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Started by dazie, October 25, 2005, 10:39:41 PM

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dazie

I finally got around to watching this movie tonight with the kids.  Wow.  By the end I was sobbing and gasping, Kate was quiet, but tears were streaming and Tim was looking at us both like we were loons.

I just can't get over what a versatile actor Johnny Depp is!  I mean- Blow, Pirates, Neverland, Chocolat, Scissorhands...  What a great talent!  I'd love to be able to meet him.  Just to hang out.  Maybe do a scene (I'm a frustrated actress at heart).  Wouldn't that be fabulous??
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

ReBurn

11:42:24 [Gamplayerx] I keep getting knocked up.
11:42:28 [Gamplayerx] Er. OUT!

dazie

"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

Gamplayerx

I tried to watch Finding Neverland, but failed.  Maybe I'll try again.

dazie

Good movie to cuddle up under a blanket and watch when the weather is yucky.

No guns, no car chases, no sex, drugs or rock & roll...  But still good!  *lol*
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

Gamplayerx

Grumpus is the reason I failed watching it.  His commentary got to be too much.

dazie

ahh... yeah- Ursus probably would do that too.  Hence watching it while he was at work.  *grin*
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

Alice

God, I was bawling at the end of this. 

dazie

Quote from: Alice on October 26, 2005, 08:53:26 AM
God, I was bawling at the end of this. 

Yup yup.  From "If you believe in fairies, clap your hands" on I was DONE.  And I LOATHE Peter Pan.  *lol*
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

nishi

when i worked as an actor, this was always my favorite audition monologue:

'Dentity Crisis
written by Christopher Durang

    ( Jane tells her psychiatrist a story from her childhood.)
    Jane: When I was eight years old, someone brought me to this... theatre. Full of lots of other children. We were supposed to be watching a production of "Peter Pan." And I remember that something seemed terribly wrong with the whole production. Odd things kept happening. For instance, when the children would fly, the ropes they were on would just keep breaking ... and the actors would come thumping to the ground and they had to be carried off by stagehands. And there seemed to be an unlimited supply of understudies, to take their places, and then they'd just fall to the ground. And then the crocodile that chases Captain Hook, it seemed to be a real crocodile, it wasn't an actor. And at one point it fell off the stage and crushed a couple of kids in the front row. And then some of the understudies came and took their places in the audience. And from scene to scene, Wendy just seemed to get fatter and fatter until finally by the end of act one she was completely immobile and they had to move her around the stage with a cart.

    You remember how in the second act Tinkerbell drinks some poison that peter is about to drink in order to save him? And then Peter turns to the audience and he says that "Tinkerbell is going to die because not enough people believe in fairies. But if all of you clap your hands real hard to show that you do believe in fairies, maybe she won't die." So, we all started to clap. I clapped so long and so hard that my palms hurt and they even started to bleed I clapped so hard. Then suddenly the actress playing peter pan turned to the audience and she said, "That wasn't enough. You did not clap hard enough. Tinkerbell is dead."

And then we all started to cry. The actress stomped off stage and refused to continue with the production. They finally had to lower the curtain. The ushers had to come help us out of the aisles and into the street. I don't think that any of us were ever the same after that experience. It certainly turned me against theatre. And even more damagingly, I think it's warped my total sense of life. I mean nothing seems worth trying if Tinkerbell is just going to die.
"we left the motherland to settle a colony on Juntoo.  hats with belt buckles."
-catchr

<- this is a prankapple.

Bishamonten

Quote from: nishi on October 26, 2005, 08:58:47 AM
when i worked as an actor, this was always my favorite audition monologue:

'Dentity Crisis
written by Christopher Durang

    ( Jane tells her psychiatrist a story from her childhood.)
    Jane: When I was eight years old, someone brought me to this... theatre. Full of lots of other children. We were supposed to be watching a production of "Peter Pan." And I remember that something seemed terribly wrong with the whole production. Odd things kept happening. For instance, when the children would fly, the ropes they were on would just keep breaking ... and the actors would come thumping to the ground and they had to be carried off by stagehands. And there seemed to be an unlimited supply of understudies, to take their places, and then they'd just fall to the ground. And then the crocodile that chases Captain Hook, it seemed to be a real crocodile, it wasn't an actor. And at one point it fell off the stage and crushed a couple of kids in the front row. And then some of the understudies came and took their places in the audience. And from scene to scene, Wendy just seemed to get fatter and fatter until finally by the end of act one she was completely immobile and they had to move her around the stage with a cart.

    You remember how in the second act Tinkerbell drinks some poison that peter is about to drink in order to save him? And then Peter turns to the audience and he says that "Tinkerbell is going to die because not enough people believe in fairies. But if all of you clap your hands real hard to show that you do believe in fairies, maybe she won't die." So, we all started to clap. I clapped so long and so hard that my palms hurt and they even started to bleed I clapped so hard. Then suddenly the actress playing peter pan turned to the audience and she said, "That wasn't enough. You did not clap hard enough. Tinkerbell is dead."

And then we all started to cry. The actress stomped off stage and refused to continue with the production. They finally had to lower the curtain. The ushers had to come help us out of the aisles and into the street. I don't think that any of us were ever the same after that experience. It certainly turned me against theatre. And even more damagingly, I think it's warped my total sense of life. I mean nothing seems worth trying if Tinkerbell is just going to die.

