tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post5766204025091331567..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: THE FOUNDER -- My reviewBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36566866911612769122017-03-13T08:11:21.539-07:002017-03-13T08:11:21.539-07:00Getting back to the movie, I was struck by the sce...Getting back to the movie, I was struck by the scene in which Keaton and Linda Cardellini give a seemingly impromptu performance of "Pennies from Heaven." I immediately thought, holy cats, these two can really <i>sing</i>. I dunno whether the success of LA LA LAND will lead to some more movie musicals, but here are two good candidates to star in one.Griffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37984940366156367812017-01-14T01:33:16.932-08:002017-01-14T01:33:16.932-08:00I think I may be sitting on that side of me.I think I may be sitting on that side of me.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56816162048848598702017-01-12T20:26:05.244-08:002017-01-12T20:26:05.244-08:00Yes, Doug, but you're denying the readers the ...Yes, Doug, but you're denying the readers the lovable hilarious side of you. :)By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-74886510678053915102017-01-12T19:39:05.327-08:002017-01-12T19:39:05.327-08:00"Peter said...
Just could have said you are a...<i>"Peter said...<br />Just could have said you are a long time reader. But referencing that you posted a blog ten years ago, clutching onto to some credibility??"</i><br /><br />i was not referring to <i>MY</i> blog, i was referring to when I was invited to post a guest piece on <i>THIS</i> blog.<br /><br />Ken, you gotta admit, it's been a long time since I've had a good fight here.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33508693279584152472017-01-12T13:59:16.758-08:002017-01-12T13:59:16.758-08:00Sorry, Ken
I didn't see that you had already s...Sorry, Ken<br />I didn't see that you had already stopped it. Diane Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60799011791312058292017-01-12T13:52:14.510-08:002017-01-12T13:52:14.510-08:00D McEwan
I don't think I've said anything ...D McEwan<br />I don't think I've said anything unpleasant. I didn't even really disagree with you. I did say you seemed to be on the warpath today.. I usually enjoy reading your comments. Don't be so angry. This is a fun place to discuss things, and since you are an actor, you usually have an interesting perspective. <br /><br />Ken is probably about ready to shut this conversation down so let's end it on a positive note.Diane Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64749337184649630072017-01-12T12:46:35.134-08:002017-01-12T12:46:35.134-08:00Pete and Doug -- enough. Play nice. Time for me ...Pete and Doug -- enough. Play nice. Time for me to blow the whistle on this debate. Thank you both for understanding.<br />By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83489561678114939882017-01-12T09:53:47.632-08:002017-01-12T09:53:47.632-08:00D. McEwan,
Ha Ha Ha Haaa.... Thanks for exposing ...D. McEwan,<br /><br />Ha Ha Ha Haaa.... Thanks for exposing yourself as an uncultured lout with abuses and spewing venom.<br /><br />Just could have said you are a long time reader. But referencing that you posted a blog ten years ago, clutching onto to some credibility??? or some sort of excuse for your unhinged rant???<br /><br />Learn how to behave in a public forum man. Move on.... Get a life.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-79001452107966835742017-01-12T03:46:07.927-08:002017-01-12T03:46:07.927-08:00"Peter said...
