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A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
David Hwang (best known for M. Butterfly)
Best known in my house for Soft Power, which is the smartest work of political-themed theater I have ever seen anywhere. (The fever-dream of Hillary Clinton pole-dancing at a campaign rally inside a swanky glitter-encrusted McDonalds will stay with me forever.)
Toddson-
That's weird. I remember the "your karate chops" bit, but I would have sworn it was followed by them singing, "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend". Maybe I'm merging two different sketches?
I remember my mother had the Flower Drum Song album when I was growing up, but I don't think she ever played it for me. She did have a tendency to break into "The Other Generation" when she felt put-upon, though.
I just got a streaming recs newsletter from the NY Times that talks about Scott Pilgrim vs the World, and says:
And it's a "before they were stars" extravaganza, presciently filled with talented young actors (Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Mae Whitman, Alison Pill, and many more) who were just about to pop.
...that's a glaring omission, right??
You mean Chris Evans? He had already starred in Fantastic Four by that point.
Oh, so you figured he had already popped? Yeah, that's fair.
That cast is ridiculous to think about now.
I need to watch it again soon.
never seen. wahhhhhh. need to remedy.
My favorite thing about Scott Pilgrim is the fake movie posters for Lucas Lee (Chris Evans' character): [link]
Anna Kendrick popped at 14 with Camp dammit.
You mean Chris Evans? He had already starred in Fantastic Four by that point.
One would think that, my unironic affection for that horrible failure of a movie series aside, that would be more of a bubble kind of pop than a pop-pop.