October 2011
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Louis C.K. on "I'm bored." →
…’I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. You live in a great big vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. And even the inside of your own mind is endless. It goes on forever, inwardly. The fact that you’re alive is amazing. So you don’t get to say ‘I’m bored.’
September 2011
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Jack FM and Insensitive Slurs
I heard this on Jack FM yesterday afternoon, “Jack FM is to music what an endless buffet is to fatties.” Proving, once again, that overweight people are the last minority of whom it’s okay to mock. Now, lest anyone accuse me of humorlessness, what say we reframe the quote in terms of Blacks, Asians or Hispanics? “Jack FM is to music what [stereotypical ethnic food] is to...
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LeBrainBoy's 420-Character Film Review: October... →
Based on a true story of W. Virginia teens w/Rocket Age dreams during the late ’50s, director Johnston delivers a beautiful, old-fashioned film boasting his trademark eye for meticulous period detail, sumptuous production design & luxe cinematography. Contrasts metaphors effectively; coal mining’s cramped, hazardous confines against infinite space’s freedom. Characters...
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LeBrainBoy's 420-Character Film Review: The Banger... →
An awful film without a single authentic, truthful moment; starts out dreadful, quickly degenerates into repulsive. And what’s its message? It’s fine to be selfish & self-absorbed as long as you’re happy? A suburban life of success & achievement is for squares? If you’re untruthful about every possible detail regarding your past, your spouse should be wryly amused...
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