The Perfect Storm

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I just endured a preview of Rob Schneider in The Hot Chick. I'm amazed that the combined density of the lead actor's stupidity with that of the script did not suck everyone who worked on the movie through a black hole and into another universe.

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  1. Anonymous9:42 PM

    Dear Gene,

    Speaking only for myself, but as someone who appreciates your humanity, please, please, do what you can in the future to avoid exposure to such corrosive drivel. Even a preview might permanently warp your brain.

    Can I send you anything? Sympathy card, teddy bear, interweb hugs? It must be awful what you're going through.

    Try, try to forget.

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  2. gcallah10:13 PM

    I'm afraid that the exposure to the stupidity singularity of even this preview has unalterably corrupted my being.

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  3. Bob Murphy10:54 PM

    I actually paid $9.50 to watch the Zohan movie a few days ago. At this point my favorite part of movies are the previews. You would think that I would learn to stop getting excited about previews to things that I don't like as much as the next set of previews.

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  4. gcallah3:57 AM

    No, Bob, given your enthusiasm for the "Ron Paul preview," we wouldn't think that at all.

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