it was not wasted on me, i was dying and my life's ambition was to become 5'8"
― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Carol Burnett rules this movie. And Tim Curry. And Ann Reinking. Ok fuck it, I love this movie.
Abbott's right, though -- the "spunky little redhead" is the least of the movie's pleasures.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I like that when I saw it again recently (in the past couple years, I guess) I got all the jokes about Warbucks being a gilded-age capitalist in the middle of a depression. Like when a communist sneaks on to the balcony with one one of those round black bombs with a fuse that only exist in comic books.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, its not that i found that stuff impenetrable when i watched it as a child, its more like those parts didnt exist at all
― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
like everything in between musical numbers was like the grey screen that the terminator sees
Roxy omg @ meeting Rockettes! How did that even happen? :D
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Bernadette Peters is so freakin great too. "Like the hotel"
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i was in a dance troupe that got to go to nyc to do all this weird, cool stuff you don't normally get to do in nyc. it was like the ultimate fantasy unreal nyc trip for a teenage girl.
BERNADETTE IS THE BEST
― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Roxy you lived my dream :)
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Did u guys see the documentary about all the girls who played Annie in the broadway tour?
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:07 (thirteen years ago) link
i haven't even heard of it. i'd love to see it
― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:07 (thirteen years ago) link
It's called "Life After Tomorrow"...they were airing it on A&E a while ago. Really worth finding, I enjoyed it.
Meanwhile, I think we need a song break
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry79LzkkDb4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i loved to hear jay z talking about annie on fresh air
― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah that was great.
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:28 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDkEXszYtdo
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Life After Tomorrow is on Hulu.
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:38 (thirteen years ago) link
yes!
― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked him describing the "izzo/izzay" type of suffixes as "a kind of pig latin." I'd never thought that, but... yeah, that's about right.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i liked that too!
― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Funny, I just showed this to my kids for the first time. Am I right that there's no adequate transfer of this on DVD? Only cropped or pan and scan?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:50 (thirteen years ago) link
ARe little kids snobs about widescreen these days?
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 04:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I know I was! Ever since I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark and it was the letterbox edition...
― the structuralist constructions of (Viceroy), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 04:05 (thirteen years ago) link
1. Carol Burnett should've been nominated for and maybe won an Oscar for her pratfalls in "Easy Street" alone.2. It was because of this movie that I used to, as a 6 year old, use the term "Bolshevik" as an insult.
― Miss Garrote (Eric H.), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 04:40 (thirteen years ago) link
And you still do, you godless Trotskyite.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 04:42 (thirteen years ago) link
hi ned!!
― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 04:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Hi there!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 04:45 (thirteen years ago) link
This was always on HBO or something when we first got cable but I'm still not sure if I ever actually saw it all the way through in one sitting, it was like I caught bits of it here and there each time. Carol Burnett ruled.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 04:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Downloaded a rip of the soundtrack to add "Maybe" to my karaoke playlist. The banter at the beginning of "Sign" is pretty hilarious without the visuals.
Burnett: "My GOD, is that thing real?!"
― Miss Garrote (Eric H.), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 04:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Love how Burnett talks to the radio at the beginning of 'Little Girls'
I think she's part of the reason I've always been mildly nervous around drunk ppl, lol
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 04:58 (thirteen years ago) link
ok ladies, did anyone see the movie that featured the Broadway cast of Annie talking about getting their periods?
― kate78, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212977/
― kate78, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
O_O
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
that's.... a hell of a cast list
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Menstruating GirlMenstruating GirlMenstruating Girl
― kate78, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i remember when I was a kid i thought misses hannigan was pretty cool but now that i am an adult I think she's REALLY cool
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
your clothes MAY BEbeau BRUMMELY
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
UH youre never fully dressed
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't encourage her, Punjab!
― Miss Garrote (Eric H.), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
WHYYYY DO I SMELL WET DOG??
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I hate the belters, they remind me of every girl between the ages of ten and thirteen thinking they could be a Broadway star. The movie isn't bad though, the actress playing Annie is really low key.
― Smug, Lazy, and Culturally Illiterate (u s steel), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Except when she sings or acts.
― benanas foster (Eric H.), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
lol yeah, "low key" isn't what comes to mind when I think of lil Aileen
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
What are you talking about, we loved it - stage moms across America threw a fit when that girl was cast in the movie because she didn't sing and act like their little diva in training!
― Smug, Lazy, and Culturally Illiterate (u s steel), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
You may be onto something there...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DtkbLeRyK8
― benanas foster (Eric H.), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 06:56 (thirteen years ago) link
(Maybe) is the best song in the musical, imo.
I think that even without Jay-Z, I'd still vote for "Hard Knock Life" as the best song.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
The girls doing their Mrs. Hannigan impressions works, as they say, on so many levels. And the acrobatics in this number!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR80EEsWauU
BTW, I'd never noticed it, but Viceroy is right about there being a whole lot of panty shots in this movie. At one point in "Easy Street," Bernadette Peters hikes up her skirt ALL the way. ALL.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
when i was little, "easy street" and "never fully dressed" were my favorites; the latter still is, but it's tied with "maybe" now
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
"she's sittin playin pee-aaaa-NNAH"
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
"Easy Street" would be so fun to perform.
― benanas foster (Eric H.), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
^ have done this and it is a blast!
― kate78, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Can't wait for the Pinkett-Smith Sophie's Choice.
― Eric H., Thursday, 18 December 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
what loving dad wouldn't arrange high-profile failure for both his kids?
a total idiot?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 18 December 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
oh lol didn't see the "wouldn't" there haha
that picture on the review just makes me continue weeping for Rose Byrne's career
― Nhex, Thursday, 18 December 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link
xpost But that's probably Will Smith's honest take. Given the money and the pull, only a total idiot would refrain from giving his beloved children their own vanity projects.
― Simply The Bessed! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 18 December 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link
his kids are already not gonna have to ever work a day in their lives, might as well get them career-focused early in life like he was (is my guess)
― Nhex, Thursday, 18 December 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link
his kids are already not gonna have to ever work a day in their lives
Or go to school.
― Eric H., Thursday, 18 December 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
or experience linear time
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 18 December 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
has Willow Smith been in any movies? I just skimmed that interview a few weeks ago where she and her brother sounded like herbal teabags in corporeal form.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 December 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
xp they'll probably end up getting ivy league degrees anyway lbr
― Nhex, Thursday, 18 December 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
sister obliged to take kid to this yesterday as the coal in her stocking
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 December 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link