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In which reality blows by satire
- Thread starter Christian Miller (CMM)
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David M. Bueker
David M. Bueker
I would think it likely that zombie slaves would follow to get tacos de cabeza. They might expect brains.
Eden Mylunsch
Eden Mylunsch
Bless their pointed little cabezas. Keep on (taco) truckin'...
-Eden (it's been the sort of day where an abstruse reference to an early Jefferson Airplane record and R. Crumb doesn't seem woefully misplaced)
-Eden (it's been the sort of day where an abstruse reference to an early Jefferson Airplane record and R. Crumb doesn't seem woefully misplaced)
Steve Guattery
Steve Guattery
originally posted by maureen:
Love [Barbara Grizzuti Harrison's] work - an essay about the writing style of Joan Didion, published in Nation, convinced me I didn't like Joan Didion's writing, although of course I did. Such was the power of Harrison's writing.
Yeah, that Didion essay is really something. I had a similar reaction. It's also in the "Off Center" collection. Haven't read it in years, though I still distinctly recall the impression it made.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
I just watched last Sunday's episode of The Simpsons ("Love Is a Many Strangled Thing").
Late in the episode, Marge is visiting a down-on-his-luck therapist who now lives in a hobo camp because, in this economy, no one spends money any more on luxury professionals. She trades him a can of beans for his services. While wolfing it down he looks up and advises Marge that they should leave now because the sommeliers have noticed them.
Cut to the tottering, stiff-kneed, snaggle-toothed, ragged tuxedoed, walking dead who are proffering bottles and groaning, "Buttery finish!" "Great year for zin!!" "This is what I drink at home!!!"
Late in the episode, Marge is visiting a down-on-his-luck therapist who now lives in a hobo camp because, in this economy, no one spends money any more on luxury professionals. She trades him a can of beans for his services. While wolfing it down he looks up and advises Marge that they should leave now because the sommeliers have noticed them.
Cut to the tottering, stiff-kneed, snaggle-toothed, ragged tuxedoed, walking dead who are proffering bottles and groaning, "Buttery finish!" "Great year for zin!!" "This is what I drink at home!!!"
Christian Miller (CMM)
Christian Miller
We went to the one in Berkeley last year (not knowing anything about the background, which I first learned about in this thread, proving the time I vaporize here isn't completely wasted). The food was actually decent, but the FRIENDLY service gave us the heebie-jeebies.originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by slaton:
This article should be an amusing read for anyone old enough to remember est.
Huh. A raw food, gluten-free, vegan restaurant run by zombie slaves. Why haven't I been?
Jonathan Loesberg
Jonathan Loesberg
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Satire punches backI just watched last Sunday's episode of The Simpsons ("Love Is a Many Strangled Thing").
Late in the episode, Marge is visiting a down-on-his-luck therapist who now lives in a hobo camp because, in this economy, no one spends money any more on luxury professionals. She trades him a can of beans for his services. While wolfing it down he looks up and advises Marge that they should leave now because the sommeliers have noticed them.
Cut to the tottering, stiff-kneed, snaggle-toothed, ragged tuxedoed, walking dead who are proffering bottles and groaning, "Buttery finish!" "Great year for zin!!" "This is what I drink at home!!!"
Jeff,
I'm very gullible. Did this really happen in a Simpson episode? Maybe I should start watching it.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Yes, it really did. Not really even a very good episode, but they cram a lot of stuff in. Their story-lines drift like our threads.
One of the few things I watch on TV anymore.
One of the few things I watch on TV anymore.
Lou Kessler
Lou Kessler
Werner was in real life born John Paul Rosenberg. Deserted his wife & children flew into CA where at times the "Nuts" pick the people. He and others have attained great wealth & fame while in this process.
Doug Padgett
Doug Padgett
originally posted by Lou Kessler:
If there is any interest leftWerner was in real life born John Paul Rosenberg. Deserted his wife & children flew into CA where at times the "Nuts" pick the people. He and others have attained great wealth & fame while in this process.
And what a process. The Landmark Forum is est's kinder, gentler, business-friendlier scion. They do a lot of "consulting" these days. An old college friend joined up with them years ago. He emerges every so often to quietly get the rest of us to attend a weekend retreat--or read the writings of Osho, which is a whole other cup o' crazy. Almost as annoying as it is sad.
Scott Kraft
Scott Kraft
I had an office a few doors down from their place in SF. The attendees always creeped me out.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
I liked "Vanna White of sommeliers." Also the voting. But how can you have a good wine conversation if you're thinking about how it'll look to the audience? They should have Nathan on to liven things up.
I also read Harrison's Didion essay, wow. I have to admit I've only read one Didion book, and it left me scratching my head.
I also read Harrison's Didion essay, wow. I have to admit I've only read one Didion book, and it left me scratching my head.
originally posted by VLM:
In case you missed the awesome Slate review .
What a stupid idea for a show. Fucking tools.
Holy Jeebus on a stick, that's such an awful idea that the mind boggles. And just last night, while watching a snippet of "Julie and Julia" with Jean (excising the Julie scenes makes the movie bearable) I was pondering what else Stanley Tucci had done! Gah.
Mark Lipton
Steve Guattery
Steve Guattery
originally posted by MLipton:
And just last night, while watching a snippet of "Julie and Julia" with Jean (excising the Julie scenes makes the movie bearable) I was pondering what else Stanley Tucci had done! Gah.
In terms of other food-related things, "Big Night".
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by VLM:
In case you missed the awesome Slate review .
What a stupid idea for a show. Fucking tools.
Holy Jeebus on a stick, that's such an awful idea that the mind boggles. And just last night, while watching a snippet of "Julie and Julia" with Jean (excising the Julie scenes makes the movie bearable) I was pondering what else Stanley Tucci had done! Gah.
Mark Lipton
I heard him interviewed on Fresh Air once where he went on a diatribe against "Western medicine" and talked about some hokey unscientific shit.
Completely ruined Big Night and Daytrippers for me, not to mention Julia.
Fucking twat.
originally posted by SFJoe:
You're just in the pocket of the global pharmaceutical conspiracy, VLM.
As are we all, old thing. Perhaps we should rename this bored Pharmaceutical Disorder? A veritable chick geek magnet, no?
Mark Lipton
But it's a bit much, asking actors to make analytic sense. It's not what they're about, at all.
I think it's OK to boycott them if they're doing actual harm in the world (Jenny McCarthy), or if their lunatic thing overtakes their acting work, but Tucci is a fine actor IMO, and his holding dopey or uninformed political views does not distinguish him from most of his colleagues.
VLM, you are the victim of sampling error. You'd hate all the other actors too, you just don't have the data.
I think it's OK to boycott them if they're doing actual harm in the world (Jenny McCarthy), or if their lunatic thing overtakes their acting work, but Tucci is a fine actor IMO, and his holding dopey or uninformed political views does not distinguish him from most of his colleagues.
VLM, you are the victim of sampling error. You'd hate all the other actors too, you just don't have the data.