tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43644477056376699272024-03-17T19:11:44.332-04:00ThisKevinthe adventures of Kevin Maher, writer-comedianKevin Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498788912040569956noreply@blogger.comBlogger401125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364447705637669927.post-63958339325234614242016-02-01T08:14:00.003-05:002016-02-01T08:14:53.863-05:00Podcast where I watch PREDATOR for the first time<a href="http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Images/Cards/Non-Sport/99819/99819-10140171Fr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" class="irc_mi" src="http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Images/Cards/Non-Sport/99819/99819-10140171Fr.jpg" height="350" style="margin-top: 22px;" width="246" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://nicknadel.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Nick Nadel</a> invited me to watch PREDATOR for his podcast <a href="http://moviesmyfriendshaveneverseen.libsyn.com/" target="_blank"><i>MOVIES MY FRIENDS HAVE NEVER SEEN</i></a>. (Each episode Nick watches a well-known film with someone who's seeing it for the first time.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Click <a href="http://moviesmyfriendshaventseen.libsyn.com//episode-41-predator" target="_blank">HERE</a> to listen for yourself. </span><br />
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<br />Kevin Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498788912040569956noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364447705637669927.post-43354271356313652552016-01-19T07:31:00.001-05:002016-01-19T07:31:05.563-05:00Kevin Geeks Out with Pete & Alex from STAR WARS MINUTE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">ALSO: This month, Alex and Pete are co-hosting <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kgospace-operas/" target="_blank"><b>Kevin Geeks Out About Space Operas</b></a>, where we look at some of our favorite <i>STAR WARS</i> rip-offs, along with other favorites of the sub-genre. Get tickets</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kgospace-operas/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My Nerd Nite presentation on Super Villains is available in podcast form. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Play it </span><a href="http://nerdnite.podbean.com/e/a-field-guide-to-super-villains/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">HERE</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The voice matrix was created for <a href="http://kevingeeksout.com/show/kevin-geeks-out-about-super-villains/" target="_blank">KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT SUPER VILLAINS</a>, co-curated by <a href="http://www.tenebrouskate.com/" target="_blank">Tenebrous Kate</a>. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She wasn't in this show, but I've included Kate's contributions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Click <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kgospace-operas/" target="_blank">here</a> for details/tickets. </span><br />
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<br />Kevin Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498788912040569956noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364447705637669927.post-72254836091930248292016-01-03T10:40:00.000-05:002016-01-03T11:21:52.651-05:00STAR WARS Talking Points - and the stuff I didn't get to say on NPR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was honored to be a guest on WNYC'S <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/star-wars-plus-time/" target="_blank">The Brian Lehrer Show</a>. The topic was STAR WARS. (Fitting since my next <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kgospace-operas/" target="_blank">Kevin Geeks Out</a> show is all about <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kgospace-operas/" target="_blank">Space Operas</a>) </span><br />
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You can listen to it <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/star-wars-plus-time/" target="_blank">HERE. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I was booked I only knew we'd be talking about STAR WARS. Because of who I am, I thought of LOTS of talking points. Here are some stray thoughts I had prepared but didn't get to use....</span><br />
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On the opening night of <i>STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS</i> I was at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with my 8-year-old son seeing a retelling of <i>THE NUTCRACKER</i>. It was a modern update on the classic story, different and ironic but still driven by powerful music. </span><br />
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<i>THE FORCE AWAKENS</i> is pretty much the same thing. A current retelling of a classic story. With powerful music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And there's nothing wrong with that. </span><br />
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Disney is playing a long con, they will <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/17/9749528/star-wars-the-force-awakens" target="_blank">release a new <i>STAR WARS</i> film every year</a>. And each year the movie will be something you can bring the kids and the grandparents to -- and everyone will have a nice time. </span><br />
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THE FORCE AWAKENS - STAR WARS' ECHO CHAMBER</b></span><br />
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I'm reminded of a phrase repeated throughout <i>BATTLESTAR GALACTICA</i>: "All of this has happened before and will happen again." </span><br />
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Everyone is going through motions already repeated. (And that includes 40-year-olds complaining about a STAR WARS movie.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's a fun game: when someone criticizes <i>THE FORCE AWAKENS</i> for going all <i>JURASSIC WORLD</i> by being a beat-for-beat remake of the first film, ask if they would make the same complaint about <i>EVIL DEAD 2</i>. (I knew this talking point wouldn't play on NPR.) </span><br />
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<b>THE NOSTALGIA TRADITION</b></span><br />
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The institution of <i>STAR WARS</i> is based in nostalgia. In the 1970s, following his own nostalgia story <i>AMERICAN GRAFFITI</i>, George Lucas had wanted to make a big-screen version of a childhood favorite: <i>FLASH GORDON</i>. </span><br />
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Ironically he couldn't get the rights, because another producer beat him to it. Dino DeLaurentiis had staked a claim in <i>FLASH GORDON</i>. (Dino had already remade another childhood favorite, the 1976 <i>KING KONG,</i> and was planning to produce a film version of another kiddie classic: <i>MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN</i> starring Jack Nicholson.)</span><br />
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So Lucas created his own space opera. Despite all the spaceships and laser guns, the film was a "gee-whiz" throwback to a simpler time; decidedly unlike the morally ambiguous genre-benders of New American Cinema. While movies like <i><a href="http://www.ifc.com/2015/03/6-movies-that-are-secretly-about-vietnam" target="_blank">ROCKY</a></i> and <a href="http://www.ifc.com/2015/03/6-movies-that-are-secretly-about-vietnam" target="_blank"><i>THE BAD NEWS BEARS</i> </a>featured humble victories where <a href="http://www.ifc.com/2015/03/6-movies-that-are-secretly-about-vietnam" target="_blank">underdogs lose but still win</a>, <i>STAR WARS</i> showed the good guys winning in no uncertain terms -- by blowing up the Death Star! (Luke pretty much <a href="http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/cmarez/clips/a_new_hope3_excerpt.mp4/view" target="_blank">has an orgasm when he fires</a>.) </span><br />
