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courtneyriot

courtneyriot

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

DEC 10, 2007 06:00 AM

Over the next few months, Hollywood's hottest writer, Diablo Cody, will see her second and third scripts rushed into development. One of those, Girly Style, is a girl's version of Superbad. The other is a horror film called Jennifer's Body, starring Transformers' Megan Fox, and it's about -- wait for it -- a cheerleader that eats boys. Literally. If you want to know what kind of mind could come up with such a thing, a good place to start is with Cody's 2005 memoir Candy Girl, which chronicles her...

Benzino

Benzino

Winnipeg, MB
November 2006

DEC 10, 2007 08:56 PM

She has to write the script for Candy Girl. Which was one of the funniest, interesting, moving book I have ever read. Cody is so nerdy, cute, funny and I hope she has a ton of success.

punchdrunkblake

punchdrunkblake

Australia
November 2005

DEC 11, 2007 02:16 AM

If I can't manage to hook up an engagement to this girl then I'd like to at least meet her one day.

Can't wait for Juno, Thank You For Smoking was pretty kick ass.

_margot_

_margot_

Los Angeles, CA
December 2007

DEC 11, 2007 04:34 PM

I am so excited to see this film. Great interview.

Gillionaire

Gillionaire

Manchester, NH
February 2007

JAN 13, 2008 11:17 AM

Vaux

Vaux

I'm lost
January 2008

JAN 19, 2008 01:31 AM

Man...I really dug Juno. Cool article.

FitzSimmons

FitzSimmons

Saint Paul, MN
January 2008

FEB 18, 2008 08:51 PM

Cool interview. Never heard of her but this makes me want to check her out.

squee_

squee_

Grand Marais, MN
September 2004

FEB 22, 2008 08:06 PM

Juno was a fantastic movie. Nice interview.

Virtute

Virtute

Brooklyn, NY
July 2007

FEB 23, 2008 07:29 AM

I recently read her book. It wasn't very good.

FitzSimmons

FitzSimmons

Saint Paul, MN
January 2008

FEB 26, 2008 11:45 AM

Virtute said:
I recently read her book. It wasn't very good.



Yeah, I heard that from someone else too. I liked Juno a lot though. Maybe she should stick to screenplays.

anonymouse

anonymouse

Miami Beach, FL
OLD SKOOL

FEB 26, 2008 12:15 PM

Nobody likes a tourist, and that's what the story of Candy Girl is. "Oh, I KNOW! I can strip for a little while, and then I'll string some words together using a rhyming dictionary and make a book about it!"

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

FEB 26, 2008 02:32 PM

She's a terrible writer, and did not deserve the Oscar. I hope her career dies.

Serendipity

Serendipity

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

FEB 26, 2008 06:16 PM

anonymouse said:
Nobody likes a tourist, and that's what the story of Candy Girl is. "Oh, I KNOW! I can strip for a little while, and then I'll string some words together using a rhyming dictionary and make a book about it!"



I just don't say it enough but
love love love

WasNeverHere

WasNeverHere

Burlington, VT
November 2008

JAN 13, 2010 06:14 AM

Late to the party, but this article just popped up on the front page today...

Cassiel said: She's a terrible writer, and did not deserve the Oscar. I hope her career dies.


I couldn't agree more. She's a one-trick pony who got lucky with "Juno" in having insanely good casting. If one sits down and reads the script of "Juno," it's quickly apparent how terribly overwritten and unreal it is. It was saved by the brilliance of the four main actors – Page, Cera, Bateman, and Garner, the last of whom showed that she has an amazing ability with subtlety and has been underutilized in most of her roles.

If anyone has ever read Diablo Cody's columns in Entertainment Weekly, it's clear that she is a complete and utter moron. She professes a love for shows from the morally abhorrent "Gossip Girl" to the vacant "Sweet Valley High." She tries to pass this off as a sort of funky intellectual kitsch, but it's not. No posing in the guise of intellectual slumming can justify an affinity for "Gossip Girl"; it's the moral equivalent of being titillated by "Triumph of the Will."

More to the point, her writing is abysmal and her taste is obscene. "Jennifer's Body" was one of the worst movies I have seen in the last decade. It was merely an exploitation vehicle for Megan Fox to once again distract people from her wooden acting by revealing her body. Unlike "Mean Girls" or "Heathers," a group into which Cody so desperately and transparently wants to insert this work, there is no commentary, satire, or irony to be found. The film is a piece of utter trash; "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

FitzSimmons

FitzSimmons

Saint Paul, MN
January 2008

JAN 13, 2010 09:58 AM

Her column in Entertainment Weekly is horrible. I still end up reading it every time though. Not sure why. I guess I just keep expecting something better.