i got your gifted hands right here

this is a day of me catching up on old stuff i meant to write about and john reminded me about this last night.

about a week ago, i saw a commercial for cuba gooding, jr.'s latest project, a made-for-tv movie sponsored by the johnson & johnson corporation called "gifted hands: the ben carson story."

this looks like a fake movie "30 rock" would use to make fun of something. i never thought cuba's career would sink to the point that a movie about him and horatio sanz participating in cheap, tiresome hijinks on a gay cruise ship would seem well-made and engaging by comparison.

also, i have two brief cuba-related anecdotes i'd like to share:

1. several people said they caught one of my friends being moved to tears during the climax of another cuba movie, "radio," which is hilarious enough that i don't even need to elaborate.

2. my friend janssen once watched "boat trip" and said it was the worst movie he'd ever seen. very shortly after he finished, our friend billy came over. janssen convinced billy that "boat trip" was a really funny movie and that they should watch it together.

so, in this bizarre bit of sadomasochistic treachery, janssen watched a double-header of "boat trip" just to trick someone else into seeing its terrible awfulness.