Comments on: Flicked Off: "Julie and Julia" http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/flicked-off-julie-and-julia Seriously, this could not be more beta Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:20:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tulletilsynet http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/flicked-off-julie-and-julia#comment-17053 Tulletilsynet Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:20:44 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9434#comment-17053 Heh. Hey lady the v on yer keyboard don't woik ... And me too and can I even have seconds of what you're hating? Heh. Hey lady the v on yer keyboard don't woik … And me too and can I even have seconds of what you're hating?

]]> By: mcbeachy http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/flicked-off-julie-and-julia#comment-17042 mcbeachy Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:48:32 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9434#comment-17042 Funny - just last weekend I was looking at John Kelly's book and telling a friend how brilliant he is. Funny – just last weekend I was looking at John Kelly's book and telling a friend how brilliant he is.

]]> By: Eli Glasner http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/flicked-off-julie-and-julia#comment-16907 Eli Glasner Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:21:13 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9434#comment-16907 Who is making the new? New is the enemy. New could be new! Different, scary, unusual, unexpected....horrors! Instead even the actors are playing themselves now. Charlyne Yi, Paul Giamatti, the cast of Seinfeld reuniting for Larry David. Chris Freakin' Kattan! When Malkovich did it, it was witty and wry...but now you're right..it's becoming more than little lazy. Eventually all the actors will be playing versions of themselves and the entertainment world will collapse into a postmodern blackhole. And maybe THEN, we'll get something new. Who is making the new?
New is the enemy.

New could be new!
Different, scary, unusual, unexpected….horrors!

Instead even the actors are playing themselves now. Charlyne Yi, Paul Giamatti, the cast of Seinfeld reuniting for Larry David. Chris Freakin' Kattan! When Malkovich did it, it was witty and wry…but now you're right..it's becoming more than little lazy.

Eventually all the actors will be playing versions of themselves and the entertainment world will collapse into a postmodern blackhole.

And maybe THEN, we'll get something new.

]]> By: KarenUhOh http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/flicked-off-julie-and-julia#comment-16883 KarenUhOh Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:10:38 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9434#comment-16883 I'll hate what you're hating. I'll hate what you're hating.

]]> By: RickVigorous http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/flicked-off-julie-and-julia#comment-16874 RickVigorous Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:40:59 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9434#comment-16874 Hater. Hater.

]]> By: kitten_witawip http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/flicked-off-julie-and-julia#comment-16872 kitten_witawip Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:39:43 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9434#comment-16872 The Julia Child part of the movie was much better. Too bad it could not have been just about her life. The Julia Child part of the movie was much better. Too bad it could not have been just about her life.

]]> By: Wrapitup http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/flicked-off-julie-and-julia#comment-16868 Wrapitup Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:35:49 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9434#comment-16868 The real problem here is that Nora Ephron is an overrated hack who's needlessly idolized by the media and various literary/intellectual/media opinion-makers. And so she keeps getting work. Who would expect that the writer/director of such brilliant, insightful films such as You've Got Mail! and Bewitched and Sleepless in Seattle would do justice to not one but two bildungsromans in the same film? She inflicted Meg Ryan on a helpless world. Hasn't she done enough damage already? The real problem here is that Nora Ephron is an overrated hack who's needlessly idolized by the media and various literary/intellectual/media opinion-makers. And so she keeps getting work.

Who would expect that the writer/director of such brilliant, insightful films such as You've Got Mail! and Bewitched and Sleepless in Seattle would do justice to not one but two bildungsromans in the same film?

She inflicted Meg Ryan on a helpless world. Hasn't she done enough damage already?

]]> By: alorsenfants http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/flicked-off-julie-and-julia#comment-16866 alorsenfants Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:31:15 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9434#comment-16866 "Who these days spends a decade making something new and crazy that might never see the light of day?" Hi! (Sorta.) "Who these days spends a decade making something new and crazy that might never see the light of day?"

Hi!

(Sorta.)

]]> By: josh_speed http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/flicked-off-julie-and-julia#comment-16863 josh_speed Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:22:30 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9434#comment-16863 The original blog's idea of a single-ish NYC woman with a small kitchen cooking through "Mastering..." was genius. Execution was not so genius. But then Nora Ephron grafting the partial bio of Child onto this non-story story, well that just leaves it floating out there, clouds of meringue. The original blog's idea of a single-ish NYC woman with a small kitchen cooking through "Mastering…" was genius. Execution was not so genius. But then Nora Ephron grafting the partial bio of Child onto this non-story story, well that just leaves it floating out there, clouds of meringue.

]]> By: NicFit http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/flicked-off-julie-and-julia#comment-16855 NicFit Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:07:25 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9434#comment-16855 My new disco rock project I'm working on is revolutionary. Oh wait. But it's fun to listen to if you're trashed. Isn't that enough? My new disco rock project I'm working on is revolutionary. Oh wait. But it's fun to listen to if you're trashed. Isn't that enough?

]]> By: KarenUhOh http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/flicked-off-julie-and-julia#comment-16849 KarenUhOh Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:58:15 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9434#comment-16849 Where once we had to hitch our wagons to stars, now we just give our Master Card number to the Star Registry. Where once we had to hitch our wagons to stars, now we just give our Master Card number to the Star Registry.

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