Slog - Comments on Coming Vaguely Soon... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon The oddly titled The Secret of the Grain (the "secret" turns out to be that someone has made off with the couscous) was my favorite movie at SIFF. Certain commenters seem to have felt that a movie about couscous didn't deserve to be two and a half hours long. I disagree--the triviality of the subject matter made the insane suspense all the more delicious--but you'll be happy to hear that the subject of Abdellatif Kechiche's new movie is much heftier. Yeah, Abdellatif Kechiche is making a period film about the Hottentot Venus. After all the crazy stereotyping of black women... Copyright 2008 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:46:52 -0800 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:40:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by michael strangeways SATC gets reamed for being 2.20 and you're gushing over 2 1/2 hours of couscous!!!

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055267 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055267 Film Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:54:28 -0800 Comment by annie Well, the last half hour is all belly dancing. DID SATC HAVE BELLY DANCING?! I didn't think so.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055274 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055274 Film Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:57:34 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I agree about the last part.

It's amusing how the audience - people who went out of their way to watch this film - divided so much on whether they loved it (5 out of 5) or hated it (1 or 2 out of 5).

Sex and the City should have been 3 hours long ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055295 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055295 Film Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:05:42 -0800 Comment by Vince There was a tribe, I believe in southern Africa, that valued women with large, very large, posteriors. It became a hereditary trait that can be seen today. I'm serious. I wouldn't joke about a butt like that.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055336 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055336 Film Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:20:38 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball I saw that ass on the #26 today. Just sayin'...

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055416 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055416 Film Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:51:44 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Yes, Vince, that tribe was (and is) the Hottentots, just like it says on the picture. Or (as that name is offensive) the Khoikhoi, as they are more properly called. They were mostly driven out out of their South African homeland by the Bantu interlopers (as were the "Bushmen" or San), and then finished off by the Europeans. They're still around in much diminished numbers.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055436 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055436 Film Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:02:21 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Oh, and for anyone who thinks that exhibiting Africans for the education and entertainment of white folks is a horribly wrong relic of Jim Crow America that could never be countenanced today, maybe you should ask yourself what's up with the "African Village" display in Woodland Park Zoo. Zoo. Humans. 2008. Hmm.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055468 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055468 Film Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:23:16 -0800 Comment by Google it That's steatopygia - a lot of football players have it, too.

]]> Google it http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055505 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055505 Film Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:39:15 -0800 Comment by sepiolida woah... baby got back!

]]> sepiolida http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055531 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055531 Film Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:50:34 -0800 Comment by Greg At this point, the author of Ecclesiastes turns to Sir Mix-a-Lot and says, "I told you so."

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055610 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055610 Film Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:34:48 -0800 Comment by The CHZA what what, in that butt

]]> The CHZA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/coming_vaguely_soon#c1055736 Film Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:40:22 -0800