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[Jamie McKittrick]

Roller Boogie... There's a Roller Girl in Boogie Nights by PTA, dot-to-dot
bros n cysts.

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 9:00 PM, David Ewers <dsewers at comcast.net> wrote:

> I agree.  I thought she was pretty good.  I'm being overly harsh on the
> casting in general, probably.  Full disclosure: I quit smoking on New
> Year's Day, so I'm not exactly easy to please these days (just more willing
> to rant)...
>
>
>
> On Jan 12, 2015, at 12:38 PM, Mark Kohut wrote:
>
> > I did not state clearly. I think Shasta LOOKED early-mid twenties, is
> all.
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:12 PM, David Ewers <dsewers at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >> Yes, I would have bought that older straight woman/younger hippy guy
> thing, too.
> >>
> >> But even Shasta, in her thirties...
> >>
> >> I'm 44 now, but I can still remember being in my early twenties, living
> on Haight St. with lots of other young people, thinking thirty was long in
> the tooth (for making the scene, at least).  Joaquin's Doc reminded me too
> much of myself now, which struck me as a little creepy, tonally.
> >>
> >> My folks, my sisters and I lived in a school bus in L.A. area when I
> was little (early '70s); we used to park at (on) the beach sometimes.  My
> folks would have been in their early-to-mid twenties, which was young but
> plenty grown-up (seemed so to me, anyway; maybe my view was skewed
> young...).  I remember lots of dirty little kids, young parents, etc.
> around; lots more youth in general.
> >>
> >> A month or so ago I watched a late-nite trendsploitation flick called
> Roller Boogie (1979, Linda Blair) that took place In Venice Beach/Santa
> Monica area.  Not that it was good, but it was packed with actual
> teenagers, and the forty-year-olds were the parents and other authority
> figures (squares and bummers), with the exception of the cool-guy roller
> rink owner, who was a drunken sad-sack.  A little more of that vibe
> would've been nice, but I suspect that if Mr. Anderson had too many real
> kids peopling his Gordita Beach, his cast would have seemed ridiculous.
> So, no kids at the beach.  Therefore, no beach.
> >>
> >> I'm a fan of PTA, and was looking forward to this movie.  I really
> wanted to like it.  I'm not sure if the 'hardly any young people in 1970'
> thing would have bugged me if other elements weren't also bugging me.  I
> guess I was disappointed, but I'll watch it again.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 12, 2015, at 7:30 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:
> >>
> >>> ISasha looked young enough, what is the actress, a youthful-looking 32
> >>> or is it 34? ...I would accept a younger Doc with an older Reese
> >>> Witherspoon making it with
> >>> a younger hippie....
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 10:24 AM, David Ewers <dsewers at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>>> I couldn't agree more about Joaquin Phoenix.  I like his acting, but
> I couldn't stop thinking, fortyish in 1970 would have made Doc part of
> Korean War generation, maybe even some creepy old dude; it rang false to me
> right away.
> >>>>
> >>>> I think most everyone skewed old in the movie.  Is this a reflection
> of an aging society, or just an aging director??
> >>>>
> >>>> On Jan 12, 2015, at 4:48 AM, Mark Wright 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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