Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Summer Gutbuster?
I am patiently awaiting the release of the movie, Strangers with Candy, to US theatres. Tick-tock, tick-tock. So far, it has only been screened at the Sundance Film Festival, which is a bit of a trek for me. And I'd have to scam my way in.
The movie is a prequel to the show, so I'm not sure if I'm going to like it. I'm generally wary of movies spawned from TV shows ("Hey, Mr. Bean was a funny PBS show, so maybe it will be funny for 2 hours!!"), but I guess Rugrats was good. I've actually sat and watched over 2 hours' worth of "Strangers with Candy" episodes with Gus. Rarely do we tire of the absurd (but possible?) plotlines and the characters' awkward, ridiculous antics. Didn't your principal take a shower in his office?
I guess what the tv-watching counter-culture of today has to worry about more is a Napolean Dynamite TV show with a cast of inadequate mimics of the original characters and a staff of writers who just graduated from some prestigious school and think they know the formula for "funny". With my luck, some Harvard grad just read this and is asking his mumsy for her investment right now. How about a cut of the royalties, Sharky Von Vanderscrapple?
