small h Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I hate the movie Titanic. When asked my opinion of it, I always say that I rooted for the iceberg. But! I love My Heart Will Go On, because I love Celine Dion, generally. So I went to see Never Let Go at The Brick in Williamsburg, which I figured would be more Dion than DiCaprio. It's a one-man show that condenses Titanic into an hour, my preferred length for sit-down entertainment. And it was phenomenal. Yes, the movie is too long by 74%, but it's no easy trick to mostly dispense with the whole pesky "boat sinks" thing and still preserve the story. And yet. I laughed, I cried, it became a part of me. During curtain call, the entire audience showed our bona fides by singing along to My Heart Will Go On, because in that moment we were all RoseJacktheIceberg. Here's Michael Kinnan, the aforementioned one-man, taking his well-deserved bows. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I love that the boat sinking is not a big deal. Interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 The boat sinking is conveyed by (what looked like) a 20 gallon aquarium, into which the performer sticks his head for a few moments to represent Jack and Rose swimming out of steerage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 On 10/8/2021 at 11:31 PM, small h said: I laughed, I cried, it became a part of me. This is now blurbed on The Brick Theater website page for the revival of this show! I'd say @small h is famous, but it's attributed to "mouthfulsfood.com" rather than her. Cuz obviously the website has much more common currency: all people have to do is hear what "moutfulsfood.com" says and they jump! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Especially now Chowhound is gone. I bet we can outlast eGullet too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 2 hours ago, Sneakeater said: This is now blurbed on The Brick Theater website page for the revival of this show! I'd say @small h is famous, but it's attributed to "mouthfulsfood.com" rather than her. Cuz obviously the website has much more common currency: all people have to do is hear what "moutfulsfood.com" says and they jump! OMG! I feel famous, now. That's hilarious. Now I have a quote for my profile: small h, voice of mouthfulsfood.com 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bloviatrix Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 On 10/8/2021 at 11:31 PM, small h said: Yes, the movie is too long by 74%, but it's no easy trick to mostly dispense with the whole pesky "boat sinks" thing and still preserve the story. Give me a short-ass movie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 6 minutes ago, bloviatrix said: Give me a short-ass movie. I remember seeing that when it aired, and yelling Yes! Yes! at the screen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 @small h I told the guys (non-gender-specific) at The Brick how stoked you were that they blurbed you. They exclaimed, “you KNOW them?” (I don’t think they thought you actually existed.) They said they were pleased you were stoked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 3 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: They exclaimed, “you KNOW them?” (I don’t think they thought you actually existed.) This makes me so happy. Although I'm not 100% sure I exist. What'd you see? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 Did you like it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 I never saw the movie. It was kind of lost on me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 Ah, it does depend on you knowing the source material. But honestly, you're better off not having seen the movie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 That's three hours of my precious life I'll never get back. And don't get me started on Avatar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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