Inciting Incident 10

I ask friend "When did you first feel the need to perform?" This comes from Chicago favorite, the funniest guy I know Mr. Joey Romaine.

Steve and Joey's Movie Corner 2

Me: So for our Christmas addition we'll discuss the Tim Allen hit 'The Santa Clause', Joey your thoughts?
Joey: Well, it's perfect. I mean, find me a better Christmas movie. Find me a better holiday movie!
Me: I can't. Arguably Tim Allen's best work. It has it all: magic, whimsy, and family. Although I don't know if it'd be great to be Santa. I think his life would kinda suck.
Joey: And it shows that! Also, there are shades of every other holiday movie ever, in this ONE movie.
Me: I don't think it does, it shows that it would be weird to transition into being Santa.
Joey: He's grumpy at the beginning (Scrooge, The Grinch). Yeah! That's what I'm saying! Like, oh, it sucks to have gained all this weight. This sucks. Ya know? Also, he's won over by it (Miracle on 34th st.). And Sally Fields is looking GREAT.
Me: I prefer Sally Fields in Mrs. Doubtfire but both movies she plays kind of a neurotic bitch. Which I think is unfair.
Joey: I mean, seriously, killin' what I can only assume was a role written for Diane K (the urbanite intellectual).
Me: He's fun loving and she's like serious bitchy ex-wife
Joey: in both movies! But, isn't that really what all men really want?
Me: What bitchy ex-wives or Sally Fields?
Joey: We want to be the fun ones! BOTH!
Me: But its like he's a man-child. So the only thing for him is to be Santa.
Joey: (Miami's leading Oakland, 13-0) No, he kills Santa, he's super successful.
Me: Movie Corner not Sports Corner. But maybe it's a comment on single parent households.
Joey: Addison and Sheffield! Give us Gift Cards!
Me: Cause he has to leave his kid.
Joey: Who?
Me: Tim Allen
Joey: But, it's that age old question, do you want your dad to be a regular dad? Or do you want your dad to be a star? What's better?
Me: Regular Dad hands down.
Joey: I see both (off)sides.
Me: I don't want my dad to be a movie star or Santa. Stop it.
Joey: #sportscorner (I want free stuff from that bar on Sheffield and Addison) Yeah, you're right! I LOVE my Dad! But, if my Dad, then became Santa, I kind of win, right?
Me: I just think that we're ignoring that this dad is literally abandoning his kid because we're so wrapped up in the elves flying in to save him in jail(love that part). You don't win. Didn't you see The Santa Clause 2?
Joey: Kind of though. I do. I win. I saw all 3!
Me: (spoiler alert) His kids on the naughty list.
Joey: Yeah, but that's the kids fault.
Me: No it's not. I would say that it's a societal problem of what's 'right' and 'wrong'.
Joey: Is Sally Fields in 2?
Me: The kid is doing pro-Christmas graffiti and gets caught. I don't think so.
Joey: Who? The main kid? Tim Allen's kid? Is doing graffiti?
Me: Yeah dude.
Joey: But, it's like pro-cool stuff though, right? Like Christmas? So, then, not really?
Me: That's what I mean, why is graffiti inherently bad? It's not.
Joey: It's like, you can't arrest someone who's robbing a rich person, to give to the poor.
Me: it's this pre-set standard of what puts you on the naughty list, it's bullshit.
Joey: Graffiti? That IS bullshit.
Me: Yeah he like repels into the gym.
Joey: The gym?
Me: And does like a Christmas tree or something.
Joey: Working out?
Me: The school gym dude.
Joey: What's that? A workout move? oh, oh.
Me: God damn it.
Joey: How old is the kid in this one?
Me: High school. The love interest is the principal, she was in 'Lost'.
Joey: I've got an idea for a 4th movie.
Me: What is it?
Joey: He's going to college, and Tim Allen's like, I could go back; I want to learn more, or whatever. And then it's essentially "Back to School".
Me: Like The Santa Clause: Higher Learning.
Joey: Yeah! Who was in Lost?
Me: His love interest in 2. Cause the premise of 2 is that he has to find Mrs. Clause.
Joey: Who was she?
Me: The blond lady who was an other but then hooks up with Jack.
Joey: Did Tim Allen write the 2nd and 3rd ones?
Me: He didn't write any of them. Whats your favorite part of the first one?
Joey: When he's trying to shave, but his beard keeps growing back so fast haahahahahahaaha. You?
Me: My favorite is the part where he comes down the chimney and it's a radiator but it turns into a fireplace.
Joey: hahahahaha that's pretty good, too. What about that part where he's like gaining all that weight and his clothes don't fit, and he's got that big presentation?
Me: Final thoughts Joseph?
Joey: I LOVED it! And Merry Christmas! And Happy Holidays!
Me: If you ever become Santa or another magical figure make sure you have weekly visitation rights for the kids you leave behind. The world isn't all cookies and cocoa. Happy Holidays.
Joey: All the movies in the world!
Me: We've seen 'em!

