Michael's Musings

"I'm Not A Whore, I'm A Dancer!"
Michael Shinafelt

It's been 29 years since the over the top, camp classic movie Showgirls was released. I have personally seen it south of 10 times. To this day it I still draw inspiration from it.

Bear witness to me on the subway in Los Angeles doing my best Nomi Malone licking a pole impression. There you have it, that's all...

Don't slut shame, slut celebrate!!!

I'm affable as F#ck you twat, the more you know

Evil queens are just Disney princessess who worked in customer service too long

The Evil Putana Says: I'll smear my breasts and feed the babies, so there!

Headline of the Week: Great tits could be wiped out by climate change in the near future (for the record a Great Tit is a breed of bird)

Strip faster let's see some private areas, there's that

"See Darlin' you are a whore." Couldn't have a column referencing Showgirls without this iconic line straight outta Cristal Connors

Katie Maloney for the win on Vanderpump Rules

Woman Crush of the Week - Sydney Sweeney who manages to look hot in a Nun's Habit of all things for her movie Immaculate

Where does your opinion come from? Think about it, but not too much

Apparently when you treat people like the treat you, they get upset

Tom Sandoval is doing himself no favors on Vanderpump Rules this season, he's making himself look so much worse than last season

The monster at the end of this story...what did you think I was going to actually give it away?!

Off to bend it like Nomi and lick some more poles

Come on my pole licking adventure here -

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Hump Day & Chill

Nellie Oleson

It's about time we got real and did a Hump Day & Chill Nellie Oleson style!

"Yes" the notorious NO sgtraight outta the TV show Little House On The Prairie, if you know you know...

For those who don't Nellie was Laura Ingalls Wilder's acid tongued rival on the show. Who would toss out such gems as: "You should be locked up in a cage and fed with a stick; you have made life miserable for everyone."

Ms. Oleson was portrayed by Alison Arngrim from 1974 - 1982 

So it's time to become your own spoiled brat and sharpen your tongues Minions, and do it Nellie Oleson's way!

Nellie Oleson on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Oleson   

The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari

Ever see The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari? Well it's a classic of expressionist cinema and I saw it in college and it was pretty amazing! 

Well now is not only high time you viewed this masterpiece but also get some detailed backgtound and insight into the masterwork it is.

By checking out the write-up about it on my buddy Jay Jacobson's Classic Movie Blog.

Jay has detailed insight and interesting facts and history behind the film in his entertaining and informative piece.

So here we are the first Tusday of April - time to clean out the cabinet...!

Hit Jay's history of this celluloid classic after the jump!!!

https://www.jaysclassicmovieblog.com/post/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-1920  

April Fools Etc...

It's April 1st known throughout my life as April Fools Day. I'm officially retiring April Fools as it no longer has any impact in this day and age of fake media. 

Every day is a joke anymore of some sort of media perpetuated hoax. Join me and the fifty foot preying mantis in sending this archaic tradition off with a great big RIP!

April Fools! Not!

Pity the fool on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day 

Biker Bunnies

Happy Easter from the Biker Bunnies! 

Easter on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter

Current Mood

Anna Paquin

It's the Saturday before Easter and all through the house not a creature was stirring except for my Current Mood.

I don't know about you but my inner beast is stirring and it's not playing. Something's got to give and it's here to help me along the way. 

"Yes" it's going to get pertty hairy and such but in the end it will be over and worth it.

Here to represent my inner beast is Anna Paquin straight outta Trick r Treat...Grrrrrrrrrowl!!!

For the record my inner beast actually barks at the moon, but I thought a growl was more universal and I wanted everyone to relate.

What's your inner beast like?

Find your inner beast with the help of Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Inner_Beast 

Kinds Of American Film Comedy

In his 42nd book, prolific writer and scholar Wes D. Gehring presents the well-researched and intricately crafted Kinds of American Film Comedy: Six Core Genres and Their Literary Roots. Gehring breaks down six core comedy genres in an accessible style, yet academic enough for classroom use. This time, he ties in the predecessor of comedic cinema: print humor.

Gehring states, "This study needed at least a lengthy, if compressed, opening chapter survey upon which to build. It is keyed on several important pressure points, which in their totality, provide a basic foundation for the film-focused chapters to follow." And in this chapter, he is able to succinctly introduce the foundations of U.S. comedy that underpin the genres of cinematic comedy.

Dr. Ashley Donnelly, Professor of Media at Ball State University, says, "Though knowing him as a film scholar in the truest sense, I've always considered Gehring's work to be rooted in social history. His works take the people, the genres, and the history of cinema and intertwine them with the stories of the period he's exploring, the complexities of his subjects' lives, and the events and moments in time that touched the world, leaving generational, unconscious connections between the screen and the most important moments of human history."

This groundbreaking film study begins with a survey of American print humorists from eras leading up to and overlapping the advent of film—including some who worked both on the page and on the screen, like Robert Benchley, Will Rogers, Groucho Marx and W. C. Fields. Six comic film genres are identified as outgrowths of a national tradition of Cracker Barrel philosophers, personality comedy, parody, screwball comedy, romantic comedy and dark comedy.

Gehring says, "The goal here is to place between two covers an updated in-depth look at a still too frequently neglected subject-the core comic film genres, and their integral ties to print humor. Moreover, at some level, comedy is most often about blowing "raspberries" at the world around us. And if one is at all engaged, you are a humor activist a reminder that you are not alone."

ORDER THE BOOK HERE