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At the KEVIN GEEKS OUT show we love looking at rip-offs. For every <i>E.T.</i> or <i>JAWS</i> there are anywhere from 3 to 30 copycat movies. What's most interesting to me is how many of those knock-off films copy the wrong elements. For example: <i>JAWS</i> rip-offs will include a big aquatic monster, without realizing that the shark is the least compelling thing about <i>JAWS</i>. (It's the dynamic between Hooper and Quint, or Brody's inability to fit in with the islanders, or the <a href="http://thiskevin.blogspot.com/2015/03/richard-nixon-and-lying-authority.html" target="_blank">Mayor as a Nixon figure</a>.) </span><br />
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Along those same lines, most of the<i> STAR WARS</i> knock-offs are set in the distant future. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>STAR WARS</i> is decidedly part of the past. The film's political landscape is not the result of any 20th century conflicts. So we can watch and feel good that whatever's taking place happened a long time ago. Whatever disagreements they had were all worked out by now. Phew! </span><br />
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In 2015 movie-goers recognize Nazi iconography because they've seen <i>SCHINDLER'S LIST</i>. </span><br />
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Nazi imagery is a copy of a copy of a copy. </span><br />
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While making of the third Indiana Jones film, Harrison Ford told <i>Entertainment Tonight</i> that the villains would once again be the Nazis. Adding that they're "the best bad guys." </span><br />
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The 1977 <i>STAR WARS </i>features bad guys with Nazi uniforms and British accents. </span><br />
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My friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JeffEyesStopScaringMe" target="_blank">Jeff </a>says those are the perfect villains for an American movie, because the American identity is about being scrappy revolutionaries who fought against an evil British Empire. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Again, part of the nostalgia for the Revolutionary War is that Americans are underdogs. </span><br />
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We're cowboys and freedom fighters, not a global superpower. (See also: Roland Emmerich's <i>INDEPENDENCE DAY</i>. To make America the underdog you have to introduce an intergalactic mega-power.) </span><br />
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<b>DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT KILLING THEM</b></span><br />
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Another recurring theme at KEVIN GEEKS OUT show is that Hollywood loves to hates Nazis. (Especially <a href="http://thiskevin.blogspot.com/2015/01/guest-presentation-on-nazi-zombies.html" target="_blank">Nazi Zombies</a>!) In Zach Snyder's 2011 fantasy film <i>SUCKER PUNCH</i> a General leads his rag-tag team of sexy freedom fighters into battle against Nazi Zombies and the commander notes that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">you don't have to feel bad about killing them, they're already dead. (And, y'know, they were Nazis.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(RELATED: I just re-watched Disney's 1979 <i>STAR WARS</i> knock-off <i>THE BLACK HOLE </i>and noticed something uniquely Disney about the villains. The evil robot henchmen are revealed to be former humans who are now living as slaves of the villain. One of the good guys announces that they have to "save" them. But the know-it-all scientist declares, "It's too late. The only way to help them is to release them from their tortured state." In other words, the robot-like henchmen can't be saved. They can be killed -- but please note: killing them is releasing them from their misery, so you're doing them a favor. Only in a Disney movie can you murder the bad guys and feel good about it.) </span><br />
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Friends of mine have praised the new <i>STAR WARS</i> film because it makes them "feel like a kid again." </span><br />
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Strange that this is the yardstick to measure art. </span><br />
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Not "how does it make you feel?" but "how young does it make you feel?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is that a recent phenomena or have adult men and women always longed to feel like a child? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hey, know who else wants to feel like a kid again? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/baby-man-6445638" target="_blank">THIS GUY</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(But seriously, who benefits from a society full of adults who need to feel like a pre-pubescent?) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's fitting that Disney bought the franchise, because Walt Disney and George Lucas have a lot in common. <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCarsonWriter" target="_blank">Tom Carson</a> contributed to the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Galaxy-Not-Far-Away-Twenty-five/dp/0805070745" target="_blank">A GALAXY NOT SO FAR AWAY</a>, connecting the dots between Lucas, Disney and Ronald Reagan. (Carson made this comparison 10 years before Disney bought <i>STAR WARS</i>.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">"(Lucas) is the most successful
businessman-artist since Disney. Very little really matters to him except his
own product, and like a good salesman, he believes in it absolutely.<br /> </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Whether Lucas would find the kinship
grating or gratifying (and who knows?), it's this combined know-nothingism and
faith that gives him common ground with another great salesman, Ronald Reagan
-- who was also, of course, a fellow storyteller. Both, in their way, urged us
to become children again, and invested the condition with a moral superiority
that more than made up for being uninformed. Melding tomorrow with a yesterday
that never was, Lucas's invitation to the audience to return to the comforting
simplicities of an earlier era of entertainment that was ideologically loaded
as Reagan's summons to hark back to an earlier state of historical
ignorance-as-bliss, because you can't uncritically revive the pulp narratives
of another age without also replicating their values. Famously, Reagan once
spoke wistfully of a time when "Americans didn't even know they had a
racial problem" -- meaning, of course, white Americans, since those of
color had presumably been well posted on its existence since 1492. With the
possible exception of David Lynch, who's like his twin brother gone bad, Lucas
may be about the whitest -- and most goyish -- American filmmaker alive, and
he's always balked at admitting that the fairy tales he loves have a racial
