Did Johnny Depp reallly write that article in The Onion?
No. Also, Sting didn't really write the article they once ran, "You Know, I Used To Be Cool Once."
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
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Tom Scola - Apr 20, 2005 8:05:45 am PDT #2047 of 10002
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§ ita § - Apr 20, 2005 8:06:34 am PDT #2048 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Onion AV club is straight up, but that doesn't seem to be AV.
tommyrot - Apr 20, 2005 8:06:59 am PDT #2049 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
AFAIK The Onion has never had a guest writer. They've also never published a letter to the editor.
Scrappy - Apr 20, 2005 8:16:41 am PDT #2050 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
But they do real stuff in the AV club, whcih is why I was wondering.
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2005 8:20:09 am PDT #2051 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
At first I thought that was an AV Club article, because the logo looked a little large. But they have different hosts.
Betsy HP - Apr 20, 2005 8:35:18 am PDT #2052 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I misunderstood; I thought it was an interview like the one with Joss. My bad.
JZ - Apr 20, 2005 9:33:01 am PDT #2053 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I was kinda thinking that it might be not-real, because why on earth would he bother to mention getting his head shaved in preparation for playing Hunter S. Thompson without mentioning the coolest part, which is that he actually got his head shaved by Hunter S. Thompson?
erikaj - Apr 20, 2005 9:51:10 am PDT #2054 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Whoa. (Depp respect becomes stratospheric)
DavidS - Apr 20, 2005 9:53:34 am PDT #2055 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Whoa. (Depp respect becomes stratospheric)
It was after a weekend of drunken/chemical bonding with Hunter, which culminated in the headshaving as a ritual/blessing. Done poolside, as I recall.
That noted, I prefer Bill Murray's Hunter in Where The Buffalo Roam though it is, in most other ways, an inferior movie.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 20, 2005 10:06:12 am PDT #2056 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That noted, I prefer Bill Murray's Hunter in Where The Buffalo Roam though it is, in most other ways, an inferior movie.
I like them both. I think Murray's was more of a caricature than Depp's, but they both had some strong moments.
Man, though, while I loved WtBR the first time I saw it, subsequent viewing were a terrible disappointment. Peter Boyle can be great, but he was painful to watch at certain (or most) points in the movie. Not that Benicio was easy to watch, but he had that character down cold, so that was appropriate - he was scary, not cringe-worthy.