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I watched this film twice because I found it so interesting. BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK is a documentary exploring the life work of Mr Bill Cunningham, the man who unknowingly and essentially invented street style. Since the 70's Mr Cunningham has photo-documented fashion shows, society charity events and fashion trends on the streets of NYC. He lives with the asceticism of a monk, loves everyone, has an encyclopedic knowledge of fashion, and smiles all day long because he loves his work.
He is my new hero.
82 yrs old is enough years on this earth to know if your fashion is worth photographing
Also, Iris Apfel is in this movie. IRIS APFEL!!! I adore her. When I saw the Rara Avis exhibit in Salem, MA my head almost exploded with sheer joy. I took as many illegal photos of that exhibit as I could before the docent came over and threatened me. The woman wears bangles covered in googly-eyes. I LOVE her!
She buys her stuffed animals jewels so they don't bite her
Anyway, Bill. He is fantastic and inspiring. He makes me want to find my joy and dedicate my life to it. After seeing his tiny apartment stuffed with file cabinets full of photos taken over the past 40 years, I know Bill will be to fashion history what Gregor Mendel was to genetics.
For more about this film, just watch it on Netflix. For the weekly update on NYC street fashion, go to this link to hear from the master himself.
Things which appeal to adolescent men apparently also appeal to me!
KUNG FU PANDA: LEGENDS OF AWESOMENESS! (Sweet!) --10!
MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC! -- 9!
Howdy friends! Today marks the 200th entry! AAAAND, today is New Years Day! Cool, huh? I spent the weekend watching a LOT of cartoons, some of which featured the high-pitched voices of animated ponies so now everything needs exclamation points! Lot's of exclamation points!! Wheeeeeee!!!
But, Pinkie Pie imitations aside, I'm rather pleased to be blogging today on my NEW LAPTOP!!! (See attached Kermit the Frog clip for emotional reaction. You can stop the clip after the first two seconds.)
So it's sort of an important day. Now, I may have been up until 5am last night playing on my new computer. And then, after church, I immediately got right back on it, so I'm running on very little sleep. I am also pretty sure this is standard for New Years Day AND is guaranteed to make this a relatively terrible entry.
HOWEVER, one mustn't let a little things like fatigue and poor quality affect important decision making so....
KUNG FU PANDA:LEGENDS OF AWESOMENESS!!
This show is on Nickelodeon and I LOVE IT! I know what you are thinking... "another lame rip-off cartoon of a good movie? Bleh." but you would be wrong! WRONG I tell you!!! KFP:LOA maintains the excellent quality that the movies began, both visually and in storytelling. ALSO, the fighting rocks. And the theme song is AMAZING!!! Oh, and there are jokes.
Though Tigress is not amused
The characters retain their integrity, the world that was created in the films is not just maintained but expanded, and they do it all without cheap pop culture references!
However, pratfalls are still totally on the table.
Anyway, I highly recommend the show anytime you are wanting to see beautiful imagery, great animated kung fu, and bandit crocodiles who get offended if you call them alligators.
And some hot mantis on mantis action! Yeow! (j/k!)
I was curious to see this show. I would like to think that I am cool enough to have a 14 yr-old teenage geeky stoner boy as my inner child. And, the men who are tuning in to watch this show in huge numbers perhaps have a 14 yr-old geeky stoner boy inner child who is pleased by the bright colors, good story lines, and surprisingly honest depictions of friendship.
However, I know full well my inner child is a 6 year old girl who likes kiddy cats and fuzzy pink things. So, actually this show is specifically made for me. Apparently some men like it too! Bonus!!
Anyway, the wired.com article is WAY better than anything I have to say. However, I can offer you this little treasure of a link:
So, today I learned that if you google "muppets movie 2011" you get a Miami Vice photo of Ricky Gervaise with a baby tiger on his knee.
Who knew?
Anyway, THE MUPPETS was a fun movie and I realized while watching it that I had never seen a Muppets movie on the big screen. My entire childhood's experience with the puppets was exclusively through fuzzy VHS cassettes or even fuzzier memories of what the show was like when I was a kid. Seeing close-ups of Fozzie on the big screen was sort of disconcerting. HUGE heads! Cheap fake fur! When did Fozzie get grey eyebrows? Did he always have grey eyebrows?? It was strange.
However, I really enjoyed the movie. I liked the musical numbers, I liked 80s Robot, I liked the silly jokes, I liked the closet full of snacking showgirls, and I liked that they never ever untied Jack Black.
But, what it really made me want to do is just watch the old movies. Back when Kermit & Piggy sounded like they should, Gonzo was insecure about his weirdness, and no one EVER told Animal not to drum. ESPECIALLY not Jack Black.