problem, too." </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A FAMILY AFFAIR</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I invited my wife, my parents and my kids to see <i>THE FORCE AWAKENS</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3 generations going on Christmas night. Just like when I was a kid and we'd go to Church once a year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seemed fitting though, since space operas aren't just spaceships and lasers, they're about fathers and sons. (Sorry Moms. Maybe next trilogy.) </span></div>
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<b>FEELINGS BEFORE THE NEW MOVIE STARTED</b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope it doesn't suck. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm glad I avoided major spoilers. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seeing a STAR WARS movie and complaining about the science is like going to MEDIEVAL TIMES and complaining about the food. </span><br />
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</span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j1AeZ10a130/Voh615du_TI/AAAAAAAAEfo/jxEwKuAlCx4/s1600/Unknown-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j1AeZ10a130/Voh615du_TI/AAAAAAAAEfo/jxEwKuAlCx4/s400/Unknown-1.jpeg" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Remember that 2015 trending topic "What color is this dress?" Media analysts called it the perfect social media item because it asked YOU to weigh-in and become part of the story. </span><br />
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<i>STAR WARS</i> is similar, since you're expected to bring so much of yourself to the picture. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />A lot of people preface their <i>STAR WARS</i> review (or anticipation) by telling you how old they were when they first saw it. They make themselves and their expectations part of the story. They don't separate their own childhood from the movie.</span><br />
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Is there any other franchise where that happens? Does anyone talk about the new James Bond movie by noting "I was 5 years old when I saw <i>MOONRAKER</i> at a Drive-In." Nope. Totally un-necessary information. </span><br />
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But <i>STAR WARS</i> is an exception. <i>STAR WARS</i> is part of your childhood, and now your childhood is part of <i>STAR WARS</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I MUST BE AN ADULT</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Walking out of <i>THE FORCE AWAKENS</i> I didn't feel strongly one way or another. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't want to gush about it as the "Best. Movie. Ever." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't hate, loathe or resent it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was surprised that I didn't feel much one way or another. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And that's when I knew I'm an adult. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'd brought my 8 and 10-year-old sons to the movie. Here's my 10-year-old's assessment of THE FORCE AWAKENS:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"It was better than <i>GHOSTBUSTERS</i>. But not as good as <i>STAND BY ME</i>." </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Maybe he would've liked it better if Finn and Rey had cursed and smoked.) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Funny that he compared <i>STAR WARS</i> with <i>STAND BY ME</i>, because so many middle-aged men look back on the original trilogy with the same longing that Gordy feels. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I guess some of us never loved a movie the way we loved <i>STAR WARS</i> when we were twelve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can catch more ramblings about Space Opera at the next <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/series/kevin-geeks-out/" target="_blank">Kevin Geeks Out</a> show, live at <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/series/kevin-geeks-out/" target="_blank">Nitehawk Cinema</a> on January 28th. (Get tickets <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kgospace-operas/" target="_blank">HERE</a>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's my podcast appearance on <a href="http://www.starwarsminute.com/" target="_blank">STAR WARS MINUTE</a> (talking about The Empire Strikes Back) Listen <a href="http://thiskevin.blogspot.com/2014/06/i-was-guest-on-star-wars-minute.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Personal essay about <a href="http://thiskevin.blogspot.com/2014/04/12-step-suicide-and-star-wars-special.html" target="_blank">12-Step, Suicide and The Star Wars Special Editions</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bruce Campbell says "Movies that are easy to make are hard to watch."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Maybe so, but this is the most fun I've had taping a podcast<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> AND</span> it's <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">damn good listening</span>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Comedian/long-time friend <a href="http://heyitsliam.com/" target="_blank">Liam McEneaney</a> hosts a conversation with TV's Frank (<a href="https://twitter.com/FrankConniff" target="_blank">Frank Conniff</a> of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame), Musician <a href="https://twitter.com/dookiefinger" target="_blank">Cat Popper</a> and me. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Listen to the episode <a href="http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/2/f/d/2fd07d08485b6f82/TYF_7.1_TOP_3__Sir_Duke__with_FRANK_CONNIFF_KEVIN_MAHER_and_CATHERINE_POPPER.mp3?c_id=10245667&expiration=1447353469&hwt=52dbf0503701a7cddca057c70bb47bbd" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Liam's regular podcast, titled TELL YOUR FRIENDS, is a mix of interviews and comedy and storytelling. The concept of TOP 3 is simple: Liam and his guests name their top 3 favorites in a given area. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Topics include Top 3 Favorite Stephen King works (Non-Novels)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Plus some nice tangents about houseboat owners in New York City and a personal anecdote about Duke Ellington. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Listen to it all right </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/2/f/d/2fd07d08485b6f82/TYF_7.1_TOP_3__Sir_Duke__with_FRANK_CONNIFF_KEVIN_MAHER_and_CATHERINE_POPPER.mp3?c_id=10245667&expiration=1447353469&hwt=52dbf0503701a7cddca057c70bb47bbd" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you like this format, catch up and hear the previous two "TOP 3" editions of TELL YOUR FRIENDS podcast, where we cover everything from Top 3 comedy writers, Top 3 TV shows (pre-1980), Top 3 comedy teams, and much more. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Listen to the <a href="http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/f/2/4/f24d60dcc0cd7086/TYF_TOP_3_PART_1.mp3?c_id=9938606&expiration=1447355189&hwt=44c080f09799d8b37bd1abf3c6ea310f" target="_blank">first time we did a TOP 3</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and then catch up with <a href="http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/c/5/c/c5caa9c36fdf5949/TYF_6.12_TOP_3_PART_2.mp3?c_id=10025870&expiration=1447354789&hwt=4506e69bf453ca47013a935fbe0ae635" target="_blank">the second time we did it</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Liam's recording is his next album on Sunday January 10th (2016) at the Bell House in Brooklyn. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The event is hosted by the very funny <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMWJssuqR3g" target="_blank">Rob Paravonian</a>, with stand-up by SNL's Colin Jost and WFMU's Dave Hill. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Plus, I'll be in the audience. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oh, and I'll also be at <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kgoxmas/" target="_blank">THIS show</a> on December 3rd at <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kgoxmas/" target="_blank">Nitehawk Cinema</a>. </span></span><br />
