In Memoriam • Page 31

there will definitely be some people celebrating

 

This one is definitely the first for me that I feel conflicted about for sure. The loss to cinema itself is huge, but the loss to humanity? No, I’m not mourning that. Knowing how he and Brando treated her totally soured me on his work and his legacy, even though some of his films were really meaningful to me when I first got into watching movies seriously.

 

I thought I read somewhere that some of that controversy stemmed from a mistranslated article.

 

Damn

 

oh nooo

 

Fuck everything

 

That is really awful. SpongeBob was such a seminal and hilarious show, pretty vital to kids my age who grew up around the time it was airing. Growing up, I could never, ever get enough of it. I'll never forget the memories I made watching that show, on my own or with friends, or with my family. He touched a lot of people's hearts, and I hope he's in a better place now

 

man this is bumming me out more than I was expecting, he’s responsible for so much laughter in the world, my childhood especially

 

Ricky Jay’s Magical Secrets

Ricky Jay, who is perhaps the most gifted sleight-of-hand artist alive, was performing magic with a deck of cards. Also present was a friend of Mamet and Mosher’s named Christ Nogulich, the director of food and beverage at the hotel. After twenty minutes of disbelief-suspending manipulations, Jay spread the deck face up on the bar counter and asked Nogulich to concentrate on a specific card but not to reveal it. Jay then assembled the deck face down, shuffled, cut it into two piles, and asked Nogulich to point to one of the piles and name his card.

“Three of clubs,” Nogulich said, and he was then instructed to turn over the top card.

He turned over the three of clubs.

Mosher, in what could be interpreted as a passive-aggressive act, quietly announced, “Ricky, you know, I also concentrated on a card.”

After an interval of silence, Jay said, “That’s interesting, Gregory, but I only do this for one person at a time.”

Mosher persisted: “Well, Ricky, I really was thinking of a card.”

Jay paused, frowned, stared at Mosher, and said, “This is a distinct change of procedure.” A longer pause. “All right — what was the card?”

“Two of spades.”

Jay nodded, and gestured toward the other pile, and Mosher turned over its top card.

The deuce of spades.

A small riot ensued.

Re-reading this today.

 

Never have been a fan of Spongebob, but it is sad that someone who brought joy to many is gone. Hopefully the people taking over can continue to bring his vision to life

 

It really saddens me to hear Stephen passed away. I was 11 when Spongebob first aired and I grew up with the show and now I watch it with my little daughter. He brought so much joy to my life and it’s a true shame he died the way he did, I hope his soul rests easy.

 

This hit me

 

Also Temple of Doom.

RIP

 

Also HOWARD THE FUCKING DUCK

 

Literally me right now

 

Reading some really incredible things about him. RIP.

 

I understand his legacy is being looked on with conflicted feelings in the United States, but in much of Europe, especially in Germany, where I have lived on and off and where my parents still live, he’s remembered as a hero for playing a vital role in the peaceful unification of Germany and the relatively peaceful dissolving of the UDSSR.

 

Good riddance to one of America's premier war criminals

 

Yeah I wanted to do some research from not knowing much about him, it was not good stuff.

 

I still remember in the ap.net days a thread on Gerald Ford passing away and some user cited the Jimmy Eat World lyric “May angels lead you in” and I’m like whaaaaa?

 

Buzzcocks singer Pete Shelley dies at 63