oh my allergies. What a great article.
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Laga - Feb 16, 2010 1:02:41 pm PST #6853 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
megan walker - Feb 16, 2010 1:16:30 pm PST #6854 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Dear lord, that Ebert article was very, very hard to read. That is one dedicated man.
The part about Siskel just killed me.
Connie Neil - Feb 16, 2010 1:29:06 pm PST #6855 of 30000
brillig
I shouldn't have read it at work, it's hard to talk tech support on the phone when you're all choked up.
erikaj - Feb 16, 2010 1:32:35 pm PST #6856 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I will think of Roger Ebert every time I see a movie shopping bag with a baguette popping out the top or a dude walking by with a pane of glass. Because on one of his shows with Siskel, they did some kind of Cliche Roundup thing, and those were Roger's 'faves"...I guess I remember his more than Siskel's because I had never thought about them, and then, bang, there they were, everywhere. ETA: I know our disabilities are very different, but I was struck by his writing so much in long-hand. When I write in longhand, my style totally suffers. I get spare, and stuff, but more in a fragmented way than a Hemingway way. Also, Ebert gets both fanboy and humanity points for not writing reviews that would be essentially "Fuck you, how can you still care about this? My life is pretty fucked."Sometimes I write and take stuff out on people so I couldn't blame him if he did, but he doesn't. That is a standup human being, let alone movie critic.But I think to him, that would be like peeing in baptismal water or something.
§ ita § - Feb 16, 2010 1:48:53 pm PST #6857 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That was a beautiful and heartbreaking piece.
Sue - Feb 16, 2010 2:18:05 pm PST #6858 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I'm glad I stopped reading that at work and saved it for home. Such a great article.
Connie Neil - Feb 16, 2010 2:59:12 pm PST #6859 of 30000
brillig
Disney certainly does not come off well. Not that they deserve to.
quester - Feb 16, 2010 4:33:48 pm PST #6860 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Esquire has an utterly heartbreaking and beautiful article about Roger Ebert: [link]
That was a beautiful and heartbreaking piece.
Disney certainly does not come off well. Not that they deserve to.
I'm typing through tears. Disney can go fuck themselves!
§ ita § - Feb 16, 2010 7:46:16 pm PST #6861 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They've cast the young Conan. I guess if you squint. He'll need tanning spray, though.
DavidS - Feb 16, 2010 8:29:47 pm PST #6862 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey! Hammer's excellent Brides of Dracula is up on YouTube. This one gets overlooked because no Christopher Lee, but it's got Peter Cushing and Terence Fisher directs and it's pretty spiff.