August 20th, 2007
So Bill Maher has made a movie about religion. To be released around Easter. The documentary, tentatively titled Religulous, sounds unbelievably brave. After all, you’ve seen the enormous price people in Hollywood pay for even beginning to question the pieties of religious zealots. This is why we have artists–to speak truth to the powerful.
Anyway, Maher had this to say about the movie, “We talked to everybody. We went everywhere. We went to every place where there is religion. We went to Vatican City. We went to Jerusalem. We went to Salt Lake City. And I think I’ve insulted everybody!”
Christians, check. Jews, check. Mormons, check. Yup, that’s everybody! There’s no other important religious group worth mentioning that maybe deserves some fun-poking and that might react badly to being ridiculed. And thank goodness the film will be released around Easter and not some other holy period.
Nobody has seen the movie yet. And maybe Maher really is an equal-opportunity offender. But if he is, I’ll be pretty surprised. After all, why go after a religion where offended believers really might kill you when you can get the same thrill beating up on people who never push back.
Update: More bravery from Britain’s entertainment industry–” BBC drops fictional terror attack to avoid offending Muslims.”
0 commentsAll Hail The Film Drunk
August 20th, 2007
Any site that aims to supplement/replace AICN can only be a good thing. Here comes Film Drunk.
0 commentsAnother Wrestling Death
August 20th, 2007
This time it’s one of the guys from Demolition, the WWF’s Road Warrior knock-off.
0 commentsSpadea, I ain't afraid a ya'
August 10th, 2007
I’m reading Vince Spadea’s Break Point and if you have any affinity for tennis you absolutely must track down a copy. (Which is harder than it sounds.) You may remember Spadea from this:
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Actually, his rhymes aren’t bad. The prose in the book is less good, but Spadea’s observations are worth the effort. I’ll just tease you with this:
It’s 1994 and the 19-year-old Spadea is in Scottsdale playing a tournament. Agassi is there, too. They had met each other before Spadea had gone pro and in Scottsdale, Agassi took the young Spadea out to lunch.
At TGI Fridays.
At Fridays, Andre ordered a chicken sandwich and fried calamari, and I thought, “This guy’s roots. He’s worth eight million dollars and he’s eating fried calamari at Fridays?”
Andre knew the waitress.
Want more Spadea rapping? Here it is:
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0 commentsGrown-up HP Dust Jackets
August 10th, 2007
Galley Friend B.W. sends us this fantastic link: Dust Jackets to wrap your Deathly Hallows in in case you’re too old or too cool to be caught reading HP in public. These are just two of them. (Click the images to enlarge.)
WWBGD
August 10th, 2007
Man beheads rattlesnake.
As it says in the Bible, “Whack all ye serpents who slither upon their bellies.”
0 commentsThe Rick Ankiel Story
August 10th, 2007
This item caught the eye of Galley Friend L.B. the other day and the unbelievable payoff last night was that Ankiel homered to beat the Padres in his major league debut as a player.
It’s a really amazing story and he’s a pretty impressive guy. Good for him and for the Cardinals organization for sticking with him.
0 commentsAugust 10th, 2007
Lt. Ed Exley: How’s it going to look on your report?
Det. Bud White: It’ll look like justice.
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