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Posted by Holly @ 4:06 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008
Man, there's no way I'm shelling out $8 for that flick* but I die laughing everytime that shark gets on screen during the trailer.
*That's not to say I won't end up watching it on TBS one Saturday morning at 4 am a year from now.
Posted by Roddy @ 11:13 AM Fri, Feb 01, 2008
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a canonized classic, but is painfully unwatchable because of the "character" of Mr. Yunioshi. The laughing shark is an obvious, even if unintentional, allusion.
Posted by Christy Robinson @ 12:54 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008
I can't help it either, Chris. It falls under the "so bad, it's good" category. With "bad" being very generous.
Posted by Vognar @ 2:50 PM Mon, Feb 04, 2008
Mr. Yunioshi is an infamous double whammy: one of the most egregious Asian minstrel characters ever put onscreen, and the low point of Mickey Rooney's career.