Alex Cox

[Alan Westrope]

On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Joe Varo <vjvaro at erie.net> wrote:

>> [...] Next up for Cox: an adaptation of "Fear and Loathing In Las
>> Vegas" starring Johnny Depp(!) as Hunter S. Thompson.

>You're being far too kind by using the term "miscasting".  Johnny Depp as
>HST?!  You've gotta be kidding me...I just can't stand that guy, his
>acting, his roles.

Looks like you're behind on your p-list auxilliary reading: The Nation,
4/7/97, contains -- along with Steely's article that Chris K. mentioned
-- Jon Wiener's "Deconstruction Goes Pop," an account of the (mis)use
of the term (which nobody can define, anyway) in the popular press.

ReDepp: designer Issac Mizrahi sez, "If anyone gets the whole deconstructive
thing, it's Johnny Depp."  Hmmmm...is Depp to be published in PMLA?  Will
he apply deconstructionist acting methods to his HST portrayal?

Other gems: TV Guide blurb for a cable TV special, The Burger & The King:
"Presley's tragic diet is deconstructed."

Boston Globe explains Lamar Alexander's "deconstructionist approach to
federal government."

NY Times reviews a cookbook that "deconstructs 50 classic pies."

Norfolk, VA paper writes that a boxer "deconstructs professional fighters
the way a 4-year-old deconstructs a bowlful of cholocate ice cream."

Knowing Steely's opinion of the D-word, I'd be interested in his thoughts.

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