Month: May 2008

Thursday’s “not Greek, not fat, but maybe a wedding” news

15 May 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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Today's Joanna Page

Today’s Joanna Page: From Hell

14 May 2008 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

 

Today’s Joanna Page is From Hell, an impressively unpleasant and bad film, which is odd*, given that it was based on a graphic novel by the lovely Alan Moore, stars the equally lovely Johnny Depp and features the very lovely indeed Joanna Page. She plays a former prostitute trying to turn good for the sake of her baby. Which is… nice? Sigh. Where’s Andrea Dworkin when you need her?

* Okay, it’s about Jack the Ripper, so that should have been a clue. What’s the fascination there, by the way? We’re talking about a bloke who was really nasty to women. I’m not really sure he’s worth dwelling on unless you’re a criminal psychologist or a historian…

Tyra Banks and probability

14 May 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Hmm. Am I going to need a whiteboard for this?

I’ve noticed that on America’s Next Top Model, Tyra Banks has an odd habit of saying, when she has the two photographs of the losing/winning models, that "You have a 50-50 chance of getting through".

Really, Tyra? Isn’t this supposed to be a contest of skill, in which the best model gets through? Isn’t it actually the case that you know who’s getting through or at least know which model is better, and therefore the chance is actually 100% of one model getting through and 0% of the other getting through, since there’s no chance element in the decision.

Or are you suggesting the judges just toss a coin to see who wins?

Yes, I know this is probably not the point.