Movie Stars

[Samuel Moyer]

You could announce that you are going as the Invisible Man... then take the
day off.

S

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark David Tristan Brenchley" <mdtb at st-andrews.ac.uk>
To: "Tyrone Slothrop" <lieutenanttyroneslothrop at yahoo.com>
Cc: "pynchon" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: Movie Stars


>
>
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Tyrone Slothrop wrote:
>
> > At work today management announced a big meeting. They
> > made special note say we should dress business formal
> > or as a movie star. The movie star part is part of
> > their effort to make the meeting 'fun.' The meeting
> > has an Oscar theme. I am trying to think of the most
> > offensive movie star to be. I was thinking Al Jolson.
> > Any suggestions.
>
> Definitely go with Al Jolson. The problem with dressing like
> McCaulley Culkin and Charlton Heston are only offensive depending on what
> you find offensive (though, personally, I thought his performance in
> Planet Of The Apes was pretty goddamn dire!). Jolson works because it is
> visually offensive from the start. You'll get the right on liberals
> worrying if you're a racist or not (and in what ways they can conclusively
> demonstrate that they are not racist) for a start.
>
> It could, of course, get you fired.
>
> Mark
>
> P.S. How about going as "IT"...
>
>
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