1. Tyler Perry. I've only seen the advertisements for his TV show and the trailers for his movies, but none of it is funny. He looks like he's over six feet tall and he's dressing up as an old woman? Have you ever met an old woman over six feet tall? Why is it funny for a giant grandma to pull a gun on people or take a chainsaw to a couch? I wonder if it's a tribute to his own grandmother (sad) or if this character is a composite of all the old women in his life. Either way, it's obviously a big man in a dress and nothing about her/him is complimentary to whomever he is paying tribute.When Perry is doing the writing and not "acting" as a grandma, it still isn't funny. Is the set of his TV show the same set they used for "Mama's Family"? In conclusion, Tyler Perry is not funny even though Oprah tells us he is. I don't get him.
2. Henry James. From one end of the scale to another, eh? I've read a lot of books. I like to read classics and appreciate all the reasons they are classic. Every time I try to read a Henry James novel I can't get past page 100. That is my limit. If I'm not into a book by the 100th page, I move on with my life. Does anyone out there know if his novels get better at the end? There must be some reason his work is considered classic. I don't want to try reading one again until I know it's worth it. I have enough reasons to feel stupid.
3. The Mercury Milan commercials. A perky woman tells us all the reasons the car is awesome. As she's standing next to it at the end of the commercial she says, "You gotta put Mercury on your list." WHAT LIST?! I make a lot of lists and none of them ever includes the Mercury Milan. Is it a list of cars from cutest to ugliest? (I was going to insert a clip from South Park here, but I changed my mind.) Is it a list of cars I will most likely never buy? Because I don't need to write that down. I don't get this advertisement.
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Word up about Henry James. "Wings of the Dove" equals the longest week of my life. (And I only got to page 50!) I've never seen Tyler Perry stuff or that Milan commercial, so I'll take your word for it on those.
I don't get computer games, t.v. shows where people get hurt and we laugh, or the appeal of David Caruso.
Tyler Perry is like the new Eddie Murphy, and both are lame.
And Melissa, the only reason I watch CSI: Miami, is to find out what hilarious, I mean introspective thing, H will say next. And then watch Joel McHale, on The Soup, make fun of it.
funny...I don't get the Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates commercials. I think you have to be a computer guy, or just weird!?
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I read "Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James and had mixed feelings. I really liked it at first, but then it started to drag. I think (and this is just a vague idea), that he's considered a genius because of his character development. I've never read anything that gave me such a thorough understanding of a character. Still, it was slow, and by the last quarter of it I was skimming just to see how it ended, and then it didn't end well. Kind of a waste to get to know a character so well, and then see her ruin her own life. That's another thing I dont' get - sad, miserable stories are considered some of the best ever. I don't know why.
What a long comment!
I actually saw that episode of "South Park" when the girls had a meeting where they made a list of the cute boys at school. I think I peed my pants laughing so hard.
I don't get Carson Daily. He's so bland. Not funny, not good-looking, not particularly smart.
I'm so glad someone got my South Park reference. Brian and I were sick with laughter.
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