Klarinet Archive - Posting 001033.txt from 2000/05

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] The Blob (was: Re: [kl] keeping the moisture in the reeds)
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 18:54:12 -0400

I wrote,
> At least I visualized The Blob as brown in the original
> black-and-white movie, which I regard as the definitive source. I can't
> remember what color The Blob was in that revisionist color remake.

Bryan Cholfin wrote,
>>The original movie was actually made in color, and The Blob was red, a
>>rather thinly disguised metaphor for the Red Scare of the 50s. The reason
>>the remake sucked was not that it was in color but because it lacked the
>>paranoiac subtext--it was just a lame horror movie.

>>However, perhaps it would be best it a teenaged Steve McQueen sprayed all
>>of our reeds with fire extinguishers and then airlifted them to the Artic.

The Blob must have invaded my brain. (Maybe I didn't get that last vintage
mouthpiece as clean as I thought....) I was so convinced you must be
thinking of a "colorized" version that I hunted up my video tape today, but
you're right -- the original is in color. I should have remembered that Red
Scare connection, at least. Sorry I posted misinformation, and thanks for
the correction.

Lelia
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Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.

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