Okay. I hate memes. I don't do memes. Mainly because, well, I have an MA in Media Studies and I know the true definition of meme, and it AIN'T CHAIN BLOGGING. Sigh.
But when Bill Cunningham come a'knockin', I answer. This is for you, my mad-pulp bastard brother:
What was your earliest film-related memory?
"Star Wars" at a drive-in theatre. Must've been all of three or four years old.
Name two favorite lines from movies:
"You wanted to tussel. We tusseled." Karen Sisco, "Out of Sight" Also a top ten fav character. Yes, I own a steel baton just like hers. Effin' rocks.
"I love my homosexual son. My son's gay and I love him!" - "Heathers" The ultimate revenge on those damn high school jocks.
And just for kicks: "Sex Machine. Pleased to meet'cha." - "From Dusk to Dawn" Come on now people. Hard pressed to think of a better character introduction, between that line and the revolver cod piece. Tarantino is my god.
Jobs you'd do if you could not work in the "biz"
-- Theatre with kids
-- Own a comic book shop
-- Make a tv show for kids that's downloadable on the internet (there's more than one way to be in the biz)
Name four jobs you actually have held outside the industry:
-- filled orders for Eclipse Comics
-- Assistant to a Playmate running an architectural design firm (how I learned my skills for small S Corps)
-- Programmed a series of CD-ROMs for an insurance corporation estimated to bring in $400 million in customers. Yes, I was underpaid and laid-off immediately afterwards.
-- Registered voters outside a Food 4 Less.
Three book authors I like:
Dave Sedaris
Tom Robbins
Kurt Vonnegut
Name two movies you would like to remake or properties you'd like to adapt:
Sure. Let me hand-off all my million dollar ideas.
Name one screenwriter you think is underrated:
Geez, if you'd asked me overrated two days ago I would have said David Mamet, but I just fell in love with "Spartan."
Underrated. Hmmm. Gotta go with Jesse Peretz of "The Chateau" or Karen Walton of "Ginger Snaps". And Hal Hartley doesn't seem to get a lot of love. What's up with that? Another fab writer who seems like he should have more attention is Drew Goddard. I freak out whenever I see he's written a TV episode because I know it's going to be Emmy-worthy, yet ignored. Okay, and I'll namedrop a new friend because he's a legend in my mind: Michael Reaves. My childhood would not have been the same without his brilliance.
Three people I'm tagging to answer this meme next:
Heidiwood
Otis Frampton
Mo
And one more because I hate rules: Lynne
15 comments:
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
"Assistant to a Playmate running an architectural design firm?"
Is that a "playmate" as in childhood friend from the sandbox -- lowercase "p" -- or a "Playmate" -- capital "P" -- as in employee of Mr. Hefner?
I know, I know, cheap typo-joke, couldn't resist.
MIM
I'm just glad you didn't call me your "mad-pulp bastard UNCLE."
MIM, yes, as in July 1984. Her big "help" with my career was she wanted to get me a Hef audition if I lost five pounds; like I hadn't just graduated as a women's studies major. Thank zeus over roads not taken...
Bill, okay...me too? Have I offended thee?
MIM, she was also one of the last Bunnies, and I believe one of the only Bunnies to overcome that hurdle to become a Playmate.
Hey, you know I have my MA in Media Studies from the same school as you do, baby, but I also recognize the mutability of language!
Still, thanks for playing. Would you have objected less if I had originally named it the Scribosphere Chain Questionnaire, or some such? ;-)
A plastic surgeon examined me after a bad car wreck about 20 years ago. I needed my nose repaired. I walked into his office and almost turned around because right there on the coffee table was an assortment of Playboy magazines. Hmm. Grow up, I thought to myself. So I stayed.
As soon as the guy finished examining my nose, he said I needed a breast reduction and told me to take my shirt off and hop up on the table so he could examine me.
True story.
FJ, I get mutability. But I also get grumpy when the most powerful word/concept in my field gets co-opted and reduced to a chainletter. That kind of mutability is a Fight the Machine situation. But thanks for the SCQ questions, via Bill.
Maryan, yowza. Darn instincts are always right, eh? Think that ever actually works for guys like that? At least it wasn't a breast enlargement...those inane comments tend to stick with you, no matter who says them...
Ah, fear not. Just heard through a friend of his that Drew Goddard is being taken care of, Hollywood-style. Good for him (and us fans).
By the by, how funny was Srubs last night?!
My attempt at humor, which like my dancing skill has gone largely unnoticed.
Your mad pulp bastard,
B
MOST powerful word/concept in the field? Wow! You think?
BTW, what's a meme? And can non-industry people answer this survey, too?
MIM
Damn word verification thingie.
BC, ah, got it! Now who told you you can't dance? I think everyone should dance no matter what they look liked doing it! And I know I owe you a drive-by; I'll call tomorrow.
FJ, you challenging my intelligence now as well as my height? I'm still an UBER Amazon, and like Supes I don't lie.
Lynne and Mark, as far as I'm concerned I want to hear from everyone! Whatever Fun Joel intended when he started it, we're mutating into the public now, baby! Trust me, non-spec-writers are much more interesting people to hear from anyway. Diversity=good. Too many writers are shut-ins who only talk to other writers (right, writers?)
MIM, previous
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Meme definitions, halfway down page (hit the "show original post" link so the whole thing makes sense).
Lynne, Nurse Sis' fav movie is Mary Poppins. Is that where the sidewalk chalk drawing ambition comes from? And Ann Landers' mail? V. cool. Don't know why you'd think you're boring...so not.
Wow. I could totally convince people I'm dating Drew Goddard. Add another cylon copy to the list.
I'm so unoriginal.
Thanks.
Ahhh. Deep.
:) MIM
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