Yeah, but Travolta looks disturbing and freaky in drag. It's not real drag
Amen to this. Divine was brilliant. And Harvey was utterly faboo and the guy I saw play Edna in LA was fantastic (as was Jim J Bullock as Mr. Turnblad. Holy fuck was their number to gether funnier than I don't what). It's funny if the audience *KNOWS* that it is a large, gay, deep voiced man in a dress playing Edna. It's not funny if it's creepy John Travolta (who I actually like a lot) trying to desperately NOT look like a drag queen.
Anyone have any links to how John Waters feels about the movie and its casting? I know that he LOVED the stage musical. And they must have gotten some sort of permission from him to do the movie, but I wonder how he feels about the final product and the casting?
I was amused by this review in Time Out New York, where the reviewer was too grossed out by the concept of a rat in a kitchen to enjoy it.
Better never venture into a real restaurant kitchen is all I can say.
Weren't there some rat issues in NYC that shut a bunch of restaurants down recently?
Weren't there some rat issues in NYC that shut a bunch of restaurants down recently?
There was a bunch of rats that shut down one restaurant recently: [link]
There were a dozen or so rats happily frolicking in a KFC, and all the local TV stations showed up to film them. The KFC had passed its inspection a few weeks before. (It's now permanently closed).
Since then, the Dept. of Health has gotten a lot more strict in its inspections.
Weren't there some rat issues in NYC that shut a bunch of restaurants down recently?
Was that related to the footage of the KFC with the rats running all over it, or was that a separate incident.
Heh, and my question is answered.
Weren't there some rat issues in NYC that shut a bunch of restaurants down recently?
Since then, the Dept. of Health has gotten a lot more strict in its inspections.
Read Tom's post to mean yes, they shut a lot of restaurants down. It would be nice if we could have those letter grades like they have in L.A. County.
There have been about four restaurants that have been closed in my neighborhood, all with pretty high scores (NYC has a point system that counts the number of violations). They all opened again within a week or so.
Honestly, having known pet rats and knowing enough about the habits of wild rats (they're as fastidiously clean as cats) I don't have any associated squick with the idea of a rat who cooks. But I can see why some people would have a little bit of a conceptual barrier to this movie....
There were a dozen or so rats happily frolicking in a KFC, and all the local TV stations showed up to film them. The KFC had passed its inspection a few weeks before. (It's now permanently closed).
Yeah, the way word about that KFC spread I don't think they'd have seen many customers returning even if they'd nerve gassed the place.
I'm not bothered by the theoretical concept of a rat in a kitchen since it's an obviously unreal CGI rat like the ones in Flushed Away. I'll admit to being grossed out by the realistic rat in the cotton candy from those Charlotte's Web ads, though.
A friend is going to see Ratatouille with me tonight! I can't wait!
