...these reviews take a little longer, because they like to consider the entirety of the heart attack... episode. Plus, there's privacy issues and other legal stuff... probably. The American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation declared "The best ribcage-to-wheelchair heart operation in a long time. The film and medical communities both have the right to be proud this year." And I as a fan of film am proud as well, and frankly I don't want to live in a world where Kevin Smith isn't crashing comic book conventions and making di... um, jokes about reproductive organs.
But there are raves of other things as well! Comedian Michelle Wolf recently performed at the White House Correspondents Dinner... I confess, I watched it on MSNBC. She, um... dropped an f-bomb or two. I think it was two. The only other thing I remember is when Jimmy Kimmel used the word "a$$#ole," and not even in relation to his production company! No, I think he was talking about Bill Maher. But that's the First Amendment for you. I usually skip ahead to the part with the comedian, but apparently the White House Correspondents' Dinner is sort of an Oscars for the First Amendment. Those Second Amendment celebrations are a little less open to the public... remember Mitch McConnell holding up that shotgun? Children asking "Mommy, why is that man's face mask all twisted like that?" Now, some are complaining about Michelle Wolf's use of obscenities... probably. Maybe not, I just jumped to that conclusion. I probably shouldn't point out that she's the third "Daily Show" alum in a row to be the guest comedian... Plus, she used to work for Bear Stearns, so the investment banking community should be happy with that. They so tend to be underrepresented on TV these days. And for some reason, I keep thinking that Wolf could be the next Sigourney Weaver character in the new Ghostbusters movies... Anyway, these days when it comes to obscenities, I always go back to that big orange one that the Russians put into our White House, with Facebook's help.
And of course, Wolf also blamed the media for creating the Trump "Frankenstein Monster" and all that, as any independent comedian / comedienne would and should. An interesting crowd that attends that dinner; some of the most powerful people in the world, hard to make them laugh. Rob Reiner was there! He's still pretty influential, isn't he? His LBJ is already on DVD at the library! Kinda neat. Sarah Huckabee Sanders sat at the dais, the big table up front... clearly showing more guts than our current Commander in Chief who, even though he's one of the richest people in the world, still has to fundraise a lot. Hey, he's rich, just not Election rich! These things ain't cheap, folks! And the catering... don't even get him started on the catering. I think they're even starting to spit in his fast food now! Ick. You know that's not good when spit is finding its way into fast food. How fast could it be?
But let's get back to what used to be the reason for these weekly posts. The latest installment of the Disney / Marvel Avengers franchise was #1 at the box office, big surprise. Now, the industry bigwigs are thinking... hmm. The 2015 Star Wars made about 280 million its opening weekend. Aren't we a little off this time? Sure, but they still have the right to be proud. Okay, they spent about 600 million to get that 250, but it might not taper off as quickly next weekend! Besides, Black Panther is still out! Isn't that a bit of a conflict of interest? Also, the second biggest movie this week, A Quiet Place, only raked in 10 million dollars, so Marvel / Disney clearly have a much bigger rake. Not bad for a non-Fall season, right? Lotta lawn clippings for Spring! I do kinda wonder what Joss Whedon is up to. It seems he took Sam Raimi's advice and skipped the third installment... but a WWII horror project? Really? Seriously? These small projects in between the big ones, it's a cute idea, but I think you might need to focus on the next big one this time instead!
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