Sad now.
Yeah... That went well.
Mal ,'Trash'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Sean K - Sep 27, 2008 5:39:31 am PDT #8209 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
brenda m - Sep 27, 2008 5:42:21 am PDT #8210 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I heard that. Sad.
§ ita § - Sep 27, 2008 6:32:56 am PDT #8211 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh! Dear.
DavidS - Sep 27, 2008 7:07:39 am PDT #8212 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That news bums me out.
Newman was a fellow Kenyon College alum and returned there fairly often to support the school. The summer I spent there working on the grounds crew, he and Joanne were around town as she played in Hayfever with the Kenyon Festival Theater. You'd see him around town all the time. He helped the school fund a new theater and directed the first production there.
Aside from that connection, he seemed like the last star to really come out of the studio system. I can't really think of another great movie star after him that had such iconic roles in black and white films as he did with The Hustler and Hud.
Early on he was a great movie star and leading man. Later, he really became a fine, subtle, complex actor. I think his best performance was in The Verdict - an underrated movie that still lingers in my memory. He was also excellent in Nobody's Fool.
And, you know, he seemed like such a mensch.
Sean K - Sep 27, 2008 8:29:57 am PDT #8213 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I loved his performance in Nobody's Fool. That's the kind of old man I want to be.
beekaytee - Sep 27, 2008 11:18:06 am PDT #8214 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
If it weren't for Paul Newman, the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament would never have made it from LA to DC. When the parent organization (which promised us Club Med across America on foot) went toes up, the state would not let us move our camp without our own sanitation services.
Newman gave us the money to build the porta-potties that served us well for 3742 miles and the funds to buy a 'honey wagon.'
He saved us. And given his renowned scatological humor, it always seemed appropriate that he helped us get our shit together.
Bless him.
And Joanne, who directed a one woman play called The Depot, starring Shirley Knight as a suburban woman who dedicates her life to nuclear disarmament.
They are both noble folk.
SailAweigh - Sep 27, 2008 1:50:44 pm PDT #8215 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
bonny, that is so cool! I love hearing about people who made good and insist on giving back in meaningful ways with personal attention, not just throwing money at things hoping they'll go away.
SailAweigh - Sep 27, 2008 1:50:50 pm PDT #8216 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Whoops! Finger too quick on the trigger.
evil jimi - Sep 27, 2008 5:09:56 pm PDT #8217 of 10000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
and let's not forget his sauces and dressings. Paul Newman's Own is delicious stuff and proceeds go to charity, so even more delectable.
quester - Sep 27, 2008 5:30:39 pm PDT #8218 of 10000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I think his best performance was in The Verdict - an underrated movie that still lingers in my memory.
Can't be said enough. this is the one he should have won the Oscar for.
Sad now.