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Kevin Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498788912040569956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364447705637669927.post-41099579116220838472015-11-02T15:58:00.004-05:002015-11-17T07:57:30.088-05:00Stephen King hates laundry: a supercut <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">(NOTE: a version of this essay appeared as part of <a href="http://thiskevin.blogspot.com/2015/10/kevin-geeks-out-about-stephen-king.html" target="_blank">KEVIN GEEKS OUT</a> a monthly video-variety show at Nitehawk Cinema<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">;</span> October's <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">theme</span> was Stephen King.) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like any prolific author, Stephen King has his recurring themes: psychic children, working writers, religious fanatics, even <a href="http://dailygrindhouse.com/thewire/clothes-stephen-king/" target="_blank">blue overalls</a>. But there's also the laundry. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Laundry shows up in the adaptations of IT, THE STAND, THE MANGLER, STAND BY ME, DOLORES CLAIBORNE, NEEDFUL THINGS and PET SEMETARY. (S<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ee video below) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In each instance laundry is associated with dread. There's more than just the mundane work of cleaning clothes -- it's seeing your working life stretched out in front of you or confronting something awful between the sheets. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The use of spooky, ghostly laundry appears in other horror series, including HALLOWEEN </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and FRIDAY THE 13th. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But the theme seems more personal for King. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Historically speaking, there's something quaint about laundry lines instead of electric dryers. Clothespins belong to a yesteryear that King revisits in his stories. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Practically, we see people taking down their laundry before the rain arrives. "A storm's a'comin!" Indeed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or maybe it's that the wash is being done by honest workin' folk. Good Maine residents with big back yahds for hangin' sheets. The starched white fabrics reflect their innocence or purity perhaps. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But here's the big one: Stephen King worked at an industrial laundr<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y</span> and called it "the worst job <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he</span> ever had." The author spent summers at the New Franklin laundry in the early 1970s. (Earning $1.60 an hour, $60 a week.) During his stint at the New Franklin King got for the idea for "The Mangler" (a short story in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Night-Shift-Stephen-King/dp/0307743640" target="_blank">NIGHT SHIFT</a>, later made into a film by Tobe Hooper.) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">King told <a href="http://www.suspensemagazine.com/stephenking.html" target="_blank">Suspense Magazine:</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="text"><i><span style="line-height: 18px;">"twice a week (in summer) we used to get the table linen from Testa's of Bar Harbor. Testa's is a famous seafood restaurant, where the elite meet. But the elite never saw those napkins and tablecloths after a hot summer day in the back of a laundry pick-up truck. They stank, which was bad, and they were squirming with maggots. But I washed em, and by God they came out clean."</span></i></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Meanwhile at his home, King set up a typewriter on a desk in the laundry room. When he came home from a long day, his writing was literally closely associated with laundry. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So when you watch these film and see people folding sheets and sorting socks, there's a deep-seated terror behind it: maybe if this writing thing doesn't work out, King will have to go back to working in laundry. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now here's a Weird Al song dedicated to our pal Stephen King: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Okay, you can't really see this building any more. (This is a 2011 photo from Google street view.) It was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3hrrDWDWZE">torn down</a>
to make way for new housing in 2012. But before it was, King worked for
a stint at New Franklin Laundry, an industrial laundry in the city's
"tree streets" neighborhood. He called it the <a href="http://www.suspensemagazine.com/stephenking.html" target="_blank">worst job he ever had,</a> but it did inspire King the writer. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogRIPeUfe_A" target="_blank">"The Mangler,"</a>
a 1972 story that was turned into a movie in 1995, features a possessed
press (Say that three times fast!) King imagined while working at the
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="http://z1073.com/10-places-every-stephen-king-fan-must-stop-while-in-bangor/?trackback=tsmclip">10 Places Every Stephen King Fan Must Stop While in Bangor, Maine</a> | http://z1073.com/10-places-every-stephen-king-fan-must-stop-while-in-bangor/?trackback=tsmclip</span></span></div>
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Kevin Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498788912040569956noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364447705637669927.post-62396114390024133882015-10-18T12:10:00.001-04:002015-10-18T12:10:57.477-04:00KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT STEPHEN KING - 10/29 at Nitehawk Cinema <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The next KGO show promises to "scare the hell outta you."</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Ritch Duncan</b> (author, The Werewolf’s Guide to Life) </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Carolyn Symons</b> (writer, Susan Vaginahands: Attorney at Law) </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Matt Glasson</b> (Editor, Filmmaker) </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Edwin Samuelson</b> (DVD/Blu-ray Special Features producer)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Jon Abrams</b> (Editor-in-Chief, <i><a href="http://dailygrindhouse.com/" target="_blank">Daily Grindhouse</a></i>) </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A look at literary themes in Stephen King's IT. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Annie Wilkes: an appreciation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Why Kevin's Mom will never read another Stephen King book. </span></div>
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<br />Kevin Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498788912040569956noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364447705637669927.post-86422266951824967372015-10-17T11:40:00.000-04:002015-10-18T11:40:47.171-04:00Let's Go Mets<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I saw these on Facebook and had to put them together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First is a 1962 quote about the Mets from Jimmy Breslin. </span></div>
