That's why we need to go back to the Elizabethan theater model! So we can see Jeremy Irons playing Ophelia!
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I hate everybody.
passes Sean the Fernet and a cigarette
Yup.
So we can see Jeremy Irons playing Ophelia!
....
Okay, I kind of want to see that.
Tying the two threads together, the main reason I find it hard to call myself a Cronenberg fan (apart from the fact that I just don't do gross-out horror) is that his female characters always make me cringe. There's always something that just makes me go "Um, okay, no."
I hate everybody.
passes Sean the Fernet and a cigarette
Hey! I was hating everybody WAY before Sean and nobody's ever given me Fernet and a cigarette!
My hatred for everybody deepens.
We offered you a bottle of Boone's Farm and some rolling papers, but no, you had to hold out for better.
We offered you some Boone's Farm and some rolling papers, but no, you had to hold out for better.
I didn't have anything to put in the papers.
Hatred. Deepening.
::drinks Fernet::
::smokes cigarette::
::smiles::
You know the bit in Grizzly Man with the voiceover about how the universe is driven by chaos and destruction? I got that quote put on a tshirt. With "I love my animal friends" on the back.
I was wearing it whilst speaking to one of the Serenity actors once, and they stopped, read the front, and backed away. I had to say, 'Oh no! It's from a film!'. I'm glad they never saw the back.
his female characters always make me cringe. There's always something that just makes me go "Um, okay, no."
Like how deeply stupid Naomi Watts' character is in Eastern Promises ?
Dana beat me to the "Why did I read the comments". Thanks for having my back, yo.