D. McEwan.
Do you personally k...<i>"Peter said...<br />D. McEwan.<br />Do you personally know me? Then what gives you the right to call me bigoted and xenophobic?"</i><br /><br />The First Amendment. And when you post xenophobic comments, people are going to notice your xenophobia<br /><br /><i>"I find it excruciatingly stupid that you are so obsessive that you are answering to everyones' comment"</i><br /><br />There are 47 comments posted here. I answered 8 of them (and only 4 of them negatively, that's <i>including</i> this comment). You're not too swift with math.<br /><br /><i>"I did agree that Michael Keaton was better than "American saint" Tom Hanks. If I was xenophobic, I wouldn't have dissed him, would I ?"</i><br /><br />That makes zero sense. You apparently have an even looser grasp of the meaning of "Xenophobic" than you have of math or the meaning of "Everyone's". BTW, I am very much a "long-time reader." In fact, it's been a decade now since the time Ken posted a "Guest Blog" post by me. Ten years of reading everyone of Ken's posts except the baseball ones.<br /><br />Yes, your opponent in the idiotic Meryl v Helen "Debate" should have given his or her name, but you were both being horse's asses.<br /><br /><i>"Desist from calling others names and indulging in online bullying. Just publish your comment and stop poking your nose into others' comments."</i><br /><br />On what planet do I take orders from you? Not on Earth.<br /><br />Greg Ehrbar, funny story!<br /><br /><i>"Anonymous Diane D said...<br />Peter<br />D. McEwan does seem to be on the warpath today, doesn't he? Ha!"</i><br /><br />Only with you two and "Anonymous". I'm having pleasant exchanges with the pleasant people.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14641057443276644542017-01-12T03:34:16.684-08:002017-01-12T03:34:16.684-08:00Miss Diane D,
Yes ma'am :)Miss Diane D,<br /><br />Yes ma'am :)Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75098070953827205892017-01-11T17:33:11.899-08:002017-01-11T17:33:11.899-08:00Peter
D. McEwan does seem to be on the warpath tod...Peter<br />D. McEwan does seem to be on the warpath today, doesn't he? Ha!<br /><br />Diane Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56582435450598940392017-01-11T14:38:18.013-08:002017-01-11T14:38:18.013-08:00Re D McEwan: "Most show biz folks will take A...Re D McEwan: "Most show biz folks will take ANYONE honoring them seriously."<br /><br />Gotta share this story. My kids love it. I had a grandfather who was an egomaniac (and not a very nice man). He owned a local, short-lived furniture store, wrote a column on "kern" collection for a free retired condo owner's newspaper and therefore was the greatest man that ever lived.<br /><br />He belonged to many clubs and organizations filled with people who "loved him." One such organization gave him an expensive-looking carved mahogany award. I forget what it was honoring him for, but it was a carved hand with the naughty finger pointing up.<br /><br />My brother and I laughed until we couldn't breathe and he was infuriated. He didn't know what it meant and he insisted it was an "honah!" My dad, smiling quietly to himself, told us to stop, but everyone except my grandfather seemed to get the bizarre nature of this award -- if it meant what it was supposed to mean, why was the recipient clueless about it? Surely he had used the gesture. In fact, surely he did.<br /><br />Anyway, he's long gone but the comedy gold lives on. Greg Ehrbarhttp://www.gregehrbar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57115866123549403422017-01-11T06:13:46.879-08:002017-01-11T06:13:46.879-08:00D. McEwan.
Do you personally know me? Then what g...D. McEwan.<br /><br />Do you personally know me? Then what gives you the right to call me bigoted and xenophobic? <br /><br />I find it excruciatingly stupid that you are so obsessive that you are answering to everyones' comment.<br /><br />Someone I admire from their comments - Miss Diane.D gave her view. She is one of the long time readers, surely she has the right to her opinion, just like me. But for every comment you have to reply. Put down others pompously.<br /><br />I replied to a person who never had the guts to leave his name. If it was some long time reader, I wouldn't have replied. He was the one who butted in with a reply to my comment in the first place.<br /><br />I did agree that Michael Keaton was better than "American saint" Tom Hanks. If I was xenophobic, I wouldn't have dissed him, would I ?<br /><br />Desist from calling others names and indulging in online bullying. Just publish your comment and stop poking your nose into others' comments. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78593138178763988152017-01-10T19:08:08.563-08:002017-01-10T19:08:08.563-08:00Doug makes a good point. People can scream and yel...Doug makes a good point. People can scream and yell all they want, but the truth is Kroc (like a lot of other very inventive, very ruthless people) left a really mixed legacy. I don't see why people can't see the good along with the bad, which "The Founder" appears to do a good job of portraying. Can't wait to see it, along with Scorsese's "Silence."Steve Lanzi (formerly known as qdpsteve)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33773345910294979772017-01-10T18:44:52.141-08:002017-01-10T18:44:52.141-08:00Kroc was a jerk (putting it mildly); but without t...Kroc was a jerk (putting it mildly); but without the McDonald's money, the Padres would have opened the 1974 season as the third Washington Nationals franchise. I always have a small soft spot for the man. Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282017861110563132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12619833161085961042017-01-10T16:37:16.086-08:002017-01-10T16:37:16.086-08:00"Peter said...
