Say what you will about Edward D.Wood Jr, the man was a visionary. He was ahead of his time. More than that, I am pretty sure that The Spirit of Ed Wood, is so powerful these days, it's influencing most of the civilized world!
Oh sure, we can all laugh and feel smug when we watch Plan 9 from Outer Space, marveling over the ineptitude of the entire piece; the bad acting, the lousy script, the horrendous special effects. We might even think to ourselves, jeez, what kind of moron would make something like this and think that it would be appreciated?
What kind of moron?
Maybe a moron like Paul

But that's just the tip of the cinematic iceberg that owes it's very being to the angora loving director. How about Battlefield Earth, Valley of the Dolls, Howard the Duck, Catwoman, and I Know Who Killed Me. All spectacularly dreadful films, all filled with the "can-do" Spirit of Ed Wood.
If mediocrity was Ed's real talent, then his spirit has blessed us all a hundredfold! Cons

Several years ago, an event occurred that seemed to be something that only Ed Wood might have dreamed of. A million dollar wedding was staged complete with a cast of characters that looked like they might have been extras in Plan 9 ... does anyone remember this event?
No?
Think real hard, it will come to you.
OK, does this ring a bell?

2 comments:
Hehe. You said wood.
What a great piece! The Liza wedding photo is a stunner. If you think of Michael in the seventies, Liz in the fifties and Liza in the early seventies it would seem impossible for the three of them to produce so ghastly an image... and yet they do. I'm glad I'm not eating.
Thank you so very much for taking part Pax, I appreciate it.
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