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    • Christina Applegate and Chole Sevigny
      at the BWE 100th episode party. They are both so blonde. That color blonde that does not exist in real life but only with chemical enhancement. They're beautiful though.
    • Melba Moore
      in the airport in Nairobi, Kenya! We smiled at each other over Nescafe (aka coffee).
    • Parker Posey
      at Murray's Bagels. She looked really punk rock.
    • Jessica Lange and Sam Shephard
      at A History of Violence at Cinema Village. They were so cute and followed us everywhere from the movies to Cedar Tavern and back to the movies. They probably thought we were following them.
    • Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe
      pushing their baby down 13th Street. I was having a meeting at Cosi around the corner from my overcrowded office. I looked out the window and there they were. They stopped in front of my window and were doing the, who should take the baby conversation. I was trying to listen to the person talking to me but I could not and she was not the type of person who would understand my distraction by these celebs. They are both really attractive but almost too much so. His sneakers were new. His jeans were new. It was weird. I like imperfection.
    • Joshua Redman
      running on 18th Street. I realized that I've seen him many times before and just did not realize it. He was smaller than I thought he's be but I guess most people are.
    • Patti Smith
      which was not a big deal to me but my friend Marina apparently sees her all the time. This was her fourth sighting. I said she should say something like, "I see you everywhere. We should hang out." Marina wouldn't take the bait.
    • Leonardo DiCaprio
      with Isha on our way to the PATH station on 9th Street and 6th Ave. He is very tall but as my friend says, one cheeseburger away from being fat. His bodyguard "subtely" was wearing a jogging suit next to him. I guess they exercise together. He wasn't so hot to me but another girl flipped out when she saw him so what do I know.
    • Sam Rockwell and Liev Schreiber
      on New Year's Eve but you gotta buy me a few drinks to hear that story.
    • John Turturro
      in Union Square looking tall and handsome. I’ve always had a strange little crush on him.
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    October 09, 2006

    Shortbus

    77b2816b28584c6591bf53fa7129399drp350x35Sometimes you see a movie and you really want to like it. You really do. Everytime you laugh during the film, you laugh a little too hard. You are really forgiving. You want to be having a really good time while you watch this film. But you know in your heart that you really only think this movie is OK. It's not quite as fun as you want it to be. It's not quite as insightful as you want it to be. It's just eh.

    That's Shortbus.

    Some folks say that Shortbus is a porn (because the actors are actually having sex in the film) but I disagree. Porn is all about the enjoyment of sex. Everyone loves what they're doing in porn flicks. They love what's being done to them. It's a big lovefest!! (Even if the women are underage or the men are kind of disgusting. Yes, I've see porn btw. It's not that big a deal.) Shortbus is about people who are not enjoying sex and the journey they go on to figure out why they are not enjoying sex or not getting as intimate as they want to be during sex. (Their lack of enjoyment of sex is all the more difficult because they are going to the coolest party/orgy in the world where everyone is enjoying themselves.)

    The film makes you think and is fun in many ways but it is not quite as good as I wanted it to be. Oh well. It got me talking to folks about sex in an interesting and provocative way so I guess that's worth something.

    Posted at 08:28 PM in Flicks |

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