![]() This is not intended as advice for any of them except as they choose to take it, as I’m not remotely qualified for that. They still have a lot of well-deserved recognition due them for their work. There are other demographics that have been marginalized to varying degrees for millennia. Middle-aged white guy? Yep, I’m definitely talking to you. Note: the intended relevance of this next section is directly proportional to how similar you are to me. Marie Kondo, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up “Look Upon My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair.” The process of assessing how you feel about the things you own, identifying those that have fulfilled their purpose, expressing your gratitude, and bidding them farewell, is really about examining your inner self, a rite of passage to a new life. But I am saying that perhaps Mari Kondo is onto something when she talks about letting things go not with careless disregard but with genuine gratitude for the part it has played in our story: And I’m not saying that we should just go around smashing instruments. That’s not too bad for an inanimate object. That particular guitar had brought joy to many people - probably first while being played, then as a key part of a museum display, and finally as an anecdote added to film history that will be re-told over and over. ![]() Yes, this was a priceless, unique guitar…and there are literally thousands of other priceless, unique guitars along with quite a few pricey, very special guitars and certainly millions of very affordable, pretty good guitars. I mean, the world has a lot of stuff in it. When a friend and I were talking about this incident, I had a weird thought: What if that’s ok? What if it’s actually a good thing? His co-star Jennifer Jason Leigh’s astonished, horrified reaction couldn’t have been more real, because she knew what had just happened. So the actor just played right through, smashing the priceless guitar into smithereens. There were also several duplicates on the set, and the plan was that they would shoot up to a point where the character played by Kurt Russell was about to smash the guitar, stop, and switch in one of the fakes so that the actor could complete the action.Įxcept they forgot to tell Kurt Russell about that. the character who’s death in the original Watchmen launches the plot.During the filming of the Tarantino film “The Hateful Eight” (not a film I’d recommend, incidentally) one of the props was a genuine 145-year old Martin guitar. The Frasier/ Fargo/ Legion star has signed on as Agent Blake, “an FBI agent tasked with tracking down vigilantes.” That surname should raise eyebrows for fans of the comic, as she shares it with Edward “The Comedian” Blake, i.e. ![]() Film has also revealed that Jean Smart is joining the cast as well. The extent of the character’s role in the series is as yet unknown, but given some spoiler-y set photos, his presence is likely to exert a strong influence over the show. Irons was previously suggested to be playing an unspecified “aging and imperious lord of a British manor,” but /Film has confirmed that said lord is none other than Adrian Veidt, otherwise known as the controversial former superhero Ozymandias. Now, a few additional details have emerged about the mysterious project. Over the last few months, we’ve also received updates on who would be joining the cast, including The Leftovers’ Regina King, Miami Vice’s Don Johnson, and British actor Jeremy Irons. We’ve long known David Lindelof was set to create a “remixed” television adaptation of Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons and John Higgins’ beloved comic series, and recently learned Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross would score the show. We keep gradually learning more about HBO’s much-anticipated Watchmen series slated for 2019.
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