Thursday, September 15, 2005

Geoff's New Apartment

Done over in a style known to all as "Junior Year".

Let's ask the critics and see what they say:

Ebert: No risks here, by the book and solid. I'd give it a thumbs up for execution but there isn't a lot of creative range…
Siskel: No... No creative range? Are you insane or has syphilis finally taken your poxy eyes. There’s creativity all over the place. Look at the exposed brick! College students don’t usually have that kind of decorative flair …
E: oh yes, no one has ever thought of bricks before…
S: and the style elements. Why they alone propell this to be an achievement setting him far above the common herd…
E: … of RISD students…
S: .. huumphhh. Look at the clever use of the firearm! Hung over with clothes, it’s obviously an artistic statement about man’s constant struggle against war and violence. The clothes are a metaphor for peace, symbolically beating swords into plowshares…
E: You probably don’t’ want to start talking about beating your sword into anything unless you’ve got a new deal on cable tv there Mr. Lofferlighten. It’s a gun hat rack. … hmmm. And I think it’s loaded.
S: Fine, well what about the photo of Armstrong on the Moon? Strong, purposeful, alone on the vast white wall symbolizing Armstrong’s physical remoteness from the juxtaposed with the emotional bond he shares with the rest of mankind in our greatest moment. So purposeful, so symbolic, so
E: hackneyed. The word you are looking for is hackneyed Roger. I’m surprised you don’t know it better, it’s shouted at you all day. Unless you think that’s your name or something. All it needs is a motivational poster with a cat and a Kandinsky and it could be for sale as a K-Mart Kollege Dorm Kit. Shit, these kids haven’t even done the dishes!
S: from studying so hard and throwing all their effort into their art! The only time you’ve thrown that much into something is when you bumped Oprah at the roast beef station during the daytime emmys last year. Did you really step on her face to grab that ham?
E: That was her foot and it was falling over…
S: …drunk. Or did you mean the ham and not yourself?
E: Me? You’re one to talk. Even your probation officer doesn’t believe you’re drinking all those bottles of vanilla extract for the flavor..
S: You leave Stan out of this …

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