We need just one more Diablo Cody thread before the New Year, dontcha think?
Actually, Diablo Cody really is a genius, and I can prove it; she drops references to Sonic Youth AND The Stooges in ONE script. If that doesn't prove her brilliance, I don't know what could.
Honestly, though, I've figured out why she's going to continue to be successful--it's not that she's brilliant, she isn't. It's because she's really good at delivering "The Same but Different." It's stuff we've already seen but with a slightly different take and voice, it feels new but it doesn't ever go off the reservation.
I mean, heck, I read Jennifer's Body and could you really have a more cliche', trite, concept than a rock band in league with Satan? Could you? If you tried?
I did however really like the whole Goth thing and the throwaway image of the Goth chick wearing an accordian for no reason made me laugh out loud.
Actually, Diablo Cody really is a genius, and I can prove it; she drops references to Sonic Youth AND The Stooges in ONE script. If that doesn't prove her brilliance, I don't know what could.
Honestly, though, I've figured out why she's going to continue to be successful--it's not that she's brilliant, she isn't. It's because she's really good at delivering "The Same but Different." It's stuff we've already seen but with a slightly different take and voice, it feels new but it doesn't ever go off the reservation.
I mean, heck, I read Jennifer's Body and could you really have a more cliche', trite, concept than a rock band in league with Satan? Could you? If you tried?
I did however really like the whole Goth thing and the throwaway image of the Goth chick wearing an accordian for no reason made me laugh out loud.
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