16 Sunday Mar 2014
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Here’s a piece I wrote for Afterpartychat.com on how acid is coming back into play for scientific experimentation. Naturally, I had to take a look at early experimenters–like the sadly tormented, surprisingly intrepid Cary Grant: Continue reading
30 Monday Jan 2012
Posted in Film & Storytelling, Golden Age Hollywood
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You wouldn’t think, at first glance, that Albert Brooks and Cary Grant were soul mates. Cary Grant was the epitome of urbanity and screwball aplomb, and has been stated by no less than David Thomson to be the best film actor of the 20th Century. Brooks is a poodle-haired multi-talent with the demeanor of an anxious suburbanite and the eyebrows of an off-duty drag queen. He’s not really in my time-period of expertise, but his tweet this week got me thinking about Twentieth Century tweets: Telegrams. And made me realize that both Grant and Brooks are masters at epigrammatic blasts of comic retort.
In case you haven’t heard, Brooks tweeted a response to the lack of a 2012 Oscar nomination for his celebrated performance in Drive, referencing the most mocked acceptance speech in the Academy’s history. Brooks tweeted, “You don’t like me. You really don’t like me.” Continue reading
