May 2 2007Bret Easton Ellis to Adapt The Frog King
Using an axe gives me wood
Bret Easton Ellis, esteemed author of American Psycho, Rules of Attraction, and Less Than Zero, is writing a movie adaptation of The Frog King, which will star Joseph Gordon-Levitt from 3rd Rock From the Sun, and more recently, The Lookout.
Never heard of The Frog King? Uh, me neither.
How say you, internet?
The Frog King follows Harry, a man of privilege who is farting around in publishing, hating the politics and pretension that surround his work. This inspires him to come in late, spike his coffee and be a general ass -- a mindset that seeps into his relationship with Evie, an editorial assistant. He wants her, but he also wants to cheat on her.
Well I hope to God he cheats on her with a couple of hookers. Hookers that he later kills. Get writin', Bret, Daddy needs his medicine.
I also hope to God Joseph Gordon-Levitt takes the hyphen out of his name. I don't care if your mom was a hippie, pick a goddamned name. Same with those assholes from the Mars Volta. Rodriguez-Lopez? Seriously, you really needed both of those in there? Look, if you've got one ethnicity, go with one name. Having McCarthy-O'Sheas or Battaglia-Puccinis running around is just polluting the Earth with unnecessary syllables.
Reader Comments
1. noki - May 2, 2007 7:41 PM
i'm not american or english or whatever. in my country the children use both their mother's name as well as the father's name. i use both my surnames and i always will, 'cause it's just NO BIG DEAL! my mom has (besides her two first names) 3 surnames, a lot of women adopt their husband's surname and keep them ALL! why not? again what's the problem.. though i do hate hyphens. but if women (and man) are "allowed" to use both their first names (when they have more than one, i don't), ex. evan rachel, mary kate, lisa marie, etc, why not keep both surnames? it's not that difficult to write two surnames, is it? lol. i'm just messin' with you :p
2. Praz - May 3, 2007 10:20 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, noki, but I'm pretty sure that any woman with two first names is a ho. Obviously any man with two first names is a redneck.