I was checking out the headlines on CBC.ca tonight and saw that Steven Soderbergh is making a rock musical film about Cleopatra. I believe he's calling it Cleo.
A maraschino cherry nearly shot out my nose as I read this news item. I laughed until I choked on my Shirley Temple. Because not only is a rock musical film about Cleopatra kind of ridiculous, but IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE. Does anyone else out there remember the MacGyver episode where MacGyver's ditzy actress friend Penny (played by Teri Hatcher) was in a terrible, cheesy rock musical about Cleopatra called Cleo Rocks??
I wanted to leave a comment on the story, about MacGyver and Penny and the gold outfit she wore and how I still remember all the dance moves from that episode. I wanted to share my opinion. I wanted to be reassured that I am not alone. But in order to comment, I had to "register".
Sure! I care enough about discussing this story to spend a minute registering my account. After I click "create account", I get a notice saying that it may take up to 30 minutes for me to get my confirmation email.
We all know I love the CBC, even when it humiliates me personally on my wedding day. But 30 minutes? Really? Are the chimps loose in the server room again? I don't care enough to wait 30 minutes.
So I decided instead to write this post in the time it took for the CBC Member Centre to activate my account.
MacGyver fans? Anyone?
This CBC registration frustration reminds me of the whole CBC Anthem Challenge voting fiasco of last month, when I had to jump through all kinds of CBC hoops, including predicting who was going to win the Stanley Cup this year, before they would let me actually vote for the Hockey Night in Canada song I liked. Seriously? I watched the show LIVE on CBC. I came to the website. I "registered" to vote. I had to click through a bunch of different screens to have my say and now you want me to prognosticate as well? Jesus Christ, CBC! Just let me vote already!
I believe I wrote "Seriously? Just let me vote already!" in the "which team will win the Stanley Cup" section. The CBC doesn't need my profanity.
By the way - I don't want to get into it with people who HATE the new CBC Hockey Night in Canada song. But I love it, and not just because the winner is from Edmonton. I loved it a little less when they layered all the hockey yap yap over top of it (sadly, that's the only version I could link to. GodDAMN it, CBC!). But then my friend Jon Patterson rekindled my love for it thus:
Ah. So soothing. And yet, still nothing from the CBC Member Centre! Sigh...I guess the world will have to wait until tomorrow for my expose on Soderbergh's latest project. Unless the server room chimps beat me to it...
Thank you for letting me vent my ire and I hope you all have wonderful weekends!
