who is dis David Hayward character?

Grovel, grovel, apology, apology, sack-cloth and ashes, get me my hair-shirt... of course I meant the incomparable, incredible, desirable David Haywood!!

It's nice to be part of an audience where you're not obliged to politely applaud, where you can yell and throw things (two of my favourite pastimes). It's a powerful experience when the audience can transform a lame melodrama into a hilarious comedy.

I'm all for movie audiences being raucous.…

There is whimsy aplenty on PAS!!
Check out David Hayward for starters.

who is dis David Hayward character?
I'll get Lord Peter Wimsey onto the case...

I think you mean the incomparable
David Haywood...

Just Sayering...
:- )

Robyn: just because women were shouting out and recognising the sexist bits doesn't make the film any less misogynistic.

No, and much as I loved Once Upon A Time in America, The Red Shoes and Senso an awe-inspiring amount of craft and technical skill doesn't make a, shall we say,…

Compare that with your average Hollywood film, where little sexist moments…

I'm not sure if Wiseau is misogynist or not; it certainly struck me that he was quite clearly working out his own issues in the film (especially with the 'and now you're sorry!…

The problem with watching bad films is that it displaces time you could be spending watching good films.

Go check some of the other threads- and have a nice cuppa and a wee lie-down, eh?

Blimmin' hell. I can't believe I've started a discussion about gender politics in The Room of all things.

It's Public Address System. If you're not turning every single subject – no matter how fun and whimsical – into a joyless discussion about gender politics you're not using it properly.

THE RAPE OF LISA sounds like some new andrea dworkin…

But ...

Ant: I don't think the actress playing Lisa is adored by thousands. I think she's being laughed at by thousands.

Robyn: just because women were shouting out and recognising the…

Last month I spent an afternon with Wiseau questioning him about the film and getting a feeling for the man. I also spent a good few minutes helping him find his car in the car park, which he'd lost. It took Greg Sestero and I…

He's been quoted in the AV Club saying that the trouble with women is that they're manipulative beings.

Do you think he's oppressing women? Or are people – both women and men – laughing at his dorky perspective on relationships? I reckon he's been dicked over several times and it's…

Here's a story just for you Aging Gen-Xer Doesn't Find Bad Movies Funny Anymore

Nah – I still find bad films plenty funny. I've just seen so many (so, so many) that I have, I'm a little surprised to find, turned into a bit of a wanker about them. The…

Here's a story just for you Aging Gen-Xer Doesn't Find Bad Movies Funny Anymore

I'll be quiet now. *spends three hours staring into mirror*

I think if lisa was exploited then she certainly came off better…

turns out I'm a massive snob when it comes to bad movies, and have no time for this sort of cinematic slumming

Here's a story just for you Aging Gen-Xer Doesn't Find Bad Movies Funny Anymore

Well, it describes me pretty well anyway.

I think what you're saying is that I should stop being so naive about the casting couch. Fair point, but if you're trying to tell me Wiseau isn't a misogynist and instead some…

If anything he's an overblown romantic with all the finesse of a histrionic…

(Summary for the link-averse: it turns out I'm a massive snob when it comes to bad movies, and have no time for this sort of cinematic slumming. There is, quite likely, something horribly wrong with me.)

Generally when people say something is so bad it's good they're less than half right. I'll watch Best Worst Movie, but I won't watch Troll 2.

I see what you're saying – the 'so bad it's good' routine is mostly just a stupid hipster affectation. But The Room is different.…

Yet more good reasons I'm glad I skipped it.

Yeah, I don't think you'd find much to enjoy in The Room. Though there was a strange scene where I was reminded of that film you made where you projected Two Girls, One Cup on your naked belly.

"But it's so bad you'll laugh and laugh! And oh did I mention the spoons?!" Doesn't do it for me.

The sex scenes mostly…

Oh, and Tommy Wiseau gives tips on shooting a 'sex tape'.

The sex scenes mostly consist of Wiseau's muscular, pitted ass filling the screen as he thrusts up and down in slow-motion to awful R & B music while grunting like a dying ox, with his pelvis positioned somewhere above his…

This would have been right down her alley.

As long as she was tossing a football around with her friends while they were all wearing tuxedos.

Oh, and Tommy Wiseau gives tips on shooting a 'sex tape'.

Robyn Gallagher blogs beautifully at robyngallagher.com

That she does. Lovely review.

On a more serious note (warning: party pooper alert), I'm a little uncomfortable about the film and it's cult status. Wiseau is a bit of…