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Kevin Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498788912040569956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364447705637669927.post-70521197753731109262015-10-14T02:04:00.001-04:002015-10-14T11:02:16.404-04:00ADVICE TO YOUNG FILMMAKERS OR MURDERERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NOTE: Recently I was invited back to my alma mater to talk about working in the Entertainment Industry. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Good afternoon, Film Students. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You know, if I had to choose between making an independent feature or
killing a man, I would choose murder. Because the killing wouldn’t take 9 years
of my life. Or a Kickstarter campaign. (Doing another Kickstarter campaign
would kill <i>me</i>.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seriously though, my message to new college graduates is: if you
have to choose between becoming a filmmaker or becoming a murderer, go with
murder. Your parents will be relieved that you're not making a movie.
Hate-based murder is something everyone understands. <i>Especially</i> married people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you want to become a murderer, you can just do it. From day
one, you’re the boss. You don’t have to spend the first few years paying your
dues, fetching coffee for more successful murderers who you don’t even
like. You’re not required to stand on a corner asking people, “Could
you walk on the other side of the street? We’re about to start murdering.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here’s another reason being a murderer is better than being a
filmmaker: If you work hard planning and pulling off a really difficult murder,
your friends won’t say <i>“Hmm, it was just okay.”</i> Your best friend would
never tell you, <i>“It was good, but… I would’ve have murdered that woman
differently…”</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When a murderer goes to a cocktail party people might treat him
like a filmmaker, at first. They’ll ask <i>“But how do you make a
living?”</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or they’ll just assume you’re a lousy murderer. <i>“Well, I’ve never
heard of any of your murders...” </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the real assholes will give you advice about how to make it as
a Murderer. <i>“You should move to Detroit. That’s a big murder
city.”</i> Oh, apparently there was a story on CBS Sunday Morning and now you’re an
expert on my craft?!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But those people are being defensive. One, because they fear they
are going to be murdered by you. And two, because you make them realize what a
boring life they live.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before the night is over, at least one drunk party-guest will pull
you aside and admit, <i>“You know I’ve always wanted to feel the rush that comes
with committing a murder. But I’ve been so intimidated by the social norms and
legal ramifications.” </i> In other words: everyone wishes they could be
you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Films schools say they encourage people to think outside the box.
<i>“Ohh this independent drama really says a lot about gender.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hey, serial killer Ed Gein murdered people while dressed up like a
woman. How’s that for subverting gender roles?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Aspiring movie-makers act like their job is something special. <i>“Oh
I’m following that new screenwriter on twitter, he’s really killing it.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">No, murderers – THEY are really killing it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Indie filmmakers brag that they made a movie on a “shoe-string”
budget. But creative murderers have killed people with nothing more
than a shoestring.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Filmmakers are always giving each other some bullshit awards. If
there were a red carpet gala for murder, all the guests would be like, <i>“Man,
this carpet would be great for disposing of a murdered body.”</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thankfully, the mainstream media still treats murderers with
respect. When someone in New York City is murdered, the newspapers describe it
with fear and terror. You never get into the back of a taxi and hear Sandy
Kenyon say, <i>“Here’s a murder that was uninspired and condescending."</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Because if he said that, Sandy Kenyon knows he’d get murdered.</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://thiskevin.blogspot.com/2011/07/two-killer-jokes.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Two Killer Jokes</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The 5th annual show about the world's most entertaining spectacle. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>WHEN:</b> Saturday, September 26th @ 8pm </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(doors at 7:30, with a custom pre-show video)<b><br /></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>WHERE:</b> Alamo Drafthouse in Yonkers</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>HOW MUCH:</b> $12 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This year's show includes: </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a tribute to Rowdy Roddy Piper </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My search for the world's worst wrestling movie</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A retrospective on Dusty Rhodes </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Trivia games (including one courtesy of <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/" target="_blank">The Big Quiz Thing</a>) </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Edwin Samuelson</b> (DVD/Blu-ray Special Features producer)</span></span></li>
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<br />Kevin Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498788912040569956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364447705637669927.post-27545930862823642502015-09-16T11:29:00.002-04:002015-09-16T11:59:24.037-04:00Photo recap of KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT LADY ROBOTS <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The August 27th show at Nitehawk Cinema sold-out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don't miss the next show, <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kgoapocalpse/" target="_blank">KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE</a>, Thursday September 17th at Nitehawk Cinema. Get tickets <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kgoapocalpse/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A discussion on the lady robot as femme fatale asked the question: is the femme fatale a strong female character or a sexist stereotype. Later someone asked "Why can't it be both at the same time?" That's what we explore in Kevin Geeks Out. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phone interview with Kristanna Loken of TERMINATOR 3. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b><i>Kevin Geeks Out</i> </b>show will feature not one but TWO excellent nights of pop culture celebration. