"Robin Hood, was an English fag."
-Archie Bunker
So, the very estimable Russell Crowe shall open his interpretation of Robin Hood at Cannes this weekend.
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And I think Crowe is the perfect fit for Robin H, seeing that Russell seems to channel Errol Flynn
from time to time, be it drink, or trouble with the gendarmes et al.-
But the thing is, sacrilegious re-make or not, I think the 2010 Hood will do very well, indeed.
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Why? Because the themes that made the Flynn version in the 1930s a hit-a depressed economy wherein criminal bankers (still) make out like concrete cavern bandits whilst main street peeps get not even crumbs-is surely upon us this dark day.
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Hopefully, the theme of taking righteously from the rich to give to the cornholed poor will catch on.
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FINALLY, and in other, other-worldly thinking, Meat Loaf has a new album out.
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You recall Mr. Loaf, don't you?
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The Bat Out Of Hell, produced by Todd Rundgren in 1977 was, as
they say, big time.
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See for yourself what Meat is up to now:
http://www.boomermediareview.com/MeatLoafHangCoolTBSpecial.html
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