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TRexstasy
08/17/09

In reply to Harvey Weinstein: Sad, Senile, Barely Surviving The Next Big Thing
Gosh for a second I thought this about Harvey Fierstein and I was going to get really sad. Instead it's a great big schadenfreude sundae! Yay!
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SpyMagician
08/16/09

In reply to Harvey Weinstein: Sad, Senile, Barely Surviving The Next Big Thing
Anyone know where Harvey’s sled is? Rose-something?
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noonecaresowen
08/16/09

In reply to Harvey Weinstein: Sad, Senile, Barely Surviving The Next Big Thing
The Smith story is amusing, but it's nothing new. Harvey confused Joey Lauren Adams with Renee Zellweger at the Golden Globes the year Joey was nominated for "Chasing Amy".
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ampersandparade
08/16/09

In reply to Harvey Weinstein: Sad, Senile, Barely Surviving The Next Big Thing
One of my first disaster experiences with the Weinsteins was Dimenson's release of Pulse, a remake of the strangely thoughtful and detached Kiyoshi Kurosawa ghost film Kairo. The orginal film, while not a blockbuster by any means while in release in Japan, was known as something critically-revered and highly respected by aficionados of the genre, and after a first screening where the film was panned by teenage boys who misunderstood the film's quiet concept, it was retooled as a CGI-laden action-survival film so that it could make a lot of money, totally eschewing the reasons for having purchased the movie from the Japanese in the first place. It was a flop of unexpected proportions, pushed back three times from the late winter (when such a "cold" film had a chance) to late summer, and was a horrifying example of the American dream corrupting the intellectual vision of the way actual cinematic visionaries are cultivated in foreign countries.

That last anecdote by Kevin Smith I loved so much I reread it maybe ten times while trying to put it into the context of so many of their business mistakes, that Harvey especially is so unfocused he doesn't even know who's working for him, only what he's working towards in the hypothetical. He's grasping at straws, trying simultaneously to make certain films that are merely cash cows while making others to gain credible critical adulation, two things which only go hand in hand by accident, not by design. I have a terrible feeling about their next few years, but quality control is obviously not their strong suit. I'm glad they got their Oscar win for The Reader, and are using that critical success to... restart the Scream franchise from the 1990's. Bizarre.
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lionboy
08/16/09

@ampersandparade: As I read the article this morning, I found the Weinsteins to seem more and more irrelevant until I had to question why I was even reading it. Your last sentence summarizes the whole sorry situation quite nicely.
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naugahydeinplainsight
07/20/09

In reply to Bernie Madoff's Only Regret
Hey Ruth, two solutions to your paparazzi problem come immediately to mind:
1) Use some of that $2.5 mill to hire security.
2) Plead guilty to something and go to jail, go directly to jail... No paps in prison.
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misslinda
07/20/09

In reply to Bernie Madoff's Only Regret
No, he's weeping cause she's STILL nagging him.
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goetz
07/20/09

In reply to Bernie Madoff's Only Regret
That fish filet with macaroni and cheese line actually makes me feel kind of bad for the guy. Not as a prisoner, but as an old man. It's pathetic. Of course, some of the retirees he bankrupted probably aren't faring much better, so I guess I don't feel that bad for him anymore.

Wow. This comment session has been very cathartic for me.
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My_Latest_Incarnation
07/20/09

@goetz: The retirees he bilked would probably kill for 3 hots and a cot at this point.
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goetz
07/20/09

@My_Latest_Incarnation: Which would actually be a good way of getting it.
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My_Latest_Incarnation
07/20/09

@goetz: Yes, and Bernie has plenty of relatives who were in on this scam walking the streets free...I think I see a solution to bankruptcy here.
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goetz
07/20/09

@My_Latest_Incarnation: Don't be coy, just come out with it -- we're not here to judge.
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goetz
07/20/09

@My_Latest_Incarnation: Wait, that's exactly why I'm here.
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rockandhardPL
07/20/09

In reply to Bernie Madoff's Only Regret
Yeah, because she is just an innocent victim just like...um, oh say, Elie Weisel. Spirits a-kindred they be.
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