A Brie Grows in Brooklyn

Sleeping Beauty: A Review

A lot of girls I know have been eagerly looking forward to seeing Sleeping Beauty, a film directed by Julia Leigh, starring Emily Browning. I think it’s because we all secretly love fairy tales, especially when they come in adult form.

Also, Jane Campion is in some way attached to the project, and I’m a complete sucker for her films—Bright Star, The Piano, A Portrait of a Lady, An Angel At My Table—because they’re always about strong women caught up in impossible love stories. Every time I date someone, I see if they pass the Jane Campion test, which means that I come to them in the dark of the night, with nothing on but a cape, and see if they make love to me violently. If they do, I get married to someone else.

The biggest fan of Jane Campion that I know is Shark Mobczak.

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Icon of the Week: Mia Wasikowska

I’ve been watching the first season of HBO’s In Treatment (which I abhor) because it’s at the top of my Netflix DVD queue, and I’m too lazy to sign into my account and delete it. Every time I get the little red envelope with the next disc inside, I’m like, fuck! I hate you.

In Treatment is obviously well done. It has “intelligent” dialogue, and famous actors. But honestly, almost all of the characters are insufferable, especially Laura, played by Melissa George, whose puffy lips and tales of awful sexcapades afford her no sympathy, even though she is completely gorgeous.

Even worse, it’s fucking boring. It’s the only show I’ve ever watched, including the mostly irrelevant House, and Big Rich Texas, that I don’t even bother paying attention to fully. Instead, I listen to it as background noise while I Gchat, or wash dishes, or sit and pick at the dead skin on my toes.

The only redeeming factor of the entire show are the episodes with Sophie, played by Mia Wasikowska.

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