tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post2521471367879956002..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: Smother the Demonsbill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-69893491173305850882014-09-11T03:29:57.067-04:002014-09-11T03:29:57.067-04:00In my opinion, Ezra is not gay. He feels guilty th...In my opinion, Ezra is not gay. He feels guilty that he might have caused their mother's suicide and he has taken her place as penance. Its also a way to stay connected to her and not move on.<br /><br />The mystic ritual at the end isn't shaming him out of being gay. Its releasing him from unnecessary guilt. And from fulfilling a role for others that isn't required by them.<br /><br />Its Amos who is gay and can't admit it. Because he witnessed, to a degree, the rape of his brother Cornelius by another man. Even though homosexual sex can, of course, be consentual, this has scarred him from other male sexual encounters, especially after he saw what it did to his brother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-3430207494882815982011-08-10T15:48:38.148-04:002011-08-10T15:48:38.148-04:00Really?? That's strange (about the RT thing),...Really?? That's strange (about the RT thing), because the damn thing got a DVD release, and I rented it from the now-defunct Hollywood Video. It's not like I had to send away for it from Scarecrow Video or Amoeba or one of those other crazy-well-stocked independent video stores.<br /><br />Anyway, I can now understand your curiosity. Godspeed.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-5356880580601132222011-08-10T15:28:57.323-04:002011-08-10T15:28:57.323-04:00I kind of do want to see it since there is only on...I kind of do want to see it since there is only one critic on Rotten Tomatoes reviewing it, Roger Ebert. How weird. It's like you and he are the only two people in the universe who saw it. He loves it, you hate it. It's almost irresistable to me now.Greg F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12988142631436195913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-58646874479337195952011-08-10T15:09:03.912-04:002011-08-10T15:09:03.912-04:00There was a field goal kicker a while back, I want...There was a field goal kicker a while back, I want to say for Detroit, who was also a stand-up comic. They did some pre-game story on him one Sunday, and showed some footage of him on stage. The only joke I can remember is at one point he looked at his watch and said "Oh damn, I gotta get back to the game!"<br /><br />DO NOT SEE FIRECRACKER! Even out of curiosity. It's wretched. And then if you watch it and listen to the commentary and realize what an arrogant, condescending prick Balderson is, you might try to blame me for subjecting you to it. But I won't have it!bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-2324374231675536932011-08-10T13:39:35.460-04:002011-08-10T13:39:35.460-04:00When I see Septien I'm going to compare it to ...When I see <b>Septien</b> I'm going to compare it to <b>Saving Private Ryan, Boomerang, Batman Returns, West Side Story</b> and <b>Do the Right Thing.</b> <br /><br />I've never heard of this film or <b>Firecracker</b> so this may be the most informative post I've read today. <br /><br />I idolize punters. They get paid NFL minimum salary (almost 200k a year!) and they're the only position where it is literally a penalty to be touched. I mean, shit, it's like you've hit the jackpot! No fear of tackles or injury and even if your punting sucks, fans blame the offense for not converting third down. Best. Job. Ever.Greg F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12988142631436195913noreply@blogger.com