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| 3/10/10 Dearborn: The Movie
Politics: This topic has typically made for pretty good cinema. “Syriana,” “Good Night and Good Luck,” “Dave,” “Bobby,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Primary Colors,” “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”… Hollywood has been dramatizing national and international poltics for decades. But rarely does the local political scene—city hall, a school board, student government—make it on to the big screen.
That’s not to say local politics is boring. On the contrary, politics right here in Dearborn can get quite interesting. From last century’s controversial and charismatic mayor Orville Hubbard to the controversial and antagonistic city councilman Doug Thomas; with family names on the line (O’Reilly, Guido, Hubbard); and with big-time deals being penned in a smallish-town environment, you’re bound to get neighbors talking to neighbors about what’s going down (or not going down) inside city hall. And you’re bound to have some interesting story lines, characters and settings.
Dearborn’s political scene really does have it all: diverse culture, religion, big business, small business, industry…money, power, legacy…a storied past, a struggling present, an uncertain future…I can’t be the only one who thinks it’s time Hollywood turned Dearborn’s political scene into a feature film! The city wants residents to suggest interesting places around town to be used as a movie backdrop? Well, how about City Hall!
I’ll let the professionals come up with a workable script, but I did take it upon myself to cast the movie—and dammit, you won’t be disappointed in the all-star cast I’ve assembled. Check it out: Full story...
Jacob Miller - 2 opinions posted |
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Gloria Bigelow |
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3/10/10 Michigan Gay and Lesbian Comedy Festival hits the stage this weekend
GAY – [gey] adj.
1. having or showing a merry, lively mood
2. bright or showy
3. given to or abounding in social or other pleasures
4. licentious; dissipated; wanton
5. homosexual
6. of, indicating, or supporting homosexual interests or issues
That’s how the dictionary defines “gay.” I figured with the 14th Annual Michigan Gay and Lesbian Comedy Festival taking place at the corner of Michigan and Greenfield this weekend, people might want to know what to expect when they go.
So: It’s a comedy festival, which means you can probably expect a “merry, lively mood;” it’s on a stage so it’ll probably be “bright” and “showy.” You’ll be sitting in a room with several hundred people laughing your asses off, so of course it’ll be “abounding in social…pleasures.” There’ll be sex lives discussed, and drinking before and after the show, which means you can count on it being “licentious,” “dissipated” and “wanton.” There will be three hilarious dykes and a queer guy on stage, which means it fits the “homosexual” bill. And the show is presented by and supports the Triangle Foundation, Michigan's statewide civil rights, advocacy and anti-violence organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied communities, which means it is “of, indicating, or supporting homosexual interests or issues.”
So it fits all six definitions of the word “gay.” Which means it should be the gayest thing Dearborn’s seen since…well, last year’s Gay and Lesbian Comedy Festival. Full story...
Sean Duffy |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road.... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:12 pm EST
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LONDON (AP) -- Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: a British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled.... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:06 pm EST
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Elizabeth Dole are joining 250 veterans at the World War II memorial in Washington to honor their service.... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:00 pm EST
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A spark that helped ignite Elvis Presley's fame more than 50 years ago was lit by the newspaper editors and critics who hated him.... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:23 am EST
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen has died. He was 69.... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:59 pm EST
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:14 am EST
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.... Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:56 pm EST
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A stage adaptation of John Grisham's first novel, "A Time to Kill," will have its world premiere next year in Washington in what is being billed as a "pre-Broadway" production.... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:58 pm EST
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:31 am EST
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The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009, according to the Motion Picture Association of America.... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:34 am EST
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