I saw
The King's Speech,
which I totally loved. I was afraid the stuttering would bother me, as I used to have a fairly bad stutter and to this day hearing someone else stutter makes me very uncomfortable. But it turned out OK.
it was weird, but my dad used to threaten to make me talk with a mouthful of marbles when I stuttered. I had never heard of that anyplace else until I saw TKS. Also, my dad would get angry at me when I stuttered, which I can say is very counterproductive.
All in all, I found TKS to be very funny and inspiring.
it was weird, but my dad used to threaten to make me talk with a mouthful of marbles when I stuttered. I had never heard of that anyplace else until I saw TKS. Also, my dad would get angry at me when I stuttered, which I can say is very counterproductive.
The marble thing is also used in "My Fair Lady" to teach proper enunciation of words.
Channing Tatum is the lead of the Eagle, right? How could it not suck?
Oh, but Jamie Bell!
We went to see The Rite tonight. It was decent. I love Anthony Hopkins.
The marble thing goes back to Diogenes, I think.
Yeah, in TKS they mention that being used in ancient Greece.
The marble thing goes back to Diogenes, I think.
The Athenian orator Demosthenes used pebbles to address his stutter.
Diogenes, Demosthenes, potato, whatever the Greek word for potato is...
I'm so glad I hadn't seen that scene in any trailers.
The worst part is, they did use it in a trailer I saw. Way to wreck the movie, asshats!
ION, I saw RED tonight. OMG! So much fun. I knew that Malkovich and Mirren (and Brian Cox) would be a hoot, but Mary-Louise Parker almost stole the movie with her I'm-up-for-anything attitude.
ETA - is this like the only movie Rebecca Pidgeon's been in that wasn't a Mamet movie?
PPS - IMDB says close, but not quite.
Mary-Louise Parker almost stole the movie with her I'm-up-for-anything attitude.
The scene in the elevator, for example.
