By David in TN
friday, december 22, 2023 at 10:36:00 p.m. est
Film Noir of the Week is not on this weekend, as TCM is showing mostly Christmas movies.
On Christmas night, Monday, TCM shows four Alfred Hitchcock films starring Jimmy Stewart. Starting at 8 p.m. ET with Vertigo (1958), followed by Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), and Rope (1948).
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jerry pdx
Black sportswriter Jason Whitlock writes an amazingly cogent article on the subject of race hysteria and coins a new phrase/acronym: White derangement syndrome or WDS
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/jason-whitlock-white-derangement-syndrome-ruined-juwan-howard-s-career/ar-AA1lMtFV
I've read some of his articles and he can be infuriating but then can turn around and write something I totally agree with. Here he writes about how ex nba player and racist Juwan Howard has a pathological obsession with White people being evil and how they are the source of everything wrong in his life. Whitlock doesn't shy away from pointing that is goes well beyond Howard and that many blacks suffer from the same attitude. Though I would take it another step and point out that woke White people suffer from the syndrome also. In any case, well worth a read.
I've seen Whitlock for years,on ESPN and then FOX news,where he's celebrated as a Larry Elder type of enlightened black--if Larry Elder is actually enlightened,that is,because I don't trust what a nig says--no matter what he ejects wordwise from his mouth.
I always go back to the one point:Why can only blacks criticize blacks and make points that Whites have been banned from saying?75% of White free speech has been eliminated,but black free speech has EXPANDED to a full 100% of subject matter--anything goes and calling for riots or White replacement or lying about anything "disproportionate" is cheered on by media and politicians.
Whitlock hasn't decided on--and maybe he doesn't have to,right now--whether to fill a niche that conservative networks love to fill:a pro-White,anti-black,pro-cop negro.They get paid big bucks for talking about subject matter Whites only dream about giving opinions on these days,but would be fired for--if they did it the way Whitlock expresses himself.
But it's my opinion, what blacks say is all a crock anyways.
--GRA
I saw ROPE recently for the first time in ages, and it knocked me for a loop. It's an absolute tour-de-force: a filmed stage play, but with the camera in constant motion, forcing your attention to go where the director wants it at any given moment, sometimes omitting information, sometimes giving you overheard dialogue while the camera shows something else. And of course the script is perfect (by Arthur Laurents, who certainly knows gay pathology and mannerisms), as is the acting. Filming it in color was also an interesting touch, giving it a vivid quality one wouldn't expect from such a confined project. Definitely a movie worth revisiting. (I hated VERTIGO, but maybe I should re-watch that one as well!) -RM
"On Christmas night, Monday, TCM shows four Alfred Hitchcock films starring Jimmy Stewart. Starting at 8 p.m. ET with Vertigo (1958), followed by Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), and Rope (1948)."
Strange choice of movies for Christmas UNLESS,these are alternate Hitchcock movies with the same titles--films that were about Santa Claus' lesser known traits.For example, in "Vertigo",his heretofore never heard of fear of heights is examined,which until Kim Novak introduced him to the mile high club("Ho,ho.ho"),was a huge impediment to delivering gifts on Christmas Eve.
"Rear Window" explored the different ways Santa kept track of who was good(Grace Kelly)and who was not(you know who)-bringing us to the sequel,"The Man Who Knew Too Much"-- which wasn't even Santa,but a temp elf who got his hands on all of Santa's information about everyone in the world--and began a devastating blackmail campaign,which Santa has to stop to avert a
Presidential assassination and a nuclear war.
In "Rope",Santa drops off gifts at a house--at the same time a murder is being committed.Police arrive at the scene and find Santa going up the chimney by rope,a similar rope used in the strangulation death of one of the household members.Santa is apprehended and police do not buy that this is the real Santa--or even a store employee Santa--but a maniacal,mass murdering, Kris Kringle impersonator.Raymond Burr's first appearance as Perry Mason was in this Christmas Hitchcock mystery/thriller.
Merry Christmas and Good Eeev-en-ing.
--GRA
The Man, who knew too much, must be Donald Trump
TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at 12:30 and 10 a.m. ET is Hugo Haas' Pickup (1951) with Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Allan Nixon, Howland Chamberlain.
Film Noir Guide: "Haas stars as the widowed trainmaster of an isolated railroad station. After his dog dies, the lonely man goes to town to buy a puppy. Instead, he winds up with a gorgeous young bride (Michaels), a gold digger with one eye on Haas' savings account and another on his handsome co-worker (Nixon)."
"Before their marriage, Haas had been experiencing a strange ringing in his ears, and one day, after an argument with his new wife, he suddenly goes deaf. Michaels and Nixon soon become accustomed to flirting with each other as if Haas weren't there."
"Then, after Haas is struck by a car, he regains his hearing. He rushes home to tell his wife the good news, but wisely decides to keep his recovery a secret after hearing Michaels tell Nixon how she married him for his money."
"Pickup is one of those films you might be embarrassed about liking. The production values are poor and the acting is mediocre. Yet it's strangely fascinating, and Michaels, a tall leggy beauty, is such fun to watch. Bernard Gorcey, who played Louie Dumbrowski in the Bowery Boys films, has a small role as a carnival worker with a puppy for sale. Pickup marked Czechoslovakian-born Haas' American directorial debut."
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