Crazy Actors Christian Bale And Nicholas Cage To Play Crazy Inventors Nikola Tesla And Thomas Edison

[Prashant Kumar]

... wait, that was brilliant satire, right?

On Tuesday, 17 July 2012, Madeleine Maudlin wrote:

> I am absolutely, totally fuckin shocked that you, Laura, who I've always
> had the greatest admiration for, would publickly denounce one of the
> greatest gifts to American screen of his generation, the immortal Nicholas
> Cage.   Don't get me wrong, Bale's a good actor, Cage is a greater actor,
> one of the greatest.  It goes Brando, then...then...well I won't get into
> listing it would take all morning, but Bale's way fucking lower than Cage,
> because Cage is *way high*, up there.
>
> And *Maligned*, saying Cage is unwatchable?  Calls herself Maligned, but
> cannot watch he who is most-maligned?  Especially for a Pychonhead.  Cage
> was custom built for Pynchonland.  To diss him on a Pynchonboard is
> unconscionable, if that's a word, I'm not getting redlined so I feel good
> about it.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 7:05 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'kelber at mindspring.com');>
> > wrote:
>
>> Christian Bale may be an asshole and/or have psychiatric issues, but he's
>> one of the most brilliant actors of our times.  I'd love to see him play
>> Tesla.  I'm less enthusiastic about Cage, but I'm willing to see him bungle
>> Edison so long as Bale's in the film.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com <javascript:_e({},
>> 'cvml', 'against.the.dave at gmail.com');>>
>> >Sent: Jul 14, 2012 5:40 PM
>> >To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'fqmorris at gmail.com');>>
>> >Cc: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'pynchon-l at waste.org');>>
>> >Subject: Re: Crazy Actors Christian Bale And Nicholas Cage To Play Crazy
>> Inventors Nikola Tesla And Thomas Edison
>> >
>> >On 7/13/12, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'fqmorris at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2012/07/crazy-actors-christian-bale-nicholas-cage-to-play-crazy-inventors-nikola-tesla-and-thomas-edison/
>> >
>> >http://wild-rooster.com/nikola-tesla-story-told-in-two-new-films/
>>
>>
>
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