2014 - Page 7 of 7 - Matt Ralston's Blog

Conclusive Proof that Dennis Rodman is a Walking Contradition

Jan

10

2014

A lot has been made of Dennis Rodman’s Basketball Diplomacy campaign, sponsored by Kim Jong-un, the water headed, flipper-handed genetic hot tub who inherited North Korea from his father. Rodman has called Kim his ‘best friend’ and has participated in nauseating sycophantic behavior towards the dictator while in No Ko, including bowing to him and serenading him ...

Sports Television Etiquette Part I

Jan

8

2014

A friend of mine recently wrote me, via postal mail, with this complaint: Dear Matt, I was really pissed off yesterday, because I really wanted to watch the National Championship Game, and when I arrived home, my friend was watching a movie on the big screen. I asked him if he wanted to watch the ...

How Creepy is the Warner Bros. Marketing Department?

Jan

7

2014

In my previous post I wrote about the television promotions for Grudge Match – a cultural abortion featuring – according to the poster for the film – the severed heads of Sylvester Stalone and Robert DeNiro scotch-taped onto some young men’s bodies. When I first saw the promos – which prominently feature people’s tweets as endorsements for ...

Why I am Holding a Grudge against Grudge Match 10

Jan

5

2014

Grudge Match is a movie starring Robert DeNiro and Sylvester Stalone in which they both play old boxers. They both play old boxers because they both played young boxers in iconic films earlier in their careers. Now they get to make a movie where they make joking references to the boxing movies they made decades ago ...