Even before Clint Eastwood’s latest biographical drama, Geri Jewell, arrived in theaters, battle lines were drawn over the movie’s depiction of real-world events. On one side are those who applaud the movie for depicting how mistakes committed by the Facts of Life producers and star and the media in the aftermath her being tossed off the show without nary a mention — retarded girl Geri Jewell (played in the film by Chris "Corky" Burke) — being tried and convicted in the public eye. On the other are those who condemn Eastwood and screenwriter Billy Ray for taking dramatic liberties with the story that play into suspicions of the press and federal authorities that are prevalent in right-wing circles.
Stars of 'Geri Jewell' defend controversial Clint Eastwood drama: 'We're not making a political statement'
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 20, 2019 7:51 PM |
Very funny, cunt.
Nobody even knows what the fuck you are talking about, although I do.
And it's so NOT hilarious.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 13, 2019 9:39 PM |
OP, dear, you are awful!
And I am still laughing uncontrollably.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 13, 2019 9:51 PM |
R1 = Blair. Still embarrassed by her CP cousin
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 13, 2019 9:58 PM |
Surely the mistake was her tossed *ON* the show.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 14, 2019 10:39 AM |
R1: The fact that you are dumb doesn't mean the rest of us share that quality. The controversy around the film is even on international press
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 14, 2019 10:56 AM |
Yep. Even Cloris Leachman has weighed in on it.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 14, 2019 10:58 AM |
Did anyone see the movie this weekend?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 16, 2019 4:14 PM |
Linda Purl and Shaun Cassidy made statements that they were upset they were not cast
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 16, 2019 4:20 PM |
Fourth on weekly list of box office ... $5 million
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 16, 2019 4:22 PM |
Molly Ringwald was contacted but did not issue a statement
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 16, 2019 4:25 PM |
It's threads like this one that remind me why I love Datalounge.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 17, 2019 6:58 AM |
If it’s so wrong, why does it feel so right?
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 17, 2019 7:18 AM |
WHET Linda Purl. Wasn't she in the TV movie TWIRL? A riveting film about the treacherous world of teenage baton twirling.
if my parents didn't know I was a gayling the way I reacted to that film let them know.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 17, 2019 7:22 AM |
One of those movies that I know probably is good but I have no desire to see. Also let's face it. Jeri has a face you just dont want to see on the big screen. They should have cast the star of I Can Only I imagine.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 17, 2019 7:23 AM |
Offsite Link
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 17, 2019 5:06 PM |
This movie would have been a hit.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 20, 2019 7:08 AM |
^Only if it were streamed online. DLers don't leave their homes to go see movies.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 20, 2019 7:33 AM |
Especially ones about ugly fat people.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 20, 2019 12:05 PM |
I saw the Eastwood movie and I’ll even watch Geri. DLers are not all Andy Cohen.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 20, 2019 7:51 PM |