Local Laffs

Some interesting stories in the Lethbridge Herald today, including:

commemoration of a lynch-mob thwarted by The Queen's Law.


An interesting sounding documentary about a well-known racist comedy tape.

Ah! The rich historical and cultural tapestry of Lethbridge comes alive!

Ponderings

So anyway, I was watching "Deliverance" on CBC the other night and some questions came to mind:

What exactly were the mountain-men rapists doing in the woods before they encountered Jon Voight and Ned Beatty? Did they really have a whiskey still? Picking flowers for their girlfriends/sisters? One had a gun, so I think the obvious answer is that they were looking for some sort of animal to shoot. And then sodimize.

This was Ned Beatty's first film. Did he consider being molested by rural folk his big break?

Did Richard Donner cast Beatty in "Superman" because of his previous work, or because he would be recognized as "that squeal-like-a-pig boy"?

Since remakes of seventies films seems to be the only way Hollywood can make movies these days, why hasn't "Deliverance" been remade yet? Possibly starring Jorge Garcia in the Beatty role.

The preceding post has nothing to do with anything. Carry on.

Laffs

I was listening to the audio comentaries on the 8th season of The Simpsons, when there was a reference to Jack Handey of "Deep Thoughts" fame. Here is an archive of thoughts that were played on SNL in the nineties. I haven't watched SNL in over a decade, but I'm pretty sure they don't have anything this funny anymore. Here's some more Handey evil. Everybody knows the best kind of humor makes certain people fell offended/dirty.

But will it reach the heights of "Raising Cain"?

So it seems that the film version of The Black Dahlia is upon us, after what seems at least a dozen false starts (and nearly twenty years after publication). Hmmmmm, Hartnett eh? I remember going to the movie theatre once, and upon realizing that my friends wanted to see "40 Days and 40 Nights", I promptly left. About the only thing I have seen him in is "Black Hawk Down" and his 2 minutes in "Sin City", and he didn't ruin those movies. I know Jarrett thinks he looks like some sort of primeval ape-man. But what about DePalma? Its been four years since "Femme Fatale", and even that was only a passable effort at best. Never saw his Kubrick rip-off or "Nic Cage Zany-Acting Movie #43". Right now though, my biggest disappointment is with rating specifics. Some grisly scenes?! I wont be satisfied unless the film induces entire audiences to acute nausea. I believe that I would be an excellent choice to direct the film version of "The Big Nowhere". I have some great ideas for the whole "eye-socket-fucking, penis-biting killer" thing that opens the book.