Sunday, September 11, 2005

Broken Flowers was a good movie. There may be spoilers in this post. First, I really liked the costume design. Lolita has earrings that look like the sunglasses on the Kubrick Lolita movie poster, except for they are pink. Although, I think it'd be a better decision to have her pubes all shaved to cement the Lolita joke further. The guys that Don Johnston thinks are his sons have striped track suits that look like his. I also liked the astute use of the magical negro stereotype. It's as if the writers said, hey, if we're writing a black character that seems to have nothing else to do with his life than help a white person, why not go all the way? So Winston apparently has time between his five kids and three jobs to plan a whole wacky trip for Don Johnston. The stereotype falls to the pure absurdity, and we all get a good laugh. Also, it is suggested that Winston might be fucking with Don, which is an interpretation that would make the movie even funnier. Great show. I felt happy to have spent $6 on it.

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