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Blanche - wave w/ vigor. We've had our own NW weather the last couple
of days
posted by
FreeManWalking
on November 16, 2006 at 8:12 AM
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oh, and btw, Freeman, it's a clear morning and I can see Bremerton from
here, out my living room window. Want me to wave hello for you? There's snow on the Olympics. There is a lot of snow here, the Cascades are having an unusally early and heavy snowfall. Just thought you might like to know.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 16, 2006 at 8:00 AM
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Freeman, do you have that jambalaya recipe handy?
posted by
Blanche.
on November 16, 2006 at 7:53 AM
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I have heard so much about this one
I have to see it, just to know for myself. The concept sounds brilliant, but things like that tend to fall way short of hype. Thanks for a good assessment. If nothing else, I'll wait for the DVD...
posted by
strat
on November 15, 2006 at 5:38 AM
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There are so mnny good movies, Freeman, that we nixed this one right off
the top. It looks like Smirnoff Yakov, that dumb 80s comedian who was never funny. Dumb, dumb, stupid dumb.
Btw, BrightIrish and I would like a repost of your jambalaya recipe. I printed it out once and lost it. Can you find that and repost it for us, please?
posted by
Blanche.
on November 14, 2006 at 10:31 AM
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I never watched the Ali G film for the same reason. The great thing about
Sacha Cohen too is that he is at his very best when improvising and going off at a tangent, so to be restricted by the need to keep to a pre-set storyline must be very limiting.
I'm still going to go and see Borat though.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on November 14, 2006 at 9:19 AM
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Dave - I think you hit the nail on the head. We've seen it so often
with Saturday Night Live sketches brought to full length films. A couple of the interview scenes are really funny but they feel like they were plugged in with little thought of the story.
posted by
FreeManWalking
on November 14, 2006 at 5:48 AM
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I've heard a few bad reviews, but am still looking forward to it.
Some of his in-role interviews that he's done for the UK press have been hilarious. I wonder whether that's where the problem lies, that as a sketch character, Borat works, but as a character in a unified story, he doesn't.
I'll let you know what I think when I've seen it.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on November 14, 2006 at 5:45 AM
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