{"id":764,"date":"2006-11-06T23:18:18","date_gmt":"2006-11-07T03:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/metasj\/2006\/11\/06\/andrew-lin-is-a-genius\/"},"modified":"2008-09-25T06:16:49","modified_gmt":"2008-09-25T10:16:49","slug":"andrew-lin-is-a-genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/2006\/11\/06\/andrew-lin-is-a-genius\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Lin is a genius"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of these days, I need to track down Ezra Keshet<\/span> and take him to see Borat <\/span>with me. To the subject: Andrew Lin<\/span>, web advisor to the film, is a genius. If someone can find me a photo<\/span> of Mr. Lin, I will be grateful.\u00a0 Please note: 20th Century Fox didn’t recognize this, and “scaled down the opening [weekend] after its market research suggested Borat<\/span> wasn’t grabbing viewer interest.<\/a>”\u00a0 I wonder if they cared about his 300k myspace friends, and their word of mouth.<\/p>\n

The film itself has some long minutes<\/span> of complete genius, a few moments of extraordinary cameo acting<\/span><\/a>, and a few pieces with poor cameos and that are childish compared to the best parts of the film.\u00a0 Best of all, it doesn’t make the kinds of sloppy plot, pacing, or ambient mistakes that sometimes afflict films done by the numbers by a committee of experts.\u00a0 I might have caught some staged pieces, but there wasn’t a cue card out ofsight.<\/p>\n

I suppose that much of the reason for the abundance of set pieces (as compared to real pieces wreaking havoc<\/a> and embarrassment<\/a>) is the weight and bulk<\/span> of modern film gear.\u00a0 Once we have publicly available crude production gear that can be hidden on the regular clothes of a few people in the vicinity, without looking like a film crew, this rich and twisted art can flourish further.\u00a0 Of course Andy Kaufman<\/span> and the Yes Men<\/span> managed quite well without a film crew at all… but found it hard to gross $30m a weekend or get Pamela Anderson<\/span> involved.\u00a0 Good news for fans<\/span> of the genre<\/span>: there’s another one<\/a> slated for next summer.
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\nQuestion<\/span>: what physical dimensions must one consider when making a custom wife sack?<\/span><\/p>\n

Question<\/span><\/span>: what are Trey Parker and Matt Stone thanked for in the closing credits — for inspiration, help with pulling off reality pieces, help with casting?\u00a0 Inquiring minds, &c., &c.<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Lin is a genius …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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