry about showing their pantie lines when they get dressed I don’t need that added pressure in the morning.

    3- Gay men wouldn’t even wear these-
    When I asked my gay friend, my true source for all questions dealing with gay people, he looked at the picture and said, “Fuck no, but I would totally let the model give me a Rusty Trombone though.”

    Besides if they wanted to go with an unconventional but sophisticated look there is only one way they could have gone:

    angus

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  • If you really liked me….

    (Reminder: there is no sarcasm font on myspace, if there was it would be laid on rather think throughout this blog)

    The other day it was brought to my attention by a friend that a blogger or two on myspace had Amazon wish lists set up. One even said that “if you really appreciate my work you can show it by getting me something from here”. When I saw that I thought it was rather presumptuous and egotistical. Personally I thought the whole, “buy these things” idea was reserved for cam whores and strippers, but I guess I could be wrong. I talked to my friend and fellow blogger Farmer Vincent’s Fritters (if you aren’t subscribed to him you should check him out) and basically we came to the agreement, “free shit is free shit.” So I would now like to take the time and post a list of things you call can purchase for me. In fact if you want to join together and pitch in you can feel free to do that, I mean who am I to tell you how to go about pleasing my every whim?

    My Own Kenny Rogers Roasters Franchise

    roasters

    I don’t really want to own or operate it. I just want one for when I have hunger pains randomly throughout the night. Of course as my readers you can band together and hatch out a schedule of who works when. Just so you know I like my Mac and Cheese with a little bit of breadcrumbs on it.

    An Aston Martin Vanquish

    vanquish

    You can’t have your favorite blogger driving around in a normal car can you? I mean really who wants to think I drive a Cellica or an Escort or something so pedestrian?

    The New York Mets

    mets

    I imagine at some point I am going to run out of things to write about so whey not by me my favorite baseball team so I can keep a running account of my trials and tribulations with them. Besides who doesn’t want to read about me giving David Wright a wedgie in the locker room?

    Those girls that bathed Eddie Murphy in Coming to America

    coming to america

    I simply cannot go on with cleaning my own sack and washing my own ass by myself in the morning. This job should be done by two nubile young virgins. Can we get this accomplished in the next half hour because I am about to shower?

    So there you have it. You have your shopping list get to it…

    (Note: If I ever give you a wish list from Amazon.com or any other website you have permission to track me down and shove a plunger into my ass.)

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