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Title: review: All the King's Men
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on September 28, 2006, 02:33:37 PM

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Title: Re: review: All the King's Men
Post by: Tink on September 28, 2006, 03:30:14 PM

I'd like to know what Chris Rock said or a reference to it (since I don't watch the Academy Wards).

Title: Re: review: All the King's Men
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on September 28, 2006, 03:42:48 PM

i'm not sure I care. Since, y'know, Chris Rock, imo, has little room to criticize anything anyone does.

Title: Re: review: All the King's Men
Post by: Tink on September 28, 2006, 05:50:23 PM

I just thought it might make the review that much stronger to mention the reference rather than assuming we knew it. I didn't think it was that common of a reference.

Title: Re: review: All the King's Men
Post by: Patrick_Gibbs on September 28, 2006, 07:10:25 PM

Okay, point taken - the incident was two years ago, we should have made more specific reference  to what was said.

Rock did a long riff about actor who seem to appear in everything. He specifically singled out Ewan MacGregor and Jude Law. "I mean, who is Jude Law, anyway?" Rock said. "His name is on like, every movie that comes out. Even if he ain't in it, you look on the ending credits, and he brought cookies or something." He then went on the assert that if producers can't get the top names, they should await, ending with "If Denzel ain't available, and the best you can get is me . . . WAIT."

Later, when Sean penn was presenting an award, he remarked "By the way, to answer the question 'Who is Jude law?,' the answer is, he's one of our finest actors."

Trust me. People made a big deal out of it at the time. But I'm the kind of guy who actually remembers the Oscars and never, ever plays video games, so I acknowledge that I have a bad tendency to be out of step with everyone else on here.

Title: Re: review: All the King's Men
Post by: Fellfrosch on September 29, 2006, 06:02:08 PM

I remembered the reference, and found it amusing.

Title: Re: review: All the King's Men
Post by: Chimera on October 01, 2006, 02:47:20 AM

I had to read this for my college American literature class. Normally, I don't like this kind of book. For some reason, though, I came away affected, disturbed, and impressed. And to this day, though I'm not sure why, I still think highly of it.

I'm interested in seeing it, after your good review. It would be nice if they didn't ruin a good book.

Title: Re: review: All the King's Men
Post by: Patrick_Gibbs on October 02, 2006, 10:17:52 AM

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I remembered the reference, and found it amusing.

Thanks. I'm glad someone did.