tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post1919798164139429351..comments2024-02-27T10:53:43.331-05:00Comments on Big Media Vandalism: Big Comedians in the Big HouseSteven Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10533736956366847765noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-16141664401618208172010-02-21T19:50:32.096-05:002010-02-21T19:50:32.096-05:00Odie, my man, you rock! I checked out the link, bu...Odie, my man, you rock! I checked out the link, but I went ahead and bought the video anyway. Looking forward to following along with the blog. Your one on 'The Boondocks' was enjoyable as well.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179443841209484792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-7698557650435006362010-02-16T03:07:55.068-05:002010-02-16T03:07:55.068-05:00STIR CRAZY is my favorite of the 4 Pryor-Wilder te...STIR CRAZY is my favorite of the 4 Pryor-Wilder teamings. It is also one of the earliest screen roles for Barry Corbin as the rodeo-obsessed warden. I see Mr. Corbin around here and talk to him every so often (he lives in Fort Worth) at a local sports bar he frequents a lot. Always has his cowboy hat on (he suffers from alopecia).<br /><br />Franklyn Ajaye is also great in CONVOY with a lot more screen time than usual. I need to get around to reviewing that flick too.<br /><br />I agree that the latter two Pryor-Wilder collaborations are lousy, but I am amazed at just how much these two are able to get out of lousy material in SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL. There's not a laugh anywhere to be found in that script, yet Pryor and Wilder manage to wring a few out of it.<br /><br />I never have made it all the way through ANOTHER YOU. Just seeing Pryor that frail is heartbreaking. That may have been Wilder's last starring feature to date now that I think about it.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-56184277929911853792010-02-16T01:16:44.491-05:002010-02-16T01:16:44.491-05:00Paul, if you click the words Stir Crazy in my firs...Paul, if you click the words Stir Crazy in my first paragraph, you can watch the whole movie online. It's what I did before I wrote this piece. I hadn't seen it in years.<br /><br />Boone, I'm a member of the Razzies, though obviously not back in the days of Stir Crazy. They do sometimes nominate decent performances. Brown is very convincing, over the top but not a caricature, and Pryor's resignation to this man's devotion somehow feels right. I love their last scene together. It almost seems like Pryor is worried that Rory is going away, and then Rory kisses him. I wonder if that was in the script. It just seemed so natural on Brown's part to do it. <br /><br />Ajaye: That's the cat that did my surgery. <br /><br />Please tell me why Ajaye is ALWAYS so damn cool whenever he shows up? There's something about this man's aura.odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-4058609637917785762010-02-16T00:30:52.950-05:002010-02-16T00:30:52.950-05:00The Razzies people sometimes seem to just award th...The Razzies people sometimes seem to just award things thoughtlessly. (I read that they once dissed The Shining.) Brown's performance is so good, it's what I remember most at least 10 years from having last seen Stir Crazy. He seemed so smitten and devoted to Pryor, without a trace of irony, or else how would I still remember bits like his rationale for killing his father? ("For criticizing my fur jacket.") Followed close-second by Ajaye ("They got this KO-rean doctor...").Steven Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533736956366847765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-30021195664576519222010-02-15T23:16:10.412-05:002010-02-15T23:16:10.412-05:00This was one of the first Rated-R movies I remembe...This was one of the first Rated-R movies I remember seeing (though because it was R, I could only catch bits of it there and there). I can still visualize some of those sequences you wrote about, and I love thinking about them. I'm definitely going to go out and get me a copy so I can see it again after all these years!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179443841209484792noreply@blogger.com