THIS IS WHY I HATE ROBERT ALTMAN
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franzkabuki — 13 years ago(August 30, 2012 09:22 AM)
Now how does a lad get to be as righteous as this anyway? Is there possibly some Ludovico Clinic Of Political Correctness out there that could perhaps soothe my extravagantly insatiable lust for the "N word" as well as all other kinds of racist, misogynist, homophobic and altogether EVIL parlance and behaviour?
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan -
mmserrano4 — 9 years ago(October 18, 2016 08:09 PM)
It's an incomplete truth. Selectively editing the truth to make it more palatable, marketable, or popular is dishonesty seen most commonly in our "news" media today. Try your luck there.
Those seven years of MacGyver finally payed off -
Druffmaul — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 12:58 PM)
Almost every quote is "an incomplete truth." It's always one little sentence extracted from a paragraph that was part of a huge speech or whatever, taken out of context. This one was a Freudian slip that's pretty amusing to folks who think Reagan was a bit of a dunderhead and a lout. Deal with it.
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Druffmaul — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 12:08 PM)
you refuse to acknowledge that Reagan simply misused two words and realized it. You are a stubborn ass.
But I do acknowledge that. My only assertion here is that "Facts are stupid things" is in fact a statement that came directly out of Ronald Reagan's mouth, and therefore is a legitimate quote. I know you'll never accept that, because you just tried to project your own stubbornness onto me. -
nelliewilson — 13 years ago(October 09, 2012 11:54 AM)
"and treat a young Korean boy as a slave."
Hahaha. The Korean boy made martinis. Not exactly slave labor. And he wasn't being forced. If real slaves would only be so lucky.
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DreTam2000 — 13 years ago(February 16, 2013 08:35 PM)
I much prefer his older films like McCabe & Mrs Miller and The Long Kiss Goodnight to those more recent
I'm a bit confused here. I just had a look at the Director's resume and could not locate one of the films you mention here. Could you direct me to the film you speak of called
The Long Kiss Goodnight
? I'm not sure it was listed in his resume.
I'm not a control freak, I just like things my way -
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ExplorerDS6789 — 12 years ago(April 10, 2013 12:15 PM)
What irks me is that Altman went against Ring Lardner's screenplay, and it was a good screenplay too, and just let the actors ad-lib to their hearts' content. He just set up the cameras and said, "say whatever the hell you want."
"It's a loosely weaved bunch of slapstick skits where misogynistic guys sexually harass every female in sight, tell dick jokes and treat a young Korean boy as a slave. If they had only dropped the N word the rainbow of racism and sexism would be complete."
To be fair, that wasn't all Altman's idea, it came from the MASH book where, believe it or not, Hawkeye, Trapper and Duke are even bigger scumbags than they were in the movie.