| Tegan and Sara - The Con |
[Jul. 28th, 2007|09:55 am] |
Yeah, The Con is at least as good as you expected it to be, which isn't much, but it is fucking great, so there is that for you.
I watched Oliver today in its entirety for the first time in at least 20 years (I suspect the total is closer to 29 or so) and it is really pretty god-damn awesome in a lot of ways.
How the cynicism of it missed me the first couple of billion times around I am not sure (similar to how I missed the greatness of T.Rex previously though heaven knows I had listened to it previously). But it is great, forgiving Ron Moody's performance as Fagan as both unspeakably villainish and also Jewish. That part does bother me a fair amount. But, his "I think I better think it out again" is funny as all get out if one can just assume that he's a jackass villain as opposed to a stereotypically Hebrew one, which he is, and which my father pointed out, only Mel Brooks is allowed to make fun of at this point. This is fair, though unfortunate, humour-wise, as genocide does precede humour.
I am depressed thinking of this, but I did think about Joss Whedon's observation (though should the writer of this observation find this blog, I am more than happy to correct as I adore all of Angel's writers and know them name-wise) about how memorizing Rogers and Hammerstein's lyrics for lawyers was a brilliant idea both in terms of having, no doubt, observed it, and in practice.
Last thought: "The Con" really is great on a lot of different levels.
If you've ever like Tegan and Sara's work previously, jump onto this album, I think, and you shall be pleased. It is goofy/weird and it has synthesizers, which I admit is strange, but I _love_ it. |
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