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    Musical Mondays Week 26 The Muppet Movie

    PollyDarton replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    I love old/fat Orson Welles. It always makes me think of this from The Critic - They've really distilled OF-OW.
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    The cruel emotionless void of the universe... that's what all Christmas movies are about, right?
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    Re 12 days spell: It seemed to me that she had a 12 day sentence no matter what her actions were. She assumes that the only way to break the cycle is to "do everything right" ala Groundhog Day (which as we have established, doesn't exist in this universe) but that's bullshit. There was at least one day where she really didn't do anything wrong. I certainly can't remember which day, but the only thing she got "wrong" was distracting her ex from buying the engagement ring. At the end of that "day" she speeds off to the country cabin to make sure he proposes... which we learn that he had indeed done so, just without a ring. (Please note - the dog is not at the cabin or with her when she screeches in - but I'm digressing) I kind of thought of it like she had 12 chances to get her shit in order because Zack Morris just landed and it's either win him now or lose him forever. If my theory is true (doubtful) then she could have tucked-in to her apartment and eaten donuts for 11 days and on the last one made sure he was into her and BAM... curse over.
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    Musical Mondays Week 26 The Muppet Movie

    PollyDarton replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Me, too. As I said in the other thread I definitely saw this movie as a kid, but I don't know it nearly as well as Caper or Manhatten. Regardless, Kermit singing Rainbow Connection in the swamp turns me into a blubbering baby every time. Fun story... I cried THROUGH THE ENTIRE new Muppet Movie (particularly when they got to Rainbow Connection.) I know this is dumb but I had this realization at some point when watching it- here's Jason Segel with his Muppet brother, traveling and meeting Muppets and having Muppet adventures- and he's my age almost exactly. He would have been a little kid watching Sesame Street, The Muppet Movie, maybe Caper and Manhatten... he very likely grew up with them just like I did. And I have to think that was no accident. "Me" and my generation were being included because it is a big part of our collective lives. That movie was for me. Anyhoo... I love how this one starts with the meta/breaking the 4th wall style the Muppets have always used and then gives the Muppets an origin story.
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    Let's run down Miles charm points shall we? He's an architect (?City planner, landscape designer?) He not only volunteers his time to coach hockey to underprivileged teens, but is highly involved in their lives. He's a widower at like 35? He cooks He is like off-the-charts good looking This guy would only be single by choice.
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    We're all in agreement that Toby is the Verizon guy, yes?
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    Yeah... It's fun... I like movies.
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    Yes... one of her last "days" she goes shopping for designer clothes, buys a lambourgini, and spends most of her day eating donuts at a salon.
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    I don't think it has been making the streaming rounds lately, but the next time it does you should see it. It's so delightful and I just love it so much. Bill Murray is f*cking great.
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    IMDB trivia says this: but, yes... the film never states this. It's just God against Phil. In 12DOC the rewind is clearly caused by the partridge pendant. Although her glitch in the time continuum seems to have been caused by the perfume spritz plus being super bitchy on Christmas... while hearing the 12 days of Christmas being sung by carolers. Yes! She's the one who made this all happen... and they never explored her story once! Why not her instead of the RANDO snowflake lighting guy and his slightly unamused but generally friendly girlfriend? Like... what even is that? Making snowflake lighting designs in public places as a show of affection? Huh? Yes to all the dog questions. The dog seemed like such a big deal at first and I know he's there intermittently (and at the end), but definitely not all the time... and Why!? At first, they make it seem like he's a part of this whole magic thing, but then they just stop including him. There are "days" that she never even mentions her beloved Jack Russell. Was it just cheaper to film without him?
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    Another 12 dates of Christmas thing: Kind of a cop-out.
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    OMG I know. I was super high on NyQuil, but
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    So I've been sick in bed for a few days... and I watched 12 Dates of Christmas. but I did genuinely enjoyed it. Coincidentally I want to have Mark Paul Gosselaar's tiny Zack Morris babies.
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    I'm very excited about this pick. I am not always the best at participating in MM, but I'll try my hardest to be present. The Muppets are my Jam. I know this movie pretty well, but I know Caper and Manhatten in that committed to memory kind of way. We had an illegally taped HBO copy on a beta tape and I wore that shit out. Unlike a few of you guys, I do not know the 90's Muppets very well... although I am trying to become more enlightened. I saw Treasure Island for the first time like 2 weeks ago. It was decent and Tim Curry is amazing per usual. I was pretty crushed when Henson died and I remember thinking that Kermit never sounded the same. The voice actor who took over after Henson's death, Steve Whitmire, has been doing him ever since and only recently retired (or was fired, not sure.) All-in-all he's done a good job, but at first Kermit sounded so strange to me. The newer movies and TV show sound pretty right. UNPOPULAR OPINION ALERT: Muppet Christmas Carol... it's not my favorite. I don't hate it or anything, but I feel like I know a good bit about Christmas Carol and IMO it's just a clunky adaptation. I have been involved in a theatrical version of it for the last 9 years and we've done several scripts. I'm pretty well versed with all the movies... and I've read the novella. I'm not a Dickensian expert by any stretch, but I can discuss CC at length. The point is... After all the Christmas Carol I've absorbed, Scrooged is my favorite and IMO tells the story the best of all the movies.
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    Easy answer. Sweetums
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    Episode 176 - The Jazz Singer: LIVE!

