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..but he would still beat her up if need be.
So would I - if need be.
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Well, ya know DGF, I've said for YEARS now that Americans are suckers for "bombast".
I mean, WHY the hell do you think I USE all these freakin' uppercase letters in almost all of MY posts around here, HUH?!
BOMBAST, dude, BOMBAST! It grabs the attention of SO many people out there, ol' buddy!!! It's always those mealy-mouthed little eggheaded intellectuals that never get any airtime, ya know! Nope, THAT kind'a thing just BORES 'em to death.
(...AND add in a little folksy shtick now and then by use of "good ol' American plain speakin' ", and you're BOUND to be in like Flynn with a fairly large segment of our society!)
Americans like to be entertained. And ever since Morton Downey Jr. turned tv talk into an assault and then was followed by the whole Jerry Springer generation - that's what people think is interesting in politics (loud, accusatory rhetoric).
That makes Trump much more popular than all those same old politicians saying exactly the same old nothing stuff they say every election. If he actually becomes President, then I guess America will deserve it.
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"Crust" brings to mind the term "sand".
You'd hear it in westerns - for example, "You got sand to come walking in here, I'll give you that".
Guess it meant courage.
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A column by Robert Reich
An excerpt:
Around about the late 1970s and early 1980s, all of this changed dramatically. The change began on Wall Street. Wall Street convinced the Reagan administration, and subsequent administrations and congresses, to repeal regulations that were put in place after the crash of 1929.
As a result of that move towards deregulation, we saw a steady decline in (moral) standards – a race to the bottom – on Wall Street and then in executive suites. In the 1980s we had junk bond scandals combined with insider trading. In the 1990s we had the beginnings of a speculative binge culminating in the dotcom bubble. Sad to say, under the Clinton administration the Glass-Steagall Act – that had been part of the banking act of 1933, separating investment banking from commercial banking – was repealed.
In 2001 and 2002 we had Enron and the corporate looting scandals. Not only did this reveal the dark side of executive behaviour among some of the most admired companies in America – Enron had been listed among the nation’s most respected companies before that time – but also the complicity of Wall Street. Wall Street traders were actively involved in the Enron travesty. And then, of course, we had all of the excesses leading up to the crash of 2008.
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I get such a pang of nostalgia when I watch - or even think of - 'Route 66'.
That world of the early 60's seemed almost perfect in its growing liberalism, it's optimistic future, its car coolness. Sure, I know being 12, 13, 14, has a lot to do with my perception of that time in America, but I guess that's what nostalgia is. I liked Milner very much in that series.
Didn't care for Adam-12 one bit.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 2015
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Thx 1138 (1971)
The Tin Drum (1979)
'The Tin Drum' was at last released in the director's cut a few years back - runs about 20 minutes longer.
Info page indicates this is not what TCM will be showing tonight, but maybe the page is wrong. We can hope. An article I read said the director's cut is a richer experience.
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The thing about these romantic comedies is that so often the supporting characters are more interesting and fun to watch than the leads. One such is Betsy's Wedding in which Ally Sheedy who plays the bride's sister/maid of honor/police officer, falls for Anthony La Plagia who's a hood-in-training working for a "connected" family member. It soon becomes apparent he's not mob material but how this all plays out, especially the end, cracks you up. LaPlagia should have been nominated for a BSA Oscar. Molly Ringwald is the bride and I can't remember who the groom is which makes my point.
I remember that movie - though I saw it just once. I remember it because I found LaPaglia so interesting in that role - he seemed more likeable than usual. Now I know the name of it - thanks.
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To come so close, to try so hard, to work so well together, to need her so much, only to be tricked out of one's love, so that no one tells you the truth, so that no one supports you, such that one loses not because of the winner's moral superiority, but convenient deniability, such that your love means nothing, so that it is erased for the winner's convenience strikes me as grossly unjust.
Life sucks, dude.
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Another track from 'Uncut' by The Powder Blues Band
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There you go. Re, the Shining ........ thought the film was brilliant.
As a comedy?
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"The Shining" (1980)--Stephen King's best book is destroyed by Kubrick. From whose viewpoint the action is mainly seen through, to botching the staging of scenes (the bartender), to directing Nicholas to act semi-crazy at the beginning of the film, to eliminating a dividing line of safety (daylight--safe; nighttime--anything can (and does) happen in the book), to needless violence--all Wrong. Two frightening moments (Shelley Duvall at the typewriter & Jack Nicholas using a familiar television phrase) do not a movie make.
I've avoided Kubrick films after "The Shining" (1980).
Terrible adaptation of the novel. King thought so too.
'Eyes Wide Shut' scared me more than 'The Shining'. Much creepier, quite disturbing at times.