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First is KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A two hour video-variety show that looks at the end of the world as we know it. With great guest speakers, rare video clips, and a costume contest/post-apocalyptic fashion show. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one-night-only event is part of the Brooklyn Book Festival, so expect some intelligent literary discussion about HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">guests include: Emily Asher-Perrin (<a href="http://www.tor.com/2015/05/21/30-years-later-real-genius-is-still-the-geek-solidarity-film-that-nerd-culture-deserves/">Tor.com</a>) Tenebrous Kate (<a href="http://www.hereticalsexts.com/" target="_blank">Heretical Sexts</a>), Peter Miller (the Post-Apocalypitc Book Club), Nathaniel Wharton (<a href="http://sportsalcohol.com/">SportsAlcohol.com</a>) and Matt Glasson (Kevin & Matt Geek Out About Sharks) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get tickets in advance <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kgoapocalpse/" target="_blank">HERE</a>, since the show will sell out. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thursday September 17th @ 9:30pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>note: the venue has a full kitchen, you can eat/drink during the show. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/137956529" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <a href="https://vimeo.com/137956529">Trailer: KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/nitehawkcinema">Nitehawk Cinema</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Second, it's the fourth annual KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT WRESTLING.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This multi-media tribute show looks at the world's most entertaining spectacle, with lots of odd video clips, a tribute to Roddy Piper, live commentary on a classic match, a roundtable discussion about wrestling's myths, rumors and legends and a trivia round. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This event is co-hosted by Brian Solomon, author of the excellent book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Wrestling-FAQ-Entertaining-Spectacle/dp/1617135992" target="_blank">PRO WRESTLING F.A.Q. </a>(Brian will be selling and signing copies of his book after the show.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Along with special guests: Mike "the Main Event" Edison, The 6th Boro Saint Dennis Holden, and Parts Uknown resident Brandon Rohwer. Plus: a surprise guest (to be announced.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get advanced tickets <a href="http://drafthouse.com/movies/kevin-geeks-out-about-wrestling/nyc_area" target="_blank">HERE</a>, you choose your seat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Saturday September 26th @ 8:00pm </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">at The Alamo Drafthouse in Yonkers</span><br />
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<br />Kevin Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498788912040569956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364447705637669927.post-19894139264465291662015-08-09T22:25:00.000-04:002015-08-09T22:25:05.655-04:00Kevin Geeks Out About LADY ROBOTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The August KEVIN GEEKS OUT show is all about Lady Robots: a virtual parade of female robots from the last 100 years of science fiction, featuring Frisky Fembots of the 1960s, Cyber-clones of the ‘20s, Killer Androids of the ‘80s and much more.</span><br />
<br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">This show spotlights ass-kicking killbots and seductive replicants, plus electric grandmothers and feminist revolutionaries. Kevin and guests explore the question: what does a wholly manufactured woman want, and what will she do to get it?</span><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">with Co-Host Tom Blunt</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> and special guests: </span><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Cici James (owner of Singularity & Co. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">sci-fi bookstore) </span><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Moon Ribas (co-founder, The Cyborg Foundation)</span><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Seth Porges (technology writer/editor) </span><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />Jenn Northington (co-founder, Bookrageous)<br /><br />and more</span><br />
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Kevin Geeks Out About Lady Robots<br />
Thursday August 27th @ 9:30pm<br />
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buy tickets <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kgo-lady-robots/" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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<br />Kevin Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498788912040569956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364447705637669927.post-86084878273121785802015-07-27T00:27:00.002-04:002015-07-27T00:27:47.789-04:00Kevin Geeks Out About Super Villains <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Time for the next installment of KEVIN GEEKS OUT. This month's show is all about SUPER VILLAINS. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A story is only as good as its villain, so comedian Kevin Maher takes an obsessive look at some of the best and worst super villains. This two-hour multi-media show includes a virtual parade of power-mad perverts, bald villains, cartoon criminals, Satanic weirdoes, wrestling heels and more.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">Kevin is joined by co-host Tenebrous </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100001807304879&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/kate.hutchinson.96" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Kate</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"> (creator of My Dream Date with a Villain) and a diabolical line-up of special guests, including </span><br style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">• Illustrator Becky Munich (“Monster Activity Book”) </span><br style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">• Writer </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=751895540&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/nicknadel" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Nick Nadel</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"> (truTV, </span><a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FIFC.com%2F&h=xAQFHuglM&enc=AZP5O2-NRquQI8-lwHah2fzitXjYP5thgz50d0IquP5IdAheu2_pvn8OByjQxmhruxg&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">IFC.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">), </span><br style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">• Doctor Maureen Mararese </span><br style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">• Filmmaker Paul Murphy (Red Obsession)</span><br style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">• Professor </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1107272233&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/geoff.klock" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Geoff Klock</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"> (“The Future of Comics, The Future of Men”) </span><br style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">All this, plus trivia prizes, lame super-villains and even some V.I.L.F.s</span></span><br />
