Nothing is coming easy today. A lot of work to get ready for Monday and it's all taking way too long.
They ran Laurel and Hardy movies on TV when I was young. I liked their fussy bumbling and always wanted them to succeed. In fact, I liked them so much I stopped watching altogether. This was after several films ended with L&H engulfed by horrible, undeserved fates.
In one, Laurel and Hardy were tortured so that skinny Stan was compressed into a stumpy midget and fat Ollie was stretched out on a rack until he was basketball player tall. It was unsettling. In another film they were flat out skinned alive. (Snort, chortle.) In yet a third, Laurel is magically shrunk inside an egg. When released, he is tiny and very upset. Hardy roars with mocking laughter. FADE TO BLACK.
These weren't Clive Barker films: "Hellraiser VI: Stan and Ollie." or "Hellbound with a Derby Hat." These were comedies with a beloved team. I used to blame it on World War II. In fact, I did that right here in this post. But I was wrong.
Somebody at the studio signed off on those scripts. ("So we take two lovable losers and skin them alive? I like it! No one will see it coming!")
Ah, well.
Maybe Clive Barker can direct the remake of "Gigli."
5 comments:
Just curious:
If there's bad stuff in the middle but a happy ending, does that work out ok for you?
Also, have you thrown any turkey bits at the computer yet?
Or maybe cranberries.
Jarring. Yes.
It's a mystery. Who were the people who steered the L&H movies that way anyway? Why? What were they like, what was their background, to produce that twist inside them?
It's like a puzzle I want to resolve.
Oh wait! it's TUESDAY. Did you make it on time?
Only a third on-time.
I still owe her two more show ideas.
But that shall occur shortly.
I could never produce that sort of thing on demand, and greatly admire people who can.
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