posted by Henry Basenji at 1/07/2003 04:33:00 PM

Sunday, January 05, 2003

 

I'm Afraid I Simply Must

Lerner is fired for confusing You Only Live Twice, featuring Sean Connery sporting the worst disguise in spy history and The Forger as Dr. Evil, with Diamonds are Forever, featuring Jill St. John in hot pants. You will not be fined a round, but you will be required to buy a vodka martini, shaken not stirred, for the first Crank who crosses your path in 2003. Hopefully it won't be Hal who needs to stay sober enough to get the dead pool running. Sidney Omarr is already dead, for crying out loud.

Incidentally, the last Scorcese movie I went to was, in fact, Cape Fear. I went at Union Station with Carlotta to give you an idea how long ago that really was. Nothing Marty has coughed up since had made me want to shell out any cash. In regard to Gangs of New York I was actually more interested in the period (American Studies major you know; again, shut up Hal.) I'm currently reading a biography of Edith Roosevelt (two or three pages at a time on the Metro, I don't have a fabulous reading commute like Andrew); apparently Edith's Dad was a drunk who pissed away the family fortune and they had to keep moving to cheaper places in New York. Mention was made in passing of the the "notorious five points district" but I doubt she ever was anywhere near it. Anyway, since I am reading a bit about the same period from a distinctly different perspective, I thought it would be interesting. Perhaps if there had been an actual story, it would have, but sadly that was not the case. The less said about Lenny D the better. Next time I'll skip the new Scorcese movie and rent King of Comedy.