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KEVIN GEEKS OUT is a video variety show hosted by writer-comedian Kevin Maher – a confabulation of obscure film clips, offbeat commentary, guest experts, games and curiosities. To geek out with Kevin you don’t have to be a geek, just a pop culture-adventurer.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Feast your eyes on this" my 7-year-old told me and revealed his latest masterpiece: a Lego playset based on Edgar Allen Poe's THE RAVEN. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My kid first got into Poe via YouTube's Epic Rap Battles of History (there's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56R3hU-fWZY" target="_blank">video</a> where Stephen King faces off with Poe.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since then he's devised a plan for the annual storybook parade. (Public Schools in Brooklyn have replaced the Halloween parade with a more literary "storybook character parade" where students dress up as literary figures and bring in the book. Naturally most kids will dress up as Iron Man or Spider-Man and bring in a paperback novelization. Not even a comic book, but a chapter-book tie-in!) But my kid has already decided he's going as THE RAVEN. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"And all day, whenever a teacher asks me anything I'll just say `Nevermore!'" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Come back on November 1st to get the update. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the same 7-year-old who <a href="http://thiskevin.blogspot.com/2015/04/kid-pitches-sequel-to-shining.html" target="_blank">pitched a sequel to THE SHINING</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For more famous macabre animals, come see <a href="http://thiskevin.blogspot.com/2015/06/kevin-geeks-out-returns-to-brooklyn.html" target="_blank">KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT ANIMAL ATTACKS</a> at the Nitehawk Movie Theater this month. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Starting this June, we're bringing the <b><i>KEVIN GEEKS OUT</i></b> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">show back to Brooklyn for an extended run at <b><a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/" target="_blank">NITEHAWK CINEMA</a></b> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">in Williamsburg. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The series begins Thursday June 25th with <i>KEVIN GEEKS OUT about ANIMAL ATTACKS</i>, keeping with the KGO tradition there will be dozens of film clips presented by special guests. (Order tickets in advance <a href="http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/movie/kevin-geeks-out-animals/" target="_blank">HERE</a>, the show will sell-out.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thursday July 30th @ 9:30</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thursday August 27th @ 9:30</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thursday September 17th @ 9:30</span><br />
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Attack genre: from recent CGI beasts to the nature-gone-wrong films of the
Drive-In era. This two-hour multi-media show includes dozens of film clips
featuring crazed cats, angry bears, giant spiders, Freudian snakes, killer
cockroaches, a racist dog and much more. With special guest presentations by
Jon Abrams (Editor-in-Chief, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Daily
Grindhouse</i>), Wendy Mays (creator of SPACE CAT) Matt Glasson (filmmaker/editor/co-host, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kevin & Matt Geek Out About Zombies</i>)
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Plus Kevin hand-picked some of his favorite scenes from the
genre, including: the most pretentious animal incident, best gratuitous animal
attack, and cinema’s fakest reptile (hint: it’s not <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DinoCroc</i>.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since 2011, Nitehawk Cinema has been one of New York's best movie theaters, offering an eclectic mix of first-run films, revival screenings and special events. It's a great theater for movie-lovers, date night, or even a brunch screening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nitehawk includes a full-service restaurant, so you can get food served during the movie, as well as snacks and beverages from the bar. There's also a bar and cafe, to get food and drinks before or after your screening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Guests are advised to arrive 30 minutes prior to showtime to get settled, meet their server, place their order and enjoy the custom pre-show. Seating is first come, first serve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>ABOUT <i>KEVIN GEEKS OUT</i></u></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>KEVIN GEEKS OUT</i> is a video variety show hosted by writer-comedian
Kevin Maher – a confabulation of obscure film clips, offbeat commentary, guest
experts, games and curiosities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To geek
out with Kevin you don’t have to be a geek, just a pop culture-adventurer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To date, Kevin has geeked out with over 30 different installments
of his variety night, dedicating a full evening to a specific topic, such as
Bigfoot! – Robots! – Zombies! – KISS! – Wrestling! – Batman! – and Visions of
the Future! His show has been a critics’ pick in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The New York Times</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Village Voice</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Time Out NY</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gothamist</i> … and what other comedy show
can you name that’s been featured in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Scientific
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Previous guests include writers from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Daily Show</i>, award-winning cartoonists, scientists, comic book
writers, film scholars, screenwriters, novelists, bloggers, a clown, a psychic
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Join Kevin each month as he and his special guests share rare
footage, sharp observations and funny takes on the tropes, themes and recurring
images that occupy our minds. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Kevin Maher is a
shining example of truly independent humor and spirit. Not only that, but he's
actually funny!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wrote a piece at IFC.com, originally titled "Holy shit, six movies I hadn't realized are totally about VIETNAM." They changed the title, but it's still pretty good. You can read it <a href="http://www.ifc.com/fix/2015/03/6-movies-that-are-secretly-about-vietnam" target="_blank">here</a>. It's "smart", in a Cracked.com sort of way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Interestingly (well, interesting to no one but me) -- my college thesis was about Vietnam in popular memory, so this essay was a return to that. I barely graduated college because of my non-traditional thesis-lecture-show. So writing this essay about Vietnam movies felt very Rambo; but instead of returning to Vietnam I was going back to the treacherous landscape of media studies. "Do I get to win this time?" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lastly: I would make a case that <i>GHOSTBUSTERS</i> is about Reagan not dealing with the ghosts of Viet Nam. But I don't want to risk "ruining" someone's childhood with that theory. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kids learn various bits of pop-culture, including references to the R-rated world of grown-up movies. On the playground my 7-year-old learned about THE SHINING. (Which he immediately recognized from a TREEHOUSE OF HORROR parody.) Anyway, my boy has an idea for sequel (I guess his friend didn't tell him about DOCTOR SLEEP.) </span><br />
