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From: Adam H. Kerman
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:55
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Mark Anderson <mea@nospambradnylion.com> wrote: >bje@ripco.com says... >>I think though it might of "jumped the shark" recently, the point of the >>show, more or less, was them saving their tip money to some day open up a >>cupcake store. That sort of was dropped in their lap with the neighbor >>upstairs giving them $20K to do it. >I heard a slew of advertisements for that show on the radio when it >premiered and it intrigued me. So little modern culture exists to >describe the world of high end escorts. I wondered if this show would >do it and how they could get away with it in prime time broadcast TV. >Apparently they didn't and chose the lazy route by writing just another >formula sitcom. >I still like the concept however. Audrey Hepburn took a big risk with >her reputation doing Breakfast at Tiffany's but Capote directed the >narrative with such subtlety that I suspect perhaps most people never >realized that her character was a prostitute and that movie was arguably >her best performance. IMHO it's her best movie. Blake Edwards directed; Truman Capote wrote the novel. It's supposed to be his aunt. btw, George Peppard was a prostitute, too, just kept by Patricia Neal. Hell, it was his best movie, too. Never really liked Banacek or Hannibal.
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Subject: Re: Here's a test
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