Oooh it's "clap hard enough" not "fap hard enough!"  That explains why I'm always getting thrown out of showings of Peter Pan.  I've yet to see how that thing ends.

dazie

Quote from: Bishamonten on October 26, 2005, 09:09:45 AMOooh it's "clap hard enough" not "fap hard enough!"  That explains why I'm always getting thrown out of showings of Peter Pan.  I've yet to see how that thing ends.

yeeahh... Peter Pan is not kiddie porn.  They really mean someone named "Peter" not something else...
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

Jessie

Quote from: nishi on October 26, 2005, 08:58:47 AM
when i worked as an actor, this was always my favorite audition monologue:

'Dentity Crisis
written by Christopher Durang

    ( Jane tells her psychiatrist a story from her childhood.)
    Jane: When I was eight years old, someone brought me to this... theatre. Full of lots of other children. We were supposed to be watching a production of "Peter Pan." And I remember that something seemed terribly wrong with the whole production. Odd things kept happening. For instance, when the children would fly, the ropes they were on would just keep breaking ... and the actors would come thumping to the ground and they had to be carried off by stagehands. And there seemed to be an unlimited supply of understudies, to take their places, and then they'd just fall to the ground. And then the crocodile that chases Captain Hook, it seemed to be a real crocodile, it wasn't an actor. And at one point it fell off the stage and crushed a couple of kids in the front row. And then some of the understudies came and took their places in the audience. And from scene to scene, Wendy just seemed to get fatter and fatter until finally by the end of act one she was completely immobile and they had to move her around the stage with a cart.

    You remember how in the second act Tinkerbell drinks some poison that peter is about to drink in order to save him? And then Peter turns to the audience and he says that "Tinkerbell is going to die because not enough people believe in fairies. But if all of you clap your hands real hard to show that you do believe in fairies, maybe she won't die." So, we all started to clap. I clapped so long and so hard that my palms hurt and they even started to bleed I clapped so hard. Then suddenly the actress playing peter pan turned to the audience and she said, "That wasn't enough. You did not clap hard enough. Tinkerbell is dead."

And then we all started to cry. The actress stomped off stage and refused to continue with the production. They finally had to lower the curtain. The ushers had to come help us out of the aisles and into the street. I don't think that any of us were ever the same after that experience. It certainly turned me against theatre. And even more damagingly, I think it's warped my total sense of life. I mean nothing seems worth trying if Tinkerbell is just going to die.
Hah!!

I liked Finding Neverland.  I took Timothy to the Cincinnati School of Performing Arts to see Peter Pan.  Those kdis were amazing.  He loved it.
we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

BigDun

This American Life from NPR has a CD out called "Lies Sissies & Fiascoes" that has a track called Peter Pan that is one of the funniest stories I have ever heard. Everyone who has listened to this story has been in tears by the end it is so funny. I would upload it to the dump but it is 23 MB. I searched for it on ITunes but it isn't available as a single.

If someone had a lot of bandwidth available, I would post it somewhere.
16:26:25 [DownSouth] I'm in a monkey rutt

nishi

Quote from: BigDun on October 26, 2005, 10:58:17 AM
This American Life from NPR has a CD out called "Lies Sissies & Fiascoes" that has a track called Peter Pan that is one of the funniest stories I have ever heard. Everyone who has listened to this story has been in tears by the end it is so funny. I would upload it to the dump but it is 23 MB. I searched for it on ITunes but it isn't available as a single.

If someone had a lot of bandwidth available, I would post it somewhere.

i adore that story. that contributer - jack.... i can't think of his last name, is always excellent, but that story really is a thing of beauty. i had to pull over to the side of the road the first time i heard it.
"we left the motherland to settle a colony on Juntoo.  hats with belt buckles."
-catchr

<- this is a prankapple.

BigDun

I am trying to host the mp3 on my home web server. Someone try to download it from http://www.bigdun.com/public/peterpan.mp3 and tell me what happens.
16:26:25 [DownSouth] I'm in a monkey rutt

eo000

username and password prompt.

Gamplayerx

I just get a page cannot be found.

BigDun

Try http:/www.bigdun.com/download/peterpan.mp3 and see if that works.

(It helps if you don't name the folder the same as an existing Virtual Folder that already exists)
16:26:25 [DownSouth] I'm in a monkey rutt

eo000

Quote from: BigDun on October 26, 2005, 11:24:24 AM
Try http:/www.bigdun.com/download/peterpan.mp3 and see if that works.

(It helps if you don't name the folder the same as an existing Virtual Folder that already exists)

it takes me to microsoft.com.

Jessie

Can someone make a list of crap to remind me to look at/listen to tonight?

Thanks in advance.
we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

nishi

whoa. that bumped me to microsoft.com.


WHO ARE YOU REALLY????
"we left the motherland to settle a colony on Juntoo.  hats with belt buckles."
-catchr

<- this is a prankapple.

BigDun

Something is screwy with the way the URL is being linked from junto.

http://www.bigdun.com/download/peterpan.mp3
16:26:25 [DownSouth] I'm in a monkey rutt

eo000

Quote from: BigDun on October 26, 2005, 11:26:15 AM
Something is screwy with the way the URL is being linked from junto.

http://www.bigdun.com/download/peterpan.mp3

that seems to have worked.

nishi

"we left the motherland to settle a colony on Juntoo.  hats with belt buckles."
-catchr

<- this is a prankapple.