December 15, 2018

Okay, I just rejected something for poor taste. I do have some standards.

The news item was not in poor taste. The thing I was going to say about it was.

42 comments:

gilbar said...

what was the news item then? you should tell us; so we can put words into your mouth

wild chicken said...

Zinke out!

Ann Althouse said...

"what was the news item then? you should tell us; so we can put words into your mouth"

I thought of that, but that's in even worse taste. The story involves a real person dying and a line in the newspaper story that invites speculation.

chuck said...

I do that a lot in these sensitive days of snark.

MadisonMan said...

Was the newly deceased recently eating Egg Salad?

MadisonMan said...

Wait -- was that in poor taste?

tcrosse said...

"(Can you guess it?)"

Guildofcannonballs said...

Interesting.

I just rejected the term snowflakes and decided shitflakes makes more sense.

Ralph L said...

Hey, that's our job!

Fernandinande said...

"A standard is better than nothing."

"Nothing is better than a standard."

Laslo Spatula said...

"The story involves a real person dying and a line in the newspaper story that invites speculation."

I read the news today.

Oh boy.

I am assuming the story didn't involve four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Because that would be sexist.

I am Laslo.

JML said...

It was a Boarder line comment then?

MadisonMan said...

If it weren't for bad taste, I'd have no taste at all.

Laslo Spatula said...

Althouse preemptively unLaslo'ed me.

Dang.

I am Laslo.

Virgil Hilts said...

OK, I'm guessing its Sandra Locke and her statement that her rocky relationship with Clint Eastwood "damaged her career."

Virgil Hilts said...

I'm a big Clint Eastwood fan, but Locke claims he was not very nice to Locke when they broke up (but I have not heard his side). They ended up in litigation.

RK said...

It was only in poor taste this week. Next week, it'd get you fired.

Mr. Forward said...

Standards. Thank you. There’s not much of that going around.

Ann Althouse said...

Actually, it was about Sondra Locke, but that wasn't the line.

Since you got that far, here's the article I was reading.

What I was going to say was not very funny, but the only way to be decently funny here is to take your shots at Clint Eastwood.

Fernandinande said...

The Weekly Standard is have a Going out of Business Sale - standards are half price.

"Cardinal choir boy abuse case raises questions about gag orders."

Humperdink said...

"The following year she (Locke) released her memoir, titled "The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey".

Not surprising. Eliminate the phrase "A Hollywood Journey" and a lot of divorces could have this description.

Ralph L said...

Locked died November 3, 2018 at her Los Angeles home

Three decades after being locked out of the home she thought was hers.

I'm glad they said authorities were notified at the time, but also grossed out by where my mind went. Looks like they could have phrased that better.

Michael Fitzgerald said...

Starkist doesn't want tuna with good taste, they want tuna that tastes good.

Virgil Hilts said...

The story Ann linked to was not the one I read. Locke's 50 year marriage to a guy she was friends with is kind of strange. Wonder if it made her palimony suit more difficult.

Mark said...

Sad to hear of the death of another famous figure. Regarding the Eastwood unpleasantness, she is a bit less sympathetic upon learning that through it all, she was still married to someone else. Seems to me it should have been her husband who sued him -- and her -- for the damage to their marriage and its covenants of love and support.

Mark said...

Virgil beats me by a minute to the bigger question.

Darrell said...

Seems to me it should have been her husband who sued him -- and her -- for the damage to their marriage and its covenants of love and support.

Being gay might have hurt his case.

Mark said...

So now I read that the marriage was a farce. Still does not make her any more sympathetic.

Virgil Hilts said...

When I first started reading a different article, it sounded like someone found her body after 5 weeks (clarification came at end). Was thinking this might be a story similar to Dr. Laura's mom dying in Beverly Hills and going undiscovered for 2 months

Char Char Binks, Esq. said...

Nobody would still remember Locke if not for Eastwood.

Known Unknown said...

I remember Sondra Locke for being overrated in almost every way.

Bob Boyd said...

I always thought Sandra Locke had eyes like a white poodle.

Jeff said...

Maybe it was this line from the story:
It is not clear why it took nearly six weeks for her death to come to light.
and the comment in poor taste would be
"Not if you watched her movies."

I am not Laslo.

mandrewa said...

I really, really liked "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter." Both the book and the movie. But this is that rare case where the movie was as good as, or maybe better than, the book.

It was a black and white film, which seems odd, when did color movies appear?, and it's much slower paced than movies today. In fact I don't think there was any action at all. Alan Arkin (and all the unseen people behind the movie) did an amazing job of somehow getting you inside the head of the character he portrayed.

Sondra Locke didn't seem like she was acting at all. By which I mean not that she was a bad actor, but rather that she seemed to be the character.

cf said...

So glad you blogged the decision to reject your own snark!

I am glad when I can abstain from broadcasting my nastier side, but with the nation's relentless media food-fight, it is easy to slip up.

Wince said...

Had to be the pun in this line:

"The locks were changed and her things were placed outside a home she thought had been a gift from Eastwood."

As in... she was replaced by another woman like herself?

Ralph L said...

when did color movies appear?
Late 30's. I think they were going for a To Kill a Mockingbird vibe.

I liked the movie and book, too, but I'm glad I didn't know she was in it until today. She looks too much for comfort like Mia Farrow in Rosemarie's Baby.

dreams said...

Inquiring minds want to know.

Humperdink said...

"When I first started reading a different article, it sounded like someone found her body after 5 weeks (clarification came at end). Was thinking this might be a story similar to Dr. Laura's mom dying in Beverly Hills and going undiscovered for 2 months."

Trying to sell a house that had a body lying in state for several weeks might a tall order. There is a line on the real estate disclosure form for such adverse situations. OTOH, maybe one could get a real deal.

Maillard Reactionary said...

I never saw the movie, but "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" is one of the most memorable books I have ever read (this rather recently, as an old man). Too deep for most high school students, perhaps, but what great great novel is not.

What a brilliant debut for a writer. (I think it was her debut novel.)

Not perfect, but memorable. And very humane.

Sad news about Ms. Locke. RIP

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...

Clint should never have picked that Locke

'Cause if they catch you in the back seat
Trying to pick her locks
They're gonna send you back to mother
In a cardboard box
You better run

Danno said...

Ann Althouse said..."but the only way to be decently funny here is to take your shots at Clint Eastwood."

But for those who want to take shots at Clint Eastwood you have to remember in all of this excitement did he take 5 shots or 6? And being his .44 Magnum is one of the most powerful handguns in the world (and would take your head clean off), do you feel lucky, punk?