jeudi 25 octobre 2007

le tele

this morning, on a channel that "sleeps" overnight (it's just the logo, snoring), I watched a french cartoon that involved - I think - three fleas who lived with two cats. the cats somehow got toy remote control cars and set about torturing the fleas with them.
the next half hour consisted of the cats running over the fleas with the cars, and the fleas attempting to first destroy the cars, then just move out (hobo packs and all) and then again destroy the cars. In the course of all that, they were run over about 25 times. Apparently, French children really like seeing things get all flat-as-a-crepe and then, after a comic beat, popping back to 3-D.

right now, ann is making a boeuf bourguignon and I am watching a movie (sound off - can't unnderstand them anyway - serge gainsbourg on in the background) where the main comedic element is that a funny old man, a weird young guy and an attractive "model-type" woman are in a car that is ... wait for it ... stuck in a tree on the side of a cliff.

ha! get it? see, it's a car ... but it's in a tree on the side of a cliff!

based on the actors' facial expressions, I'd wager the dialog is about as Cannes-worthy as the plot. -k

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