Headline of the Day (Scarlett Johansson edition)
By Michael J.W. Stickings
Apparently this is all it takes:
Which is to say, apparently all it takes is a vastly overrated actress with a plastic face, a nice but vastly overrated body, and a stupid grin.
No, I'm not a Scarlett fan.
The Scarlett of Lost in Translation, perhaps -- an excellent movie with an excellent screenplay and an excellent Bill Murray, all of which masked her weaknesses and allowed her (seemingly) to shine (it was the perfect movie and the perfect role for her, just as, say, Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich were the perfect movies and the perfect roles for another vastly overrated actress, Julia Roberts, just as Working Girl was the perfect movie and the perfect role for a truly horrendous actress, Melanie Griffith) -- but not the Scarlett of anything else, with the possible exception of Ghost World.
Still, I'm not a Marine and I'm not stationed in Kuwait.
Given either one, and especially given both, I suspect she'd boost my morale, too.
And, well, kudos to Ms. Johansson for taking the time to go over there in the first place.
Apparently this is all it takes:
Which is to say, apparently all it takes is a vastly overrated actress with a plastic face, a nice but vastly overrated body, and a stupid grin.
No, I'm not a Scarlett fan.
The Scarlett of Lost in Translation, perhaps -- an excellent movie with an excellent screenplay and an excellent Bill Murray, all of which masked her weaknesses and allowed her (seemingly) to shine (it was the perfect movie and the perfect role for her, just as, say, Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich were the perfect movies and the perfect roles for another vastly overrated actress, Julia Roberts, just as Working Girl was the perfect movie and the perfect role for a truly horrendous actress, Melanie Griffith) -- but not the Scarlett of anything else, with the possible exception of Ghost World.
Still, I'm not a Marine and I'm not stationed in Kuwait.
Given either one, and especially given both, I suspect she'd boost my morale, too.
And, well, kudos to Ms. Johansson for taking the time to go over there in the first place.
Labels: movies, U.S. military
posted by Michael J.W. Stickings at
5:05 PM
3 Comments:
Nice try. You don't like the troops, right, so cut Johannson low, and thereby diss their chance at a little morale booster.
By
Anonymous, at 6:07 PM
That's completely idiotic. How exactly have I made Johansson a surrogate for the troops?
By
Michael J.W. Stickings, at 7:06 PM
I've talked to many an ex-GI from WW II on and most say what's supposed to be a morale booster is often a bummer; reminding the troops of what is so far away and unobtainable. It's a bit like letting starving men smell a pizza.
I don't know what the fuss about Scarlett is either, but she's a product, just like the rest of what Hollywood offers. With any product, popularity and quality aren't directly related.
As to anonym ass here, maybe that's the only argument he has and he uses it to fit all occasions. Yeah right, if we don't like the war it must mean we hate the troops even if they are our sons and daughters, mothers and fathers. I'd remain anonymous too if I were that much of a moron.
By
Capt. Fogg, at 9:29 AM
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