Let's see... not five minutes ago I was reading pp214-217 and thinking that perhaps Robert's olive-oil trick might work for me in conjunction with other diet and exercise that my own self-experimentation has shown to work.
That's self-help, right there.
I suppose it's now time to open the Bible again. There's lots of "how" I need some "to" for.
Btw, the reason they would pick Northwestern instead of Chicago is that the masses of movie people who went to Northwestern have made it Hollywood's go-to university.
Also, Cabrini Green is on the North Side of Chicago.
Could be because Northwestern is on the North side, providing for some more significant contrasts relative to what U of C could provide. The neighborhood around NU is very different than that around University of Chicago.
Have you ever read or see teh play Top Dog/Under Dog? The two characters are brothers named Lincoln and Booth....interesting play, I think you'd like it.
To think: they could have made a plot with Joliet Junior College and the free spirited design student at the stateville prisoner's tailoring program. (historically) Especially since being poor is kinda in, well if you aren't an "elitist". Heck they could have ended up in Naperville shopping in a Bolingbrook IKEA.
As her criminal son is led into the gas chamber, Drew Barrymoore ('s character) is given the chance to see what the world would be like if she had gotten an abortion to prevent being a single mother on welfare many years ago.
Nerdy economist Steve (Micheal Cera) meets recently bereaved lifeguard Stephanie (Drew Barrymore) while conducting survey on child death rates in swimming pools.
An instructive romance develops, where Steve learns that you can't measure happiness any more than grief.
We could mix it with The Butterfly Effect (pretty sure that movie name is a misnomer though) and Freakonomics. Drew Barrymore goes back in time as a "prolifer" and stops Roe v. Wade, comes back to 1996 and America is an anarchist theocracy because of all the crime and evangelicalism.
Drew Barrymoore runs an honesty-pay bagel delivery service and falls in love with a handsome businessman on her route. But when she learns he and other top-floor executives are stealing her bagels, the relationship might develop holes...
Wow, glad everyone liked it! We corrected the south side / north side thing, by the way -- my memories of the movie 'Candyman' were fuzzy and I neglected to fact check. And re: the Northwestern vs. U. Chicago debate, Dr. Obvious nailed the reason (well, that and the fact that I am a Big Ten alum myself).
Drew Barrymore plays Carla Gravone, an economics grad student at Princeton, who drives back to Newark to the deathbed of her father, Carlo "Charlie Freak'' Gravone. His dying wish is that she, his only child, take over from him as capo. She doesn't know anything about being a gangster, but she calls in a series of Professors to advise her on Behavioral Economics, Game Theory, etc., and pretty soon she's the most successful boss in Jersey. However, when she announces that she's going to make the family completely legitimate within 18 months, the made guys see themselves heading for the scrapheap, and begin to plot against her. She gets wind of this, and makes a phone call to Chicago, and Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy fly into town and whack the revolting Vinnies in a grand guignol shown intercut with Drew successfully defending her thesis, White Shoes,Threat and Bluff at Princeton.
I think that stupid movies need a break from depicting the U of C after The Core...
Some would throw Indiana Jones 4 into the mix, but I won't because a)It was shot at Yale and b)I actually liked Indy 4, as much as anyone who doesn't like campy Spielberg movies can like and Indiana Jones movie,
Let's see... not five minutes ago I was reading pp214-217 and thinking that perhaps Robert's olive-oil trick might work for me in conjunction with other diet and exercise that my own self-experimentation has shown to work.
ResponderEliminarThat's self-help, right there.
I suppose it's now time to open the Bible again. There's lots of "how" I need some "to" for.
"Drew Barrymore stars as a free-spirited Northwestern economics grad student...."
ResponderEliminarI couldn't get past this line. It's just too funny.
Btw, the reason they would pick Northwestern instead of Chicago is that the masses of movie people who went to Northwestern have made it Hollywood's go-to university.
ResponderEliminarAlso, Cabrini Green is on the North Side of Chicago.
Could be because Northwestern is on the North side, providing for some more significant contrasts relative to what U of C could provide. The neighborhood around NU is very different than that around University of Chicago.
ResponderEliminar1) Yes, U of C is too "eggheady". Additionally, I have never seen an even marginally attractive economics grad student in Hyde Park.
