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Profiles In Karma: Bring Me the Bad Judgment of Briana Evigan

Before I compose an ill-advised, trouser-tearing mash note to the twenty-one-year-old offspring of B.J. McKay, I’d like to acknowledge the blogging retirement of Mark Lisanti, whose trenchant wit made Defamer a daily must-read.  Lisanti’s prolificacy was impressive enough; short of slapping at the keyboard indiscriminately (aka “The Updike Method”), several thousand words a day is … Continue reading

Not Even Famous

Been a while since I’ve written one of these; I kind of feel like I should make them count, so I really don’t post unless I have something to say. There are many things I want to talk about — how Zac Efron gets a bad rap and The Wire are two recent ideas –but … Continue reading

DD: Lubitsch Musicals: MONTE CARLO

A countess pulls her third runaway bride routine, to the embarrassment of her would-be husband, who promises to tame her with his caveman tactics. The Countess, Helene Mara (Jeanette MacDonald) decides to go to Monte Carlo to break the bank. Jack Buchanan, who killed it as Jeffery Cordova in The Band Wagon (one of the … Continue reading

DD: Lubitsch Musicals: THE PROLOGUE

I’ve come to realize I tend to do about a dozen things total. You could break up my week into percentages. I work at least 40 a week, I sleep about 49 hours a week. I’m on a computer/writing about 40 hours a week, I watch movies about 30-40 hours a week (there’s overlap with … Continue reading