Commenter Of The Day: Ernie Hudson Edition [Commenter Of The Day]

Born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, Ernie Hudson has had an interesting career. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Hudson became the resident playwright at Concept East in Detroit. While at Wayne State University Hudson formed the Actors' Ensemble Theatre where black writers and actors were able to workshop and produce their plays. He later studied and graduated from the Yale School of Drama. Despite his extensive stage training, he's best known for his tv work on the HBO show Oz and film work as Winston Zeddemore in Ghostbusters and the sequel. We're huge fans of Ghostbusters and, as we learned in the Giant Asimo Robot post, Ash78 is also a fan.

Alan Mulally: My mind is totally blank.
Bob Nardelli: I didn't choose anything...
Both: (turn to look at Wagoner): Rick?
Wagoner: I couldn't help it. It just popped in there.
Mulally: What? What "just popped in there?"
Wagoner: I... I... I tried to think...
Nardelli: LOOK!
[they all look over one side of the roof]
Wagoner: No! It CAN'T be!
Mulally: What is it?
Wagoner: It CAN'T be!
Mulally: What did you DO, Rick?
Nardelli: Oh, shit!
[they all see a giant cubic white head topped with a spaceman helmet, Mulally looks at Wagoner]
Wagoner: It's the Honda Asimo.
Mulallyy: Well, that's something you don't see every day.
Wagoner: I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something that I loved from the '90s. Something that would never ever possibly destroy us. Asimo.
Mulally: Nice thinking, Rick.
Wagoner: We used to watch Asimo dance and climb stairs...internet videos.
Mulally: Rick has gone bye-bye, Bob. What have you got left?
Nardelli: Sorry, Mulally. I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.

Jim Press was later seen asking strangers if they were the keymaster.

Photo: Seemores Playhouse

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Commenter Of The Day: The End Of The Affair Edition [Commenter Of The Day]

High on our list of favorite novels is The End Of The Affair by Graham Greene, a strange but altogether fascinating example of a 20th century English Catholic novel. Anyone who doesn't own it should go out and grab a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition that came out as part of the Greene Centennial. Today. On the surface, the book is about an affair between the novelist Maurice Bendrix and his neighbor's wife mixed with a discussion of jealousy and the nature of faith and miracles. Deeper within the story is a hint to the writing process itself. We learn a bit more about Greene's perspective on the ritual, the meaning, the cathartic and meditative properties of putting pen to paper (something the film versions lack). The first-person narrative is couched within a description of the novelist character, no doubt modeled on Greene himself, writing the story down and further into the novel you get to read the diary of the woman Bendrix is having an affair with. It's a great effect and it raises an otherwise well-worn topic to great heights. There's a reason why William Faulkner said of the book "for me [it's] one of the best, most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language." Ben's study of the SLeBaron reveals a different sort of realization, one that DealKiller seems to understand.

This is like some weird Crying Game kind of moment, where you start peeking underneath and yell, OMFG!, what the hell is THAT doing there!

Bonus trivia: The Crying Game was directed by Neil Jordan, who directed the not-so-great film version of The End Of The Affair.

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