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I don't think it would cost a billion dollars to run in all 50 states for President as an independent. It always surprises me to see the "independent" candidates listed even on the SC ballot where the Republican always wins. I doubt Ralph Nader spent a billion to get on the ballots.
Regardless, Trump could afford it (according to him). The question for Trump is that if he refuses to sign it, he will likely go down in the polls. That's not good for his ego.
It's the work one must do to get all the time-sensitive signatures one needs to be allowed on the ballot in those States that adds so much to the expense. Unlike Nader, Trump would not have a volunteer army - he'd have to hire the ground troops to get this done. Very expensive and time consuming. He has the money, but he doesn't have the will to take on such a daunting exercise for a cause that he will certainly lose.
The question for Trump is that if he refuses to sign it, he will likely go down in the polls. That's not good for the ego.
Signing it will hurt him as much in the polls. Lots of people are disappointed that he caved.
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Well, I saw a very enjoyable romantic comedy recently. It was called 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' (2008).
Man, that Mila Kunis has great eyes. Penetrating even.
I suppose I should've put this post in the "I Just Watched" thread.
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Some Canadian blues-rock - The Powder Blues Band circa 1980
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So, I see we get another - unexpected - Warren Oates treat on Monday (very wee small hours).
'China 9, Liberty 37' (1978) - the last of the spaghetti westerns. This one was directed by American Monte Hellman though, and in addition to the great Oates, it has fan-boy favorite (Logan's Run, American Werewolf in London) Jenny Agutter - and the legendary Sam Peckinpah doing some acting!
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What makes a bad romantic comedy is when it's not very funny.
The romantic part is easy - it's simple formula. But if the comedy isn't funny - doesn't produce much in the way of laughter - then it's not gonna succeed for most people.
Although, I'm probably wrong about this. I didn't laugh once at 'Pretty Woman' (although I may have smirked a few times), but audiences ate it up.
Okay. Never mind.
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Yes, but I was clarifying it for those who may have wondered about an "independent" getting on the ballot as a Republican or Democrat as opposed to running as an independent on the ballot.
The point I was making about Trump giving in and signing on to be (maybe) the Republican nominee is that he realized the enormous expense and workload involved in trying to run as an independent on the Presidential ballot. While it was uplifting for him to pretend he has the cojones (and foolishness) for something like that, he figured he better give that pose up. Too much could go wrong, it'd cost him at least a billion dollars, and he wouldn't win - any more than Ross Perot or Ralph Nader won.
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replying meekly "I've never seen THE WILD BUNCH."
Well, Warren is the best of the bunch. You can't take your eyes off him in the second half of the movie, and you want to see more of him.
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Reading this thread I wish I had seen some of the movies that aired on his Summer Under THe Stars day.
I've only seen Warren Oates in BADLANDS as Sissy Spacek's father.
You must have seen him in 'The Wild Bunch'??
That movie - even more than 'In the Heat of the Night' - is the one that propelled him into the public's greater awareness.
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Of course, if you are talking about running as an Independent and not in either the Democratic or Republican Party primaries, it may be different.
If? Didn't you read the very thing you quoted me posting?
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I don't find Kubrick movies to be that good.
My favorite is 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999). I thought with that one he'd finally made a film that supported his reputation as a "great" director. It'd been a long time since his other "best" (Strangelove).
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Trump is way up in the South Carolina poll -- that's the third Republican primary. If he didn't sign the pledge, he couldn't run there.
Oh, I know. He really had no choice. There's a host of States that make it practically impossible for an independent to get on the ballot. It takes a lot of money to get the required support in those States to make it happen.
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Trump has caved.
He signed the Republican Loyalty Oath.
Although, if there's anyone who would break it if he thinks he's been hoodwinked, it'd be him.
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My first experience with acknowledging Oates as an actor was in the not so great but amusing Ryan O'Neal vehicle THE THIEF WHO CAME TO DINNER but it was on a double bill with DILLINGER somewhere.
My first experience with him was when he had a recurring role on the early 60's series 'Stoney Burke'. Jack Lord was the star, playing a rodeo rider. Warren was strongly featured in about a third of the episodes as something of a goofball around the rodeo circuit. At first I didn't like his character (he seemed a little like the 'Angel' character played by Stuart Margolin on 'The Rockford Files').
But after seeing him a few times, I found I was beginning to enjoy his oddness.
That he became as famous as he did, and got as much work as he did, was pleasing.
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What Happened to the Moral Center of American Capitalism?
in MOD REVIEW
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At least it once pretended to have one. Did you read what Reich wrote? As a person who began in the business world in the mid-60's, I recognize that there was a different moral ethic in place then than there is now.