Spooking Up The Oldies

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How fabulous is that picture of Beatrice Straight and JoBeth Williams doing their Poltergeist thing? Totally absolutely fabulous, I love it. With today's news that Rosemarie Dewitt is going to take the JoBeth role in the Poltergiest remake I was going to photo-shop a picture of JoBeth and Rosemarie (apparently the mom role can only be played by women with double first names) together but I love that picture above too much, so it wins. It wins everything. Beatrice Straight is so good in Poltergeist, you guys.

As for Rosemarie, I will never not like her thanks to The United States of Tara, so her signing on edges me upwards on the indisputable hump this movie's got to get past in order for me not to rail against a remake of one of my most important childhood movies. Upwards, but not over. Let's see what sexy daddy they cast in Craig T. Nelson's role, then we'll talk.

Actually the casting of Rosemarie makes me think that Mark Duplass, her Your Sister's Sister co-star, might not be a bad pick. Go full second-string post-mumblecore on this mutha!

Weirdly I just re-watched three quarters of Poltergeist this past weekend, and was wondering where the hell JoBeth has gotten herself to. (Actually there's nothing weird about that, I'll watch Poltergeist any time anywhere.) Looking her up I see she hasn't gone anywhere - she's just doing stuff I haven't been watching, like Dexter and Private Practice and Hart of Dixie. They should hire her for the Beatrice Straight part!
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