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Odie Henderson

@odienator.bsky.social

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Author of BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Still the Boston Globe's chief film critic for now :) Former RogerEbert.com critic. Also former IT Diva (reformed). Black, bi, badass. View are my own! NSFC and GALECA member.

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Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · Feb 19

I wrote a book on Blaxploitation Cinema! Ya damn right! It's called BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Available at bookstores, libraries and even an audiobook (read by moi). If you want to get a copy, ask yo' mama!

The cover of my book BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA.

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Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 15h

She's banned from the cookout.

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 15h

Let me guess--all the contestants were White folks. (NWA?! HAHAHA!!)

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 17h

"Fasten your seatbelts, it's gonna be a bumpy night."

(Gotta end my ALL ABOUT EVE quote-a-thon with that.)

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 18h

"Bill's 32. He looks 32. He looked it 5 years ago, he'll look it 20 years from now. I hate men."

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 19h

"Everybody has a heart. Except SOME people."

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 19h

It's even crazier when I am asked to "change my tomato from rotten to fresh." I could not believe a grown person would type out that sentence.

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Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 20h

"You're too short for that gesture."

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 21h

A recent film festival issued a statement saying that press screenings were "working environments," therefore it was OK to use laptops and phones while watching the movie. I can take handwritten notes without looking away from the screen. I'd have to look at my phone. This is a buncha bullshit.

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 22h

I'd do it. Dorinda is Margo, Blue is Eve and Truck Turner is Addison de Witt! I can make this comparison work!

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23h

I used to think people just didn’t understand what Columbus did but now I think some are really attached to him (as opposed to other worthy italians to celebrate) because their whole thing is not only getting away with doing horrible things but forcing everyone to praise them for being horrible

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Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 22h

"What a story! Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end."

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 22h

"You're maudlin and full of self-pity. You're magnificent."

(My favorite line from ALL ABOUT EVE, and yes, I'm going to keep quoting this movie all day.)

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 23h

Louie, my former bookie here in Jersey.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 23h

"You're an improbable person, Eve, and so am I. We have that in common."

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Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 23h

"I detest cheap sentiment."

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Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 23h

And I hope to write a piece for ALL ABOUT EVE's 75th anniversary, too. I want to make the unhappy rabbits happy. (3/3)

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Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 23h

When All About Eve turned 70, I wrote this:

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2020 Muriels Hall of Fame inductees: All About Eve (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

“Mary Orr’s ‘The Wisdom of Eve’ was the appropriately titled source material for Joe Mankiewicz’s classic ode to ‘the thea-tuh,’ All About...

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Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 23h

When ALL ABOUT EVE turned 60 on 10/13/2010, I wrote this piece for House Next Door (@slantmagazine.com), which ran 60 years to the day my favorite movie of all time opened. Cameo appearance by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social! (1/3)

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Eve of Destruction: 60 Years of All About Eve - Slant Magazine

Joseph L. Mankiewicz introduced Margo Channing and her catty cohorts to the general public on October 13, 1950.

www.slantmagazine.com

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Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 23h

Happy 75th anniversary to my favorite movie of all time.

A picture of the DVD and VHS of ALL ABOUT EVE. Also shown: my ALL ABOUT EVE coffee mug. I'm not too short for that gesture.

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 23h

"I'll admit I may have seen better days, but I'm still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, like a salted peanut."

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 1d

Is that found footage I see before me?

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 1d

No matter how many COLUMBO episodes I've seen--and I've seen them all multiple times, I always cheer when Peter Falk puts his hand to his head at the moment he's figured out the ONE thing that keeps him from nailing the victim. I mimic him when he does it.

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry, alt text for that:

In the theater next to my “Detour” screening, NYFF was showing “My Dinner With Andre.” Our beloved Roger introduced me to that movie on Siskel & Ebert, and his love for it made me rent it when it came out on video. I was 12 or so, and I thought it was the most boring movie I’d ever seen. Good Lord, I hated this movie with the heat of a thousand suns. Now, I have no idea why this was being screened, but I considered it a sign! Maybe this was Roger telling me I should revisit the 1981 Louis Malle movie as an adult, because I have more wisdom and life experience now. Since I couldn’t be two places at the same time, I had to rent “My Dinner With Andre” on Amazon Prime rather than see it on the big screen.

And you know what? It was even worse than I remembered. It’s like being trapped in a college professor’s belly button for 2 hours, but there’s no lint in there to mercifully plug your ears to avoid having to listen to him. Forgive me, Roger! Actually, I think Roger’s laughing wherever he is, shaking his finger at me with mock shame as he often did. You got me, big guy.

Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 2d

Happy 44th Anniversary to the most boring movie on the fucking planet, MY DINNER WITH ANDRE. Gene and Roger raved about it on S&E, making it a must-see for young Odie. BIG MISTAKE! I revisited it for NYFF back in 2018, and wrote about how it was a sign from Roger.

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Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 2d

Wait, the C In Chatgpt stands for Christian, not Cyrano?!