Vonnie, you would have really liked the production that 'Suela and I saw last year for free in an Oakland park, by a very talented all-women cast. It was exceptional and made me see the play in a different light. 'cause, yeah, right there with you on the squick-o-meter of the source material.
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javachik - Jul 14, 2010 8:15:46 am PDT #9804 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Jon B. - Jul 14, 2010 8:18:45 am PDT #9805 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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Glamcookie - Jul 14, 2010 8:21:51 am PDT #9806 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Oh, eff Grand Canyon and pretty much all rom-coms. I was pretty meh on Sliding Doors (not a Gwyneth fan at all), but I agree with Hec on her hair being all kinds of adorable in it. I even took a picture of her to the salon to get the cut, but it didn't turn out half as cute at Gwyneth's. I need her stylist from that time to call me!
Movie that lots of people hate that I just love: Mulholland Drive. And not just cause it has hot women making out, though that certainly didn't hurt.
I didn't care for Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Too gross and I felt like the clues they found/solved would/should have been way earlier. They weren't so out there IMO. I did not read the book.
Jessica - Jul 14, 2010 8:26:18 am PDT #9807 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My in-laws saw a production of Shrew where it was made clear that Kate and Petruchio (in the end) were playing the other characters in order to get the money, and that Kate didn't believe a word she was saying.
Sean K - Jul 14, 2010 8:26:21 am PDT #9808 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I love Lost in Translation, Magnolia, Trainspotting and American Beauty. I generally don't like Rom Coms.
I saw (but didn't hear) Leap Year on the flight to Venice. It looked okay, but Amy Adams played a ditzy, clumsy, incompotent woman, and I just don't beieve Amy Adams in that role.
Kathy A - Jul 14, 2010 8:29:30 am PDT #9809 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Several years ago, a local theatre did a gender-neutral concert-style production of 1776 which had a female John Adams and a male Abigail which got rave reviews. If I had heard about the production before the last week it was running, I would have made sure to have seen it.
Sean K - Jul 14, 2010 8:30:43 am PDT #9810 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I've seen multiple productions of Taming of the Shrew that made Kate and Petruccio likable and sympathetic, so it's very possible, even within Shakespeare's original text.
Jessica - Jul 14, 2010 8:36:04 am PDT #9811 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've seen multiple productions of Taming of the Shrew that made Kate and Petruccio likable and sympathetic, so it's very possible, even within Shakespeare's original text
It's not making them likable that's the problem, it's getting away from the message that good women are doormats.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 14, 2010 8:36:23 am PDT #9812 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Jonathan Miller did a Taming for the BBC with John Cleese as Petruchio. I really liked that version. I can't remember who Kate was off the top of my head though. Cleese was quite good, as he generally is in serious roles.
P.M. Marc - Jul 14, 2010 8:38:45 am PDT #9813 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I liked the atypical-for-Meg Ryan Addicted to Love. Bitterness helps.
That movie was awesome.
Creepy stalker rom-com for the win!
I think more romantic comedies need guns and stuff blowing up. Or the unlikely pairing of creepy stalkers. You know. Mix it up a little, people! Otherwise it's all blah-blah-blah, whatevercakes.