This is interesting. Bumping around, I found an interview with Diablo Cody on “The David Letterman Show.” This is pre-Juno. In the interview, she talks about working in a strip club in Minneapolis, which Cody chronicled in her book “Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper,” an experience she describes as “anthropology… a naked Margaret Mead.” Cody is a great interview and her unique voice comes through big-time. Also find out that her real name is Brooke, which she dropped because it is “so not heavy metal.”
Of course, Cody went on to write Juno (2007) for which she won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Jennifer’s Body, which is being released in September of this year, and the TV series “The United States of Tara which just recently premiered on Showtime.
Here’s a link to another interview with Cody in which she describes her inspiration for Juno. And here is the first episode of “The United States of Tara.”
Scott, hate to go off topic, but have you seen “Gran Torino?” I just saw it last night with my mom. (I wanted to see “New in Town,” but someone at her prayer meeting told her that “Gran Torino” was VERY GOOD so we saw that)
Went on IMBD and was SHOCKED at how many people are talking about this movie.
In my humble opinion, it is VERY GOOD, right now it’s a tie with “Slumdog Millionare” as the best movie this Oscar’s season, what do you think? Given your divinity schooling background, VERY currious what your take on the church’s accent is Gran Torino is.
As for Diablo Cody, I visited her site a couple times. A little to raunchy for my tastes, but the girl is surely clever and an interesting/colorful person with a unique point-of-view.
- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WA