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It's a Sonny Barger movie
Jun. 20th, 2009 06:31 amBelieve it or not, the TGTH Update alert still exists in this day of Twitter, and I'm glad for it. As soon as I sent out an update the other day, I heard that it wasn't actually an HST Hell's Angels movie in the works. This blog post tells that it's going to about Sonny Barger, perhaps more autobiographical in nature.
What else is in the news bag...well, if you haven't seen Johnny Depp's smiling mug on the recent issue of Vanity Fair, go get one :-) It's still on Canadian newsstands anyway.
A blog is calling to boycott the Rum Diary movie. Unfortunately the blog turns up blank in either browser I use (here's the link) but I was able to find this description:
Normally I'd admire Depp's dedication to the legacy of his friend Hunter Thompson, a luminary of 20th century U.S. literature. I'd also celebrate Thompson's off-the-hook journalistic style and jaundiced political eye. I hardly miss the point that Thompson presents himself and his colleagues as degenerates, but that doesn't justify a completely degenerate portrait of Puerto Rico, especially considering such views– often linked to imperialist notions ...
The trouble with all art, be it written or visual, is that it's a product of its time and place. I'm readily learning that from the second year art history class I'm taking. Would you believe that European intellectuals had crazy apocalyptic notions about World War 1? They thought it would have a cleansing effect, and I suppose it did, as many an artist was cleansed...but that's not something they teach you in high school :-)
What else is in the news bag...well, if you haven't seen Johnny Depp's smiling mug on the recent issue of Vanity Fair, go get one :-) It's still on Canadian newsstands anyway.
A blog is calling to boycott the Rum Diary movie. Unfortunately the blog turns up blank in either browser I use (here's the link) but I was able to find this description:
Normally I'd admire Depp's dedication to the legacy of his friend Hunter Thompson, a luminary of 20th century U.S. literature. I'd also celebrate Thompson's off-the-hook journalistic style and jaundiced political eye. I hardly miss the point that Thompson presents himself and his colleagues as degenerates, but that doesn't justify a completely degenerate portrait of Puerto Rico, especially considering such views– often linked to imperialist notions ...
The trouble with all art, be it written or visual, is that it's a product of its time and place. I'm readily learning that from the second year art history class I'm taking. Would you believe that European intellectuals had crazy apocalyptic notions about World War 1? They thought it would have a cleansing effect, and I suppose it did, as many an artist was cleansed...but that's not something they teach you in high school :-)
