Gothamist: The Real Sarah Marshalls Speak Out

Alex S

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:47:16 -0500

Why would anyone want to see this movie? The ads make it seem like a spoiled, rich New Yorker, who invests way too much in Mommy's approval of his girlfriends, had a tantrum and spent thousands to show how much he's over his ex when he's clearly not.

slappy

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:25:36 -0500

Of course its a stupid ad. Most ad campaigns are. Kids grow up in this world and they get that. Why is this a trigger for a discussion about propriety and public decorum?

scem

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:22:10 -0500

my concern is for the middle school girls with the same name. 27-fine, but you know there's some awkward 13 year old who doesn't want to go to school anymore.

REALITY CHECK

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:49:27 -0500

This all seems oddly familiar.

Kevin Walsh

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:34:11 -0500

I keep forgetting: I should have gone away years ago, after I turned 30. www.forgotten-ny.com

Nick S

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:52:52 -0500

this thread smells like old people.

Kevin Walsh

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:25:38 -0500

Altrent: Agreed www.forgotten-ny.com

altrent

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:54:50 -0500

Ralph, I hear you, but as huge print ads evolve to read "Sarah Marshall Sucks" and display crotch-grabbing moves to entice us to watch two-episode garbage-fests, we move a step closer to where it's deemed "OK" to walk into a place of business and say, "Gimme a fucking coffee." PoBoy, You're certainly not wrong -- though that doesn't mean *everyone* thinks it's OK that "sucks" isn't semi-vulgar anymore, regardless of your parents' collection of Social Security (file under "Just Because They're Older Doesn't Mean They're Wrong, Etc."). For instance, I got a kick out of one line of thought regarding Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction, whenever the hell it was: "Ooh, as Americans, we are so hung up about sex; time to get over it." OK, how about, "I (and my wife) will be the ones teaching my kids about sex in plenty of time, not two washed-up entertainers who force the issue (?) during halftime of what was supposed to be the All-American sporting event"? So, yeah, if you're fine saying something "sucks" around your Social Security-collecting parents, by all means go ahead, and I swear I won't squawk. On the other hand, if I happen to be someone who's sort of bothered by the idea of "shit" and "fuck" on (admittedly later night) network TV shows, I hope you similarly wouldn't mind if I were to ax that you respect my wish to not expect that that sort of language should simply be accepted as "de rigeur" because we live in A Big City. You know what, people? It's OK to, like, say, or at least *think* of saying "please" and "thank you", or holding a door for someone, even if you suspect it won't be reciprocated. Maybe you suspect it wouldn't be reciprocated because you didn't think it was worth doing -- fair enough, because maybe it wouldn't. But I swear I'd bet there are as many people who would return that very same "random", big-city politeness simply for the exact reason that they never expected to hear it. Could you still get mugged, or almost run over by a cab, or something? Sure. But how cool would it be if people didn't think they automatically had to be rude or at least indifferent to others -- even in the biggest and best city of all? So if you have a kid and place value on teaching him or her to try to be the best kind of person they can be -- and to then see "sucks" and crotch-grabbing as a means to gather more eyeballs for whatever stupid ads they're going to run -- you might agree, well, that hinders my effort to have the kids be better people in a better society. $0.02.

PoBoy321

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:18:49 -0500

Honestly, I didn't think that "suck" in the sense of "is bad" was really considered vulgar anymore. My parents might disagree, but they collect social security.

johnnybagodonuts

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:27:54 -0500

Did anyone see the posters at 14th and 2nd & 13th & 3rd ave today? They said "You have a smelly vagina Sarah Marshall" and "You have a dirty whorish mouth Sarah Marshall"

amsci

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:18:50 -0500

Ralph: Love the Stripes reference. :D

Ralph

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:16:43 -0500

alltrent: Lighten up, Francis.

jchez

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:57:32 -0500

Altrent (#5): Thank you!

jenchungsgrammar

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:56:48 -0500

i had nothing to do with this article

chuzzlewit

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:26:57 -0500

without a comma after the verb, the sentence accuses anyone who looks at it of applying suction to sarah marshall - right? that's a lot of sucking.

smitty

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:22:32 -0500

I saw a screening of this movie and it was hilarious.

altrent

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:50:30 -0500

Misspellings from a family or group which almost definitely does not boast English as a first language, and which almost definitely works twenty or twenty-four hours a day to make their business succeed, I can deal with. On the other hand, well, we have "you suck" on a big ad out on the street, right next to something about something called "The Tudors" with a dude's hand down the chick's crotch. All this while you're trying to teach your kids the importance of politeness, decorum, and class. Nope, sorry, but Madison Avenue is there to show you, right there on a billboard out in the open, how much tougher your job is nowdays. What the hell is wrong with this picture? Go ahead, tee off, but you'll be aiming it in the wrong place, and at the wrong guy.

Dave Hogarty

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:01:43 -0500

"We put the 'err' in 'caterring'"

the_other_sjp

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:30:21 -0500

:) catering with two Rs as well. that sign's a winner!

Dave Hogarty

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:22:54 -0500

Not a typo. Look carefully.

matty

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:17:56 -0500

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