{"id":216,"date":"2006-12-16T10:02:15","date_gmt":"2006-12-16T16:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php\/2006\/12\/16\/whoda-thunk-it\/"},"modified":"2006-12-16T10:02:15","modified_gmt":"2006-12-16T16:02:15","slug":"whoda-thunk-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Who’da Thunk It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last things in the world I expect to see:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Britney Spears doing a command performance at Kennedy Center<\/li>\n
  2. The Wege from Norwegianity taking an understated approach to a discussion<\/li>\n
  3. A good Rocky <\/em>sequel<\/strike>. Oops. Well, blow me down<\/a>. Rocky Balboa <\/em>has gotten at least one good review:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Theres a disarming quality to Stallones thoughtful script that has a way of stopping smirking skeptics right in their tracks, as if to say: “Yeah, yeah, I know what youre thinking. But at least give me a shot here.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    And darned if that gently self-effacing approach doesnt melt away those preconceived notions.<\/p>\n

    With his beloved Adrian having passed away, Rocky trudges along the streets of his South Philly neighborhood like a man whos been beaten down by the ravages of time and bittersweet memories of all-too-distant glories.<\/p>\n

    Hes only too happy to regale patrons at his eatery, Adrians, with those stories, but his habit of living in the past is beginning to grate on his old buddy Paulie Burt Young, whos been there for all six rounds, whos no longer willing to accompany Rocky on those ritual tours through his old haunts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    OK.\u00a0 I’ll go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The last things in the world I expect to see: Britney Spears doing a command performance at Kennedy Center The Wege from Norwegianity taking an understated approach to a discussion A good Rocky sequel. Oops. Well, blow me down. Rocky Balboa has gotten at least one good review: Theres a disarming quality to Stallones thoughtful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-n-e"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}