It is a great start to the day when your post appears in my inbox. Always enjoy your posts.
Many years ago, I watched with friends, Men In Black II. Being of the Jewish persuasion, we had a discussion about the ability for certain words to make it past the censors by using the Yiddish versions. For MIB II, it was, IIRC, "putz," (flaccid penis). Would "schmuck" (erect penis) have been allowed? We hypothesized that although there are many Jews in Hollywood, there are probably very few or no Jewish censors.
The other example that comes to mind is from Blazing Saddles, where the late, great Madeline Kahn, plays Lilli Von Shtupp. The last name being a reference to sexual intercourse.
That's about the extent of my knowledge on the matter.
thanks as always for your fun and thoughtful pieces!
i love this review: "Maris and I watched the movie Trap, the newest M. Night Shyamalan film, and we had a very good time. It is, in its conceit, one of the least believable cinematic works I’ve ever seen, but it compensates by being fun as hell. I think there are probably ways that this movie can be exciting and delightful because it doesn’t make any sense, but it maintains a style and tone throughout that splashes around in the pool of unreality. It’s not a “so bad it’s good” movie, but it’s a movie where the bad and the good exist hand in hand. It kind of operates on the latter day Fast and also Furious logic of: “What’s the next awesome thing that could happen?” It’s not even really gory or especially violent. It’s tense and kind of silly. I recommend it despite (because of?) its numerous obvious flaws."
Thank you for introducing me to Bad Moves!! I'm listening to them right now, and wow, I love them!
Ahhh I’m so glad!!
Aaaah the full album is SO GOOD. I'm having a rough recovery from a medical emergency and blasting it real loud is helping a ton!
Ahh I hope you have a speedy recovery!!! And yes this record is so good!!
Congrats on winning WWDTM this week! You, Joelle and Bobcat were on fire! Nate Burkus was also surprisingly funny.
Thank you! Such a pleasure to work with Joyelle and Bobcat and the whole WWDTM team!
Hi Josh,
It is a great start to the day when your post appears in my inbox. Always enjoy your posts.
Many years ago, I watched with friends, Men In Black II. Being of the Jewish persuasion, we had a discussion about the ability for certain words to make it past the censors by using the Yiddish versions. For MIB II, it was, IIRC, "putz," (flaccid penis). Would "schmuck" (erect penis) have been allowed? We hypothesized that although there are many Jews in Hollywood, there are probably very few or no Jewish censors.
The other example that comes to mind is from Blazing Saddles, where the late, great Madeline Kahn, plays Lilli Von Shtupp. The last name being a reference to sexual intercourse.
That's about the extent of my knowledge on the matter.
Whoa! Hahaha!
So happy to hear you will be at the This Day show in Boston for which I already had tickets! Looking forward to the whole thing!
Heck yeah! Me too!
The Uranus joke was excellent, but the polishing the Peabody awards tag made me spit out my coffee - bravo!
Thank you!!
OMG Bad Moves! David is an old friend. What a good video and song and so cool that you were in it!
Ahh that’s great! I had a blast!
dear josh,
thanks as always for your fun and thoughtful pieces!
i love this review: "Maris and I watched the movie Trap, the newest M. Night Shyamalan film, and we had a very good time. It is, in its conceit, one of the least believable cinematic works I’ve ever seen, but it compensates by being fun as hell. I think there are probably ways that this movie can be exciting and delightful because it doesn’t make any sense, but it maintains a style and tone throughout that splashes around in the pool of unreality. It’s not a “so bad it’s good” movie, but it’s a movie where the bad and the good exist hand in hand. It kind of operates on the latter day Fast and also Furious logic of: “What’s the next awesome thing that could happen?” It’s not even really gory or especially violent. It’s tense and kind of silly. I recommend it despite (because of?) its numerous obvious flaws."
love and thanks!
myq
Thank you, Myq!!