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Stephen Root's performance as Milton Wadkins -- is it Ernie Kovacs Percy Dovetonsils (which, may have been a parody of author Truman Capote?)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sharp suit, gray hair, crooked smile: one of the first character-types I became aware was this lying authority figure. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't know it when I was a child, but each of these minor villains are stand-ins for Richard Nixon. See here: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Mayor makes his position clear: I'm not closing the beaches. We never learn Vaughn's political affiliations, but he's a classic portrait of an empty suit (scripted by counter-culture comedian Carl Gottlieb), spouting platitudes like "Amity, as you know, means friendship." </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">His greed and denial are a deadly combination. He's an archetypical Nixon figure, knowingly lying to the public about a real danger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There's a lot of scary stuff in <i>POLTERGEIST</i>: creepy clowns, carnivorous trees, <a href="http://thiskevin.blogspot.com/2010/07/deleted-sequence-from-kevin-matt-geek.html" target="_blank">a flying Hulk action figure</a>. But none of these would be possible without Teague. He's the one who built the the Cuesta Verde houses on top of a cemetery -- and he only moved the headstones (not the bodies.) Teague is to the ghosts what </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mayor Vaughn is to the shark; the enabler of evil. Again, I didn't realize it at the time, but he embodies the public's distrust of leaders after Watergate and Vietnam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Years of playing Mark Twain prepared Hal Holbrook for one of my favorite film monologues: his deliberately slowly paced speech perfectly sets up the story of CAPRICORN ONE. Holbrook actually allows us to sympathize with the devious NASA scientist. True to the post-Vietnam era: He's not a bad man, but he does questionable things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Revisiting this cult favorite I figured the District Attorney fit the bill: He's threatens the freedom of the press and works with the police force to withhold information and cover up the murders of a Las Vegas vampire. And he's a silver-haired suit. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first Kolchak movie aired 5 months before the Watergate break-in, but he still counts! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In his 2006 memoir <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Animal-House-Fraternity/dp/0316067172" target="_blank">The Real Animal House</a> author Chris Miller identifies the real-life inspirations for his stories of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. At the end of the book he defends Dartmoth College Dean Seymore, noting that the real-life Dean was not the source material for Wormer: "Nixon was Dean Wormer. Dean Seymore was always a great guy. <i>And his wife is not Marion Wormer!</i>" Thanks for clearing that up, Chris. [</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This seems like as good a place as any to mention that John Landis' first choice for the evil college dean was DRAGNET's Jack Webb. Mr. Webb turned it down because he thought the script poked fun at authority. Yeesh!]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Full-disclosure: this blog post was written to be a footnote to <a href="http://www.ifc.com/fix/2015/03/6-movies-that-are-secretly-about-vietnam" target="_blank">another article I wrote about Vietnam movies for IFC.com</a>. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Occasionally someone I've never met asks me to contribute writing work as a "pop culture expert." That's because I wrote a (mostly) satirical essay about being a "pop culture expert" and my name comes up when you google the damn phrase. (Read it <a href="http://thiskevin.blogspot.com/2012/01/secrets-of-pop-culture-expert.html" target="_blank">here</a>) </span></div>
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party. Mrs. Wormer arrives late (having just come from the “God-damn senior
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then here are some basic questions for you: </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. RUNNING OR STAGGERING? </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. CGI OR PRACTICAL? </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Your answer might be over-ruled by the director. If that's the case it means someone is making your movie, a good problem to have. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. WHAT CAUSED THE DEAD TO RISE? </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(AND DOES THAT EVEN MATTER?)</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Virus? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Voodoo? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Diseased lunar probe returning to Earth? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My wife and I were discussing John Steinbeck's novels and wondered whether the people he wrote about actually read and respected his work. And then we wondered: does that even matter? The same might be true of your zombie origin backstory. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. HOW DO YOU KILL THESE ZOMBIES? </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shot to the head? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fire? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Decapitation? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or maybe they can't be killed traditionally (as is often the case with those damn Nazi zombies.) </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">5. DO THE ZOMBIES' VICTIMS BECOME ZOMBIES? </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Remember: You are under no obligation to make the zombies'</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> victims turn into the living dead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>6. IS THERE A ROLE FOR KEVIN HART? </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">7. WHO IS THE BIGGER THREAT: THE ZOMBIES OR THE OTHER SURVIVORS? </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">8. WHAT ARE YOUR ZOMBIES A METAPHOR FOR? </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The zombie has come to represent everything from consumerism to conformity under Totalitarianism (That's if we're to believe that <i>ZOMBIE STRIPPERS </i><a href="http://www.ifc.com/movies/zombie-strippers" target="_blank">is really based on Eugene Ionesco's <i>RHINOCEROS</i></a>.) What do your zombies mean? </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">9. IS HUMANITY WORTH SAVING? </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">10. WHEN ARE YOU GONNA GET A REAL JOB? </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You parents wanted me to ask. I told them to fuck off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For more zombie movie discussion see <a href="http://drafthouse.com/movies/kevin-matt-geek-out-about-zombies/nyc_area" target="_blank">this show</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">at the <a href="http://drafthouse.com/movies/kevin-matt-geek-out-about-zombies/nyc_area" target="_blank">Alamo Drafthouse</a> </span><br />
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