While I'm Being All Preachy

Ack, there have been two posts I have made thus far that I felt I were a bit too obnoxiously strident. The McDonald's post was one of them (here's the other).

I really need to leave the moralizing to the professionals. And they don't get any more professional than Florrie Fisher. If she looks eerily like Amy Sedaris in Strangers With Candy, it's no coincidence. She was the inspiration for the show.

Now, thanks to the kind folks at YouTube, and the generous people who uploaded it, here's a moving, heartfelt documentary from Fisher and Company:

The Trip Back

(Note: If you don't want to watch the whole thing, at least watch the Q&A in Part 3).

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3

Notes On A Scandal

I recently read a post by Dale about Notes On A Scandal, which pushed me to finally get off my couch and then sit back down to watch it.

It was pretty good, but I had a couple thoughts during my viewing.

1. If you're going to have a suspenseful film featuring two strong female leads with a lesbian component underlying their relationship, one of them at some point *has* to kill a guy by hitting him in the eye with a stiletto heel.

2. I don't see how any self-respecting fan of Strangers With Candy can avoid wondering how this story would play with Amy Sedaris as Jerri Blank taking the Judi Dench role.