I have a confession to make. Hopefully, we can still be friends even though I've openly disclosed a severe character flaw.
I like Woody Allen movies. Not all of them, but many. Yes, he's a morally depraved individual, but he makes me laugh. Hard. And I like to laugh, even if the jokes are written and spoken by a man who has sex with his adopted daughter.
Here's a blurb from a scene in Scoop which made me guffaw at the theater with Buck on Sunday.
Woody: "What persuasion are you?"
Upper Class English Woman at a fancy party: "Persuasion? Do you mean religion?"
Woody: "Yes."
Woman: "Christian. And you?"
Woody: "I used to be of the Hebrew persuasion, but I've since converted. Now I'm a narcissist."
Yes, he is. And he even jokes about it on screen in front of millions of people. I think he may have written the entire movie on the off chance that he could get some action on the side with his co-star Scarlet Johanson.
Though Manhatten Murder Mystery and Bullets over Broadway (don't you just love John Cusack?) are my all time favorite Woody Allen films, I enjoyed Scoop, another quirky whodunnit.
So, can we still be friends? I promise never to invite Woody over for dinner while children are present.
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You know, I don't think I've ever seen a Woody Allen piece. And that's not due to some moral reprehension, he's just never blipped on the radar screen. I'll have to try it out someday.
Oh, Scott. I fear I may led you down a wrong movie path...
I don't even remember which movie it was. But since I saw Woody Allen stop on his walk down the sidewalk to help direct a fellow who was parallel parking and directed him right into the bumper of the car behind him, I've been looking for an opportunity to do the same.
LOL, questing!
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