I came to a funny realization today; all of my favorite movies have to do with someone standing up for something. That whole Underdog syndrome. Hey, come to think of it, I always liked that Underdog cartoon…


Great, now I have the Underdog theme stuck in my head. 🙂


But seriously. DirecTV went out at my house for some reason tonight, and I felt like vegging as my brain decided to quit working today. I decided to watch a movie instead, and since I hadn’t seen ‘Quiz Show’ in a while I thought I’d watch that again. It’s one of my favorite movies, and I was never quite sure why. It doesn’t have any action, no ‘splosions, no swash-buckling guys leaping around fightin’ each other. It’s just a movie I enjoy. It finally hit me when I saw Rob Morrow (playing Richard Goodwin) looking out at whoever it was that played Dan Enright, right near the end of the movie during the hearing. I suddenly realized that if I could look Diane Nelson right in the eyes, or Phil Lotane, I would give them the exact same look Rob Morrow was giving that television producer. That same feeling of “I’ve got you, neener neener neener.” (Although, of course, Dick Goodwin was a Harvard grad, so I’m sure he would leave out the ‘neener’ part.) 🙂 But it’s just that exact same feeling of accomplishment. That same feeling of helping the underdog. No wonder my two favorite movies are The Power of One and Quiz Show. I hadn’t even made that connection before.

Although, Ralph Fiennes might have something to do with the latter. 🙂 You know, I used to wonder why he sounded so mumbly in that movie. That guy’s a Shakespearean actor, you’d think he’d speak clearly for how well renowned he is. Then it hit me; he was trying to do an American accent. How funny is that? When Americans do British accents, we just hold out the vowel sounds until it takes ages to say things like “call” (i.e. “caaaaaawwwwlllll”) and “how are you” (i.e. “how aaaaarrrre you”). But when Brits do Americanese, they mumble. I think that’s hilarious.

Thus ends yet another late-night blog. I hope it was sufficiently silly for you. I’m sure I’ll think of more silly things to say on the subjects of the evening by tomorrow morning. I know there was something I meant to say but I’m forgetting. Ah well, the neglected statements shall be ratified at morning’s light. Big enough words for you? That’s what you get when I blog after writing a serious business letter. Neener neener neener. 🙂