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battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch
01/31/09

In reply to New In Town Is Like Fargo With Vomit
Ahh yes, all us career-oriented, high faultin' wimmins just need some p in our v so we loosen up a little. Thanks for informing me, Slobby Man Man who Can't Get Laid, I'll jump right on that.
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land surveyor k
01/30/09

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good ol' jezebel... never missing an opportunity to kick a woman when she's down.
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Diziet_Sma
01/31/09

@land surveyor k: Hello! I think you've taken a wrong turn somewhere. I'd turn around and get the hell outta here, if I were you.
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Evie Havok
01/31/09

@land surveyor k: Please stay. I agree with you.

@Diziet_Sma: It's the truth why ignore it.
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Diziet_Sma
01/31/09

@afiunderground: @afiunderground: OK.

1 - Who are they kicking here? Renee Zellweger? Show me where, because I can't see it.

2 - Even if they were, she's hardly 'down' - being one of the most successful Hollywood actresses ever.

3 - If 1 and 2 were true, afi, I would think you'd be dancing in the streets, since you've made your utter hatred of anyone with any money, especially if they are white, quite plain on numerous occasions.

4 - If you think Jezebel is down on women, your perception is even more distorted than I previously thought.
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DivineGigi
01/30/09

In reply to New In Town Is Like Fargo With Vomit
Fargo isn't in Minnasota. It is in North Dakota. I just can't let that one pass me by.
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lilbobbytables
01/31/09

@DivineGigi: THANK YOU!
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Mafalda para Presidente
01/30/09

In reply to New In Town Is Like Fargo With Vomit
I have barf attacks every time I see the previous on TV, so I'm not surprised by this.
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fouralarmfirepants
01/30/09

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Minnesota stereotypes: Two words. Robert Zimmerman.
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lilbobbytables
01/31/09

@fouralarmfirepants: It is true. We are all awesome, if eccentric, folk music geniuses.
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Lizawithazee
01/30/09

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I still find it amusing to blame an actor and not the writer, producer or director of the movie for churning out such swill.
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CassetteLove
01/30/09

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As a North Dakotan, the strange confabulation of Fargo being associated exclusively with a Minnesota accent in all media disturbs and amuses me.
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tscheese
01/30/09

@CassetteLove: Right!?

I grew up in South Dakota. My brother lives and works in Fargo. For the most part, people there don't have a HUGELY noticeable accent--it's mostly pretty flat and generic. It's that basic "radio voice", y'know? Oh, sure, people sometimes say "yah" instead of "yeah" and "oh goodness" instead of "wow," but the media seems to think that if you live within driving distance of Manitoba, you're absolutely incomprehensible.

I've lived on the East Coast for the last eight years, and I've been working in NYC for five, so you can probably imagine that my own accent is a laugh and a half.
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lilbobbytables
01/31/09

@CassetteLove: I love that no one knows that Fargo is not actually in Minnesota.

And Hello Neighbor!!!
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technotica
01/30/09

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Well I will have to say that my husband's family speaks like this - but just a little. They are in Fergus Falls which is an hour away from Fargo. They just saw 'uffta' and 'you betcha' a few times - especially from his grandma which is so sweet. After a few days up there my husband starts up the 'da Swedish' accent. I laugh at him and then we go home.

I didn't believe people had this kind of accent until I met these people - and they are the sweetest bunch of people ever. They don't understand why I don't like lefsa. My father-in-law grew up there and took lessons on the accordion and ate lutefisk. It is kind of a dying thing I think.
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hellosunshine
01/30/09

@technotica: ...I want to go to there. (Seriously, that sounds fantastic!)
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lilbobbytables
01/31/09

@technotica: @encnyc: Lutefisk should die a turrible death based on smell alone (sorry to any fans - but fish + lye = a sick lil bobby tables). However, I do have to share surprise with disliking lefse. That is fantastic.

I dont think Uff Da is going out of style - I say it all the time, and I am under 30.

I should perhaps not admit to that, no?
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atomic
01/30/09

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This reminds me of when my dad forced us to move from San Diego, California to Wallace, Idaho, a 1,000 person town on the border of Canada. I was completely convinced that people were going to be wearing 19th century clothing.

But, I was, like, 10 years old.

And, all I discovered was that kids in small towns have a penchant for sex and drugs.

