as a one-time stumbling and exceedingly obnoxious drunk, I have, like, NO patience with the phenomenon. the other night, we (both of us and my oldest friend, who was taking a break from his eighteen-hour days of orchestrating Disney stuff) were watching "The Maltese Falcon" (my possibly hundredth time), and about an hour through, he decided to get upset at the DISHONESTY of all the characters and what it meant for the survival of western man, or Christianity or whatever and it got impossible to shut him up, even during the incredibly important last Sam Spade monologues. finally, I wanted to thrash him.
I certainly will. but the whole thing was like a joke, since the whole plot revolves around the fact that everybody's lying to everybody else. especially Sam Spade. but if we'd been watching "The Big Sleep," he would have started fulminating about how terrible it is that so many people are getting MURDERED...these are what happens in hardboiled detective fiction. I finally said something like "they used to say 'if you want to send a message, try Western Union.' " I don't remember who said that...Harry Cohn? Sam Goldwyn? that miserable reactionary prick Louis B. Mayer?...I'm looking it up.
turns out that opinions are divided, but most people say Goldwyn. a Goldwynism I really like (which might have been fake) is "...but we've passed a lot of water since then."
Oh no! That is much worse. I’d rather have a stumbling drunk than a de Santis fan
yeah, well I got BOTH at the same time. fortunately, he only VISITS.
Oh dear! Nothing worse than a stumbling drunk de satan lover. Hope it’s a short visit David.
as a one-time stumbling and exceedingly obnoxious drunk, I have, like, NO patience with the phenomenon. the other night, we (both of us and my oldest friend, who was taking a break from his eighteen-hour days of orchestrating Disney stuff) were watching "The Maltese Falcon" (my possibly hundredth time), and about an hour through, he decided to get upset at the DISHONESTY of all the characters and what it meant for the survival of western man, or Christianity or whatever and it got impossible to shut him up, even during the incredibly important last Sam Spade monologues. finally, I wanted to thrash him.
Yikes! Sounds like a rather grueling evening. That’s a great movie. I hope you get to watch it in peace next time.
I certainly will. but the whole thing was like a joke, since the whole plot revolves around the fact that everybody's lying to everybody else. especially Sam Spade. but if we'd been watching "The Big Sleep," he would have started fulminating about how terrible it is that so many people are getting MURDERED...these are what happens in hardboiled detective fiction. I finally said something like "they used to say 'if you want to send a message, try Western Union.' " I don't remember who said that...Harry Cohn? Sam Goldwyn? that miserable reactionary prick Louis B. Mayer?...I'm looking it up.
turns out that opinions are divided, but most people say Goldwyn. a Goldwynism I really like (which might have been fake) is "...but we've passed a lot of water since then."
That’s a good one.