Posted on 11/17/2020 10:42:39 AM PST by EdnaMode
Spike Lee’s next project will be a movie musical about the origin story of Viagra, Pfizer’s erectile dysfunction drug.
The Entertainment One film is based on David Kushner’s Esquire article titled “All Rise: The Untold Story of the Guys Who Launched Viagra.”
Lee is directing the untitled musical from a screenplay he wrote with Kwame Kwei-Armah. The movie will feature original songs and music penned by Stew Stewart and Heidi Rodewald, the duo behind the Tony-winning musical “Passing Strange.”
In a statement, Lee said, “First And Foremost,I Thank Ms. Jacquelyn Shelton Lee. I Thank My Late Mother For As She Would Say Taking “My Narrow,Rusty Behind” Dragging,Kickin’ And Screamin’ To The Movies When I Wuz A Nappy Headed Kid Growing Up In Da Streets Of Da People’s Republic Of Brooklyn. I Did Not Want To See Corny People Singin’ And Dancin’. I Instead Wanted To Play With My Friends On Da Block,Stoop Ball,Stick Ball,Punch Ball, Soft Ball, Basketball,2 Hand Touch, Tackle Football, Coco Leevio, Johnny On Da Pony, Hot,Peas And Butter, Crack Top,Down Da Sewer And Of Course-Booty’s Up. All The Great New York City Street Games That Might Be Sadly Lost Forever. My Father,Bill Lee,Jazz/Folk Bassist,Composer HATED HollyWeird Movies,Henceforth And What Not,Me Being The Eldest Of 5 Children I Became Mommy’s Movie Date. She Was A Cinefile. Thank You Lawdy She Didn’t Listen To My Ongoing Complaints About Musicals. So Finally Going Into My 4th Decade As A Filmmaker I Will Be Directing An DANCIN’,ALL SINGIN’ MUSICAL Spike Lee Joint And I Can’t Wait. My Moms Has Been Waiting TOO!!! And Dats Da Rodgers And Hammerstein Truth,Ruth.”
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Now they've officially run out of ideas.
This isn’t the bee?!
Dear Mr. Lee,
Next time please LICK the envelope closed.
Signed the Editors.
Spike’s losing it.
Or...maybe, he’s using it.
A regular “Oklahoma!” or “Singin in the Rain,” eh? Can we have the 1950s back? Pretty please...
Spikes recipe for a movie: 1st item: dirt.
Unfortunately it’s not. Wish it was.
Okay everybody, what should the title of the movie be?
If the runtime of the movie exceeds four hours, call your doctor.
Wonder if it will stiff at the box office.
I don’t think Mary Poppins remakes are in but since anything goes in Hollyweed these days, I can think of a few songs I could rewrite for them to use. Free.
Like
My pills are alive
with the sound of coochycoochy
and that old reliable
Just a spoonful of sidenifil
helps the medicine go down
the medicine go down
In a most delightful way..
(Pssst: Your first song is from Sound of Music...)
The sound track will be great:
Sixty Minute Man - The Dominoes
Big Balls in Cowtown -- Bob Wills
I can't wait to miss this movie!
What ever happened to uplifting and redeeming movies like It's a Wonderful Life?
What is with the left’s obsession with sex?
How many people were clamoring for this?
I’m blaming COVID. :-}
I’m blaming COVID. :-}
Face it, you're just a Julie Andrews fanboi.
Well, she did do a topless movie.
Will he title it “A Hard day’s night”?
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