I know that most of the opposition in Germany was conservative, but I have to wonder if that's because Germany was a particularly conservative country or because by the time of the war most of the Communists, anarchists, socialists, etc had been neutralized.

The reanimated corpse of James K. Polk!

Heath Ledger.

I remember exactly one joke from Fresno. (I was ten at the time.) After a long explanation of some crazy shit that happened in the distant past, someone asks Burnett, "What were you doing all this time?" and she says, "I was busy raising Cain!" Cain, of course, being her son. Amazingly, I got the joke, and I still…

Wasn't he heckling the New York Film Critics Circle awards the other night?

And Christina Hendricks is Jimi Hendrix's sister!

He's sexist, yes, but that's entirely because he's an old-fashioned guy. There's no malice to it whatsoever, and he's not incapable of learning the error of his ways. It takes a while, sure, but it's pretty difficult for a middle-aged man to adjust to a total sea change in the culture.

I've never understood why people are so inclined to think that a portrayal is an endorsement.

I never had a problem understanding what they're saying in
MASH. But that movie seems more accessible in lots of ways.

Wow. That's a pretty angry response. It's not like I said I can't watch movies that aren't fullscreen or something. Now that would be shallow.

Never underestimate the power of hate.

I sometimes find Altman boring, which is why my Netflix disc of Nashville sat unwatched by me for weeks before I sent it back. Everyone says it's great, but even under the best of circumstances I'm rarely in the mood to watch long movies and I'd just had a hell of a time getting through McCabe and Mrs Miller. Altman…

It's an exaggeration. Actually, he just blue himself.

Well, there were a lot of gays in the Nazi party's upper ranks, but only until the Rohm purge, which was well before the holocaust started.

Completely? Should I fold them and put them on the floor next to the toilet? Or drape them over the edge of the tub?

I always liked the idea that the storm troopers were regular guys who joined the army, probably because the career prospects were pretty bleak on Coruscant or whatever. Then someone decided that they were all clones of Boba Fett's dad. Christ.

Which is what makes it a GREAT joke.

I'd say his best are Frank Black, Frank Black and the Catholics, Teenager of the Year, Honeycomb and Dog in the Sand, but probably not in that order.

I love Honeycomb. It might be my favorite of his solo stuff.

Godwin's first.