ResponderEliminar2) This description has taught me that Evanston has "suburbs". Who knew?
3) How does something like this get funding? Can my partially completed screenplay be posted as collateral with the Federal Reserve?
Have you ever read or see teh play Top Dog/Under Dog? The two characters are brothers named Lincoln and Booth....interesting play, I think you'd like it.
ResponderEliminarIt's self-help on how to think like a smart person?
ResponderEliminarTo think: they could have made a plot with Joliet Junior College and the free spirited design student at the stateville prisoner's tailoring program. (historically) Especially since being poor is kinda in, well if you aren't an "elitist". Heck they could have ended up in Naperville shopping in a Bolingbrook IKEA.
ResponderEliminarI suppose "Drew Barrymore gets an abortion" wasn't really a viable plot line.....
ResponderEliminarAs her criminal son is led into the gas chamber, Drew Barrymoore ('s character) is given the chance to see what the world would be like if she had gotten an abortion to prevent being a single mother on welfare many years ago.
ResponderEliminarDrew Barrymore stars as the sister of a young boy who befriends an extraterrestrial with a peace offering of Reese's Pieces...
ResponderEliminarWhat do you mean it's been done?
Nerdy economist Steve (Micheal Cera) meets recently bereaved lifeguard Stephanie (Drew Barrymore) while conducting survey on child death rates in swimming pools.
ResponderEliminarAn instructive romance develops, where Steve learns that you can't measure happiness any more than grief.
Hmmm. Not amusing.
We could mix it with The Butterfly Effect (pretty sure that movie name is a misnomer though) and Freakonomics. Drew Barrymore goes back in time as a "prolifer" and stops Roe v. Wade, comes back to 1996 and America is an anarchist theocracy because of all the crime and evangelicalism.
ResponderEliminarBecause everybody knows that while Northwestern girls can grow up to be pretty actresses (e.g. Julia Louis-Dreyfus), UChicago girls are fugz 4 lyfe.
ResponderEliminar@Brian R Murphy. Your point #3 is genius. Thanks...
ResponderEliminarDrew Barrymoore runs an honesty-pay bagel delivery service and falls in love with a handsome businessman on her route. But when she learns he and other top-floor executives are stealing her bagels, the relationship might develop holes...
ResponderEliminarWow, glad everyone liked it! We corrected the south side / north side thing, by the way -- my memories of the movie 'Candyman' were fuzzy and I neglected to fact check. And re: the Northwestern vs. U. Chicago debate, Dr. Obvious nailed the reason (well, that and the fact that I am a Big Ten alum myself).
ResponderEliminarAs a Northwestern student, this is because
ResponderEliminara) Econ grad students at NU are way hotter than UChicago grad students.
b) Evanston = suburbs = yuppie. UChicago = city = edgy. We want Drew Barrymore to be the former.
As a Northwestern student, this is because
ResponderEliminara) Econ grad students at NU are way hotter than UChicago grad students.
b) Evanston = suburbs = yuppy. UChicago = city = edgy. We want Drew Barrymore to be the former.
Drew Barrymore plays Carla Gravone, an economics grad student at Princeton, who drives back to Newark to the deathbed of her father, Carlo "Charlie Freak'' Gravone. His dying wish is that she, his only child, take over from him as capo.
ResponderEliminarShe doesn't know anything about being a gangster, but she calls in a series of Professors to advise her on Behavioral Economics, Game Theory, etc., and pretty soon she's the most successful boss in Jersey.
However, when she announces that she's going to make the family completely legitimate within 18 months, the made guys see themselves heading for the scrapheap, and begin to plot against her. She gets wind of this, and makes a phone call to Chicago, and Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy fly into town and whack the revolting Vinnies in a grand guignol shown intercut with Drew successfully defending her thesis, White Shoes,Threat and Bluff at Princeton.
I think that stupid movies need a break from depicting the U of C after The Core...
ResponderEliminarSome would throw Indiana Jones 4 into the mix, but I won't because a)It was shot at Yale and b)I actually liked Indy 4, as much as anyone who doesn't like campy Spielberg movies can like and Indiana Jones movie,
Not more thugporn? NOOOO!!!!!
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