"Hi, I'm Diablo Cody"
"Hi, I'm Diablo Cody"
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#1"Hi, I'm Diablo Cody"
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:12pm
(For JoeKev)
"Hi, I'm Diablo Cody. …Well, I'm actually Brooke Busey-Hunt or something, but a name like that doesn't really fit in with my whole trying-too-hard m.o., and let's face it: I try way way too hard. The tired Bettie Page hairdo, the retired-stripper mythos I built around myself because I probably knew all along that it would get my script looked at faster than writing believable dialogue would…it's all a bit much.
Juno is a cute movie, but months of over-praising led to an Oscar that by rights belonged to Tony Gilroy, and now I'm stuck with this persona. And so are you, movie-going public. The next time you see me, I'll most likely have dreads and a Kabbalah bracelet; consider yourselves warned."
TWOP
#2re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:14pmHer dress scares me.
#2re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:16pmI think it scared her, too. Did you see the way she was clutching at it, trying to close it up a little when she went on the stage?
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
#3re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:18pm
With that look of, "oh sh*t, I should have worn something else"? 
#4re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:20pmthe JUNO screenplay had its problems, but I'm not sure MICHAEL CLAYTON's was perfect either. In fact, there wasn't a screenplay this year that I felt really clearly was "Best"....I can see the point about Cody's hype, though. Maybe her sophomore effort will show us more of her range. I really liked Gilroy's DOLORES CLAIBORNE screenplay however....
just keep swimming along, don't rise to the....
#5re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:21pmYeah, like "I thought this was ok when I tried it on at the Pleasure Chest, but now that millions of people will see it, I'm embarrassed."
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
#6re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:23pm
lol, exactly. It seemed like a good idea until she had to get up in front of everyone.
Whoops?
#7re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:25pmWell, Barbra Streisand's pantsuit seemed like a good idea before she realized it was see-through, and look where she is today!
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#8re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:26pmI think the dress is what made her cry at the end of her speech.
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#9re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:27pm
Whatever, no dress was as awful as Tilda "I-shoulda-worn-a-bra" Swinton.
Is Cody really a retired stripper? I thought Jon Stewart was making fun of her outfit when he said that, didn't realize he meant it.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#10re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:28pmTilda Swinson came as David Bowie that night.
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#11re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:31pmYou are all just bitter and jealous you didn't think of the gimmick first. How are YOUR screenplays coming along?
PEACE.
#12re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:31pm
Tilda Swinton also scares me.
And yeah, she really is, apparently. There have been a bunch of articles about the whole like, journalistic Cinderella story, but: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Cody
#13re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:32pm
This was made me literally laugh out loud.
"Hello, I'm Tilda Swinton. I'm actually as surprised as you are to have snagged the Best Supporting Actress Oscar; hell, I picked Cate Blanchett in my Oscar pool too. Everyone knows you can't diss the pregnant lady unless it's Annette Bening! But then I won, and I didn't really style myself for extended airtime, as you no doubt saw -- my dress was actually a curtain I won in a raffle at a drag-king Ren faire, and also I'm entering a David Bowie hair-look-alike contest next week. Good thing I could distract everyone with my brilliant acceptance speech about George Clooney wearing his Batman costume on the Michael Clayton set, and how the statuette's ass looks like my agent's.
"Hello, I'm Tilda Swinton"
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#14re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:33pm
I'm Diablo Cody,
Looky at what I wrotey,
I'll never have to stip to get paid,
So get yourself a gimmick and your script,
Just might get MADE!
PEACE.
Updated On: 2/26/08 at 04:33 PM
#15re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:39pm
"Hi, I'm bad writing, and I'd just like to say up front that you shouldn't blame Jon Stewart. He did his best with me, but the strike really fouled up the writers' schedule, and the next thing I know Bruce Vilanch is licking my face. Man alive does that guy have horrendous coffee breath. Anyhoodle, Stewart handled a thankless gig with his customary class, and God bless Seth Rogen for funnying up that Halle Berry gag so I could take a pee break, but believe me, I know what I did, and I'm sorry.
Gotta go, Michael Bay's leaving and he's my ride."
"Writing is like prostitution. First, you do it for love, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." ~ Moliere
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#16re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:40pm
I actually thought the dress was a nice change of pace.
She didn't try and hide her tat's, and she was just being herself.
Good for her!
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#17re: 'Hi, I'm Diablo Cody'
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:41pmSure, she was "being herself", but it was ugly.
"Writing is like prostitution. First, you do it for love, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." ~ Moliere
#18hi, i'm diablo cody and i can shoot a ping pong ball fitty feet
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:42pm
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#19hi, i'm diablo cody and i can shoot a ping pong ball fitty feet
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:42pm
She could have been herself and shown off her tattoos without looking like she was wearing a window dressing.
#20hi, i'm diablo cody and i can shoot a ping pong ball fitty feet
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:44pmmy, my, my, kitty's got claws!
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#21hi, i'm diablo cody and i can shoot a ping pong ball fitty feet
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:47pmIt wasn't my style but I thought she looked really good.
#22hi, i'm diablo cody and i can shoot a ping pong ball fitty feet
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:47pm
Aww, no claws! 
#23hi, i'm diablo cody and i can shoot a ping pong ball fitty feet
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:48pm
I loved the line about how during commercials,the audience makes catty remarks about what the viewer is wearing at home.
#24hi, i'm diablo cody and i can shoot a ping pong ball fitty feet
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:48pmJungle Red, no doubt.
just keep swimming along, don't rise to the....
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