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DrBDH's avatar

One paragraph in and I was wondering if your review had fallen under the curse of dullness that I remember from seeing this trash long ago, but you did not disappoint, once you got B & B’s menstrual cycles aligned. Nice hatchet job.

Speaking of which, did you catch former standup comic Zelenskyy’s epic put down of the “reporter” Glenn who asked when he was going to get a suit? “When the war is over I will get a costume, perhaps a better one than yours.” That is a come back to a heckler that only a pro could pull off under such pressure!

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Scott Clevenger's avatar

Oh yeah, Marjorie Taylor Green's boytoy? That was a delightful flensing.

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Carl Salonen's avatar

I would have gone with Clown Suit but English is his second language.

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B-Movie Tea's avatar

Brilliant!

I hope there are mores scathing synopses of 80s tear jerkers where that came from!

Love the imagery of Midler in Lepus Cosplay performing in an underwater venue. You should patent that and write a treatment!

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Alice's avatar

Oh man. I never saw this and now I'm glad I didn't. If I want a three-hankie weeper, I'll rent "Terms of Endearment," thank you very much.

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Carl Salonen's avatar

So my overall question: Was this pronounced the way WE pronounce "Beaches" or the way Eastern Europeans do?

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Scott Clevenger's avatar

I think they start with the standard American English pronunciation, but by the second act, it's Eastern European alllll the way.

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Carl Salonen's avatar

<< (Remember, babies solve all problems—have one today!)>>

*Narrator in Morgan Freeman voice* They really aren't Brioschi.

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Carl Salonen's avatar

<<so off Broadway it’s actually in the Hudson River>>

Ah, the Theatre-Studio! I did a two year residency there. We workshopped an early script for Beyond the Sea there called "Honey! The Mafia is Here!"

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Scott Clevenger's avatar

Also known as “Westies Side Story”

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Carl Salonen's avatar

You should have seen the experimental show they were cooking up when I left. It was a show about a bunch of Boston hooligans being transported to Hell's Kitchen against the wishes of the local residents.

That's right: Sou' by Sour Westies.

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Eric's avatar

K-tel commercial 🤣🤣💀

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