That Aside...
Two issues with Stephen Saito's "The 10 Most Slanderous Slights" piece on ifc.com. One, it's understandable why people might assume that Tom Cruise's "Larry Grossman" character in Tropic Thunder is based on on Viacom chief Sumner Redstone, except he doesn't look or sound like him. (I think Cruise is just playing a generic Hollywood bully-boy mogul.) And two, I was always told that Steve Martin's bearded producer character in Grand Canyon wasn't based on action guy Joel Silver -- I heard Larry Gordon.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 28, 2008 at 2:46 PM
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Greg Wyshynski says ...
This article lost me when the author failed to quote one of my favorite Ebert lines of all-time: "Now that I've inspired a character in a Godzilla movie, all I really still desire is for several Ingmar Bergman characters to sit in a circle and read my reviews to one another in hushed tones."
But for others, it's an interesting read ...
Posted by Greg Wyshynski at July 28, 2008 3:20 PM
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Scott Mendelson says ...
Also, when commenting about the Godzilla reference, Ebert expressed disappointment that he was not eaten by the giant monster.
And he's right. Detective Comics writer Chuck Dixon had the right idea in 1994 when they included Siskel And Ebert look-a likes as gun-toting film critics/thugs in an arc involving The Joker making a movie about the death of Batman. And, exactly as it should be, S & E eventually panned the movie, leading The Joker to give them 'two thumbs down' as he shot them both.
If you're going to be in a Godzilla movie, you want to be eaten by Godzilla. If you're going to be in a Joker-centered Batman comic book, you really want to get killed by The Joker. Although if I had my say, I would have demanded that I go out via Joker Venom, with a big post-rictus grin.
Posted by Scott Mendelson at July 28, 2008 3:38 PM
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