"There are two types of people in this world: those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig."Damn, but we do love a good Spaghetti Western, especially if it's Sergio Leone. The juxtaposition of wide, panoramic desert vistas with super-tight closeups; the cross, double-cross, triple-cross cribbed from detective noir; the weatherbeaten, sunworn faces you'd never see in a today's mainstream Hollywood; Clint Eastwood's short, black cigars. Style.
Same goes for Zhang Yimou, with his beautifully shot films, like Hero and House of Flying Daggers, or Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Martial arts and wire acrobatics with amazing cinematography. And choreography.
So we got to thinking. It's not long until the Lunar New Year, which qualifies as a good enough excuse for a party if we ever heard of one. And we started thinking about movies.
In particular, Shanghai Noon. The Jackie Chan / Owen Wilson Hong Kong cinema-meets-Western cliche movie. You know, the one where Jackie Chan kicks ass with a horseshoe on a rope? And Owen Wilson plays, well, that character he plays in every comedy? (It's not the movie with the sweet "Singin' In The Rain" bit. That's the sequel.)
Being indecisive, we've decided to just mash it all together into one grand East Meets West Party. Far East. Wild West. It's not like it hasn't been tried before. It's a cocktail party, a costume party, and a general excuse for a mass get-together.
We're asking everyone to please bring along something 'east' or something 'west'. Food or drink. Whatever. Creativity's a bonus. If you know what you're bringing, leave a comment so we don't end up with a dozen plates of egg rolls.
Unless, of course, you really, really want to bring a dozen plates of egg rolls.
We're insisting that everyone show up in costume. No costume, no soup for you. Again, either 'east' or 'west'. And a great costume means you get a gold star!
To get it started, we'll have some food and drinks along the lines of:
- Vegetarian stuffed wontons
- Bison chili
- Cornbread muffins
- Sake
- Ginger iced tea
- Bourbon
- Sarsaparilla
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If anyone needs help with a costume, I might have an extra cowboy hat or two, cowboy boots, kimono, black wig, mullet wig (perhaps not quite in line with the theme, but since when has the mullet not fit in at a theme party?), etc.
I'll be there...and I might want Julie's help :-)
Kendra and I shall both be attending and that night our chuck wagon will be serving Seth's Six Shooter Sushi (trying saying that 5 times fast).
Blythe and I will be there. We will bring spagetti squash salads.
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