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Film & TV Reviews

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Assorted and Sundry

Rabble Rousers

". . . she's not even reviewing a film, she's telling you how clever she is."— All That Jazz

 

 
     
  Fantastic Mr. Fox Truly Scrumptious.
 
     
  Glee "Well, if you want to sing out, sing out/And if you want to be free, be free."— Cat Stevens as featured in Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude.  
     
  Inglourious Basterds Proving to schoolchildren everywhere: you can misspell and still write well.
 
     
 

Mad Men: Shut the Door. Have a Seat.

" . . . he knocked at the president's door at Bascome and Barlow's advertising agency.
'Come in!'
Armory entered unsteadily. 'Morning, Mr. Barlow.'
Mr. Barlow brought his glasses to the inspection and set his mouth slightly ajar that he might better listen.
'Well, Mr. Blaine. We haven't seen you for several days.'
'No,' said Armory. 'I'm quitting. . . .I don't like it here.'
'I'm sorry. . . . You seemed to be a hard worker — a little inclined perhaps to write fancy copy —
'I just got tired of it,' interrupted Amory rudely. 'It didn't matter a damn to me whether Harebell's flour was any better than anyone else's. In fact, I never ate any of it.—This Side of Paradise-F. Scott Fitzgerald

 
     
  MTV Jersey Shore "These are not my people".— John Joseph Cappa, 100% Italian American (aka The Boon) "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" — as illustrated by Michael Cera's swelled-head gelled-head imitation photographed between Snookie and Sweetheart. Youth in Revolt!

 
     
 

MTV2 School of Surf: Malibu High School vs. Ocean City, New Jersey
Lines:
Were you ever aware of the cameras?
Skylar:
"I was always aware because they were always in my face."


Photo by Jane Monahan Garrison
Chance Lawson and Riley Philip Garrison jump the snark. The Surfing D.A. stands sentinel.

 
     
  NYC Prep
PC: I want to get out of The City 'cause I've been here for 18 years . . . just meet a whole new crowd. Not be in the same bubble, with the same people and the same reputation . . .start fresh . . . I don't know, the more I think about L.A., the more I dread it.

Kat: You realize you're not going to do any work, you're going to do the same things, your going to have the same drama, it's absolutely inevitable.


 
     
 

The Rachel Zoe Project We die.

"She is not happy, unless everyone around her is panicked, nauseous, or suicidal." The Devil Wears Prada

Ashton: . . . We're in Atlanta.
Brad: Have you run into any of the housewives of Atlanta? Like Nene or Kim?
Rachel: Brad's a little obsessed with Nene.
Ashton: I understand. Demi's obsessed as well.

 
     
  The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Peach s(ch)nap(p)s.

 
     
  The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Bling it on.  
     
 

The Real Housewives of Orange County: No Boundaries
Gretchen:
Are we brawling? Where do we live? Are we in Jersey?

 


 
     
  Rocket Science Rapid fiery Anna Kendrick (New Moon's bright star) foils Hal Hefner in this story filled with pluck and rue. We're Spellbound in Jeffrey Blitz' Garden State.