    PollyDarton replied to Elektra Boogaloo's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Flickr or Imgur is free and easy to use. I'm not sure what their limit is, but I have added pretty big files on there before.
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    Episode 176 - The Jazz Singer: LIVE!

    PollyDarton replied to Elektra Boogaloo's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    It's true although they did still have a "minstrel show" number, but thankfully did not use any makeup. Fun fact on that - the minstrel number in Holiday INN was called "Abraham" - offensively enough it even had a few actors of color singing along from the kitchen. No one in White Christmas sang "Abraham" but they did do a high tempo dance to a sped-up version as a nod to the original.
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    Episode 176 - The Jazz Singer: LIVE!

    PollyDarton replied to Elektra Boogaloo's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    I DID know this - at least part of it. That song is RIDICULOUS.
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    Episode 176 - The Jazz Singer: LIVE!

    PollyDarton replied to Elektra Boogaloo's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Bwahahaha... I was totally thinking when re-watching that he looks like he smells terrible.
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    Episode 176 - The Jazz Singer: LIVE!

    PollyDarton replied to Elektra Boogaloo's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    I was thinking this exact thing when I was writing last night... I guess Neil Diamond is such a nice guy that he couldn't stand to have his character ever do anything unsavory. That is, if he had that much to do with the writing of the movie (which I suspect he had plenty of input.) A few people have asked questions like: Why didn't they just hire a younger actor to be this role? but I'm willing to bet that Diamond was the one chasing this movie instead of the other way around. It is, in some ways, a perfect role for him.
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    Episode 176 - The Jazz Singer: LIVE!

    PollyDarton replied to Elektra Boogaloo's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    I hear ya Cameron H. You have well thought out points and I'm with you. No one should stay in a loveless marriage. I guess my real complaint about the movie is not even any of this. It's called The Jazz Singer and yet the central conflict has almost zero to do with the actual obstacles someone would find when they are trying to become a famous singer. It's like when a really creative parent wraps a Christmas present to look like a giraffe but when you unwrap it, it's just a bunch of socks. I rewatched the trailer and it is kind of a beat by beat retelling of the Canter/Rivka/Molly story. So that's what they were selling from the beginning... a melodrama staring Neil Diamond. I guess I thought it was going to be more about his rise to fame than his lovelife. The trailer really is almost a mini version of the movie up until Jess and Molly fall in love.
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    Episode 176 - The Jazz Singer: LIVE!

    PollyDarton replied to Elektra Boogaloo's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Ask and thou shalt receive!
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    Episode 176 - The Jazz Singer: LIVE!

    PollyDarton replied to Elektra Boogaloo's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    If anyone is looking for more current Jew-centric (that doesn't seem right?) entertainment you should check out "Transparent" - despite the recent controversy with Jeffrey Tambour, the show has unbelievably great storytelling and it's just as much about being Jewish as it is about be transgendered. Also see the Coen brother's "A Serious Man" which is about being Jewish in 1960's Minnesota. That's a great fucking film.
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    Episode 176 - The Jazz Singer: LIVE!

    PollyDarton replied to Elektra Boogaloo's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    YES! Bubba asks Molly if she has any Charlie Parker at the Banjo/Robert E Lee party and she's like "Totally brah!" and then they bond over the record. That's the beginning of their beautiful lovestory and THAT'S why they named their son Charlie Parker.
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    Episode 176 - The Jazz Singer: LIVE!

    PollyDarton replied to Elektra Boogaloo's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Yeah I agree with you on the "your SO should believe in you thing," but I have to point out that Rivka and Jess's father were right. They didn't want him to go to LA out of a fear that he would never come back and Rivka was wary of Molly because she thinks there might be something going on with between her and her husband... which is exactly what happens. Isn't her skepticism valid if it is actually an accurate prediction of future behavior? I think we kind of agree on this (for different reasons) and I'm just being a bit of a contrarian myself, but I think he's trying to escape his life/wife by any means possible. Yes, he knows if he gets Rivka pregnant that it would complicate everything in his life... the life he is determined to leave behind ASAPMF. But that aside, you're right about Molly - she believes in him and is light and funny in contrast to Rivka who is very serious and cold. I guess I'm just not sure that makes amends for up and leaving his childhood sweetheart after a month in LA. Does that make him a bad person? probably not - Douche bag though? Yeah!
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