This is.....so very wrong.
I'm speechless. How can they do this? This is the symbol that the film industry is circling the rim of the toilet bowl, my friends. I understand that Hollywood is trying to, in some way, glorify a man that is probably one of the most influential people of the 50's and 60's...but Tate Donovan is not the way.
It's not even Tate that I'm pissed off about. It's the fact that...here were the Pranksters, doing something amazing...something MONUMENTAL...and here is Hollywood, trying so very hard to be a part of it.
Reality Check: The Pranksters were bigger than Hollywood ever will be. Wanna know why? They played by their own rules. They lived their lives. They changed the world. And here's some director trying to ride on the coat tails...
Well *beep* that.
What they did..what Neal did...what *beep* Ken Kesey did...is more than a script, and actors, and sets, and all that corporate big budget *beep*
How could someone let this happen?
You can't PLAY Ken Kesey and Neal Cassady, or even *beep* Mountain Girl (what the *beep* just can't PLAY Mountain Girl, ugh) and you want to know why?
The were characters already. The made their OWN movie..and they *beep* lived it.
This is *beep*
*beep* Hollywood.
*beep* The guy playing Ken Kesey..he's *beep* laughable.
*beep* all the other actors who even THOUGHT this was a good idea
*beep* the director.
*beep* Tate Donovan
*beep* the script.
And *beep* the money that was put into this movie
And people who pay to go see it.
I will not be one of them. I'm too in love with the real live Pranksters to watch some washed up actors play them on the big screen so they can make some money.
That's just...not how it works. Not with the Pranksters...not with Neal Cassady.
They're above this.
*beep*
I'm going to go cry now.