Film, culture, history
If I understand Yahoo news correctly, a British teenager has been banned from going to the US. His crime? He doesn’t like the American president. (more here)
Well, I’m an American citizen. I’m proud of our constitution. I don’t like hearing foreigners insulting my President. So, what’s my view on this kid?
Continue reading “Does Freedom of Speech only apply to US citizens?”
Yes, Brazilians make movies too. You might have seen one of them, if you’re into the art scene and reading subtitles.
Oh, and not only do they make films, they also complain that the movies don’t accurately depict their country.
Continue reading “Do Brazil’s movies give the country a bad name?”
INT. VIDEO RENTAL SHOP
VASCO, accompanied by a SMALL CHILD, walks up to the counter looking lost. Two of the CLERKS take a step backward before he says a word, and the third CLERK is transfixed to the television set, watching reruns of “Friends”.
VASCO
Excuse me, do you have Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure?
One of the clerks rolls her eyes.
CLERK 1
Pee what?
Character and plot are two different words. So why do so many self-proclaimed experts say that “character is plot”? (Are they just copying F. Scott Fitzgerald? Or do they have a point?)
The extreme film where the character “is” the plot is The Muppets Christmas Carol. (this post contains spoilers.)
Is there a character in fiction that you think got off too easy? Or perhaps one that had it too rough?
Or are you just sick of rejection letters, and want to reject someone else for a change?
Share your frustrations by writing your own rejection letter to a fictional character.
The winner will get credit on this blog and within the participating networking groups.
If you’re too lucky to know what a rejection letter looks like, an example had been provided. Sorry, Mr. Igor (video or file missing).
Deadline 19 March 2010 at 2 pm.
(You can enter for free. Simply add your entry, or a link to it, as a comment on this blog.)
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Edit: Winners announced.
Lubna made me laugh and I’m glad to have her posts on the blog. Laura Sherman’s was also entertaining. Any of their posts could have been a winner.
This time I’m going with Donna F. Hammett’s rejection of Scarlette. It captures the Old South, and looks authentic.
The winner of the “Write On, Networkers!” entries was Caroline Koepke’s rejection of Elmer Fudd.
What’s up with the “Arab” Gulf?
I checked my old geography books. Everything from the Twentieth Century tells me that:
Somebody wanted to change that. Why?
Continue reading “What’s so important about a silly little name?”
Three men were sentenced to death by firing squad: a retired sabre tooth hunter, a perpetual job seeker, and a head hunter. Continue reading “An ode to the recruitment process”
The only thing worse than a movie based on a tv show is a sequel to a movie based on a tv show. It’s doomed to have bad jokes, endless references, and… wait a minute, this one was actually fun to watch!
“My favourite part is when Alvin was on a mini motorbike when he was trying to save the Chippets from Ian. Alvin got the Chippets and Ian stole this Toy helicopter and a remote control to control it from a toy shop. Then Ian was controlling the toy and Alvin and the Chippets got onto the toy helicopter and the Chippets and Alvin threw their helmets on Ian and he let go of the remote control. One of the Chippets caught it and Ian was on the floor on his back and the motorbike that Alvin and the Chippets were on was still moving on its own and it was going to Ian and it hit his willy.”
-boy aged ten
“My favourite parts are when Alvin gives wedgies to the naughty boys, and when Alvin and Simon beat up the naughty boys.”
-boy aged eight