Monday, July 02, 2012

Lori Petty, why do I hate you so?

It started right before lunch.  SeaBass came by and I made some obscure comment that needed explaining, and the explanation had to do with a scene in the movie "Tank Girl".  Yes, embarrassing.  If you haven't seen the movie, don't.  If you have, I am sorry for bringing it up, which I regretted the moment I mentioned it to SeaBass, as I know he would not let me live this one down.

"Wasn't that the horrible movie with Lori Petty?".  Yes, but the music was good.  Or at least the songs by Bjork, plus the great rendition of "Let's do it!  Let's fall in love!" by Joan Jett and Paul Westerberg, which was the basis of my random comment, the one which I will never live down.  "I guess the music was good, but the movie was horrible and Lori Petty was just downright hateful!"  Yes, SeaBass had a point, one I could not argue.

We started talking about guilty pleasure movies, ones we don't want to admit we like, but really, we do.  While I had Lori Petty on the mind, I brought up another movie she was in that I just saw last week, "Point Break."  I should hate this movie.  It violates one of my long standing rules on movies that have both a "Swayze" and "Reeves" but yeah, I do like it.  There are parts that are ridiculous, but when you have Gary Busey in the movie, it greatly expands the definition of suspension of disbelief.

It's not a bad movie, except for the female lead played by, yes, Lori Petty.

"What else has she been in?" SeaBass asked.

Not sure.  The only other movie I can think of with her is "A League of Their Own", which, unlike "Tank Girl" and "Point Break", "League" is actually considered to be a really good movie by a large segment of movie viewers.  It had a great cast and with Tom Hanks and Geena Davis, plus great comedic parts by Rosie O'Donnell, Madonna, and the always entertaining Jon Lovitz (side note:  has anyone ever packed more humor into a movie with less screen time?  "Wanna play in a girl's baseball league?  They'll pay you 75 dollars a week", "We only make 30 at the dairy", "Well then, this would be more, wouldn't it?").

"Lori Petty was in that?  Who was she?"

The little sister.

"What the annoying one who was whined the whole movie?"

Yes.  That's the one.    

"I don't remember her.  I guess I blocked her out."

Which is exactly what I would like to do.  I can't figure out why, but Lori Petty, I hate you so, and I don't know why.

It's not because you are unattractive.  Quite the opposite.  It's not your looks, it is not your voice, it is not your acting.  You are not too spunky nor do you seem to be high maintenance.  You have never behaved like an overprivileged Hollywood celebrity, nor have you tried to redeem yourself with any weird celebrity causes (at least none that I have heard of).  But for some reason, Lori Petty, I hate you, and I don't know why.


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