#1
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:05pm
The 70-year-old Oscar-winning composer has been arrested and charged with rape and sexual assault.
In His Life
In His Life
"In My Life" composer Joseph Brooks indicted
#2
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:08pm
Isn't it "You Light Up My Life" that he wrote?
#3
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:09pm
That's really sad, I love that song.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#4
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:10pm
He also wrote the Dr. Pepper jingle.
#5
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:11pm
The 70-year-old movie director- who made his money writing jingles for Pepsi and Geritol - is a suspect in two rapes, a sodomy case and two sexual assaults, sources told the Daily News.
I thought the sodomy laws had been repealed on a national level, no? Sounds like that little nugget was dropped simply to be provocative. Dirty old man.
I thought the sodomy laws had been repealed on a national level, no? Sounds like that little nugget was dropped simply to be provocative. Dirty old man.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#6
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:52pm
"Viva Viagra"
"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"
#7
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:57pm
Life really does turn on a dime, doesn't it?
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#8
Posted: 6/23/09 at 1:00pm
(CREEPILY SUNG)
Secrets...there's a little rumor...
Secrets...there's a little rumor...
#9
Posted: 6/23/09 at 1:02pm
Poor guy. If he'd done this when he was younger and cuter he'd have a lot more sympathy.
#10
Posted: 6/23/09 at 1:04pm
this is horrible (mothrtf*** bitch f***). I hope it's not true (damn piss c***).
....but the world goes 'round
Updated On: 6/23/09 at 01:04 PM
#11
Posted: 6/23/09 at 1:14pm
Weird.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#12
Posted: 6/23/09 at 1:16pm
The story or tazber's post?
#13
Posted: 6/23/09 at 1:17pm
Brooks allegedly seduced the women through Craigslist web postings and lured them to his upper East Side apartment with with promises of parts in his next movie, sources said.
Some free advice to all you aspiring actors out there -- if the guy making a promise like that had his last movie produced in 1978, he probably won't be able to follow through with said promise.
eta -- make that 1985, but still....
Some free advice to all you aspiring actors out there -- if the guy making a promise like that had his last movie produced in 1978, he probably won't be able to follow through with said promise.
eta -- make that 1985, but still....
Updated On: 6/23/09 at 01:17 PM
#14
Posted: 6/23/09 at 1:51pm
Maybe he'll release stage rights to In My Life to try and raise money for himself!
And then my dream of playing Winston will come true...
And then my dream of playing Winston will come true...
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
#15
Posted: 6/23/09 at 2:03pm
Why would any theater group EVER want to produce IN MY LIFE?
It was singularly the worst night I'd ever spent in the theatre.
It was singularly the worst night I'd ever spent in the theatre.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
Updated On: 6/23/09 at 02:03 PM
#16
Posted: 6/23/09 at 2:05pm
"I thought the sodomy laws had been repealed on a national level, no? Sounds like that little nugget was dropped simply to be provocative. Dirty old man."
Sodomy is a sexual act that isn't intercourse. Rape is the legal term for forced intercourse, but would not apply to any other forced sexual act. So while sodomy by itself is legal, it isn't when it's forced (or when one party isn't deemed legally able to consent).
Sodomy is a sexual act that isn't intercourse. Rape is the legal term for forced intercourse, but would not apply to any other forced sexual act. So while sodomy by itself is legal, it isn't when it's forced (or when one party isn't deemed legally able to consent).
#17
Posted: 6/23/09 at 2:09pm
#18
Posted: 6/23/09 at 2:12pm
How on earth is it still illegal in VA? (Not that I don't believe you, I just don't get how that can be.)
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
#19
Posted: 6/23/09 at 4:00pm
We are not very progressive folk here in the Commonwealth of VA. There are many archaic things still on the books here that would have me jailed for life. Scary.
#20
Posted: 6/23/09 at 4:36pm
The 2003 Lawrence v Texas case led to the invalidation of all state sodomy laws on the federal level by the US Supreme Court. However, a few states still try to enforce it. Seems to me, it could easily be appealed and overturned. Regardless, it sounds like this happened in New York and I don't understand the relevance of mentioning a "sodomy case" other than to be inflammatory. If you click on "US Laws" in taz's link, there is further explanation.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#21
Posted: 6/23/09 at 4:51pm
Matt, that's really not accurate at all.
The Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to apply sodomy laws to consensual, private same-sex behavior.
Because rape is defined narrowly under the criminal laws of many states, sodomy statutes remain in place -- and necessary -- to prosecute certain forcible sex acts. This problem generally goes away when states revise their penal codes, but if the laws are old, some forced sex is rape and some forced sex is sodomy.
Sodomy without consent is still a crime.
The Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to apply sodomy laws to consensual, private same-sex behavior.
Because rape is defined narrowly under the criminal laws of many states, sodomy statutes remain in place -- and necessary -- to prosecute certain forcible sex acts. This problem generally goes away when states revise their penal codes, but if the laws are old, some forced sex is rape and some forced sex is sodomy.
Sodomy without consent is still a crime.
"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)
#22
Posted: 6/23/09 at 4:52pm
and taz: virginia can't prosecute you ... as long as you have a permission slip signed by your mother!!!
"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)
#23
Posted: 6/23/09 at 4:53pm
Craigslist! Date-rape drugs! The Carlyle Hotel?!?
This is almost unbelievable...
This is almost unbelievable...
#24
Posted: 6/23/09 at 5:26pm
Dollypop... it was produced in Chicago (I think?) a few years ago.... I was shocked, too. 
I will say this for IN MY LIFE, it was never boring. I actually liked parts of the score, but a majority of the structure, story, and well, the whole thing just made you scratch your head and say "What the hell is this!?"
I will say this for IN MY LIFE, it was never boring. I actually liked parts of the score, but a majority of the structure, story, and well, the whole thing just made you scratch your head and say "What the hell is this!?"
#25
Posted: 6/23/09 at 5:27pm
Once when I was visiting relatives in Virginia my cousin and I were walking around their neighborhood and found a trailer home with a confederate flag waving. It didn't really phase me because I'm from Texas, but my adopted black cousin flicked their trailer off, thought clearly no one was home.
-Benjamin
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Updated On: 6/23/09 at 05:27 PM
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