Slog - Comments on Some Thoughts on the Academy Awards http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o [Some might think I'm unqualified to weigh in on the Academy Awards because I think almost every movie would be better if it were shorter, i.e., if there were less of it, but when I was 15 and obese and had divorcing parents and not a friend in the world and was living in a suburb of Los Angeles and my ambition was to write screenplays, I set my alarm for 5 in the morning just so that I could watch the live press conference announcing the nominees for the Academy Awards—that's how much I cared.] 1) Everything is better... Copyright 2007 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:02:19 -0800 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:05:21 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Joshua H For a movie about Jews and Arabs, you created a dish with bacon? I don't know whether to be appalled or to give you props.

]]> Joshua H http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031070 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031070 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:37:18 -0800 Comment by fnarf I actually guessed a much higher number of pigs. That's only about one pig for every two Germans. I guessed four times as many.

Totally agree about bows. Especially the gigantic spare dress that Charlize Theron was wearing on her shoulder. Damn, she's a pretty lady, though she's starting to remind me of a young Eva Gabor; but that dress had a big, big problem.

]]> fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031071 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031071 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:38:31 -0800 Comment by fnarf PS: John Travolta's hair is only the fourth-weirdest thing about him.

]]> fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031072 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031072 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:43:19 -0800 Comment by fnarf I just looked at your recipe, and I have a quibble--you shouldn't discard the kale stems. You should cut them out of the leaves, and chop them fine, and cook them much longer--cooking them with the bacon is fine. You can't overcook the stems. The recipe is correct that short cooking for the leaves is best, though. I'm sure it was delicious. But then, I've never eaten anything in my life with bacon in it that wasn't.br>
Is there any truth to the rumor that bacon tempts more vegetarians back to the dark side than any other meaty food?

]]> fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031075 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031075 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:58:34 -0800 Comment by fnarf #3 on the list of weird things about Travolta is his starring in a remake of "Hairspray".

Huh? "Hairspray" already is a movie. It's not even that old, 1988. Is this going to suck ass, or what? Who's going to play the Divine role? Dick Cheney?

]]> fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031079 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031079 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:27:52 -0800 Comment by anon At least you weren't assigned a Capote-themed snack.

]]> anon http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031081 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031081 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:45:59 -0800 Comment by manucabe Fnarf: guess who's going to play the Divine role?

It's now the fourth Weirdest thing about Travolta. Hair is fifth.

]]> manucabe http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031124 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031124 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:49:04 -0800 Comment by JTContinental Speaking of weird hair, did anyone notice Leslie Miller lurking on the ABC post-Oscar show sporting a freaky new weave? I very nearly turned to stone.

]]> JTContinental http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031132 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031132 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:43:35 -0800 Comment by josh I think almost every movie would be better if it were shorter
One of my friends has the same affliction. During movies she'll give me a nod to announce where intermissions or endings should have been. Because I didn't see it with her, I don't know what she thought about The Squid and the Whale. As far as I was concerned, it was an amazingly efficient ninety minutes (which included a pink floyd cover!). Too bad it didn't get the screenplay award.]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031251 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031251 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:24:04 -0800 Comment by COMTE I believe this new "Hairspray" is a film version of the Broadway musical - which of course, was based on the film.

If only they'd let J.W. direct it - again.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/some_thoughts_o#c031277 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:05:21 -0800