Oh yes, that's much better!

I didn't mean to shame it, actually. It just isn't a "film" on par with say, The Godfather. Do I shamelessly watch it 30 years later? Yes, yes I do.

Rush wasn't half bad. Speed 2 and The Lost Boys weren't really cinematic achievements. Although, 15 year old me would have hit that so hard back when The Lost Boys came out.

That should be the legally mandated way one refers to him. Either that or, "Jason Patric, star of 1987's The Lost Boys".

Oh man, that never even crossed my mind! This has to be the answer.

LOL! Shall do!

Thanks! :-)

Sweet cheese and corn, that is an excellent idea!

LOL! Oh gosh, yes, that was a total joke! The author of the novel, Winston Groom, lives a few miles from here and the adoration that the film and novel received was vastly overrated around these parts.

Thank you so much for that, JustClickYourHeelsThreeTimes! (Awesome name, btw!)

Wonderful! I'm really looking forward to it.

Thank you for that. I'm gonna order a copy of each from Amazon.

I am throwing so much shade at Ms. Mills. Moving in next door, striking up a friendship with the sister and then writing a book about Lee? Then to purport that she had their blessing? Oh, hunty...just no!

It's long been rumored that Truman Capote actually wrote the book or greatly contributed to it.

Sorry to hear that you had such a rough childhood there. Hopefully, where ever you are now treats you much better. :-)

He's going to be glad to know he's not the only one who feels the same about the way things are there. He's been gone for a few years now and says that it's just understood and something no one really acknowledges.

Thank you for that feedback, StrongerThanWine. You said it much more succinctly than I did - disappointed is the perfect word to describe how I feel.

The one truly disappointing thing for me about this is that Tumblr is blocked at work and I can't bask in all of the schadenfreude.

Obviously, I know that the entire country isn't that way. I'm an idiot, but not enough of an idiot to think that the actions of a few people are representative of the entire population. For a country as progressive and enlightened as Australia, it just surprises me to see so much negative news coming our way about…

Australia is just KILLING it lately with the homophobia and racism. First, Tony Abbott gets elected to office, then that woman on the train goes on her racist rampage and now this.