To Anonymous,
Meryl Streep is ...<i>"Peter said...<br />To Anonymous,<br />Meryl Streep is the best. Helen Mirren and other overrated British trash are on account of media grovelling at everything British. Anyone who acts in the role of queen is the best for these imperialist sods.<br /><br />Anonymous Anonymous said...<br />@Peter<br />Helen Mirren has been playing roles on stage and in the movies for 40 years, some of them that Meryl Streep could never do."</i><br /><br />I can settle this excruciatingly stupid, pointless argument easily. Meryl and Helen are <i><b>BOTH</b></i> great actresses, and also friends. If they were both here, they'd both tell both of you to quit this insane squabbling. <br /><br /><i>"Peter said...<br />British actors are pompous and conceited"</i><br /><br />You know personally a lot of British actors? I know many of both British and America actors, and I find in general British actors to be warm, generous, and lovely people. On average, American actors are far more likely to be conceited than British actors, but the best seldom are. Your bigoted xenophobia is showing.<br /><br /><i>"Buttermilk Sky said...<br />So where is her tweet from Trumputin? (Thanks, Mr. McEwan, I plan to steal that.)"<br /><br /><b>PLEASE</b></i> do! I want everyone calling the Orange Fascist Tool of the Russians "Trumputin." He's America's Rasputin, as well as Putin's agent and butt buddy.<br /><br /><i>"David said...<br />The movie covers 1954-1961, so no Patrick Dennis,"</i><br /><br />Thanks. Now I can skip the movie altogether.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76034441605263243712017-01-10T16:28:07.332-08:002017-01-10T16:28:07.332-08:00You're probably right, D McEwan, but I would p...You're probably right, D McEwan, but I would point out that many terrific actors are also waiters and parking attendants "calling themselves actors." It's just about as hard to become a journalist with The New York Times as it is to make it big as an actor. As far as the bribing, again, I would point out that many of the winners are the same as the Oscar winners, and Pia Zadora was a long time ago. But, you are in the business, and Ken should surely know, so I will concede that I am probably wrong to try to think well of anyone, or anything. Diane Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1977264456081881452017-01-10T13:26:53.654-08:002017-01-10T13:26:53.654-08:00I saw "The Founder" last night, and agre...I saw "The Founder" last night, and agree with nearly all of Ken's review. The movie covers 1954-1961, so no Patrick Dennis, no Padres. Keaton is quite good, as is most of the supporting cast, especially Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch as the McDonald brothers, and Linda Cardellini, whom I love in everything.<br /><br />I knew much of the story going in, thanks to the Mark Knopfler song "Boom, Like That." http://bit.ly/2iwgLB1 Apparently, that was also the inspiration of the film's producer, who then spent a decade trying to get the movie made.<br /><br />I predict people who go to see this film will be split between those who root for Kroc and those, even knowing the outcome, who root for the brothers. Count me among the latter: I guess, if it's one or the other, I'd rather be a good person than a success.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00740239938140454237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8281574833742243802017-01-10T12:09:22.641-08:002017-01-10T12:09:22.641-08:00British actors are pompous and conceited; because ...British actors are pompous and conceited; because they and the media believe that, it's stage acting in Shakespearean crap which is superior to movies.<br /><br />What's so inferior about movie acting or for that matter TV acting? <br /><br />Can Helen Mirren do the brilliant portrayal as an Australian (can she do any accent at all apart from British and American?) like Meryl Streep did in "Cry in the dark"? Or that matchless performance of "Doubt"?<br /><br /><br />P.S.: I agree with you that Michael Keaton is better than Tom Hanks. Almost all actors are :)<br /><br />Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56512991423926496442017-01-10T10:28:32.922-08:002017-01-10T10:28:32.922-08:00Yes, McDonald's provided reliability and predi...Yes, McDonald's provided reliability and predictability for travelers who didn't want to take a chance on unfamiliar cuisine, especially with kids to feed. But Howard Johnson had already been doing that for years (remember those orange roofs?) with a varied menu and table service. The fried clams were a highlight of our annual family pilgrimage from New Jersey to Baltimore. I never understood the appeal of McDonald and its imitators, unless maybe it was the price. Perhaps the movie will offer a clue.