Comments on: Who is the Audience for Eat, Pray, Love? http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/ Guess what I'm reading? Wed, 16 May 2012 07:49:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lora http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-27776 Lora Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:26:08 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-27776 Ahhh, the cliches, how quaint of you to repeat them. I'll say it. I went to the theater to see EPL. I thought the book was funny although the narrator was a bit overwrought about her fairly standard difficulties. News Flash: I'm not middle aged. I'm not single. I'm not fat. Nor did I watch Titanic, The Notebook, nor any Twilight films. And I enjoyed this movie. Richard Jenkins, in fact, gave a fine performance--only the second I have seen this year that I deemed Oscar-worthy (The first being Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right). But thank you for saving me a regular blog stop. I wandered over here from SBTB. I will now wander back. PS I am allergic to cats. Sorry to threaten your tidy hypothesis. I will choose to imagine (unfairly and unflatteringly, as is our MO today) that its writer is an likely an unwashed chauvenist living with three roommates and suffering from underemployment due to his superiority complex? Certainly he is uncomfortable with women seeking self actualization. Ahhh, the cliches, how quaint of you to repeat them.

I’ll say it. I went to the theater to see EPL. I thought the book was funny although the narrator was a bit overwrought about her fairly standard difficulties.

News Flash: I’m not middle aged. I’m not single. I’m not fat. Nor did I watch Titanic, The Notebook, nor any Twilight films. And I enjoyed this movie. Richard Jenkins, in fact, gave a fine performance–only the second I have seen this year that I deemed Oscar-worthy (The first being Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right).

But thank you for saving me a regular blog stop. I wandered over here from SBTB. I will now wander back.

PS I am allergic to cats. Sorry to threaten your tidy hypothesis. I will choose to imagine (unfairly and unflatteringly, as is our MO today) that its writer is an likely an unwashed chauvenist living with three roommates and suffering from underemployment due to his superiority complex? Certainly he is uncomfortable with women seeking self actualization.

]]> By: wood dash kits http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23334 wood dash kits Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:45:46 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23334 I want to emphasize that the weekend opening of Angelina Jolie Salt earn more than the premiere of The Expelled, all male action stars of the last century. And Angelina did all by himself I want to emphasize that the weekend opening of Angelina Jolie Salt earn more than the premiere of The Expelled, all male action stars of the last century. And Angelina did all by himself

]]> By: Emma Petersen http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23326 Emma Petersen Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:02:54 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23326 Not sure if I'm going to see this flick or not. I wish I was brave like her flitting to Bali *shrugs* or where ever she went but I'm a chicken and terrified of ending up like Clair Danes in Brokedown Palace. I'm just saying. Not sure if I’m going to see this flick or not. I wish I was brave like her flitting to Bali *shrugs* or where ever she went but I’m a chicken and terrified of ending up like Clair Danes in Brokedown Palace. I’m just saying.

]]> By: Hey Lady! http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23302 Hey Lady! Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:27:35 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23302 Wow. That was an awesome visual. And it does seem that elitist liberals seem to love that book and now movie, interesting... I have never seen or read either. Not my thing. I'll admit to having VHS tapes of Lois and Clark when I was in high school. And I have Roswell on DVD. BUT I didn't go see Eat, Pray, Love, so there's that... Wow. That was an awesome visual.

And it does seem that elitist liberals seem to love that book and now movie, interesting… I have never seen or read either. Not my thing.

I’ll admit to having VHS tapes of Lois and Clark when I was in high school. And I have Roswell on DVD. BUT I didn’t go see Eat, Pray, Love, so there’s that…

]]> By: bam http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23291 bam Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:30:25 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23291 I was just impressed by the sheer amount of pop culture references Richard Lawson managed to insert in that one paragraph. I think he's a hilarious and clever writer. I was just impressed by the sheer amount of pop culture references Richard Lawson managed to insert in that one paragraph. I think he’s a hilarious and clever writer.

]]> By: Kama Spice http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23289 Kama Spice Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:12:41 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23289 Totally agree with Charlene. Charlene, maybe it's because men need to see women who choose NOT TO BE WITH MEN after a certain age in that light. Like, if she's not with a guy by that age, there has to be something wrong with HER. Ugh. What. Ever. But, yes, EPL is massively problematic. Here's my favoritest re-do of the poster (have NO idea how to do links on here #htmlFAIL): http://www.therejectionist.com/2010/08/totes-amaze.html I particularly love the caption at the bottom, heh heh. Totally agree with Charlene. Charlene, maybe it’s because men need to see women who choose NOT TO BE WITH MEN after a certain age in that light. Like, if she’s not with a guy by that age, there has to be something wrong with HER. Ugh. What. Ever.

But, yes, EPL is massively problematic. Here’s my favoritest re-do of the poster (have NO idea how to do links on here #htmlFAIL):
http://www.therejectionist.com.....amaze.html

I particularly love the caption at the bottom, heh heh.

]]> By: Mina http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23288 Mina Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:24:34 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23288 Thank you for this post. I was going on about this movie to my best friend and she was like "why are you taking this movie so personally". I honestly did not have an answer for that though. There's just something about the concept that annoys the crap out of me. Thank you for this post. I was going on about this movie to my best friend and she was like “why are you taking this movie so personally”. I honestly did not have an answer for that though. There’s just something about the concept that annoys the crap out of me.

]]> By: Charlene http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23287 Charlene Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:07:56 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23287 Oh, good. I hadn't been exposed to ignorant stereotypes about middle-aged women in at least ten minutes. Why is he so bitter about women my age? Is it mommy issues? Because I would bet him a million dollars that none of those women fit the stereotype he so desperately clings to in an attempt to think of them as less human than he is. I feel sorry for anyone who has to negate the humanity of any group to feel smug and self-satisfied, but why do so many guys pick the group I belong to? Oh, good. I hadn’t been exposed to ignorant stereotypes about middle-aged women in at least ten minutes.

Why is he so bitter about women my age? Is it mommy issues? Because I would bet him a million dollars that none of those women fit the stereotype he so desperately clings to in an attempt to think of them as less human than he is. I feel sorry for anyone who has to negate the humanity of any group to feel smug and self-satisfied, but why do so many guys pick the group I belong to?

]]> By: Jennifer http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23286 Jennifer Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:58:10 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2010/08/16/who-is-the-audience-for-eat-pray-love/#comment-23286 I went to see Scott Pilgrim this weekend--note that I live in a geek town, albeit one where a lot of people are gone in summer-- and there was no geekline at the door. There were maybe 25-30ish people in the theater with me. And I was for the most part the only one laughing at the show (to the point where I suspect they were all irritated with me). I was all, what the hell? I went to see Scott Pilgrim this weekend–note that I live in a geek town, albeit one where a lot of people are gone in summer– and there was no geekline at the door. There were maybe 25-30ish people in the theater with me. And I was for the most part the only one laughing at the show (to the point where I suspect they were all irritated with me). I was all, what the hell?

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