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Re: ACK! Bad April Fool's Joke
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Thu, 6 Apr 2000 18:22:44 GMT
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James Simpson wrote:
> In lugnet.starwars, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> >
> > Just an aside, FUT -> .o-t.fun
> >
> > I saw the E! site today, on a student's computer, after she gasped and
> > went "no way." She was showing it around, so I glanced, and the very
> > professional header in a little side window--hidden in a very authentic
> > looking manner--was "Lucasfilm signs Leo: DiCaprio to Star in Episode
> > II." IIRC, it even had an image of Leo's face on a Tatooine-actor body
> > that looked sort of like his own, so you couldn't quite tell. When the
> > horrified woman finally clicked on the darn thing, you get an ugly
> > "Llama segment of the Holy Grail Credits"-like announcement of "April
> > Fool!"
>
> Maybe a month ago I was watching our local Fox news, and they previewed one of
> the night's entertainment segments with the news that DiCaprio had been chosen
> to play Anakin by Lucas. Outraged, distraught, morose, I immediately called two
> friends and shared with them the shocking news. I had to wait a full hour until
> they showed the segment at the end of the news, but when they finally did, they
> were completely ambiguous about who or what Lucas had actually decided. They
> said that 500+ actors have applied for the job, and that DiCaprio had visited
> Skywalker Ranch, but he was only one of the people being considered. I was a
> bit upset and relieved on several levels:
>
> Upset: That the previewing news segment had basically lied - the sound-bite had
> explicitly said that he would be The Man, while the news report said nothing to
> that effect.
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> Upset: That I had been hasty in rushing out to call friends about it, and then
> having to basically say "False Alarm."
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> Relieved: That DiCaprio doesn't have the job.
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> Upset:That he may still get it.
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> I have nothing against the lad personally; I think that he does have real acting
> ability, but he just has too much of a pretty-boy association in my mind.
> However, I'm afraid that Lucas might just hire him to try to attract the "Teen,
> "Bop," and "Seventeen" readers demographic group.
>
> (Sigh) Has it come to this?
Has it come to what? You needing to step back? >;^D <evil wink, grin, duck, run>
-John
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