Diablo Cody is fucking punk rock
She used to write for alt-weekly newspapers. She worked as a stripper. She wrote a well-received memoir. Oh yeah, she won an Oscar, too. Then, when she was offered a pair of million-dollar shoes to wear to the Oscars, she told the maker, Stuart Weitzman, to go shove them up his ass.
I've always loved watching aging Midwest punk and hardcore kids make good, like those who went on to become nonprofit administrators, nurses, defense lawyers, journalists and screenwriters, quietly nurturing that side of their own mind that wasn't afraid to call bullshit.
Thank you, Diablo Cody. This could only get better if the one-time Minneapolis resident started name-dropping Hammerhead, Holding On, Harvest, Profane Existence and AmRep Records in interviews. Yeah, yeah. Bob Mould and the Jayhawks, too.
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Comments (5)
I like Diablo Cody. I like outsiders getting attention. And I love seeing anyone on the red carpet who actually looks like a human. Oh, and I liked Juno, though I do think it's a bit over-rated. But I'm not sure she should get to wave the Punk Flag because of this shoe fiasco. See here.
Most importantly, though, the attention her shoes are getting seems to be further proof that this year's Oscars were booooooooring.
Posted by Molly Freedenberg | February 26, 2008 01:45 PM
Damn it, Molly. You ruined my stupid little punk fantasy. I'll never fall in love again. I'm gonna go sit on the edge of my bed and angrily listen to Bridge Nine records.
Posted by G.W. Schulz | February 26, 2008 03:32 PM
There is nothing Punk Rock about some snotty, deal breaking ex-stripper with a myspace page. She knew the deal with the shoes from the beginning, her assistant is the one that called Weitzman in the first place.
She sucks.
Posted by Billy | February 26, 2008 10:56 PM
With her stock tatoo (displayed prominently for the cameras, of course), trendy haircut and obvious delight at having her picture taken, it is clear that she is all about image. Hollywood trendy is Hollywood trendy. The difference between her and a Katherine Heigl or Jessica Alba is simply aesthetic, not substantive.
Posted by James | February 27, 2008 09:51 AM
Oh man, if 29 is "aging" I'm gonna go crumble into a pile of dust right now.
Posted by Cheryl Slayerfan | February 28, 2008 03:46 PM