Steve and Joey's Movie Corner

Subtitle: 'Midnight In Paris' A Review
Me: You ready to do this?
Joey: It's 11:59 my man!
Me: So Joey why did you think "Midnight In Paris" was so amazing
Joey: well, not for the first time, but for the first time in a while, Wood's has found a credible blend of whimsy and wisdom. or rather, the perfect blend
Me: I'm gonna stop you right there. For me there was no blending, the past stuff was great I loved it. Hemingway, Dali great. But Rachel Mc and her parents were so terrible it was like they weren't real people. I didn't believe her and Owen would even get to a second date let alone engagement.
Joey: okkaay! wait a second! First off, let me start by saying part of my first sentence was plagiarized
Me: Boo.
Joey: I was hopin' you were gonna catch me or be like, you didn't write that.
Me: I didn't think you'd actually use the word 'whimsy.'
Joey: I've used it before.
Me: When?
Joey: On dates a lot
Me: Chicks love it.
Joey: Chicks -fil-a.
Me: Good, so what's your defence.
Joey: You've never met anyone like those people?!
Me: I've met people kinda like those people but Rachel was so bitchy, so clueless, and so mean.
Joey: They're all over the place! Yeah, but she wasn't always like that, you know, they had fun together or whatever for awhile.
Me: We never see that in the movie, that's assumed.
Joey: But they've stuck together because of convenience/lifestyle etc. No, there's glimpses they laugh together at the beginning.
Me: Boohoo white privilege.
Joey: They're just tired of each other, I should be so lucky!
Me: What was your favorite part of the movie?
Joey: Ya know, like some of it was a little over the top (they're behavior), but it got us to feel what we needed to feel (good job Wood man!) Oh! Without a doubt there was this point...I'm watching the movie, and i realize I've got this big dopey smile on my face and I'm loving it but I kind of can't believe how much fun I'm having with this movie and I was worried, is this just me? because I love Woody Allen, etc. and then they cut back to the 20's at some carnival, or party or something.
Me: It's a party.
Joey: And you see Owen Wilson, and he's doing the Charleston and he's not doing it right, and it's sloppy, but he's having like the time of his life and that sealed it for me Owen Wilson man, he really kills that movie (good way).
Me: Sure, the saving grace for me was the time in the past and the celebrities they encountered and the fun actors who play them.
Joey: But also, the "real world" was fun though too.
Me: No it was lame. Hemingway, for me, saved the movie If I were to write it Owen would have been in the past the majority of the movie. Also, Owen's kinda a shlub which works in the past cause he's like everyman but in the present it's like milk toast.
Joey: Wait, what?
Me: Soaking toast in milk is how old people eat it. When they don't have teeth.
Joey: Agree 100% about Hemingway, and I would've liked to have seen way more of the 20's.
(referring to milk toast) That's like Owen Wilson in the present?
Me: Yeah.
Joey: How so, Truffaut? (movie corner) He's awesome! I'd totally be that guy's friend.
Me: Was (movie corner) an ending?
Joey: No, no just an explanation for my weak question. What do you mean milk toast though?Me: I might be his friend.
Joey: He wrote Transformers, his character.
Me: But by the nature of his character, he doesn't really offer anything he's not interesting or smart.
Joey: Still, he's written a bunch of movie hits.
Me: He's just you know a bro.
Joey: He's smart.
me: No he's not.
Joey: He has to be.
Me: He has to plagiarize things he's just witnessed in the 20's at an art museum in the present and even that, who cares.
Joey: Otherwise he wouldn't be worrying himself with the past, and would just be living it up in the now with all of his $$$.
Me: I mean I guess he's searching for something more, something more than his provincial life, that's a Beauty and the Beast reference!
Joey: (movie corner) We should just write (movie corner) whenever we make a reference to another movie or anything film. But, you know he's smart, by where he's at and what he's doing right? I don't need to see him being smart.
Me: Give me a sum up Joey.
Joey: (quotes Dan Aykroyd tweet) "I'm really happy to be back in the trenches working on something real. The premise is good. The story is good. It looks promising."
Me: All the movies in the world...
Joey: We've seen em'!