Dada, by Craig J. Clark -- Week Kamikaze Nineteen Eighty-Nine

Dada, by Craig J. Clark -- Week Eighty-Nine

Comic for 13 October 2003

13 October 2003

Comic for 14 October 2003

14 October 2003

Comic for 15 October 2003

15 October 2003

Comic for 16 October 2003

16 October 2003

Comic for 17 October 2003

17 October 2003

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Dispatches from the Shadow of the Thin White Duke:

13 October 2003 - Quote of the Week: "Did Chris Columbus stay home? Nooooo. What if the Wright Brothers thought that only birds should fly? And did Galupa think that the Ulus were too ugly to save?" --Centauri, recruiter of The Last Starfighter

15 October 2003 - Saw Intolerable Cruelty the other day. As I had hoped, the ho-hum trailer I saw a few weeks back was merely the result of the studio trying to de-emphasize the Coen-ness of the film. (And trust me, there's plenty of Coen-ness to go around.) If you've had any doubts, dispel them with all due speed. This I command.

17 October 2003 - I also happened to see the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre the other day (the same day as Intolerable Cruelty, in fact). It was at a free preview and it was quite the about face, let me tell you.
I've been thinking about it all week, trying to decide whether I could recommend it or not, and I believe I have landed on the side of not. It's quite gruesome (which is to be expected) and unpleasant (well, a massacre -- with or without a chainsaw -- would hardly be genteel), but I think it verges on the sadistic at times and, in the latter half especially, becomes increasingly difficult to watch. I don't believe I've ever reacted so negatively to a film in all my life (and I'm a fan of the original). Consider yourselves warned.