The Cinema of Kerry Shirts

[_LifeOnaPlate]

Just as a friendly heads-up, Kerry lost his brother in an automobile accident last month and it might do well to lay off for a little while.

By posting the videos on the internet, Shirts is making himself a public figure. Although I find the personal attacks distasteful--that is the price of opting in. If Shirts needs time to mourn, than he should disengage. He can't keep up his same old routine and except deferential treatment.

Kerry isn't expecting deferential treatment, nor is he asking for it. As a friend of Kerry's I am letting people know, hoping to appeal to a sense of common decency.

(John Larsen: an apologist for the smears? Somewhat unexpected)

[_Gadianton Plumber]

Kerry isn't expecting deferential treatment, nor is he asking for it. As a friend of Kerry's I am letting people know, hoping to appeal to a sense of common decency.

(John Larsen: an apologist for the smears? Somewhat unexpected)

So are you going easy on old Aaron after you fantasized him into that car?

[_Doctor Scratch]

Professor,

On your warm recommendation I revisited episode 6. I agree that this is the climax of the series, though still, not as good as the Tarantino film yesterday.

Oh, yes, I agree. In fact, I should say that I just returned from a screening of the latest Tarantino opus. I agree with you that there are quite a few similarities between Landa and the apologists.

What seemed to thread the cloth together in this segment was the near universal enjoyment of ice cream bars and junk food. No fancy hor dourves and delicacies here. Along with the lifeless interior space, the forced laughter, and the disturbing "eye jokes" that you point out, I'd have thought John Waters was in command of the scene. But he definitely draws the viewer in here, it was a quick ten minutes.

Interesting. I hadn't noticed the parallels with Waters's work (especially Pink Flamingoes---does DCP own that?), but I think you're right.

[_Dr. Shades]

These episodes feature interviews with Allen "The Slug" Wyatt, and Daniel C. Peterson.

"The Slug?" I thought it was "The Snake."

[_Doctor Scratch]

These episodes feature interviews with Allen "The Slug" Wyatt, and Daniel C. Peterson.

"The Slug?" I thought it was "The Snake."

Allen Wyatt is a snake, but in terms of giving him a more permanent nickname, I personally prefer "The Slug."

On that note, let me get to the final review:

The FAIR Conference 2009: Pt. X-XIII one star.

After the thrills of part VI, the film really fizzled. There was an interview with Steve "Rommelator" Smoot, but this was tedious, since Smoot is rather like a TBM version of The Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons. Can't you just see him saying, "Worst anti-Mormon ever!"?

That said, I did enjoy the conclusion to the film. Once again, we join Mr. Shirts in his vehicle as he drives back up into Idaho, with menacing dark clouds lumbering on the horizon. He holds forth for a few minutes on the topic of hypocephali, and on other matters pertaining to the work of John Gee. This was a curious, foreboding ending to what is, in the end, Shirts's finest cinematic effort to date. Are we meant to understand that the apologists are losing hope in Book of Abraham apologetics? Is that the message of the grey and forlorn clouds, and the fog-draped mountain? I suppose we'll have to wait for next year's sequel.

Thanks to KA, Dr. Shades, and others who chimed in here.

LoaP: I'm unimpressed by your use of argumentum ad misercordiam. Presumably you skipped seeing The Dark Knight in theaters, out of deference to Heath Ledger's family, eh?

[_Dr. Shades]

Allen Wyatt is a snake, but in terms of giving him a more permanent nickname, I personally prefer "The Slug."

Does that refer to his vivaciousness while granting interviews?

Thanks to KA, Dr. Shades, and others who chimed in here.

I have a confession to make: I've been using your reviews like a college student uses Cliff's Notes: You're not supposed to read them sans reading the actual book, but college students do it anyway since they get to save time, skip all the fluff, and go straight to the good parts that way.

[_cinepro]

I've never been able to make it to the FAIR Conference, so I enjoy Kerry's vids as a way to see what it's like "behind the scenes". His personality and enthusiasm really add a lot to the vids.

That being said, those are some pretty funny reviews, Scratch.

And sorry to hear about Kerry's brother.