A question about the Worst Director Working Today

[xiphias]

Is "Uwe Boll" pronounced "Weeble"?

I found out that he gets his financing from German investors under a law that allows money funneled into entertainment properties to count as a tax writeoff -- because of deductions and the like, his investors actually make money if he loses money. Didn't Mel Brooks write a movie about that?

Comments

[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

It's not "Oo-vay Bole"?

[undauntra.livejournal.com]

It's pretty close to that, IIRC. Maybe closer to "Oo-veh", depending on your accent.

[wednesday]

It won't be fair if he doesn't have a 24-7 d/s relationship with a spouse named Uwa Boll (hence, Uwe Boll's Uwa Boll).

Also, I would hope that both of them have surprisingly good balance.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Because they couldn't fall down, right?

The appropriate use of Weebles in this situation

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

Many years ago, I rented the attic of a grad student in Mayan archaeology. Charles was charming and sweet and smart, and I liked his wife very much. He was teaching their four-year-old daughter Mayan hieroglyphs, and he'd made her a set of scale-model blocks so she could construct accurate Mayan temples. When they had built the temple, Charles would carefully place a Weeble Peple on top, little Hilary would knock it off, and they'd have a human sacrifice.

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

No: in Mr. Brooks' movie, people actually liked what the tax shelter guys produced. >XP