I was too drunk last night to get into the Bears. Today I'm too depressed. WTF. Nothing I can say will add anything to the discourse, so fuck it. They're awful.
I have to write a dialogue free scene for class this week. I really admire the way a well told, economical visual narrative can be created. There's an example in a book about two people, looking longingly at each other, one removes a ring, leaves it on a bedstand, something like that. It conveys everything you need to know about those two people, in that place, at that time. It's really nice. I need to try and do that today.
Saturday I saw "Mrs. Gruber's Ding Dong School" over at the
Gorilla Tango Theater, 1919 N. Milwaukee. I recommend it to anyone that wants to laugh. Solid skits, tied together by a preschool, Pee Wee Playhouse-esque, Mr. Rogers-ey theme. Very funny stuff and very talented performers. The wrap up of the show is worth the price of admission. Well done. I believe they only have 2 more weeks in the run, so get off your ass and see it.
MotD: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
This movie reminds me of Psycho 2 and I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe it's just the 1980's in it, bad lighting, horrible synth horror soundtrack, or just that it's the expansion of a "world" we saw in a superior first film. Leatherface is back, but it turns out he and his family never really went anywhere. They've continued to terrorize Texas like Texas terrorizes the rest of America. Stretch, a spunky DJ, teams with Lefty, a high as a kite Dennis Hopper, to try and stop the chainy carnage. Schlock ensues, blah blah blah. A good example of how not to do a horror movie, nothing really happens, so nothing is really actually scary.
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