Forum / A Beatnik Boot Camp?

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  James Lloyd Davis

  May 31, 12:30pm

  Reading about the recent movie, "On the Road," a rather ambitious attempt to produce a film version of Kerouac's novel, I came across this item in a Wiki article:

  "Before filming began on August 2, 2010, in Montreal, Canada, with a $25 million budget the entire cast underwent a three-week "beatnik boot camp..."

  When I read that, I suffered an attack of wonder. My mind went off on tangents and may not return for weeks.

  Like... yeah. Picture the drill instructors in berets and boat neck tees:

  "Okay, maggots, lay back and riff me some stanzas, now... Groove! Groove! Groove!"

  I love Hollywood.

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  James Lloyd Davis

  May 31, 05:38pm

  As opposed to a Clint Eastwood type Marine DI with a flat hat, saying, "Okay, ladies, get down and gimme fifty pushups quick! Come on. Move! Move! Move!"

  Hmm. Maybe it wasn't that funny.

  Guess you had to be there!

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  James Lloyd Davis

  May 31, 05:38pm

  Never mind.

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  Dolemite

  May 31, 05:54pm

  (everyone's busy checking out that link I posted to Paul McCartney's upcoming funeral...)

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  Doug Bond

  May 31, 06:42pm

  Beatnik Boot Camp is a great title for a story that should go up here....today, hmmmm?

  alt. titles: berets and boat neck tees

  Bongos, Beads, Bra-less Breasts and Little Chin Beards

  What is it with Beatnik culture and the letter "B"

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  Ramon Collins

  May 31, 08:12pm

  JLD: ’Twas funny.

  Indeed, Mr. Bond -- and Dago red, a joint and Dylan Thomas’s “Under Milkwood” on a 78.

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  James Lloyd Davis

  May 31, 11:39pm

  Overheard during a reading of Under Milkwood at a local little theater event in Texas:

  "Whatever do they mean by 'cucumber and hooves?' Is that some kind of Welsh delicacy?"

  I swear that I heard that. I really heard someone say that. Really.

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