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The Brokie Connection (a game)
southendmd:
Jellyfish is Brokieish because Jake the young lifeguard once rescued a young woman from a jellyfish sting by peeing on her leg.
Next up: Elephant
[yes, Clarissa, that's exactly the Tolstoy connection I meant]
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: southendmd on September 03, 2011, 09:10:30 am ---Next up: Elephant
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Elephant is Brokieish because it's the name of a Gus Van Sant-directed movie starring the actor John Robinson, who appeared with Michelle in Wendy and Lucy (which I didn't notice, even though I've seen it) and with Heath in Lords of Dogtown (which of course I did notice, since he's one of the stars and I love that movie). I haven't seen Elephant, but it is now on my Netflix queue.
Next up: Ryan Bingham (Bonus: provide BOTH absolutely unrelated but equally valid answers!).
southendmd:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on September 04, 2011, 02:43:19 am ---Next up: Ryan Bingham (Bonus: provide BOTH absolutely unrelated but equally valid answers!).
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Good one, K! Also, Gus Van Sant was at one point slated to direct BBM.
Ryan Bingham is Brokieish for five reasons that I can find:
1) He wrote and performed the award-winning song "The Weary Kind" for the film Crazy Heart which starred Maggie Gyllenhaal.
2) A review in Rolling Stone said he "earns his sepia-toned album cover with a dusty wood-and-steel sound, and despite being twenty-five, sings like Steve Earle's dad."
3) Another review: Texas Music Magazine has opined that "Bingham talks and sings with a whiskey-and-cigarette throat that screams hard living. Hard in a way that can make a 29-year-old sound like a 50-year-old Tom Waits." [Tom Waits played the devil in Imaginarium.]
4) Wiki says he was a bull rider starting in his teens.
5) He played Tony in Crazy Heart, which also featured Beth Grant, of Donnie Darko fame; and Colin Farrell from Imaginarium.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: southendmd on September 04, 2011, 09:34:06 am ---Good one, K! Also, Gus Van Sant was at one point slated to direct BBM.
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:laugh: I knew about that, and then this morning I was lying and bed and thought, why didn't I type that?
--- Quote ---Ryan Bingham is Brokieish for five reasons that I can find:
1) He wrote and performed the award-winning song "The Weary Kind" for the film Crazy Heart which starred Maggie Gyllenhaal.
2) A review in Rolling Stone said he "earns his sepia-toned album cover with a dusty wood-and-steel sound, and despite being twenty-five, sings like Steve Earle's dad."
3) Another review: Texas Music Magazine has opined that "Bingham talks and sings with a whiskey-and-cigarette throat that screams hard living. Hard in a way that can make a 29-year-old sound like a 50-year-old Tom Waits." [Tom Waits played the devil in Imaginarium.]
4) Wiki says he was a bull rider starting in his teens.
5) He played Tony in Crazy Heart, which also featured Beth Grant, of Donnie Darko fame.
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Excellent, Paul! I hadn't even thought of (meaning: didn't know about) Nos. 2 through 5. Bonus points for you!
Here was the other reason I had in mind: Ryan Bingham is the name of the character played by George Clooney in "Up in the Air," which also starred Vera Farmiga.
southendmd:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on September 04, 2011, 10:17:45 am --- :laugh: I knew about that, and then this morning I was lying and bed and thought, why didn't I type that?
Excellent, Paul! I hadn't even thought of (meaning: didn't know about) Nos. 2 through 5. Bonus points for you!
Here was the other reason I had in mind: Ryan Bingham is the name of the character played by George Clooney in "Up in the Air," which also starred Vera Farmiga.
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Thanks, K. That was a fun one. I never would have gotten the Up in the Air connection, however.
I forgot to put up a 'next', so here it is:
Next up: Elizabeth Banks
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