Sunday, May 4, 2008

The Cohen Brothers

The Cohen Brothers seem to be arrogant in terms of their style. They have been criticized for holding their characters up for ridicule, and I am doing it again. They are also arrogant because they never really told much to interviewers. That being said; they are good enough film makers that they have the right to be arrogant.
Fargo is a good example of the Cohen brothers having less than intelligent characters in their films. I do not mind the way that Minnesotans are stereotyped in Fargo, but I do mind the fact that the dumbasses in the rest of the country think all Minnesotans have that accent. The accent in Fargo is a rural accent, so do not say “oh, yeah sure yabet’cha” until you know what city someone is from. The Chon brothers are not that clear when answering interviewers questions either. In class people would ask Klobs about what the Cohen meant by one scene or another, and the response would always be something like “They never gave anyone a serious answer about that.” That just sounds disrespectful to me. They are like Randy Moss in a way. Both of them are good enough at what they do that they can be arrogant, and they both messed up Minnesota’s image. I miss Randy Moss; we need him back on the Vikings, so he can take full advantage of his proximity above the law. Back to the Cohen Brothers now, I think they are great film makers, but they might be assholes if I ever met them.

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