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Rather a big fan of the movie Clue, but I've got strong opinions on the endings shown. Now, I understand it's meant to be truly ambiguous and, really, impossible to discern which is really the ending (the bit where it says one of them really is the real ending can be safely placed in the same category as communism, they're all equally right and wrong), but the third one, while entertaining, didn't convince me. For one thing, "Mr. Body"s motive for bringing them all there if he really is Mr. Body and not, in fact, Wadsworth, is suspect. Were he truly Mr. Body, and wishing to eliminate his spies, he would be more likely to take the option least likely to put himself at risk - not, as we see in the third ending, the one most likely to put himself at risk. Furthermore, what motive would "Mr. Body" if he really is the butler and not Mr. Body as he was shown to be in the unambiguous portions of the film, have to pretend to be Mr. Body, considering he was in a room full of people with perfect motive to kill him? No amount of money from his employer could be enough for that kind of suicide. Also, I firmly believe that only the true blackmailer could be that much of a sleazeball. He simply didn't have the personality for a butler - not deferential in the least, not polite, certainly not formal in any way. He did, however, have the personality of someone used to pulling the strings. I will reserve statement on whether I believe the first or second to be more likely. My goal here is simply to state that I believe the third ending to be the least probable (oh, and also to make sure my blog still works).
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I've finished my exams for the semester, and to celebrate, it's time for this month's Musician Spotlight. This month, I'd like to start things off with a clarification of the term "winning." Winning does not look like this. This is what torpedoing your career and ruining your life looks like. That is not the face of a victorious man, in any sense of the word. This is what winning looks like. If you want a slightly more accurate version, look up the videos of one of the songs from his album Fearless. Maybe the song I Do The Rock, that's a good one. Anyway, the point is, Tim Curry is a singer as well as an awesome actor. Those of you who are fond of a certain Rocky Horror Picture Show are already well-aware of this, but you might know that he's put out three albums, one of which I'm really rather fond of. The best way to describe Curry's style is as what you get when a talented singer who's mainly an actor gets bored, and decides to do something fun. His first album was mainly covers, but the second album proved, one, that this man can write music, and two, that this man can write really fun music that takes itself about as seriously as non-child-eating clowns take themselves. Live performances of I Do The Rock feature Tim Curry grinning like a maniac, because he found the definition of the word winning, and then he decided to start living it. Those interested in starting a collection of Curry's musical work have it easy - he's only put out three albums. Out of those, the first and third tend more towards pop, while the second makes a respectable effort to lean towards rock, which Mr. Curry does, and does well. For those hoping to get started, I heartily recommend browsing the album Fearless, probably starting with I Do The Rock and Paradise Garage. Anything else just write up on a cork-board and throw darts at, because that's the approach to picking songs that fits the spirit of winning.