<br /><br />As for the Streep/Mirren controversy, Dame Helen offered the best assessment of the year just ended: "2016 has been a big pile of shit." So where is her tweet from Trumputin? (Thanks, Mr. McEwan, I plan to steal that.)Buttermilk Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430011403223875192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89857187617810786132017-01-10T09:57:56.539-08:002017-01-10T09:57:56.539-08:00@Peter
Helen Mirren has been playing roles on stag...@Peter<br />Helen Mirren has been playing roles on stage and in the movies for 40 years, some of them that Meryl Streep could never do. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61361299466693933482017-01-10T04:53:42.819-08:002017-01-10T04:53:42.819-08:00Since the Sundance Channel has been running 12 epi...Since the Sundance Channel has been running 12 episodes of MASH every Monday I have been binging on it. As it has been awhile since I have watched the show I have been having a ball watching them again. What a joy watching Harry Morgan play Colonel Potter. Watched The Merchant of Korea last night and saw you and David Isaacs are in the credits as Story Editors. So my Friday question is just what does a Story Editor do?Barry Traylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134880916215990198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58184927983386948212017-01-10T04:44:35.184-08:002017-01-10T04:44:35.184-08:00Schmeggie...just looked it up.
Man Yiddish word...Schmeggie...just looked it up. <br /><br />Man Yiddish words are brutal. They never seem to translate into something like, "a real stand up guy who brings a smile to everyone's face". No, they mainly seem to combine some type of genitalia metaphor with a debilitating personal judgment. Other languages are satisfied with one half of that insult equation.<br /><br />Yiddish: The Ultimate Fighting Championship of interpersonal communication. <br /><br />Sean Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50713926986050524742017-01-10T03:04:29.201-08:002017-01-10T03:04:29.201-08:00"Diane D said...
The winners at the Golden Gl...<i>"Diane D said...<br />The winners at the Golden Globes certainly appeared to take them seriously. And many of the winners will be the same ones who win Oscars. Granted, the voting members are 93 journalists,..."</i><br /><br />Yes, <i><b>OF COURSE</b></i> the winners take them seriously. Most show biz folks will take <i><b>ANYONE</b></i> honoring them seriously. But no one else should. Those 93 voters are not "Journalists"; they're waiters and parking valets calling themselves "Journalists." And, as we all know, you CAN buy a Golden Globe. Next time you're tempted to take this fake award seriously, remember two words: "Pia Zadora."<br /><br /><i>"Anonymous said...<br />Haven't seen the movie yet, but many people miss the point about how McDonalds became an empire. The food wasn't haute cuisine but it was decent, tasty, but most of all predictable and uniform. That was a huge deal in the 1950's and 1960's when dining out was a much bigger enterprise than it is today. People going out did't have that many options to choose form and they weren't always dependable. When you were traveling or on vacation you had no idea what restaurants in a strange place were like. Put that together with baby boomer kids who wanted predictability in their food and you had McDonalds. By the 1970's and beyond there were other franchises, more information, and more discerning tastes. But people wanted predictable decent food in the post war era and McDonalds was the first to really do that."</i><br /><br />How long have you worked for McDonald's, Mr. Anonymous? Or are you actually on the Board of Directors? McDonald's serves "Decent Food." That was hilarious.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64685974617071561292017-01-10T02:45:47.946-08:002017-01-10T02:45:47.946-08:00In stories of this sort you kind of expect the sco...In stories of this sort you kind of expect the scoundrel to get his comeuppance, so you are saying the movie never mentioned, Ray Kroc's owning of the dreadful San Diego Padres!Enzo Hernandeznoreply@blogger.com