Repost: Princess Mononoke (October 10th, 11th, and 13th at the Cleveland Cinematheque)

[PRINCESS MONONOKE screensThursday October 10th at 8:35 pm, Friday October 11th at 7:00 pm, and Sunday October 13th at 8:25 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]

Review by Charles Cassady, Jr.

Here's my latest career (sic) update news: I may be serving as a Japanese animation specialist for one of our allied websites. Strange to me that they didn't already have one. Isn't Japanese "anime" supposed to be the coolest thing on Earth? So I asked, didn't any of their other writers, the ones with seniority, want to do anime? Answer: Nope. Nobody at all. Yours if you want it, newbie. Hmmm... That's not the cultural climate I remember.

(here's a metaphorical comparison:
ME - "Hey, Cleveland Movie Blog Reader, I've got a Baywatch starlet here who wants to be your lover!"
YOU (a la Homer Simpson) - "Woo-hoo!"
ME - "Uh, I should tell you, she's not what she used to be, really. been through the wringer. Isn't photographed much anymore. Got rejections by Larry King, Kelsey Grammer, Gilbert Gottfried and Charlie Manson first before working her way down here.
YOU (weakly): "...woo-hoo..."
ME - "It might help if you close your eyes when you're with her. And use the Vicks Vapo-Rub under your nose, the way coroners do..."
YOU - "D'oh!")

Princess Mononoke (October 27th and 28th at the Cleveland Cinematheque)

[PRINCESS MONONOKE screens Saturday October 27 at 9:30 pm and Sunday October 28th at 6:30 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]

Review by Charles Cassady, Jr.

Here's my latest career (sic) update news: I may be serving as a Japanese animation specialist for one of our allied websites. Strange to me that they didn't already have one. Isn't Japanese "anime" supposed to be the coolest thing on Earth? So I asked, didn't any of their other writers, the ones with seniority, want to do anime? Answer: Nope. Nobody at all. Yours if you want it, newbie. Hmmm... That's not the cultural climate I remember.

(here's a metaphorical comparison:
ME - "Hey, Cleveland Movie Blog Reader, I've got a Baywatch starlet here who wants to be your lover!"
YOU (a la Homer Simpson) - "Woo-hoo!"
ME - "Uh, I should tell you, she's not what she used to be, really. been through the wringer. Isn't photographed much anymore. Got rejections by Larry King, Kelsey Grammer, Gilbert Gottfried and Charlie Manson first before working her way down here.
YOU (weakly): "...woo-hoo..."
ME - "It might help if you close your eyes when you're with her. And use the Vicks Vapo-Rub under your nose, the way coroners do..."
YOU - "D'oh!")