tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post114403922618430692..comments2023-11-05T22:12:49.545+11:00Comments on World. Oyster. Stage.: "it twirled up!"Melbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-1144132897124294652006-04-04T16:41:00.000+10:002006-04-04T16:41:00.000+10:00But of course!Thanks.But of course!<BR/><BR/>Thanks.BEVIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562306688147400195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-1144125244546296522006-04-04T14:34:00.000+10:002006-04-04T14:34:00.000+10:00i love dirty rotten scoundrels, great film. and th...i love dirty rotten scoundrels, great film. and the twist at the end, did NOT see that coming!<BR/><BR/>of course you can do your own post on this topic. you can mention where you got the idea if you like<BR/><BR/>[sweet smile]Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-1144086555076669702006-04-04T03:49:00.000+10:002006-04-04T03:49:00.000+10:00I remember that I intended to come back with a sho...I remember that I intended to come back with a shortlist of my own favourite movie quotes, but never got around to it.<BR/><BR/>Can I be sheepish enough to request if I may post about this myself on my own blog? Feel free to say no.<BR/><BR/>As a peace offering, I'll leave you with one of my all-time faves (and - <I>shock-horror!</I> - it's <B>not</B> from a Muppet movie!).<BR/><BR/>It's from that great (but IMHO severely underrated) 1980s classic comedy, <I>Dirty Rotten Scoundrels</I> (starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine).<BR/><BR/>Arthur, the butler (played with aplomb by <I>Star Wars</I>' Ian McDiarmid, better known as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine / The Emperor), steps up to Martin, who is dressed in his 'character' Ruprecht's ridiculous get-up while seated at the dinner table, complete with greased down hair, bad 1970s tux, eyepatch, cork on the end of his fork ("to prevent him from hurting himself - and others"), and holding a large plastic trident. In his effortlessly British voice, giving no trace whatsoever of anything being even <B>remotely</B> odd, he asks, "May I take your <I>trident</I>, sir?"<BR/><BR/>It's not so much the line itself, but rather the perfect delivery, as well as the underlying statement of what it represents in the film. The context of the whole story is underpinning it, in my opinion, and it makes me laugh every time I see, hear or think about it.<BR/><BR/>This is the same scene where 'Ruprecht' asks if he can go to the bathroom, and then obviously proceeds to do so where he is sitting before thanking Caine for granting him permission. That's another moment I love, but the trident line is pure gold for its subtle summary of the entire movie.<BR/><BR/>I hope you can see why I might need to compose a whole post of my own, if I'm going to come up with more than one of these ...<BR/><BR/>:)BEVIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562306688147400195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-1144039487369438632006-04-03T14:44:00.000+10:002006-04-03T14:44:00.000+10:00one of my fave moments, reminds me of my mother, w...one of my fave moments, reminds me of my mother, who when we went to see this film together said it reminded her of her mother...I dare say I'll do the same thing to my daughter...sublime-ationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195360815689499148noreply@blogger.com