Moviegoer stabbed with meat thermometer after telling woman to stop talking on phone during “Shutter Island”
March 10th, 2010 by Scott Marks
In a feat worthy of Joe Pesci, the boyfriend of a movie patron, irate over his best gal being told to stop yakking on her cell phone during a screening of “Shutter Island,” took matters into his own hands by stabbing the right-thinking patron in the neck with a meat thermometer.
The alleged assault occurred during a 9 pm screening last Saturday night at the Cinemark 22 in Lancaster, California. A gentleman cinephile, annoyed by an African American woman talking during the feature, asked that she finish her conversation elsewhere. She left with her two companions only to return minutes later and stab the faultfinder with the cooking instrument.
Never one to champion carrying concealed weapons, in this case I’ll gladly make an exception. It’s not that I wanted the gentleman to protect himself when the thugs came back. On the contrary, he should have shot the bitch at point blank range for daring to speak during Marty’s latest offering.
According to KTLA the victim, who was hospitalized, is expected to survive. Two other brave souls who attempted to help the victim were also injured in the altercation. The assailants escaped and are still at large. I am hoping that Lancaster’s African American community will band together and in the spirit of Fritz Lang’s “M,” track down these animals, kill them and present Marty with their heads.
Better yet, give the bastards the same treatment only this time make sure that the turkeys are done.
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KPBS Film Club reviews “Shutter Island,” “Red Riding Trilogy,” “Une Prophet,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Ghost Writer” and Oscar
March 10th, 2010 by Scott Marks
I don’t think the bookworm liked me.
Jerry Griswold, the director of SDSU’s National Center for the Study of Children’s Literature, was on to talk about the differences between Lewis Carroll and Tim Burton. Instead of giving me a vacation, Griswold came out swinging all because I nice things to say about the 3-D version of “Alice in Wonderland!” Made for grate radio!
My favorite shows are when Beth and I disagree on everything and today was one such example. Beth didn’t even like the Oscars and her thoughts on “Shutter Island” made me shudder!
If I seem more hurried than usual you have Marty to thank. Wanting to ensure that we didn’t go over and bump the “Shutter Island” review, I tried my best to be brief. So did our producer Angela Carone who kept the segments flying at a brisk pace in order to allow time to pay my respects to Him. The three listeners who actually put stock in my opinions needed to hear them.
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