Let's play 'genius or jackass'

[morstyranni]

It's simple I name an entertainer you say he's a genius or jackass.

1. Harmony Korine
2. Eminem
3. Brian DePalma
4. Francis Ford Coppola (post 1980)
5. David Letterman
6. Missy Elliot
7. J-Lo
8. Quentin Tarentino
9. White Stripes
10.Jerry Lewis

[kixot]

1. Not fair.

You didn't include any genius' on that list, just jackasses.

[CBGLuthier]

2. OK

1. Genius
2. Jackass
3. Genius
4. Jackass
5. Genius
6. Jackass
7. Jackass
8. Genius
9. Jackass
10. Genius

[morstyranni]

3. Hmm I disagree on 1 and 9 ...

Otherwise right on with me.

[OneBlueSky]

4. yeah . . . they're all one or the other . . . n/t

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[dawgman]

5. here it is

1. Harmony Korine couldn't tell you
2. Eminem jackass
3. Brian DePalma genius
4. Francis Ford Coppola (post 1980) genius
5. David Letterman jackass
6. Missy Elliot genius
7. J-Lo jackass
8. Quentin Tarentino genius
9. White Stripes jackass
10.Jerry Lewis neither

[BigMcLargehuge]

6. Ooooooooo I'll play

1. Harmony Korine - genius
2. Eminem - genius
3. Brian DePalma - jackass
4. Francis Ford Coppola (post 1980) - jackass (Apocalypse Now, great... everything else, crap)
5. David Letterman - genius
6. Missy Elliot - genius (though her music bores me)
7. J-Lo - jackass
8. Quentin Tarentino - genius
9. White Stripes - no friggin idea who White Stripes is, so jackass.
10.Jerry Lewis - jackass (Dean was the brains)

[morstyranni]

7. wow

I don't think I've ever heard of someone who's heard of Harmony Korine, but not The great Jack and Meg White (aka the White Stripes)

[BigMcLargehuge]

8. they a band or something?

I am currently maintaining a decade long boycott of commercial radio.

Harmony Korine, on the other hand, wrote Kids and directed one of my favorite Dadaist explorations of hell, Gummo.

He related to the White Stripes or something??

[Nevernose]

10. The White Stripes = The Carpenters

High on heroin and doing a drive-by shooting of Disneyland. They've just recently got some commercial airplay in the U.S..

[Barad Simith]

9. These are the correct answers.

1. Harmony Korine - do not know
2. Eminem - genius
3. Brian DePalma - jackass
4. Francis Ford Coppola (post 1980) - post-1980? well, jackass of course
5. David Letterman - neither
6. Missy Elliot - neither
7. J-Lo - jackass
8. Quentin Tarentino - genius
9. White Stripes - neither
10. Jerry Lewis - genius