Celebration V Guest List: Gary Kurtz Is Showing Up?

[lazypadawan]

Let's see, a few days ago we found out that Anthony Daniels will be taking a break from Star Wars In Concert to drop by Celebration; I couldn't imagine the guy missing it.

Then Official Pix jumped the gun by announcing Gary Kurtz as a guest before he formally signed on the dotted line; the announcement was quickly pulled but Philip Wise posted on Rebelscum's forum that for all intents and purposes, Kurtz will be there. Plus he promised a forthcoming announcement on an "oh, cool, he's signing??!" kind of guest. Uh, who could that be?

Kurtz did appear at Celebration IV and he's appeared at cons in Europe for years but I think this is the first time he'll be in the same building as Papa George at like the same time in ages :O. Interesting.

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[may-child.livejournal.com]

Ms. Fisher's performance WASN'T looked upon as fondly by critics when the movie came out, as it is today. In fact, it wasn't looked upon as fondly by critics when the SEs were released, as it is today. It wasn't until the prequels came out that the critics started loving her performance. They were doing a juggling act of glorifying Carrie Fisher's performances in the OT movies at Natalie Portman's expense, while absolving Ms. Portman herself of all responsibility for being "awful" -- that was Lucas's fault, he "ruined" her.

I'm no fan of Ms. Portman...but it was patently absurd to see critics rewrite history and glorify Ms. Fisher when, at the time the OT was released, and for some time after, she was dismissed as marginally talented at best, and her performances in the OT were "shrill and nagging." Ms. Fisher was baffled by the 180 degree turnaround: "Now I'm a comedienne. I'm Carole Lombard. Before I was 'bovine' and 'had the worst qualities of both my parents.'" (Meaning, of course, her real-life parents, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.) She'd said many times over the years that "a lot of people don't like Leia, they think she's a bitch."

Kurtz needs to a) get over himself; and b) shut his damn pie hole. Smug arrogance -- that's the perfect description of his persona. No wonder he and the loathsome Chris Gore got along so well.