Welcome to Minnesota!
Years ago I lived in a
small town in Minnesota called Buffalo.
I had moved there to get into a relationship with a girl. While things with the girl didn’t work out, I
really enjoyed Buffalo. Now you have to
understand a few things about Minnesota.
First off, it’s full of typical American small towns where just about everyone
knows just about everyone else. And they
all know each other’s business. Not that
this is a bad thing, it made for a family type atmosphere in everything you
did.
Now why am I writing about
Minnesota? Because of one of my favorite
movies called Drop
Dead Gorgeous. Click the name and a
link will take you to Amazon.com to buy the movie. I’ll warn you up front this one must be rare
as right now it’s priced at $42.94! But
honestly, it’s one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen! And it takes place in Minnesota. It’s playing on the Starz movie
channels now if you happen to pay for premium movie channels. Click the word Starz and it will
take you to the web page.
The movie takes place in
the fictional town of Mount Rose, but I’ve had people tell me it was based on a
place called Rosemount, Minnesota. Click on the name for a quick view of small
town affairs. *chuckle*
Now a few things make this
movie so hilarious. The first is the
Minnesota accent. Not that it’s funny,
but it’s really…unique. (Don’t cha know!)
And yes, people really talk that way.
They hit a lot of Minnesota life spot on! These folks are down to earth, honest, and loveable. Well, most of them are. *chuckle*
There is the one rich, corrupt family in town who will do anything to
make certain their daughter wins the local high school beauty pageant. And I mean anything.
This movie is basically a
black comedy as a pretend documentary crew shoots footage and does interviews
throughout the pageant. It stars Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Kirsty Alley, and Ellen Barkin. I don’t want to
give anything away, but while watching this, I’ll usually laugh myself to
tears. I’ll at least show you the movie
trailer:
Don't miss this one!
I love black comedy and
have even written one. It’s called Terminating
Vegas and is about a security officer at a casino who wins the lottery and
decides he then wants to be fired from his job.
The casino keeps trying not to fire him and things quickly spiral out of
control. If you’re interested in a
Kindle copy, they’re pretty cheap right now at only $1.49 Just click the name above and check it
out. You can also get the book through Barnes
& Noble, but they only sell the paperback version of the book. Maybe someday this will be made into a movie,
too? Nah…probably not. But then again, stranger things have
happened. *chuckle*
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