What's Renee's excuse?
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lilbobbytables
01/31/09

@Valley Girl Intelligentsia: Well, there is nothing else to do. And I am not trying to be snarky. I live in MN, and grew up in the cities. I never got into drugs/sex/malarkey. My cousins in the rural areas, however, were more experimental in that aspect. My parents, who grew up on farms, were much wilder than I was also.

Of course, I could just be super lame.
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YourScreenplaySucks
01/30/09

In reply to New In Town Is Like Fargo With Vomit
Anyone who hasn't, pls rent "The Last Seduction" (starring Linda Fiorentino) pronto. Now THAT is a city girl meets country boy love story I can believe in.
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sybann
01/30/09

In reply to New In Town Is Like Fargo With Vomit
Wow. Them are some scathing reviews. Has anyone seen worse in a film without Madonna attached?
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HurricaneEyes
01/30/09

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i am really tired of "cold, lonely, city bitches" always having bobs like that - probably because i have a bob and i am a lovely but lonely country girl. also i think these bobs scare off the menz.
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Vivi21
01/30/09

@HurricaneEyes: It's not just the bobs. It's the implication that urban career women are so uptight that we need to go out to the country and allow ourselves to be swept off our feet by some salt-of-the-earth cowboy or lumberjack type in order to thaw our frozen hearts and make us into real women. Gag me.
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DangerMouse
01/30/09

@Vivi21: It's the bobs plus the straightening iron.
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luxylux
01/30/09

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Renee already did the city girl moving to small town thing, in One True Thing. That movie is pretty great, and it actually treats the moving home to a small town idea with quite a bit of respect. Because it's not a romcom, and the small town thing is not intended as a vehicle for yuks, but an integral part of the overall story. Rent it instead this weekend,I say. Or read the book, which is even better.
But also, the Harry Connick Jr. character in Hope Floats is one of my guiltiest pleasures. He cannot improve on that, and it is a mistake for him to try to reprise that archetype.
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Tart of Darkness
01/30/09

@luxylux: That's the Anna Quindlin book, right?
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Trulymadlyme
01/30/09

@luxylux: Oh that is my movie I put in when I need a good cry. It's 'effin tragic, beautiful story that made me enjoy her acting in spite of my own dislike of her personally. That's her trick. Making me appreciate her work despite not really liking her personally.

But this movie? Trite. Mainly because they decided to white was (literally) the story by making it a fake sex and the city meets sweet home alabama redo (which the promos totally cop-to, sadly).

This movie might have been interesting if it was just smaller, more nuanced indie film that kept to the real story: a black woman trying to adjust to living in rural Minn. and vice versa.
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midori19
01/30/09

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Does this movie include the type of "Minnesota Nice" where people are super nice to your face and talk about you behind your back?

Minnesota,where the winters are cold and the hearts are even colder.

Only kidding a little...I swear it took a millions years to make friends here.
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lilbobbytables
01/31/09

@midori19: It is a different atmosphere - even compared to Wisconsin, I think that Minnesotans are a little more reserved. It is strange to me, however, when people get super close super fast. And I admit, I am not a hugger.
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Scout
01/30/09

In reply to New In Town Is Like Fargo With Vomit
uhm - I dare anyone to name ONE SINGLE VEHICLE in which this Renee Zellweger person did a good job acting?

And! Cold Mountain does NOT count because that was a caricature at best.
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Tart of Darkness
01/30/09

@Scout: "Bridget Jones' Diary". There. I said it. I love that movie and I thought she was terrific in it. She was very funny in it. It's easy to forget how funny because she has sucked in so many other films since then.
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Trulymadlyme
01/30/09

@Scout: One True Thing. She earned my respect in that movie. Also? Jerry Maguire, a movie full of people I can't stand, save for Regina King. Yet, I loved it. She won me over.
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hellosunshine
01/30/09

@Scout: I have to say that Bridget Jones's Diary (the movie) made me love BDJ (the book) SO MUCH MORE. I can't imagine anyone else in that role.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
01/30/09

@trulymadlyme: Another vote for Jerry Maguire. Dorothy (Renee) and Marcy (Regina) pretty much saving the day and the movie.
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Trulymadlyme
01/30/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Exactly, I should hate "Jerry Maguire." But I think both women were screwed out of an Oscar nod. There was so much nuance to the roles. They weren't simply choosing love. They chose to believe in the men they loved. That shit was utterly beautiful.
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DangerMouse
01/30/09

@Scout: Is it ever *not* an offensive portrayal of women in one way or another? That's what I want to know.
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TheUptightMidwesterner
01/31/09

@Tart of Darkness: I agree- she rocks that movie.
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