Julie and Julia
I went to see Julie & Julia last night. The show was sold out -- the first time I've ever experienced this at the Cedar Lee. The recession must be driving more people to the $5 Monday shows...although like a true grump I'm sure it's more about recession chic than actual scrimping, among the Cedar Lee crowd.
Anyway, there are four things I am taking away from this movie:
1. Find some kind of blogging gimmick, preferably one involving an ungainly, beloved American icon, and you will get famous.
2. If you find out that Julia Child hates you, it's supposed to be OK. Supposedly, you've still got your pride, and you can keep on loving her cookbooks. Uh, no. If I were Julie Powell and I found out Julia Child hated me, I would have set all of her cookbooks on fire, set myself on fire, and jumped off the Triboro Bridge. It would be like if I found out that Howard Metzenbaum hated me. THAT would be utterly devastating. If Howard disapproved of my parlor trick where I relate any subject back to him -- for example, English sheepdogs or tuna salad -- or if he disapproved of the mixed drinks I created in his honor. (The Metzen-bomb and the Bloody Shirley.) Luckily for me, Howard has gone to the great Senate floor in the sky. But I'm making a mental note not to piss off any of the following people: J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, Neil Gaiman, Rick Steves, Big Chuck and Lil John.
3. When they make a movie out of my life, I will make sure they don't cast anyone cute to play me. I've got to be kind of a visual disaster. No skinny jeans, no hip fitted t-shirts with sweetheart necklines, and no haircuts within the last 6-8 months. Casting suggestions include Ugly Betty (i.e., America Ferrera would have to come to the audition dressed as Ugly Betty, and then from there we'd take it into uncharted waters), Danny DeVito in drag, Paul Giamatti in drag, or the corpse of Bea Arthur. I would, however, settle for Tina Fey, but she'd have to gain about 60 pounds.
4. Whether or not you like Julie Powell, whether or not you think her Julie/Julia project was just a shameless attention-grab, whether or not you think she's actually a pretty boring, not-very-compelling writer....these things don't matter, because ultimately they led to OMG MERYL STREEP PLAYING JULIA CHILD.
Anyway, there are four things I am taking away from this movie:
1. Find some kind of blogging gimmick, preferably one involving an ungainly, beloved American icon, and you will get famous.
2. If you find out that Julia Child hates you, it's supposed to be OK. Supposedly, you've still got your pride, and you can keep on loving her cookbooks. Uh, no. If I were Julie Powell and I found out Julia Child hated me, I would have set all of her cookbooks on fire, set myself on fire, and jumped off the Triboro Bridge. It would be like if I found out that Howard Metzenbaum hated me. THAT would be utterly devastating. If Howard disapproved of my parlor trick where I relate any subject back to him -- for example, English sheepdogs or tuna salad -- or if he disapproved of the mixed drinks I created in his honor. (The Metzen-bomb and the Bloody Shirley.) Luckily for me, Howard has gone to the great Senate floor in the sky. But I'm making a mental note not to piss off any of the following people: J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, Neil Gaiman, Rick Steves, Big Chuck and Lil John.
3. When they make a movie out of my life, I will make sure they don't cast anyone cute to play me. I've got to be kind of a visual disaster. No skinny jeans, no hip fitted t-shirts with sweetheart necklines, and no haircuts within the last 6-8 months. Casting suggestions include Ugly Betty (i.e., America Ferrera would have to come to the audition dressed as Ugly Betty, and then from there we'd take it into uncharted waters), Danny DeVito in drag, Paul Giamatti in drag, or the corpse of Bea Arthur. I would, however, settle for Tina Fey, but she'd have to gain about 60 pounds.
4. Whether or not you like Julie Powell, whether or not you think her Julie/Julia project was just a shameless attention-grab, whether or not you think she's actually a pretty boring, not-very-compelling writer....these things don't matter, because ultimately they led to OMG MERYL STREEP PLAYING JULIA CHILD.
posted by Christine Borne at 6:49 AM
1 Comments:
I read the book a few months ago and went to see the movie last Sunday. This is one very rare instance where I thought the movie was better than the book. I LOVED all the Julia parts!!! They should have just made a "My Life in France" into a movie. It hasn't been yet, has it? Better research that a bit!
I did not understand that haircut.
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