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Michael Cusumano here to mark the 10th anniversary of one of the great political satires.
Scene: The Meditation Room The political operators of Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop live in a world where issues don’t matter and the halls of power are filled with bureaucrats who would gleefully sell out their principles were they not held back by their own incompetence. In this universe, those sad few officials who do manage to take a moral stand are not merely defeated but negated entirely, their feeble protests turned into absurd jokes and swept away in a sea of media noise.
I should add that In the Loop is one of the funniest movies of the 21st Century, but then it would have to be to get away with painting a picture so grim...
Look at all these people who share Charlize Theron's birthday! Our favorite Atomic Blonde isn't even the only South African Oscar winner born on this day. It's quite a day in showbiz history all told. Which of these luminaries will you celebrate today inside your hearts?
Jeanne Moreau as Mata Hari in 1964
1876 Mata Hari, exotic dancer / spy / juicy role for both Greta Garbo & Jeanne Moreau 1884 Billie Burke, Glinda the Good Witch herself (also an Oscar nominated actress for Merrily We Live, 1938) 1901 Yuliya Solntseva, actress/director (the only female to win Best Director at Cannes until Sofia Coppola this summer) 1902 Ann Harding, Oscar nominated actress (Holiday, 1930) 1914 Ted Moore, Oscar winning cinematographer from South Africa 1927 Carl "Alfafa" Switzer of Our Gang fame 1942 Garrison Keillor of A Prairie Home Companion 1942 BJ Thomas, singer of the Oscar-winning "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" 1942 Caetano Veloso, singer of the sublime "Cucurrucucú Paloma" which is heard in several movies including two Oscar winners: Talk to Her and Moonlight 1943 Alain Corneau, French writer/director 1944 John Glover, enduring character actor
1944 David Rasche, undervalued funny character actor (Veep, In the Loop, Burn After Reading) 1960 David Duchovny, aka Fox Mulder 1963 Harold Perrineau, TV regular (currently on Claws) 1965 Jon Jon Briones, stage and screen actor (last seen in revival of Miss Saigon) 1971 Rachel York, Broadway regular and TV actor 1974 Michael Shannon, scene-stealer / Oscar nominated actor
Elizabeth Debicki with Luca Calvani in "The Man From UNCLE"
1974 Luca Calvani, italian actor (The Man From UNCLE) 1975 Charlize Theron, fierce icon / Oscar-winning actress 1978 Alexandre Aja, horror movie director 1979 Eric Johnson, actor (The Knick/ 50 Shades franchise) 1982 Abbie Cornish, Bright Star who seems to have disappeared!
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 2:00PM 
