Regarding Rob Siegel, The Wrestler, and Entertainment Weekly
Saturday, January 17, 2009
I just received Entertainment Weekly for January 23, 2009 -- and was delighted to read the following, in its Golden Globe coverage:
"Besties 4-Ever, Part 2: Mickey Rourke and His Dogs The best-actor-in-a-drama winner neglected to mention Wrestler screenwriter Robert Siegel -- but he did thank all his four-legged friends, dead and alive."
I've known Rob since his magnificent Onion-editing days in Madison, Wis., and I know The Wrestler has been a years-long project for him. Anyone who has followed the entertainment biz for a while knows that many of those responsible for massive successes are often ignored. Cheers to EW for not ignoring the creator fundamentally responsible for The Wrestler. Thanks, reporters Dave Karger and Lynette Rice!
(And we can all look forward to Rob's next project. Yay!)
1 comments:
I really liked "The Wrestler" and not just cause I've been a 'wrasslin' freak for many years. It was a well crafted film.
NOW...what I really want to know is what other comics professionals though of "The Spirit"? So far, I've checked quite a few places and found no one willing to voice an opinion. Is it because they have to work with Mr. Miller? Maybe it's a matter of "if you have nothing good to say about a subject, then say nothing"? Maybe that's where I should leave it for now...
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