Comments on: The Speechifying of U.E. McGill, Esq. http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/ culture blogging for the good of the planet Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:49:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: OutOfContext http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/#comment-17886 OutOfContext Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:21:44 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/#comment-17886 Not the livestock, George... We ain't one-at-a-timin' here. We're mass communicating!... One of my two favorite comedies (Midnight Run's the other). Not the livestock, George…

We ain’t one-at-a-timin’ here. We’re mass communicating!…

One of my two favorite comedies (Midnight Run’s the other).

]]> By: the shamus http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/#comment-17678 the shamus Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:31:59 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/#comment-17678 And he also tells Big Dan that he's Ulysses. Now, I'm confused. Oh, well, I'm just gonna change it! After all, I want to be bonafide! And he also tells Big Dan that he’s Ulysses. Now, I’m confused. Oh, well, I’m just gonna change it! After all, I want to be bonafide!

]]> By: the shamus http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/#comment-17677 the shamus Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:30:13 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/#comment-17677 Caroline: Well, that's interesting. In the movie and the script, Clooney tells the Sirens he's Ulysses Everett McGill. In the published script's credits, though, which I borrowed from shamelessly to write this, it's Everett Ulysses. Hmm, another feat of misdirection by the Coen Brothers? Was Everett so bedazzled by the Sirens that he said his name backwards? Or maybe Clooney liked the sound of it as U.E. better than E.U. Who knows? Caroline: Well, that’s interesting. In the movie and the script, Clooney tells the Sirens he’s Ulysses Everett McGill. In the published script’s credits, though, which I borrowed from shamelessly to write this, it’s Everett Ulysses. Hmm, another feat of misdirection by the Coen Brothers? Was Everett so bedazzled by the Sirens that he said his name backwards? Or maybe Clooney liked the sound of it as U.E. better than E.U. Who knows?

]]> By: Caroline M. http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/#comment-17658 Caroline M. Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:26:36 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/#comment-17658 Quick potential correction: Wasn't he Ulysses Everett McGill, not Everett Ulysses McGill? (Loved the post otherwise. Seen that movie at least a dozen times.) Quick potential correction: Wasn’t he Ulysses Everett McGill, not Everett Ulysses McGill?

(Loved the post otherwise. Seen that movie at least a dozen times.)

]]> By: Zeke http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/#comment-17638 Zeke Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:27:08 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/#comment-17638 My favorite thing about this film is that there actually was a Governor "Pappy" O'Daniel (of Texas), who made his name with a radio show promoting his flour business. (Sadly, his first name wasn't "Menelaus", but one can't have everything.) My favorite thing about this film is that there actually was a Governor “Pappy” O’Daniel (of Texas), who made his name with a radio show promoting his flour business. (Sadly, his first name wasn’t “Menelaus”, but one can’t have everything.)

]]> By: Tony Alva http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/#comment-17636 Tony Alva Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:18:36 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/08/28/the-speechifying-of-eu-mcgill-esq/#comment-17636 Great Post Shamus. HUGE fan of this movie. My brother and I throw Everett McGill quotes at each other all the time. Great Post Shamus. HUGE fan of this movie. My brother and I throw Everett McGill quotes at each other all the time.

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