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If the director sucked that bad....


How could he afford to live so lavishly?

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Well, he doesn't live alone, remember?

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It's not unseasonable to suspect he had another source of income.

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...not unreasonable, either.

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It's great when typos put a complete different context on a sentence!

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Well, we only have Max's word that the director is awful - and Max was wearing a cardboard belt...

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Did you not see SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER?

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Perhaps he was born into money.

@Twitzkrieg - Glasgow's FOREMOST authority

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Or perhaps he had success early in his career. In this version he strikes me as the type of Director who may have made a fortune in the 40's and 50's but would have been considered terrible in the 60's.

Let Zygons Be Zygons.

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which "director" are you referring to? the character of Zero Mostel? He was schtupping old rich ladies! ;-P

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No, the Director is Roger.

Let Zygons Be Zygons.

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Roger DeBris.

He's so bad that his plays close during rehearsals.

Janet! Donkeys!

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Ask Michael Bay

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...ask Michael Bay. great, a response as hilarious as the movie in this thread. Thanks for the laugh.

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Max Bialystok (Zero Mostel) is a PRODUCER, as in the title of the film.

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