Comments on: Teller working on stage production of The Exorcist http://boingboing.net/2011/10/23/teller-working-on-stage-production-of-the-exorcist.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 20:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chris Tucker GOP Delenda Est! http://boingboing.net/2011/10/23/teller-working-on-stage-production-of-the-exorcist.html#comment-1251243 Chris Tucker GOP Delenda Est! Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125357#comment-1251243 Actually, Teller DOES speak during their stage show. The gimmick is that you never SEE him speak. If they still do the "Mofo, the psychic gorilla" piece, the voice you hear, "Thank you. I am Mofo, the psychic gorilla" is Teller, offstage. In the recent Penn & Teller U.K. TV series, "Fool Us", Teller actually speaks on stage! With his back turned to the audience, so that you still don't see him speak. Actually, Teller DOES speak during their stage show.

The gimmick is that you never SEE him speak.

If they still do the “Mofo, the psychic gorilla” piece, the voice you hear, “Thank you. I am Mofo, the psychic gorilla” is Teller, offstage.

In the recent Penn & Teller U.K. TV series, “Fool Us”, Teller actually speaks on stage! With his back turned to the audience, so that you still don’t see him speak.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/10/23/teller-working-on-stage-production-of-the-exorcist.html#comment-1251001 Brainspore Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125357#comment-1251001 If you didn't get the joke in "Teller should just shut the hell up!" then I take it you've never seen his act. If you didn’t get the joke in “Teller should just shut the hell up!” then I take it you’ve never seen his act.

]]> By: webmonkees http://boingboing.net/2011/10/23/teller-working-on-stage-production-of-the-exorcist.html#comment-1250901 webmonkees Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125357#comment-1250901 He could do pretty well as an exorcist himself;  the simple act of speaking to someone for the first time sends them into shock.  He could do pretty well as an exorcist himself;  the simple act of speaking to someone for the first time sends them into shock. 

]]> By: Cornan_KotW http://boingboing.net/2011/10/23/teller-working-on-stage-production-of-the-exorcist.html#comment-1250872 Cornan_KotW Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125357#comment-1250872 Poe's Law, but I THINK that Jardine was being sarcastic. Poe’s Law, but I THINK that Jardine was being sarcastic.

]]> By: Seraphim_72 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/23/teller-working-on-stage-production-of-the-exorcist.html#comment-1250865 Seraphim_72 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125357#comment-1250865 Nice straw man you built. Must be nice having all that straw. Nice straw man you built. Must be nice having all that straw.

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2011/10/23/teller-working-on-stage-production-of-the-exorcist.html#comment-1250837 jeligula Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125357#comment-1250837 No, the Exorcist is not the best movie ever made.  The amount of times that Ellen Burstyn says "For Christ's sake," makes me cringe.  But for sheer impact, it was a doozie.  I would be very interested in seeing this stage production. No, the Exorcist is not the best movie ever made.  The amount of times that Ellen Burstyn says “For Christ’s sake,” makes me cringe.  But for sheer impact, it was a doozie.  I would be very interested in seeing this stage production.

]]> By: yupgiboy http://boingboing.net/2011/10/23/teller-working-on-stage-production-of-the-exorcist.html#comment-1250720 yupgiboy Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125357#comment-1250720 I've never seen nor heard anyone state that The Exorcist was the best film of all time. Some say the scariest, but never the best overall film. Sadly, the quotable obscenities and the effects laden climax greatly overshadow what I find to be the most haunting and lingering aspects of the movie. That is, the oppressive atmosphere of helplessness and regret that pervades the movie. Damien Karras' inability to take care of his ailing mother and his questioning of his faith as a result (and the mirroring of those themes between Chris MacNeil and her daughter Regan) stayed with me long after the images of pea soup and levitation faded. It's a shame that most people ignore the bulk of the movie to get to the sensationalism at the end. It's sad that it's become a party movie. I’ve never seen nor heard anyone state that The Exorcist was the best film of all time. Some say the scariest, but never the best overall film. Sadly, the quotable obscenities and the effects laden climax greatly overshadow what I find to be the most haunting and lingering aspects of the movie. That is, the oppressive atmosphere of helplessness and regret that pervades the movie. Damien Karras’ inability to take care of his ailing mother and his questioning of his faith as a result (and the mirroring of those themes between Chris MacNeil and her daughter Regan) stayed with me long after the images of pea soup and levitation faded. It’s a shame that most people ignore the bulk of the movie to get to the sensationalism at the end. It’s sad that it’s become a party movie.

]]> By: Jardine http://boingboing.net/2011/10/23/teller-working-on-stage-production-of-the-exorcist.html#comment-1250687 Jardine Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125357#comment-1250687 <i> Teller's advocacy for atheism.</i> Damn atheists! Always shoving their beliefs down our throats! Teller should just shut the hell up!  Teller’s advocacy for atheism.

Damn atheists! Always shoving their beliefs down our throats! Teller should just shut the hell up!

]]> By: Pickleschlitz http://boingboing.net/2011/10/23/teller-working-on-stage-production-of-the-exorcist.html#comment-1250652 Pickleschlitz Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125357#comment-1250652 Quatermass and the Pit was the best film I know that explored those issues, along with some nice science fiction. I always saw the Exorcist as a story trying to make mysticism and magic relevant to today. The questioning was the subtext that just gave it depth. I wonder how it will work turned upside down. But I'm betting Teller will line up some spectacular pea soup! Go Teller! Quatermass and the Pit was the best film I know that explored those issues, along with some nice science fiction. I always saw the Exorcist as a story trying to make mysticism and magic relevant to today. The questioning was the subtext that just gave it depth. I wonder how it will work turned upside down.

But I’m betting Teller will line up some spectacular pea soup! Go Teller!

]]> By: Abdul Alhazred http://boingboing.net/2011/10/23/teller-working-on-stage-production-of-the-exorcist.html#comment-1250645 Abdul Alhazred Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125357#comment-1250645 Teller advocating atheism? I don't think that's right. At most it's a silent approval. Teller advocating atheism? I don’t think that’s right.

At most it’s a silent approval.

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