The point of the makeup is to fit in so seamlessly that you don't realize that's what you're seeing.
That's also the point of CGI and stunt doubles -- I'd like to think I'm savvy about them too.
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§ ita § - Feb 20, 2005 6:35:26 pm PST #9232 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Alibelle - Feb 20, 2005 6:39:10 pm PST #9233 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
That's also the point of CGI and stunt doubles -- I'd like to think I'm savvy about them too.
True. And yet even knowing that, don't they sometimes manage to fool you?
I mean, the CGI in Hotel Rwanda completely fooled me.
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2005 6:41:14 pm PST #9234 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And yet even knowing that, don't they sometimes manage to fool you?
Absolutely. And then I bang my head and think "How naive!" and am slightly less likely to fall for it again.
Alibelle - Feb 20, 2005 6:46:13 pm PST #9235 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Absolutely. And then I bang my head and think "How naive!" and am slightly less likely to fall for it again.
Oh, okay. Carry on, then.
DebetEsse - Feb 20, 2005 11:31:46 pm PST #9236 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I'm watching Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
I finally really get the Katherine Hepburn love. The only other comedy I've seen her in is Philadelphia Story, in which her being, IMO, too old for the part put me off a bit. Off to add to my queue.
Lyra Jane - Feb 21, 2005 5:11:45 am PST #9237 of 10001
Up with the sun
In the 80's, wasn't AZT still sort of difficult to come by, especially for penniless Bohemians?
I would think, but wikipedia says AZT was in use then, so I guess it's *barely* possible. But the musical's attitude about "living with living with living with/not dying from disease" strikes me as much more a 90's thing than an 80's one.
And lots of the lyrics are late 90's specific- it's set in the tech boom, and the line "Living in America at the end of the millenium..".
Not to mention that the entire joke about Alexi giving 15 different ways to reach her doesn't make much sense if you set the musical in an era when cell phones came in briefcases and very few people outside universities and labs used email. She's cutting edge, but not *that* cutting edge.
I'm hoping it's just a rumor. Or maybe they're trying to make it like the Jim Sheridan movie "In America," where there are elements of several different eras mixed for an out-of-time feeling.
Lyra Jane - Feb 21, 2005 5:13:39 am PST #9238 of 10001
Up with the sun
Serial...
The only other comedy I've seen her in is Philadelphia Story
You must see "Bringing Up Baby." It is (no lie) my favorite romantic comedy of all time. Sadly, it's not on DVD yet, but it's supposed to be released later this spring.
That movie made me fall in love with Ms. Hepburn.
Fred Pete - Feb 21, 2005 5:17:38 am PST #9239 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
The only other comedy I've seen her in is Philadelphia Story
And don't miss Holiday -- another Hepburn/Grant classic.
And although Hepburn isn't in it, I also recommend Gambit, a fun little caper film starring Michael Caine and Shirley Maclaine.
Lilty Cash - Feb 21, 2005 5:18:37 am PST #9240 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I'm hoping it's just a rumor. Or maybe they're trying to make it like the Jim Sheridan movie "In America," where there are elements of several different eras mixed for an out-of-time feeling.
This could be ok, too.
I would think, but wikipedia says AZT was in use then, so I guess it's *barely* possible.
Yeah, my only point of reference was Angels in America, which actually could have been set a few years earlier in the 80's.
Vonnie K - Feb 21, 2005 5:21:32 am PST #9241 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Holiday. Siiiigh. That's my favorite Hepburn/Grant film. I like The Philadelphia Story and Bringing Up Baby, but Holiday is IT for me. I'm hoping someone would remaster the film (the copy I have on VHS is of sucky quality) and release it as a big Grant/Hepburn DVD box set or something.