elizaskinner.net – the jambox

I’ve decided to try to start cataloging the media and entertainment I consume, because (a) it’s a lot and (b) unless I start writing about it it just becomes brain poop.  So let’s start with the last week of January and try to catch up quickly.

Skins -Netflix Instant Watch

Remember Degrassi High? And Eastenders? No? No one else watches soap operas on PBS? OK, well, imagine a bunch of british teenagers that have a lot of sex, take a lot of pills, and dance to shitty techno while their parents neglect them heartbreakingly. Add a couple of petticoats and remove a few blowjobs and you’ve got Oliver. Plus, remember that kid from About A Boy? Well, he’s in it and he turned out like this:

Whaaaaat? I know right? I can’t tell if he’s gorgeous or deformed looking, which means he’s probably a model.

If you watch Skins, start at the beginning, and be prepared to get hooked. I watched 2 seasons of it in less than a week (and BTW, the finale of season one could teach other teen dramas a little something about being pants poopingly awesome.)

Madea’s Big Happy Family – Live! Theater at Madison Square Garden

OK, at this point it’s clear that I can’t make you understand how and why I love Tyler Perry. I just do. So imagine my pure joy at seeing him live in his new play. Did I laugh? Did I cry? Did I awkwardly do both in the wrong places because I was the only white person there who wasn’t on the clock? Yes, yes, yes. The things that were great were amazing, and the things that were bad were so over the top they were amazing also. Tyler Perry fucking GOES for it, man. And Cassi Davis is a comedic genius – please, Hollywood, start putting her in all your movies. I have heard performers talk about a moment when they saw a play or comedy show and just thought “THAT. THAT is what I am. I should be doing THAT.” I had that moment during this show (when Shirley was dead and singing about going to heaven and then digitally grew angel wings and flew away and oh my god it was so awesome). So of course I bought a $10 glossy program, which is now my vision board.

The Mist - DVD

When this movie came out, I remember everyone being all “BOOOO”, so I wasn’t expecting much, which might be why I loved it. At first I was worried it would be ambigous and lame-spooky – that they’d make us wait way too long before they showed us the shark – but then they started actually showing what was in the Mist. You know what’s in the Mist? CRAZY SHIT. It’s a little on the long side, but the ending is – by Hollywood standards – even crazier shit than the shit in the Mist. Seriously, when I saw it I jumped up and yelped “Whaaat?!” so loud my cat started hissing at the vacuum cleaner.

P.S. – If you’re in New York, please come see me do stand-up on Wednesday. I don’t want to have to trade my teeth to the promoter.

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