The rest is just gravy
So TVLand is doing something pretty cool with some classic actresses, and I just had to post this video here because it features one of my favorite classic TV actresses. I was going to list who plays the desperate classic housewives, but I think you’ll get more of a kick out of seeing them revealed one at a time. E-mail me if you don’t recognize them (and if you’re under 30, you may not!
There’s also a pretty funny spoof of Sex in the City.
José Saragamo’s Blindness
Saramago explores how the removal of sight causes the destruction of the social structure. Even before the entire community goes blind, the government, fearing (rightly) an epidemic, quarantine all the blind under inhumane conditions. Yet as the worst of human society emerges, so too does compassion and cooperation, as we follow the seven main characters and watch as they form their own family to insure their survival.
Blindness
I decided to read Blindness after finding out that it has been adapted for the screen by writer/director/actor extraordinnaire, and my pal, Don McKellar. It’s sure to be a harrowing experience.
With a headline like, “Life Sized Satanic Doll Serves As Masturbation Toy for America’s Youth” blazed across the Landover Baptist Church Newsletter, how can you not read the entire article? Okay, upon a tiny bit more examination, it becomes clear that this is a complete satire… it’s still worth checking out.
Thanks so much to Solaris for pointing this out over on the Comic Book Resources Forum.
Given the popularity of my previous post, The Wind, I just had to put this Daily Show clip up! These are the fools I dedicated the previous post to…
The A.V. Club has a great interview with Joss Whedon, creator of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the television series turned movie, Firefly/Serenity. I’ve been trying to get Joss to come to the Massachusetts Library Association’a annual conference for the last couple of years, but other than a couple very curt e-mail message from his assistant’s assistant, haven’t had any luck yet. Don’t you think Joss would rock at a library conference? He has created the hippest librarian ever in Buffy’s Watcher, Giles. (Okay some might argue – myself included – that Oracle/Barbara Gordon/formerly Batgirl is the hippest librarian ever.)
Recently Joss has been doing some comic book work, including a new “season” of Buffy in comic form, and for Marvel, Astonishing X-Men. Over the past year or so, Joss has also been working on the movie version of Wonder Woman, something that had me brimming with potential excitement (with Joss on board, the movie’s gotta get made!). Of course, anyone who knows anything about movie development knows it can be hell, and even if you’re Joss Whedon, there are times when you’ve just got to throw in the towel. Apparently the Wonder Woman people just didn’t buy Joss’ concept for the film and after a lengthy period of frustration, Joss decided to give it up and leave the project.
Surprisingly, upon reading this interview with Joss, I think I might be happy that he’s leaving the Wonder Woman film. Here’s an excerpt from the interview where he discusses his concept:
“Well, I’ll tell you one thing that sort of exemplifies my feelings. The idea was always that she’s awesome, she’s fabulous, she’s strong, she’s beautiful, she’s well-intentioned, she thinks she’s a great big hero, and it’s Steve Trevor’s job to go, “You don’t understand human weakness, therefore you are not a hero, and you never will be until you’re as helpless as we are. Fight through that, and then I’ll be impressed. Until then, I’m just going to give you shit in a romantic-comedy kind of way.”
Now, I try to reserve judgment on a film or any sort of entertainment until I actually see the finished product, and perhaps if Joss had ever made the Wonder Woman film I would have loved it (a good chance of that, actually, since I do enjoy lots of his work). That said, and as an avid reader of the Wonder Woman comic, that concept sounds like a really bad idea to me. Still, I guess we’ll never know, and I suppose it would have been nice for Joss to prove me wrong and make something really cool for the WW movie.
Anyway, fans of Joss should definitely check out the interview.