Scary is what it's all about during Halloween week.
And perhaps the scariest news (other than Sen. Joe Lieberman fucking with the Democrats over a public option opt-out health care reform bill, although that makes me, as one of his constituents, more pissed off than scared), is that Broadway is planning a new show based on the 1988 Tom Cruise movie COCKTAIL.
Now, COCKTAIL was one of the worst good bad movies ever. It's one of those movies that is occasionally overplayed on cable, and you just have to watch that scene where Bryan Brown and Tom Cruise flip those glasses and bottles all over the bar:
But I just can't see this as a Broadway show. I mean, really? And apparently they've already got someone in mind to play the Elizabeth Shue role. Are we surprised it's Katie Holmes, aka Mrs. Tom Cruise?
You can read more about plans for COCKTAIL here.
If you were going to produce a good bad movie for the stage, what would it be? (And you can't pick FLASHDANCE or DIRTY DANCING, since they've both been done...remarkably under my radar, since I find them both compellingly bad although not nearly as bad as COCKTAIL).
Karen
Showgirls!!! "You like doggie chow? I like doggie chow!" We own a copy of this movie and I LOVE it. It never fails to make me laugh.
Posted by: AlisonGaylin | October 28, 2009 at 09:59 AM
Powerful stuff
Posted by: Jim W | October 28, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Swayze it. Road House.
Posted by: kieran | October 28, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Me 'n K are on the same wavelength - Dalton RULES man!!!!
Posted by: Lori Armstrong | October 28, 2009 at 02:55 PM
I still can't past Lieberman. Start a recall movement, Karen.
Posted by: Patti Abbott | October 28, 2009 at 03:27 PM
Fuck Holy Joe. If you haven't seen the comment over at The Planet from an Anonymous friend, check it out, Karen. It's a bit of scatological/political genius.
Bad movie for a play? I'd like to see the musical, Battlefield Earth.
Posted by: David Terrenoire | October 28, 2009 at 03:35 PM
1986, Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines - Running Scared.
Posted by: Jake Nantz | October 28, 2009 at 04:18 PM
I've never seen Road House.
I like the idea of Running Scared. Yes, another good bad movie from the Eighties.
And Patti and David: I called Lieberman's office today. When I asked why he's changing his tune from supporting a universal health care plan in 2006, the staffer said, "I don't know." They don't even have a script for them to give even a lame answer. He did say they've been getting a lot of phone calls...
Posted by: Karen Olson | October 28, 2009 at 04:36 PM
(Rubs eyes) NEVER seen Road House?
Posted by: kieran | October 29, 2009 at 06:10 AM
Cabin Boy!
Lieberman reminds me of the story about the animal swimming through a flooded river. A scorpion asks to ride on his back. The animal says, "but you'll sting me." "Why would I do that?" says the scorpion, "If you go down so do I." Halfway across the river, the scorpion stings the animal and they both start to sink. The animal says, "Why'd you sting me?" And the scorpion says, "You knew I was a scorpion when you invited me to hop on your back."
He gives a whole new meaning to the term "Joe Dirt."
Posted by: J. Carson Black | October 29, 2009 at 07:24 AM
I was totally gonna say Road House too. I'VE SEEN YOUR KIND MANY TIMES!!!
Next choice - Red Dawn.
Posted by: Jeff Shelby | October 29, 2009 at 08:02 AM
My choice above all others: "You Light Up My Life".
Posted by: Mike Dennis | October 30, 2009 at 03:44 PM