Shipping and Rosenbaum Re: [HPFGU-OTChatter] UK HBP audiobook

[Dina Lerret]

On 9/13/05, Lithrael <lithrael at gmail.com> wrote:
>   In a somewhat convoluted trade I bought a Frenchman some stuff from
> a girl in Japan and he bought me the Stephen Fry reading of HBP from
> Amazon UK.  It arrived here in sunny Florida a little while ago and

I ordered Rave MacBeth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251364/ ) from
Germany on 9/2 and it arrived at Florida last night.  Speedy shipping!
 The wonders of international products.  Rather glad I have a
multi-region DVD player.


>   Since most of the messages here comparing Jim Dale and Stephen Fry
> have favored Jim, I thought I'd represent Stephen, because he is love.

See, I'm generally under the 'vibe' Jim Dale is the 'underdog' with
more folk favoring Stephen Fry.  Plus, Dale gets knocked down for
reading the US version.  As to popcorn versus chocolate, I had popcorn
last night. :-)  I like voices with obvious 'personality', but I'm not
saying all of Dale's choices jive with me.

Heh, speaking of Rave MacBeth, I'm currently on a Michael Rosenbaum
kick because he amuses me with these, at times, odd roles.  Rave
MacBeth is Shakespeare's MacBeth but set in a German rave/dance club
with drugs, sex, and murder--overall, a bizarre/visceral/surrealistic
flick.  This movie and Smallville have him as a control-hungry maniac
with blood showered on him (reminiscent of the movie, Carrie)... My
recent expansion was to see him in Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119668/ ), which does have an
impressive 'resume' of Clint Eastwood directing and starring John
Cusack and Kevin Spacey.  This time Rosenbaum isn't the guy in drag
but he portrays a gay man, who managed to crack me up by his character
saying he was 'three weeks not gay'. {snort}

Whether or not the Bible approves of homosexuality, it's not something
you just 'quit' like smoking.  You can choose abstinence but you'd
still be just as queer as a three dollar bill.

Dina