I'm not trying to impress. I'm just trying to figure out what is close to common knowledge.
Ah, gotcha. My apologies for the aspersions, in that case. OTOH, I have no idea how much my common is completely off to the left of anyone else's common.
We'd be dead. Can't get paid if you're dead.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Oct 07, 2009 7:12:17 pm PDT #12775 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
DavidS - Oct 07, 2009 7:12:19 pm PDT #12776 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Doe it help that I know none of this?
Well, I didn't know most of it until I started researching it, so I was just curious about what was broadly known. And while I didn't know he was a model, I wasn't surprised since the first time I saw him out of character I thought, "He's rather a handsome dude."
Hil R. - Oct 07, 2009 7:12:27 pm PDT #12777 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Perkins, yes.
Lee - Oct 07, 2009 7:13:22 pm PDT #12778 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thanks Hil!
DavidS - Oct 07, 2009 7:16:10 pm PDT #12779 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For the record, I didn't see Borat when it came out, or his HBO show with Ali G.
My first exposure to him was in the Ali G. movie which I nabbed off cable a while back and I thought that was really funny, sharp, daring and even kind of sweet.
Since then I've seen Borat and Bruno and his turns in Sweeney Todd and Talladega Nights but I missed most of the media blitz when Borat first came out, or when HBO was pushing his show.
bon bon - Oct 07, 2009 7:23:16 pm PDT #12780 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I did not know he was a model and breakdancer, though I remember, with pleasure, persuading Steph that he was not, in fact, ugly. He was gloriously naked in the credits for Ali G, and wow. His brother's pretty well-known, though.
bon is gonna disown me now.
I didn't see Bruno, that part of it is less my thing. But no Talledega Nights? He's the best part of the movie.
OK, so that's not the best recommendation for it.
Burrell - Oct 07, 2009 7:26:15 pm PDT #12781 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Why would anyone make someone's waist look smaller than her head is beyond me.
My only guess is they maybe someone thought it was clever to tweak a photo until the model had the same proportions as a Barbie doll? And unfortunately instead of looking clever it looks creepy and wrong.
shrift - Oct 07, 2009 7:27:15 pm PDT #12782 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
msbelle - Oct 07, 2009 7:29:45 pm PDT #12783 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
But no Talledega Nights?
nope. I see so few movies now, that when I do get a chance to see stuff it is not usually comedy like that. my first choices tend toward really gritty ugly stuff or romcoms.
§ ita § - Oct 07, 2009 7:36:07 pm PDT #12784 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've heard good things about Talladega Nights-- it falls into the group of things my sister forces bits of upon me (I made her watch Buffy and she still hasn't forgiven me), but I do regret watching Borat. God, that was tedious and unamusing.
I do think he's really goodlooking when he's not doing schtick, though, so the model thing doesn't surprise me at all.