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I was supposed to pull another 12 hour day today, but I honestly couldn't get out of bed. I'm just burnt out, mentally, physically and emotionally. I had to call in sick.

So I watched my taped episodes of Degrassi. Kevin Smith made a special guest appearance. I thought my head was about to explode. I couldn't decide what was stranger- Kevin Smith, or the cheese buffet at the prom.

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Here's a great article about Rex Pickett and the adaptation of his book Sideways . I'd only read this if you've actually seen the movie, because it does describe some of the movie scenes.

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I had a variety of strange dreams this morning, but the funniest part I remember was seeing an ad for a tv show starring Madonna. The show was called "One Angry Bitch."

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Whoa. I'm sick. I can't get out from under a blanket without freezing. Ick.

Classic films/multicultural movies- "Do the Right Thing"

Today I re-watched Spike Lee's 1989 movie Do the Right Thing. I first saw this movie a few years ago, and was amazed at its brilliance. I enjoyed it even more the second time. It's a chilling look at an eruption of ethnic violence in a Brooklyn neighbourhood. I noticed that as I watched it, I felt more and more uncomfortable as it progressed. There are a number of things that are fantastic about this movie. First, the scene feels like a real neighbourhood and the people seem to act very natural towards each other. The camera angles used are also unique. A number of the speeches delivered in this movie seem like poems/or performances pieces. Lee also seems to like shooting people through windows. There are a lot of shots where a character is seen sitting inside or outside a window, which adds another dimension to this movie. I think this movie is chilling because it seems so real. Violence does erupt after years of tension and the problems raised in the script are still around today. This script tells a story and gets it message across, but there is no clear answer or explanation given to why the events in the story occur, which is exactly as it should be.

I didn't watch the director's commentary, but I did watch an intro and concluding speech from Spike Lee. He says that the media tried to blow this picture out of proportion, claiming that it would cause blacks to riot. Whatever.

This was a first movie for many Hollywood actors, including Rosie Perez, Martin Lawrence and Samuel L. Jackson. I think that Rosie Perez' nude scene is amazingly sexy, but I read that she was crying during this scene because she felt exploited, which is why her face was not shown.