in the realm of geeky nerdiness
Nov. 28th, 2006 08:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quesarahLast week's episode of Studio 60 was made more inneresting by the realization that Sarah Paulson is gay. Because, well gay makes everything more inneresting. So says I.
Also, Shut Up and Sing was made slightly more inneresting by the realization that Natalie Maines is married to the guy who plays Nathan in Heroes. FYI, Shut Up and Sing gets a thumbs up from me. It's a slightly meandering documentary about the Dixie Chicks following Maines' infamous comment about Dubya back in '03. I was generally enraged by the closed-minded reaction to her political statement, mildly amused by Maines' stubborn refusal to bow down, and sympathetic to Robison and Maguire's frustration with the whole situation. The movie really gelled (and I suspect, so did the Chicks' resolve) when Maines received a death threat. The footage of the three of them, their manager, meetings with security -- there was such a tension in all their faces, I can't describe it. After that, I saw in a new light the interviews the group gave in advance of the release of their new album. They really are rebuilding their careers, they really are making a new kind of music, they really are finding a new fanbase. It's inspiring.
Finally, hello, I'm a geek. I'm not ashamed to be squeeful about this. Seriously.
OK. More coffee.
Also, Shut Up and Sing was made slightly more inneresting by the realization that Natalie Maines is married to the guy who plays Nathan in Heroes. FYI, Shut Up and Sing gets a thumbs up from me. It's a slightly meandering documentary about the Dixie Chicks following Maines' infamous comment about Dubya back in '03. I was generally enraged by the closed-minded reaction to her political statement, mildly amused by Maines' stubborn refusal to bow down, and sympathetic to Robison and Maguire's frustration with the whole situation. The movie really gelled (and I suspect, so did the Chicks' resolve) when Maines received a death threat. The footage of the three of them, their manager, meetings with security -- there was such a tension in all their faces, I can't describe it. After that, I saw in a new light the interviews the group gave in advance of the release of their new album. They really are rebuilding their careers, they really are making a new kind of music, they really are finding a new fanbase. It's inspiring.
Finally, hello, I'm a geek. I'm not ashamed to be squeeful about this. Seriously.
OK. More coffee.
