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OK, I admit it. I don’t speak pirate myself, but I feel a real closeness to the pirate community. It all started in high school, when the vice-principal assigned me the locker next to David Jones, or “Davy,” as we called him.
I was so close to glory, yet you never hear a pirate say, “We sent ‘im to Davy Jones’s locker, which, by the way, is right next to Uncle Scoopy’s.”
I actually forgot to speak or write like a pirate last September 19. I’ve decided to spin my failure by saying that I chose to portray pirates as they really talked instead of creating some larger-than-life caricature. Just think of it in terms of Dennis Quaid playing Doc Holliday.
Long John Silver and Doc Holliday have something in common. They are roles that are more successful when overacted. Dennis Quaid portrayed Doc Holliday as a real person. Nobody wants to see that shit. That’s like portraying a medieval bridge-keeper without one decent riddle, or playing Richard III as a thoughtful man with perfect posture.
Or portraying a Yarrr-less pirate.
That reminds me of a story my sons told me. When they were kids, they watched some show about a local news announcer who had to fill in when the local kiddie-show guy got sick. He didn’t enjoy acting and he didn’t understand the characters. When he played Cap’n Jack the pirate he would just read the cue cards in his news-announcer voice. “Avast me hearties, it be time for a cartoon. Yar, kids.” (Just pronouncing “yar” to rhyme with “bar,” with no rolled “r.”) The part of the story I liked best was how he hosted the Horror Theater as Ghost Jack, reading his evil laugh off the cue cards in a flat, toneless voice as “Mewee, mewee, ma-ha-ha, kids.” I never saw that show, whatever it was, but I remember how much the kids and I loved to talk about it, and how we would make up other larger-than-life characters to be played by the substitute Something Jack: Cowboy Jack, Vampire Jack, Gabby Jack, Sonny Jack (who had a perfectly sensible appreciation of Cocoa Puffs), Jack the Tiger (“Frosted Flakes are great, I suppose. Well, let’s just say to be fair that they’re quite tasty, kids.”), Yosemite Jack, Jack Ventura (Pet Detective), etc.
Now that I think about it, I would love to see how Dennis Quaid would play Sonny the Cuckoo.
This is a day when we honor Robert Newton, essentially the inventor of pirate-speak as we now conceive of it.
Some four years after Treasure Island, Newton played Long John Silver again in the 1954 film Long John Silver, shot in Australia. The same production then made 26 half-hour episodes of The Adventures of Long John Silver, also starring Newton. Remarkably, they were filmed in color, even though few people owned color TVs at the time—and Australia itself didn’t even have television yet. If Wikipedia has the dates right, Newton was alive when the series began airing in the USA in 1955, but had passed away before it reached the UK in 1957, where he could play the part post-mortem. Death didn’t slow him in the least. Now that is commitment that even Daniel Day-Lewis could learn from.
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UPDATE: Just released in 1080hd and 2160hd
This is a “meta” slasher film about making a slasher film. It is part slasher film, part genre parody, part psycho-sexual adventure.
A queer filmmaker is hired to direct a new installment of the long-running slasher franchise Camp Miasma. The director becomes fixated on the prospect of casting the reclusive actress who played the final girl in the original film. As the two women begin to work together, they descend into a frenzy of psychosexual mania.
IMDb: 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes: 98% (!! ??)
There are things I like about the film. I love the introduction. As often seen in Wes Anderson films, the auteur created an elaborate, intricate fictional universe with a back story too detailed to absorb without the pause button. In that universe, Camp Miasma is a legendary horror franchise that rivals Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street, with similar highs and lows in the history of the franchise. That fictional world is supported by faux newspaper articles, VHS/DVD boxes, reviews, billboards, video games, board games, etc.
I found the main body of the film unappealing. There is very little forward movement in the narrative, and I am an impatient person. The sex scene pictured below, featuring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, is more than eight minutes long. Other sex scenes between them (without nudity) take up another four or five minutes. I rarely fast-forward during a sex scene, but I was so bored here that I made an exception.

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Here is the part of the film I liked: the ersatz history.
This one is not much of a nude scene, or much of any kind of a scene. As I watched it, I thought that I had accidentally hit the pause button.

This scene was a nothing burger, but she did a much better scene in episode 7. MUCH better. That page also gives you a summary of the show and a brief bio of Nana, AKA Im Jin-Ah.
This Korean series is a historical romance. It has just been released on Netflix.
A cunning noblewoman and a notorious playboy engage in a secret game of seduction and manipulation, drawing an innocent young widow into their dangerous romantic power play.
The series is not the story here. The reason to pay attention is Nana, AKA Im Jin-ah. You older American guys probably never heard of her. I know I never did. But she seems to be a big deal at other ports of call, especially as a singer. She also won the title of World’s Most Beautiful Face in both 2014 and 2015 in the rankings issued each year by TC Candler.
Here is her IMDb bio:
Hailed as the ‘God-Tier Visual of the Second Generation of K-pop”, Im Jin-ah, professionally recognized as Nana, is a South Korean Actress active in singing, acting, and modeling. She has been recognized as perhaps one of the most beautiful women in the world and has been listed by TC Candler for over a decade straight since 2013 and has been in the top nominations during those times. Jin-ah graduated from Ochang High School in Cheongju and was a participant in the 2009 Asia Pacific Super Model Contest. Later on that year, she gained prominence as a member of After School on November 25, 2009, with the release of their solo song “Because of You” which became a massive hit during the time. The group won multiple awards during their time and became one of the most influential girl groups from the 2nd generation of K-pop known for their ‘sexy’ concept as well for their sophisticated and mature image. In June 2010, Nana and fellow members Raina and Lizzy assembled the sub-group, Orange Caramel, releasing the single “Magic Girl” showing a bubbly-charming image contrasted with After School’s sensuous concept. Aside from her musical endeavors, Nana has also made a significant impact in the acting industry. She has appeared in numerous television dramas, showcasing her versatility as an actress.
Who is Tanya Reynolds? The name may not be familiar, but she has a major role in one of the most popular series of today. The show is Ted Lasso, and she plays the introverted wallflower who is struggling to be a tough coach without being a martinet. The character is known to have a female partner, but seems basically asexual on the show.
Some of her earlier roles were very different:
2017 – Delicious, e3
2019 – Fanny Lye Deliver’d
2019 – Sex Education. e3
I don’t know anything about the “leaks” scene, but this video certainly looks like her, and she’s always been a favorite of mine. If this is Sonya, and if this is recent, she’s certainly looking great at 52.