Comments on: Discussion: The Academy Awards

By: dogbertt

dogbertt — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:59:50 +0000

“Smells of Gays”? Isn’t that the next Kevin Spacey vehicle?

By: G1

G1 — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:47:32 +0000

or maybe that is the norm in NK still? They haven’t ditched the practice of accumulating many concubines? or was this already widely known?

By: michael

michael — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:16:59 +0000

KJI must have written the song “Love Your Wives,” he’s loved three or four by now.

By: G1

G1 — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:03:44 +0000

On a differnt note, in NK entertainment news, this is how the Norks find some relief from the stresses of living in an oppressive dictatorship state.

By: baduk

baduk — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:55:23 +0000

Judge judy,

You liked the Solid Gold dancers, huh? I did too.

By: random guy

random guy — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:33:36 +0000

The only 70’s TV shows I remember watching are Rockford Files, M*A*S*H and strangely enough, Hee Haw. The 80’s are really where the choice TV shows came in.

By: judge judy

judge judy — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:08:54 +0000

i remember hee haw, baduk. however, when solid gold hit the airwaves i pretty much didn’t watch anything else.

By: jodi

jodi — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:00:57 +0000

while “a foreigner” may have directed Brokeback it’s worthy to note that the screenwriter (a very under-appreciated figure in filmmaking) was Larry McMurtry and it could be McMurtry’s talent for words combined with Lee’s talent for directing that made it the work it has become. just something to keep in mind…

By: michael

michael — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 07:28:57 +0000

That was stupid of me, I was thinking of Mi-hwa saying “Brokeback” was banned in China and scrambled the eggs on that one. Maybe it comes down to your observation that “some of the best books and films about the United States ever produced were done by foreigners” (I agree), whereas Western filmmakers just don’t “get” Asia. I dunno.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 07:22:44 +0000

I’m not sure if you were being sarcastic about Ang Lee being a “refugee from political suppression,” but in case you weren’t, he’s from Taiwan.

Well, the observation was sparked by some of the Western movies about Asia made in recent years like “The Last Samurai” and “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and the controversy they sparked in Asia. The comparison with “Brokeback” isn’t really valid, I guess, given that you can’t call it a “Chinese” or “Taiwanese” film given that the only thing “Taiwanese” about it is the director. To make a more valid comparison, I guess you’d have to see something like a Japanese studio hire an American director to do a film about gay samurai. Not that I expect something like that to happen anytime soon.