I was looking around today for a Doris Day song called “Secret Love,” which I hadn’t realized was from the musical Calamity Jane, with Ms. Day in the title role. I’d never seen Calamity Jane before, and boy oh boy, was I in for a treat. I think it gives Wicked a run for its money in the “Most Lesbian Musical” category.
Let’s review the gay: Continue reading →
I saw Terminator 2: Judgment Day last night for the first time. Only eighteen years after it was released. And despite it being eighteen years later, it was one of the best films I’ve ever seen. Let’s break it down into five points: Continue reading →
Remember back in February, when I told you about Let the Right One In? I think I’ve watched it a dozen times since then, and I still love it every bit as much. I watched it again a few nights ago, in fact, and was struck by how right the tone felt with the sense of coming autumn that’s in the air.
In particular, there’s a scene where young Oskar drops the needle on a 60s sounding 45, trying to look cool in front of Eli, and it really conveys so much of the raw feeling of adolescence– the gawky need to appear cool without being sure what that really is; the way the feeling of rock music resonates with your rushing hormones though the content of the lyrics is still distant and indecipherable; and for me at least, the way that the bite of chilled air and dark winter nights hook into the melancholy and maladjustment of puberty. Continue reading →
Here at the mitchco a go go, we love Tina Fey with the sort of burning intensity that’s usually reserved for describing late-stage STIs. To get your Monday started off right, here are links to four Tina Fey interviews that we enjoy visiting again and again:
Whew! We hope that was as delightful for you as it was for us.
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