April 24, 2004

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER, YOUR WORK IS NOT DONE

As we putter about the house this is on Showtime - and I must say it has the best depiction of a bribing murderous grave robber I have ever seen Raymond Burr deliver. Smeared with brown makeup and dressed in exotic flowing robes, one gets the sense that he was more himself in this role than any other.

Sample dialogue:
Character 1: [Translating] "Death...comes...on swift wings...to...anyone...who disturbs King Tut's tomb."
Character 2: "Forget about that ridiculous curse."

[I was going to bring up Raymond Burr in our "Greatest Living Actor" discussion, but...well, he's dead too. -LoM]

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