Get Him to the Greek

Intro

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• pigeonholed
• washed up
• comeback
• straight man

• trash
• run-in
• rehab
• walk the walk

• behind the scenes
• typecast

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Rock stars are famous for behaving badly. In fact, you almost can’t call yourself a rock star at all unless you’ve trashed a few hotel rooms, had a couple run-ins with the law, and been to rehab at least once.

Russell Brand has been arrested 11 times and is known to be a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. So he seems like the perfect person to play an out-of-control musician in the new movie Get Him to the Greek. When it comes to being wild and living hard, he knows how to walk the walk.

Find out if Mason and Devan plan to check out this new comedy.

Dialog

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Mason

Devan

Mason:  I kind of wonder if after Get Him to the Greek Russell Brand is gonna really be able to do anything else.

Devan:  It seems like he’s going to always be typecast as that character, you know, he’s very pigeonholed as this rocker guy that…you know, I feel like, how many roles can that guy play, really?

Mason:  Do you think it’s funny, I mean the story of Get Him to the Greek, this washed up rock ‘n’ roller who’s gearin’ for the comeback tour, I can almost see that being Russell Brand’s true story in a bit.

Devan:  Well, what was the dynamic between him and Jonah Hill in the film, were they like the odd couple? Do they have good chemistry, like did they play off each other in the film?

Mason:  They have OK chemistry. I mean, Jonah Hill is generally a pretty good foil, because his thing is kind of the non-thing. He doesn’t have a very distinct character, he plays the straight man .

Devan:  The thing that movie made me think about though was all these jobs that people have behind the scenes in the music industry that you don’t even think about really. It made me think about how people actually have to be in charge of these musicians and celebrities and like all these other…these things that go on behind the scenes that you don’t even know about. So, is there a job that’s behind the scenes in the music industry that you think would be the most fun?

Mason:  If I had artistic talent I would love to be the guy who made rock band posters.

Devan:  That’d be cool.

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