that movie

[Mark Kohut]

I, too, was visited a couple--three times with the notion that Doc
shoudda been younger.

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Mark Wright <washoepete at gmail.com> wrote:
> Although Josh Brolin and Katherine Waterston were wonderful, I've concluded
> that J Phoenix was miscast. Too old, playing the part too old, and
> fundamentally just not enough gum in the ol' shoe. The job description
> "gumshoe" refers to crepe soles, which are good for sneaky-pete-ing but not
> much better than leather at the beach. Anyway. As Coy Harlingen Owen Wilson
> worked beautifully. But for Sportello Anderson should have used the younger
> -- and congenitally more bewildered-seeming -- Jason Schwartzman. But then,
> wait, no... Then? Paul Thomas Anderson would have been Wes
> Anderson?...(thoughtful, he takes another drag)
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