...and now for another episode of When Apples Met Oranges, starring Tom Hanks and Paul Gross.

[primroseburrows]

I'm ecstatic (and very unsurprised) that Slings & Arrows is getting yet another rave review.

But, um.

The main player in ``Slings'' is actor-turned-director Geoffrey Tennant (Paul Gross, a Canadian Tom Hanks best known in this country for the TV cult claassic ``Due South''), who became interim artistic director of the festival....

I really like Tom Hanks (Philadelphia is one of my very, very favourite movies in the world). Very talented guy, and from everything I've heard, a very nice guy. But he and Paul Gross are nothing alike (aside from being talented and, hopefully, nice). Their acting styles are completely different, they don't look anything alike, they don't sound anything alike. WTF? It's also a bad way to promote the series, because not everyone likes Tom Hanks. Not to mention that Tom Hanks as Geoffrey makes me wince a little, no matter how much I like him as an actor. To be fair, Paul Gross as Forrest Gump makes me wince a lot.

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Comments

[topaz7.livejournal.com]

Oops, looks like I answered your deleted comment above. Anyway, love the mood ring. ;)

Although you may have been sitting in Massachusetts, your heart was clearly in Alberta. Look at that parka! You're ready for the prairie winds, with the fur-lined hood up, 'n' all. *g*

And the yummiest pic above is clearly the Men in Brooms shot. Freckles! *swoons*

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Although you may have been sitting in Massachusetts, your heart was clearly in Alberta. Look at that parka! You're ready for the prairie winds, with the fur-lined hood up, 'n' all. *g*

You can bet every Saturday night I'd be headed for the legion hall. [/k.d. lang] It'd be a couple of years before I'd know about Alberta, though. US schools in the seventies weren't big on the geography of America, let alone Canada (my bet is they still aren't. Ever see Rick Mercer's Talking to Americans? NOT an exaggeration).

John Denver and Gordon Lightfoot taught me more about Canadian (and American) geography than I'd ever been taught in school. I was obsessed with John's Cold nights in Canada for years (along with basically anything about the mountains and the outdoors and the whole John Denver ouevre. Dude. I was a Waltons fan. Hey, I didn't get dorky overnight, y'know).

And the yummiest pic above is clearly the Men in Brooms shot. Freckles! *swoons*

Well, yes, although my fake!boyfriend ain't no slouch, either. Also? I want to knit a sweater like that. I've been having knitting cravings recently.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Also, apparently I was happy that day. If I remember Mood Ring Deciphering, Blue meant "happy".

And? If t00by LJ would let me edit comments, I wouldn't have to delete to edit. *sigh*