Milk-Miyagi
Actors crossing racial, national, sexual and even gender lines is a pretty common occurance, usually accompanied by complaining by people on either side of the debate. Here are a few examples:
1. Jackie Chan as Mr. Miyagi
Jackie, who is Chinese, will be playing the Japanese Mr. Miyagi in the unnecessary Will Smith produced birthday present remake of The Karate Kid, starring Will’s son Jayden.
Who would have been more “appropriate”? Sonny Chiba. Wax on, wax off, and by “wax off” he means rip his balls off.
Ronald Jenkees
Am I the last guy to hear of him?
V&V
Sometimes I wish Japan won the war.
15 Favorite Shows of ’08
Great year for shows, a little light on the summer free shit due to overcrowding though…
15. Nico Muhly and Shoplifter – The Kitchen
Abstract performance art show previewing Muhly’s newest album “Mothertongue,” featuring a human bone tee-pee and a guy singing from a (fake) horse. Pay attention, this might come up later.
Sacred Cow Slumdog
OK, everyone loves Slumdog Millionaire. I liked it enough, but there’s a lot that’s tough to buy. Spoliers ahead…
Awards Season Cram Session
1. Frost/Nixon
The story of a gambling show-off who got lucky and was allowed to write the epilogue of the Watergate scandal. Even after the “victory” he seems so unaware of the importance of his actions that the film has to use fake flash forwards to his experts explaining it in the larger context. Interesting movie for sure, but I can’t tell if it’s a strength or a flaw that you wouldn’t mind seeing Nixon beat Frost. Also, Monty Python hated him. 3/5
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