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“There’s no doubt in my mind that Heath Ledger’s Joker from The Dark Knight will be the performance of the decade. Granted, we’ll never know for sure if this performance would’ve been as memorable if Ledger were alive today, but that really has nothing to do with it. In ten years people won’t remember as easily as we do that Ledger died before the movie was released. That won’t stop them from loving every moment he’s on screen and waiting with baited breath for the next moment or monologue that the Joker gives. I watched this again recently and it’s just as great as the first time. Ledger is everything you want in a villain and has set the bar so high for comic book movies (or any kind of suspense thriller) that I wonder if it will be topped. Ledger’s performance essentially wiped out Javier Bardem’s peformance from the year before in No Country for Old Men from this Top Ten list. Let’s stop wondering about what could’ve been or what may have influenced us when we saw The Dark Knight — instead let’s just relish that one man did something that exceeded every expectation we all could’ve had and he’ll be remembered for generations because of it.” -
“English is not about what you say, but how you say it. German is both, but more the former. Since what Germans say tends to be direct and prepared with minimal ambiguity. Ruthlessly efficient, if you will. In English, for example, if you want something to do something for you, you do not merely go up to that person and ask them to do something for you. Oh no. That would be a large faux pas of the social variety. Instead you must first enquire about their health, their families health, their children’s health, the weather, the activities of the previous weekend, the plans of the upcoming weekend, the joy or ecstasy related to the outcome of the most recent televised football match, then, finally, you can say “by the way”, after which you begin the actual point of the conversation, before reinforcing that you feel guilty for having to ask, and only if it’s no trouble, but would they be so kind as to possibly do this little thing for you. You will be eternally grateful.” -
Click this to listen. (It's a surprise) This song has made its way into my 3 jams. I think a jam party needs to happen.
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Thank you for a wonderful idea, Geoffrey.
#barneystinsonisawesome
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Wow Urban Dictionary is good.
