Only one thing could have made up for the news that Keira Knightley - who seems required by law to be cast as the female lead in any film that requires a costume and an accent - will ruin what otherwise sounds like it could be a kick-ass King Lear adaptation. And here it is:
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If you are going to be a continual troll, could you a least be mildy amusing? I'm not sure that you have said anything amusing yet. Maybe you should hold off on commenting until you come up with just one good line. 
that plot smells familiar... "the bond identity"?
Can you link to one good line you made Bobar, so I can learn?
"Can you link to one good line you made Bobar, so I can learn?" Uh-oh, this sounds suspiciously like something I'd say. I'm starting to think this is one of my multiple personalities. Time to double-up on the meds again, I guess.
Maybe one of the cool gizmos they come up with in this Bond installment could be an actual pair of boobs for Keira Knightley.
If only you weren't so sexy and talented yourself Ross, then you wouldn't get away with these posts.
Look: Ross likes popular culture, particularly movies, just as Matt Yglesias also likes popular culture, particularly music. Since The Atlantic is a general interest magazine (and indeed began life as mainly a literary magazine), there is no reason why all its bloggers ought to concentrate on thorny political issues all the time. Plus, King Lear is possibly the greatest work of literature in English, this post is only half trash to begin with.
Happy to see the new 007 movie and everything, but can you imagine having to market the film title "Quantum of Solace"? It's bad when 2 of 3 words are hard for many people to understand.
Actually, I should have said Matt is not interested merely in music, but in music and basketball. I can only imagine the howls if Ross wrote about sports frequently.
If it's true as they say that every generation gets the King Lear that it deserves, then when are we going to get Dennis Hopper as our Lear? It was enough that we missed Rodney Dangerfield's Lear. Or Joe Piscopo's Hamlet? Or Ben Affleck's Henriad?
If watching porn is comparable to adultery, then what of the vicarious enjoyment of synthesized violence?
Will wins the thread.
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Yay! Celebrity bullshit! Sing Ross, sing!
Posted by Douthat the cunt | June 30, 2008 5:47 PM