Comments on: Where’s The Emerson Bio-Pic We’ve Been Waiting For?

By: fausto

fausto — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:11:51 +0000

Come on, how much stage presence can you expect from a guy who’s trying to finish a PhD?

Besides, if intellect correlated with dynamic acting talent, there would be no such thing as Ben Stein.

By: Chalicechick

Chalicechick — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:03:29 +0000

Hmmm… I honestly don’t know about David Duchovny.

I do love the man, the myth, the monotone, but his post-X-files career has indicated that while he was a first-rate Mulder, he’s not such a great actor in other roles.

Which is not to say that I wouldn’t watch. Or play Maria While Lowell, as long as were makeout scenes.

CC
who now has that “David Duchovny, why won’t you love me?” song in her head. Again.

By: fausto

fausto — Sun, 11 May 2008 11:33:07 +0000

You mean the same Susan B. Anthony who left the Quakers to join the First Unitarian Church of Rochester, NY? Yeah, maybe we should do her after we finish RWE.

George Fox? Don’t even think about it. Look, any Quaker bio-pic is going to be a snoozer. My mom went to George School and my wife went to Swarthmore, so I oughta know. For them it’s all about humbling yourself, quiet waiting, and consensus. Bo-ring! For a good bio-pic you need a subject who is a quirky, complicated, idiosyncratic, self-righteous, vocal individualist, and the UUs will always beat the Quakers in that department, hands down.

By: Comrade Kevin

Comrade Kevin — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:08:40 +0000

I must say, you lot have a powerful name.

The George Fox bio-pic isn’t quite the same.

Maybe Susan B. Anthony would be a candidate.

By: fausto

fausto — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:19:12 +0000

Make that INSLEE Clark. Typed too fast and left out the “n”.

By: fausto

fausto — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:18:29 +0000

Yes. I’m off to find a Mother’s Day present and go fishing.

But before I do, it’s worth noting that GWB was in the last class Yale admitted before replacing the old-school-tie admissions director with a new one (named Islee Clark; you can look him up) who no longer gave preference to family legacies, and was therefore the last Bush in his generation to attend Yale. Where he did not exactly distinguish himself academically.

Also, his Harvard degree is an MBA from Harvard Business, not an MA from the University. That’s a trade school, not arts and sciences. I didn’t list anyone with an MFA from Yale Drama School either, for the same reason, or the list would be much longer!

By: Rev. Gidget

Rev. Gidget — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:36:32 +0000

Does anyone think that Fausto and I have too much time on our hands?

By: Rev. Gidget

Rev. Gidget — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:25:13 +0000

And let’s not forget another intellectual giant who has a BA from Yale and an MA from Harvard: George W. Bush. Hah.

By: fausto

fausto — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:23:23 +0000

I think Anne Hathaway left Vassar to pursue a career before graduating (and Reese Witherspoon, a descendant of early Princeton president Rev. John Witherspoon, did the same at Stanford), but I understand Lisa Kudrow took her BS from Vassar in biology.

By: Rev. Gidget

Rev. Gidget — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:23:24 +0000

As soon as I hit “send”, I had a pang of remorse, vis-a-vis the obviously brainy actresses nominated for the sisters Peabody. (Not to mention that I know some of them, and they can brain me under the table, or brain me with a brass candelabra at GA.) I did not mean all of the actors. I also did not know the educational pedigrees of these fine people. And I have not seen Lisa Kudrow or Anne Hathaway betray on camera much of the intellect it must have taken them to graduate.