Friday, June 06, 2003
My First Bollywood
Caught Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge on the TCM Bollywood month last night, and holy schlamoley but they weren't kidding when they said Bollywood movies had stuff for everyone. It was a romantic comedy musical (they're just about all musicals, I'm told) with doses of family melodrama, social commentary, and even an full-on action sequence. Well, if you had to fill three hours, you'd pull out the stops, too.
And just as all the advance reports say, every 15 or 30 minutes you get a full-on production number. You can set a watch by it, honestly. But one thing you can say for sure, the songs actually drive the plot, and aren't as useless as an appendix.
Ska said it was like The Wedding Singer, ("except not as whiny," I had to add then, and with a stronger male lead (I add now)); Doom's mother stayed with it through the whole thing, and apparently that will make me a marked man from now on. The old man has to catch me first, though.
Dammit, dammit, dammit:: The short version is that Hamas is seriously cheesed off that the new Palestinian PM has rolled over on too many things for Hamas to play ball on this field, so they took a hike, at least for now. The Islamic Jihad people still don't know whether to stay or go.
All things considered, I hope these talks don't fall apart again. The whole Israel/Palestine thing is a huge reason why a lot of the Middle East hasn't trusted us in a long time. The lack of movement on this resolution figures heavily into it, too. Check that date: 36 years of noncompliance.
Highest Unemployment Rate In Nine Years: But the economy's coming back on the good foot, honest. Have a tax cut on that income you're not making. Depression? What's that?
And that's it for now... Mebbe back later today, if the wind doesn't shift...
Caught Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge on the TCM Bollywood month last night, and holy schlamoley but they weren't kidding when they said Bollywood movies had stuff for everyone. It was a romantic comedy musical (they're just about all musicals, I'm told) with doses of family melodrama, social commentary, and even an full-on action sequence. Well, if you had to fill three hours, you'd pull out the stops, too.
And just as all the advance reports say, every 15 or 30 minutes you get a full-on production number. You can set a watch by it, honestly. But one thing you can say for sure, the songs actually drive the plot, and aren't as useless as an appendix.
Ska said it was like The Wedding Singer, ("except not as whiny," I had to add then, and with a stronger male lead (I add now)); Doom's mother stayed with it through the whole thing, and apparently that will make me a marked man from now on. The old man has to catch me first, though.
Dammit, dammit, dammit:: The short version is that Hamas is seriously cheesed off that the new Palestinian PM has rolled over on too many things for Hamas to play ball on this field, so they took a hike, at least for now. The Islamic Jihad people still don't know whether to stay or go.
All things considered, I hope these talks don't fall apart again. The whole Israel/Palestine thing is a huge reason why a lot of the Middle East hasn't trusted us in a long time. The lack of movement on this resolution figures heavily into it, too. Check that date: 36 years of noncompliance.
Highest Unemployment Rate In Nine Years: But the economy's coming back on the good foot, honest. Have a tax cut on that income you're not making. Depression? What's that?
And that's it for now... Mebbe back later today, if the wind doesn't shift...
|| Eric 4:01 PM#
