Words I don't see every day: butter carving. And yet, there's a whole comedy about butter carving (or butter sculpting) coming to theaters near us. Jennifer Garner is attached to star in the movie which is apparently a "political satire":
Butter follows a young orphan who, after being adopted by a Midwestern family, discovers she has an uncanny talent for butter-carving. She eventually finds herself up against the ambitious wife of the retired reigning champion in a town's annual butter-sculpting contest.
"I wanted to do a political satire," [screenwriter Jason] Micallef said, "and I was looking for some venue that people take very seriously but is also ridiculous — like politics — but at the same time is really visual."
Politics! Competition! Butter! The movie certainly has the fixin's for a successful comedy. And to be honest, butter sculpture looks like it could be a pretty interesting art form. I seriously can't wait to see how this movie turns out.
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Butter carving has contests? There are actually contests for carving butter?!?!?!
1I just read a collection of stories by Bill Bryson in which he interviews the Buttercow Lady.
2Sounds a heckuva lot better than that crappy movie she's in with Matt McConaughey
3I think I'll pass on this one...sounds pretty lame.
4There's another book with similar themes. How common can butter carving be
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5This is very funny. I grew up looking forward to the new butter sculpture each year at the New York State fair... Its an odd and funny thing, but they're pretty amazing.
6I wish she'd do a movie with substance, butter doesn't count.
7One of my all-time favorite scenes from my all-time favorite show, The West Wing, has Allison Janney talking about how she's excited to see butter carvings at the Iowa State Fair - butter cows, butter pigs, even a life-size replica of The Last Supper - which includes butter Jesus, butter Mary, and BUTTER ON THE TABLE! It's butter of butter!
Hmm..can using the word "butter" 10 times in a comment get you banned for life?
Either way, I'm excited for this movie, it sounds more indie-tongue-in-cheek than Jennifer Garner has done in a while, except for Juno.
8Really, on paper the plot sounds messed up. But then again I am an outsider when it comes to butter carving.
9i'm all for light and airy movies and this one sounds like it could be just that. i miss seeing jennifer in movies and now i guess since she's had her little girl, she can get back to work.
10I thought that said butter craving lol
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