did anybody catch the phoenix debate? i had a hankering to try out slate's Democratic Debate Drinking Game, but i got a pass for a free previews of Mystic River, which was AWESOME. with the exception of Unforgiven, i've never been impressed with clint's directorial abilities, but this movie was freaky good, i swear to god. i've read reviews that have said that it was a disappointing adaptation of the book, but i haven't read the book, so like i give a shit. it was totally intense...kind of gave me a stomach ache, really. and on top of that, it stars three of the greatest actors in living history: sean penn, tim robbins and lawrence fishburn. man, they act so well they make my heart hurt, especially sean penn, and speaking of sean penn...i still don't understand how it is that nobody but me and like 10 other people are on the sean penn is the best actor ever bandwagon. sure, he's been in some bad movies, but has he ever actually *been* bad in them? he even turned out an good performance in Shanghai Surprise and that movie, by all rights, should have killed the careers of everyone involved. how good was he in colors, the thin red line, hurlyburly, casualties of war, sweet and lowdown, state of grace, i am sam, the weight of water, carlito's way, u turn, dead man walking (of course), taps...am i missing anything, am i? i think playing spicoli in fast times at ridgemont high might have branded him forever as...well, spicoli. maybe that's it. and that whole married to madonna thing. but fuck that, sean penn is godly. and kinda hot too, but that's just me.
i was talking about something else before i got on the sean penn topic, wasn't i? oh, the debate. so did anybody pick that up? i've read a couple of articles, but nothing's ever as good as a first hand account from a discerning source. also, i'd like to know if i'm right: i'm betting clark, edwards and dean took off their jackets and pushed up their shirtsleeves at some point. am i right? and leiberman kept his on...but if he did take it off, he looked very awkward doing so.
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