Comments on: “What if Satan were a high school cheerleader?” http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:51:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David Tiley http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56801 David Tiley Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:56:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56801 I love this site totally and completely (and it is great to teach scriptwriting with too). I do wonder if the taglines and synopses of many great Hollywood movies are much better. Or sometimes, if these movies would play as bad as they read. It depends I suppose on whether they are played as drama or comedy. There is a legend that "Paint Your Wagon" was flogged for years as a serious movie, bought by some dumb exec and pushed ahead until the artistic team decided it would only play as a musical. I love this site totally and completely (and it is great to teach scriptwriting with too). I do wonder if the taglines and synopses of many great Hollywood movies are much better. Or sometimes, if these movies would play as bad as they read. It depends I suppose on whether they are played as drama or comedy. There is a legend that “Paint Your Wagon” was flogged for years as a serious movie, bought by some dumb exec and pushed ahead until the artistic team decided it would only play as a musical.

]]> By: radek http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56800 radek Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:39:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56800 At first I laughed and laughed, but after a while I started getting scared. People who write these things actually inhabit the world I live in. One of them may be sitting next to me on a bus. The friendly neighborhood grocery store clerk might have written the one about Evil Midgets. A girl I have a crush on may be in the process of completing her script as I write this. I don't think I'll ever be able to look at people the same way again. At first I laughed and laughed, but after a while I started getting scared. People who write these things actually inhabit the world I live in. One of them may be sitting next to me on a bus. The friendly neighborhood grocery store clerk might have written the one about Evil Midgets. A girl I have a crush on may be in the process of completing her script as I write this. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to look at people the same way again.

]]> By: ian http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56799 ian Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:35:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56799 <em>Are cheerleaders stripped naked before they form a pyramid?</em> I'm sure someone has an option on the film rights. Are cheerleaders stripped naked before they form a pyramid? I’m sure someone has an option on the film rights.

]]> By: Matthew2 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56798 Matthew2 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:20:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56798 Well, reading right-wingers endlessly rationalise their support of power is fun, but the Query Letters site is blogging at its best, I love it! By the way, why do Americans find midgets endlessly funny? They really really leave me cold. Well, reading right-wingers endlessly rationalise their support of power is fun, but the Query Letters site is blogging at its best, I love it! By the way, why do Americans find midgets endlessly funny? They really really leave me cold.

]]> By: bad Jim http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56797 bad Jim Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:23:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56797 Satan as cheerleader? This may be worse than one might have imagined. In the trial of one of the prison guards at Abu Ghraib: <blockquote>Graner's attorney said piling naked prisoners into pyramids and leading them by a leash were acceptable methods of prisoner control. He compared this to pyramids made by cheerleaders at sports events and parents putting tethers on toddlers. "Don't cheerleaders all over America form pyramids six to eight times a year. Is that torture?"</blockquote> A commenter at <a href="http://talkleft.com/new_archives/009277.html#009277">TalkLeft</a> objected, <blockquote>Are cheerleaders stripped naked before they form a pyramid?</blockquote> That Bush was himself once a cheerleader may or may not be beside the point. Satan as cheerleader? This may be worse than one might have imagined. In the trial of one of the prison guards at Abu Ghraib:
Graner’s attorney said piling naked prisoners into pyramids and leading them by a leash were acceptable methods of prisoner control. He compared this to pyramids made by cheerleaders at sports events and parents putting tethers on toddlers. “Don’t cheerleaders all over America form pyramids six to eight times a year. Is that torture?”
A commenter at TalkLeft objected,
Are cheerleaders stripped naked before they form a pyramid?
That Bush was himself once a cheerleader may or may not be beside the point.

]]> By: schwa http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56796 schwa Tue, 11 Jan 2005 05:42:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56796 The only thing wrong with the titular query letter is that nagging certainty that if Adam Sandler hasn't already made that film, he without question has it optioned. The only thing wrong with the titular query letter is that nagging certainty that if Adam Sandler hasn’t already made that film, he without question has it optioned.

]]> By: George http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56795 George Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:36:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56795 The one about evil midgets sounds pretty good, in a Bubba Ho-Tep way. The one about evil midgets sounds pretty good, in a Bubba Ho-Tep way.

]]> By: william http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56794 william Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:57:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56794 If this is the quality of even only half the ideas floating around Hollywood, it's no wonder studios have been putting out so many remakes. I guess what my friend in Los Angeles said is true: everyone's looking to hire someone with a brain out there. If this is the quality of even only half the ideas floating around Hollywood, it’s no wonder studios have been putting out so many remakes. I guess what my friend in Los Angeles said is true: everyone’s looking to hire someone with a brain out there.

]]> By: SusanC http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56793 SusanC Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:16:51 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56793 The scary part was how many of them I could imagine being made as anime: "When a 13-year-old mute girl moves with her parents to an isolated cottage, she discovers she can communicate with the trees who ask for her aid to rid the forest of an evil hobgoblin that is destroying the forest." If it had been made by Hayao Miyazaki, I'd be rushing out to by the DVD. The dialogue between the mute girl and the tree might be a problem. Either it's like the "selling a picture" episode in Rohmer's "Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle", or both she and the tree gain the power of speech when she's transported into the spirit world. The scary part was how many of them I could imagine being made as anime: “When a 13-year-old mute girl moves with her parents to an isolated cottage, she discovers she can communicate with the trees who ask for her aid to rid the forest of an evil hobgoblin that is destroying the forest.” If it had been made by Hayao Miyazaki, I’d be rushing out to by the DVD. The dialogue between the mute girl and the tree might be a problem. Either it’s like the “selling a picture” episode in Rohmer’s “Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle”, or both she and the tree gain the power of speech when she’s transported into the spirit world.

]]> By: Delicious pundit http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56792 Delicious pundit Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:48:55 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56792 In the television end of the business the queries are quite different. The outlandishness factor is next to nil; instead, it's "my car dealership/real estate office/minor league hockey franchise would make a great sitcom." Maybe the <i>Buffy</i> guys are the ones who get the Satan's cheerleaders stuff. In the television end of the business the queries are quite different. The outlandishness factor is next to nil; instead, it’s “my car dealership/real estate office/minor league hockey franchise would make a great sitcom.” Maybe the Buffy guys are the ones who get the Satan’s cheerleaders stuff.

]]> By: Andrew McManama-Smith http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56791 Andrew McManama-Smith Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:11:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56791 Abso-bloody-lutely brilliant! thanks! It seems perfectly work safe to me, Jeremy, but maybe my boss is more understanding... (-_-;) Abso-bloody-lutely brilliant! thanks! It seems perfectly work safe to me, Jeremy, but maybe my boss is more understanding… (-_-;)

]]> By: dsquared http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56790 dsquared Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:37:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56790 The word "Cheerleader" appears on that page precisely twice, and yet all the google ads are for "cheerleader uniforms". Google's algorithms often confirm my rather low opinion of humanity. (devoutly hoping that this is in fact a result of google's general advert system, rather than any particular personalisation settings of mine, which I suppose it quite likely could be). The word “Cheerleader” appears on that page precisely twice, and yet all the google ads are for “cheerleader uniforms”. Google’s algorithms often confirm my rather low opinion of humanity. (devoutly hoping that this is in fact a result of google’s general advert system, rather than any particular personalisation settings of mine, which I suppose it quite likely could be).

]]> By: Jeremy Osner http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/10/what-if-satan-were-a-high-school-cheerleader/comment-page-1/#comment-56789 Jeremy Osner Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:29:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2749#comment-56789 Wow. That is about the least work-safe site I have ever seen. Wow. That is about the least work-safe site I have ever seen.

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