Not only have I created a brand new site, I’ve moved my LAMcEachran.com/blog posts there too! This site will be around for a few more months, but all new content will be on ThePopCan.com. Enjoy and thanks for reading!
New Site!Rushmore
So I decided to watch Rushmore, the 1998 comedy starring a young Jason Shwartzman. The film follows 15-year-old Max Fischer (Schwartzman), an over-confident eccentric that has founded and/or is president of every school club. However, Max’s involvement with extracurriculars has made him the worst student academically, and puts him on thin ice for maintaining his scholarship to the private school, Rushmore Academy. While at Rushmore, Max befriends Herman Blume (Bill Murray), an industrialist who is the father of ill-behaved boys that attend the school. Herman admires Max’s confidence, and they begin spending time together working on projects. As for Max’s love life, he begins an infatuation with first-grade teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams). Ms. Cross is widowed and remains deeply in love with her late husband, but Max’s obsession grows and there’s no convincing him to leave her be. Love has struck Max Fischer and he is mighty determined for her to feel the same way. I thoroughly enjoyed Rushmore and highly recommend Wes Anderson fans check it out. Three memorable Max Fischer lines: 1. “My top schools where I want to apply to are Oxford and the Sorbonne. My safety’s Harvard.” 2. “Look, I may not be rich, Mr. Blume. My father may only be a doctor, but we manage.” 3. “I saved Latin. What did you ever do?” New content is on my new website, The Pop Can! My Life as Liz
I’ve been a fan of the show since day one, but many avoid watching because they don’t understand whether it is “real.” The answer is that My Life as Liz is somewhat real: Liz is a real high school student, her friends and enemies are real, the situations on the show are real but… MTV has dramatized it. For the flak MTV has garnered for The Hills, My Life as Liz is upfront about the dramatization of reality shows. But, unlike The Hills, which forces L.A. twenty-somethings to be friends, the relationships-good and bad-in My Life as Liz are actually real. What makes My Life as Liz worth watching are Liz’s hilarious comments. She is as witty as Glee’s Sue Sylvester, only nicer, and has left me quoting her for ages. Here are five quotes from My Life as Liz that may convince you to tune in: 1. “Friends don’t let friends wear Slankets.” 2. “Don’t judge me. Yes, I am taking refuge in a blanket with sleeves.” 3. “Glitter is like the herpes of arts and crafts.” 4. “I’m sweatin’ like a hooker in Church.” 5. “Oh God, she discovered propaganda.” New content is on my new website, The Pop Can! |
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The other day I was in the mood for a Wes Anderson film. I love his films; as a 13-year-old devotee of The Royal Tenenbaums I wanted to dress and act like Margot, being all moody and taking long baths. I drew the line at smoking and fur coats though- there’s only so far movie fandom will take me.
My Life as Liz is a hilarious MTV show revolving around Texas teen Liz Lee, a proud nerd and high school outcast. The first season has ended, but episodes of the quasi-reality show are available online.