Listening to Woody Allen's Storytelling in Paris

Jazmin 2022-04-20 09:02:00

Paris in the play is a treasure, and the old man is also a god. Although his mouth is full of black humor, he can't seem to say no, but it also guides the characters as if they have found their correct and mysterious track. That's right, this chatty, arrogant, paranoid, kind, and fantastic old man is like Woody Allen behind the camera and behind the black-framed mirror, the epitome of him 30 years ago. But this time, he didn't jump out and continue to direct and act, in his own words: "Larry has his own very unique connotation, and I don't know how to express his characteristics. He is sarcastic, mocking, sarcastic. A little neurotic, and a little sour feeling of a little intellectual. In short, this quality is what I need most, and it is also in line with the needs of the film. His sense of humor and understanding are very good. I can't do it, I'm more dependent on fantasies than he is. Some people say I'm crazy, and that's absolutely true. I might put the film in a pot as a plant, and I might make my coffee with cold water, Larry's not. So I used him as the protagonist." I can't resist black humor and some ridicule, agreeing with their rebelliousness and correctness; the other half of myself is worried that they will bias my values, but the world is so big, As long as it doesn't hurt, as BORIS said, anything is fine.

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  • [first lines]

    Boris Yellnikoff: That's not what I'm saying, imbecile. You guys completely misrepresent my ideas, why would I even want to talk with those idiots.

    Boris' Friend: Just calm down.

    Boris' Friend: That's not true, Boris.

    Boris Yellnikoff: No, don't tell me to calm down, I am calm. Just stop.

    Boris' Friend: Don't jump on us just because we don't understand what you're saying.

    Boris Yellnikoff: I didn't jump on you. It's not the idea behind Christianity I'm faulting, or Judaism, or any religion. It's the professionals who've made it into corporate business. There's big money in the god racket, big money.

    Boris' Friend: Here we go...

  • Boris Yellnikoff: Don't you know you have to sing happy birthday twice to get the germs off?