“Happy Saturday!” he wrote, knowing full well this didn’t stand a chance of getting published that day. Sorry to those who are looking for a well organized piece, we’re just getting Eric’s random Saturday thoughts. My current Saturday activities have been: waking up, going to Joker, and now I am currently watching Oklahoma vs. Texas in the good ole “Red RIver Shootout”. As much as I would like to give a fully excellent review of Joker, I don’t have those skills, but, guess what I do have? Thoughts and opinions on random aspects of the movie!
First things first (I’m the realist), twenty one minutes of trailers. I’m not complaining, just stating a fact. In those twenty one minutes (enough time to watch an episode of The Office on Netflix, again, not complaining just stating facts) they showed a gem of a trailer for a movie called Uncut Gems. It’s a gambling movie (one of my favorite categories), stars Adam Sandler (hasn’t made a good movie since 1996), and features Kevin Garnett (a professional athlete, a group not known for their acting skills) and Mike Francesa (my sports media nemesis)! This movie is going to be awful, but you bet your sweet behind I’m going to see it. I could probably burn ten dollars and get just as much enjoyment, but then again, this movie might be a diamond in the rough! (get it, ‘cause it’s called Uncut Gems)
So here’s my review of Joker: (We do movies now. That’s our thing.)
Fine, entertaining, good. I interpreted it as: Society doesn’t get to tell us what’s funny. We get to decide that ourselves. (I can say that because I’m a self described comedian.)
Rating: 👍
My main question during Joker: “Where is Donald Glover?” This movie has two of the three main characters from FX’s Atlanta. For those that don’t know what Atlanta is, it’s a dark comedy about trying to make it in the rap industry. I’m not saying the show was tailored specifically for me (it’s not btw), but when the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I’m feeling sad, I simply remember dark comedies and rap music, and then I don’t feel so bad.
Van (Zazie Beetz) plays the Joker’s Neighbor/Love interest, and Paperboi (Brian Tyree Henry) plays the dude at the records department of Arkham State Hospital. Why couldn’t they have just thrown in Donald Glover as a Gotham hotdog vendor or something? Have Joker buys a hotdog, and Donald Glover says, “Hey, I like the look you got there.” He actually doesn’t need to say anything. He could have just handed over the hotdog. It would have been cool to see all three together, but since they didn’t, they provided me with content instead. And I’m in the content business, so it all works out in the end.
Quick side story about my life. One of my worst qualities is trying to figure out where i have seen actors before. I was watching a movie with my old roommate, Cakes (not his real name to protect his identity). I go, “Oh, that’s blank from blank.” and his reply was, ‘We get it Eric, actors have been in other things.’
And before you say, “But Eric, Darius is a main character in Atlanta, and he wasn’t in the movie.” He was in a trailer, so I’m counting that.
Now that we have Joker talk out of the way, you know what else is a joke? The Red River Shootout. (It’s not called this anymore, but it’s what they call it in NCAA Football 2005 on Gamecube, and I ain’t changing now.)
It’s a neutral site game played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, which is roughly 90 miles from Norman and Austin. Here’s the issue I have with it. IT TAKES PLACE DURING THE TEXAS STATE FAIR. I can’t even come up with an analogy that makes sense to compare how dumb it is. [SDSU vs. NDSU at the Summit corner played on my birthday, my best attempt] Each team gets 50% of the tickets, which is good, but the game takes place during the celebration of the state of Texas for just existing. Don’t get me wrong, I love me a good neutral site rivalry just as much as the Dallas Airbnb market does. Just don’t have the game during the Texas State Fair, that’s all I’m asking. On a side note, the Texas State Fair is 24 days long! I don’t care if everything’s bigger in Texas. This is way too long. Chill out Texas! You aren’t as great as everyone (mainly just yourself) says. #BCF4LYFE
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