Random LA Times Thoughts on the Plane Back to Branson

En route to my country home in Branson, MO, two things from today’s LA Times worth noting (you know how I love my hometown paper).

The first is a front page story on how filming of MTV’s reality series “The Hills” (to which current doc hit AMERICAN TEEN is oft-compared) is angering residents who happen to live near character Lauren’s Hollywood home.  Seems that the address (not surprisingly) popped up online and fans have been showing up at all hours looking for the show’s stars (not to mention the paparazzi and production vehicles that are crowding the area that residents claim, pretty laughably, used to be like “Mayberry”.

So after reporting the resident’s complaints about feeling exposed, what does the Times do?  They helpfully provide a map of the house’s location AND a photo of the front of the property.

As my brother said to me, “wow, dick move, LA Times.”

Meanwhile, over in the Calendar section (it bears repeating that the previous story was on the front page), tucked away in the back, Jan Stuart’s special for the Times review of David Gordon Green’s PINEAPPLE EXPRESS never mentions, that’s right, David Gordon Green.

Now, I get that Judd Apatow and Seth Rogan are the marquee names here, but can you really write a review of PINEAPPLE without talking about how the film is the big budget, mainstream debut of one the indie film world’s favorite sons?  Really?

And did I mention that he directed the film?  Wow, dick move, LA Times.

Comments

[Hirotomo Nii]

In a Pop-cultural sub theory, in a movie, in a rhetoric: As the United States, do we invest in oil stock within the judicial infrastructure?

If we are to import oil, do we want to buy from a religion based organization that is in lawlessness or outside of the judicial infrastructure? If we do this, we help our foreign policy protect democracy by ‘missionary’ approach? i.e. To connect with the unrecognized populations?

Our import would benefit if we had a cooperative? Israel would buy from a new ‘peace’ and additionally, a EU member, lets say Italy, would buy from Israel?

We would want the client (we buy oil from them, and we want them to convert to democracy?) to buy something that would help our stock investments? We would then buy more non-embargos from a Middle Eastern group like Armenia or Turkey and then become a NAFTA with items to Export? At some point, the new Client and the Judicial Infrastructure develop a Policy in a movie…….. we are to then adjust for any trade deficit numbers?

I feel that our government believes in Liberty and that commitment gets lost in the political media. If there are populations outside of our known intelligence, I feel it normal to want to help our country help us secure our inalienable rights as Americans.

I hope we find bipartisan spirit not as an active critic or otherwise; but for the outright understanding that our NEWS is a body of intelligence that is alarming. Soldiers risk their lives in harms way to protect our borders, that isn’t diluted I believe when they are on the frontline.