Zebra
April 10, 2007, 11:55pm
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Maybe it will be a double feature with the Burger King Movie.
But what is really strange is to see in a pre-production announcement is that it is being directed by Alan Smithee.
Bravo, bravo, King of Soup !
I think his “art” fits in just fine for someone who goes with the Cracker Barrel country store decorating theme.
But surely Kinkade represents bogus Gilded Age affluence rather than bogus rustic folk art?
From the Kincade site tagged above:
The Los Angeles Times report that some of Kinkade’s former colleagues, employees, and even collectors of his work say that he has a long history of cursing and heckling other artists and performers. The Times further reports that he openly groped a woman’s breasts at a South Bend, Indiana sales event, and mentioned his proclivity for ritual territory marking through urination .[16] Kinkade denied some of the Times’s allegations, but accepted and apologized for others [17] .
In 2006 John Dandois, Media Arts Group executive, recounted a story that on one occasion (“about six years ago”) Kinkade became drunk at a Siegfried and Roy magic show in Las Vegas and began shouting “Codpiece! Codpiece!” at the performers. Eventually he was calmed by his mother.[16] Dandois also said of Kinkade, “Thom would be fine, he would be drinking, and then all of a sudden, you couldn’t tell where the boundary was , and then he became very incoherent, and he would start cussing and doing a lot of weird stuff.”[16]
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This movie might be worthwhile if he cuts off his ear, like Kirk Douglas did as Van Gogh in Lust for Life .
Uh, I gotta say if I was at a Siefried and Roy show (not that they have them any more since one of them got mangled) the last thing I’d be staring at would be either of their crotches.
Now I have to go change my underpants.
In fact, and I know it’s bad SDMB form to wish death on another human being, but if O’Toole has one foot in the glue factory already, would it be too much to ask him to die before shooting the Kinkade pic?
insert lightning rod smiley here
jjimm
April 11, 2007, 6:41pm
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King of Soup does it again . Fucking brilliant, sir.
I saw a TV News show (maybe 60 Minutes) in which Kinkade aficionados were profiled. There was one couple who, I do not exaggerate, had every wall in their house completely covered with his paintings. Every square inch. It was unbelievable. I mean, does *anyone *think *any *art looks good all crammed together like that…?
I saw a TV News show (maybe 60 Minutes) in which Kinkade aficionados were profiled. There was one couple who, I do not exaggerate, had every wall in their house completely covered with his paintings. Every square inch. It was unbelievable. I mean, does *anyone *think *any *art looks good all crammed together like that…?
I dunno, I wouldn’t mind having a toilet bowl with the inside of it lined with Kinkade’s work. That way I could express my true feelings about his stuff after a night of binge drinking and Taco Hell.
Thomas Kinkade, painter of shite.
The pity of it is, a Kinkade biopic could be real camp classic, in the hands of creators with a certain queered sensibility and a way with irony. The squandering of this marvellous opportunity for satire and farce is making baby Jesus cry.
And somebody ought to pass a hat for Peter O’Toole if he needs the money this badly. I’d hate for him to die right after this one and have it be the endcap [or headstone?] to his wonderful career.
How about these ?
Or, would you prefer these ?
Perhaps these will do.
The pity of it is, a Kinkade biopic could be real camp classic, in the hands of creators with a certain queered sensibility and a way with irony. The squandering of this marvellous opportunity for satire and farce is making baby Jesus cry.
And somebody ought to pass a hat for Peter O’Toole if he needs the money this badly. I’d hate for him to die right after this one and have it be the endcap [or headstone?] to his wonderful career.
It could still be a camp classic without the irony. Maybe if Peter O’Toole really hams it up.
If only they’d picked Roger De Bris to direct.
So was Hitler. Doesn’t excuse anything.
