National Blame Someone Else Day!

 It’s National Blame Someone Else Day!  It’s a holiday celebrated on the first Friday the 13th of each year designed around laying the blame for your fuck-ups elsewhere.  We all do it.  We’ll blame coworkers, spouses, children or even the dog for offenses as small as a fart.  Blaming someone else becomes a life threatening issue in Alice Sweet Alice.  When Alice’s sister Karen is murdered, Alice is treated as not only a viable suspect but the only suspect.  With all suspicion focused on Alice, the real killer is able to take more lives.  It’s not until the murders continue while Alice is locked in a psychiatric facility that some of the focus shifts away from her, but is it too late to save others?  Watch Alice Sweet Alice and read the blog to find out. And if you don’t like it- well, that’s Alison’s fault.

Questions

Jon: Are whispered prayers inherently creepy?

Alison: Most definitely. Loud ones are pretty weird too.  How amazing is that corpse photo closeup?

Jon: Meh.  Corpse photos don’t really do anything for me.  Just a picture of a dead person.  Are you as jaded as me and assumed the priest was up to something nefarious with his surprise?

Alison: Is that being jaded or simply aware of a terrible reality?

Jon: No it’s jaded especially since at the time this movie is set, that priests doing shit to kids wasn’t really common knowledge.  Go through the gate with the sign warning of attack dogs?

Alison: I was thinking that. Bright girl, that one.  Does dad seem entirely unaffected by his daughter's death?  Why are these cops being so callous to him though?

Jon: No I think he’s upset and that’s just his normal manner.  He seems fairly unflappable.  Those cops though were assholes.  How creepy is this fucking mask?

Alison: Extremely. I love that there are two masks. That was a nice touch.  Do you miss pay phones?

Jon: Pay phones always smelled like piss, rarely worked, stole money, were germ factories and the call quality was inconsistent at best, so yes I miss them.  I miss all the grimy shit I grew up with.  Is Alice ok?

Alison: I wouldn't say she's okay.  What does this chick look like now???  She looked and sounded 40 in this movie?

Jon: Based on a quick Google search, she kind of aged into a 65 year old version of Aunt Annie.  She was already 19 when the movie came out and she only has one other acting credit.  Is Karen a Karen?

Alison: Well, at no point does she demand to see Alice's manager, but she definitely is triggered by masks.

Jon: I would disagree.  She complains to mom A LOT and that sure seems like a kid’s manager.  How sexy is Mr. Alphonso?

Alison: Very.  Especially the tit grabbing.  He is that creepy and they're sending the kids to deliver cake by themselves? That is so 70s.  We need to get back to our lives?  Has it been like three days??

Jon: You need to get back to normal at some point.  Three days seems quick but if it works for them.  What did you do Alice?

Alison: Nothing good, that’s for sure.  They reallllly want these kids to have as many interactions with Alfonso as possible, huh?

Jon: Who wouldn’t want their children to be around a man of the high character that Alfonso has?  Falling nuns are funny?

Alison: “Clumsy clergy” seems like a funny concept to me, yes.  A rare tender moment with mom when she kisses her on the head? is that a glimmer of hope?

Jon: No, there is very little hope for any of Alice’s relationships.  Is it a damaging assumption to say Karen is dead before the fire is even put out?

Alison: I think she was pretty obviously dead.  Does Alfonso need a dentist? NOT happy about the kitten incident. 

Jon: Alfonso needs a lot of things but dentist is pretty low down the list.  Is Annie an obnoxious, meddling bitch?

Alison: Yes. I cannot stand her.  Did a little part of you feel like Annie deserved that ? Did all of you?

Jon:  Annie deserved that and a lot more.  She made every situation worse.  Is Annie a Karen?

Alison: She is the 70s epitome of Karen. In fact, I bet that haircut is the 70s Karen haircut.  How done are you with Annie's hollering?

Jon: I was done with everything about that woman from the second she appeared on screen with her meddling bullshit.  Do you think anyone likes Annie?

Alison: I think Dwight G. Eisenhower might be the only one.

Jon: Not even him.  He liked her one night for like two minutes and is paying for it for the rest of his life.  How badly do you think Jim wants Annie to stay at her sister’s house?

Alison: Very badly.  At what point did you know who to blame when you saw this for the first time?

Jon: I noticed some shots in the raincoat during the first murder where the body type didn’t seem to match but that could have been an inconsistency with a stunt double.  The dinner scene with Mrs. Tredoni and the old priest was when I officially started questioning.  Do you think Mr. Alphonso wants the cake or Alice more?

Alison: This whole scenario is horrifying.  Have you ever been blamed for something you didn't do?

Jon: You didn’t grow up with siblings and it shows with this question.  When you have siblings you’re always blamed for something you didn’t do but you also get away with some shit you did do.  Is the actor who played Detective Brennan Robert Loggia’s brother Phil?

Alison: I thought it was Roger, but it could also definitely be Phil.  Is dad a really really good dad who unfortunately can’t have his kids with him after the divorce or does his new wife not want them around?

Jon: I would imagine dad is a good enough dad but the 1970s court decided that the girls should live with their mother.  Seriously does Annie need to mind her own fucking business?

Alison: She very much does. She has some personal vendetta for Alice.  Wait, these kids are 12?? I had first communion when I was seven…

Jon: Well weren’t you just the cutest, advanced Christianity student ever.  Doesn’t it seem like it rains a lot in this town?

Alison: Those rain scenes were intensely effective though. Some of those shots like mom and the priest in the car were done really, really interestingly.  Awwww a heavy breathing phone call!!!  Do you miss those??

Jon: I miss making those calls very much.  Is that doll really creepy?

Alison: I love the creepy kid with creepy dolls thing. Did I ever tell you I used to cut all the hair off my Barbies?

Jon: Of course you did.  Does Annie want it to have been Alice that attacked her more than is rational?

Alison: Like I said, vendetta. Not sure why she is intent on scapegoating her.  

Jon: Is Annie lying and should God strike her dead?

Alison: Yes and yes.

Jon: Are these questions fair?

Alison: Yes.

Jon: Is this psychiatrist a quack?

Alison: She seems pretty on the money with schizotypal. She seems pretty legit to me.

Jon: Using big words is part of why she seems like a quack.  Should the Spages’ rest assured that Alice is getting quality care?

Alison: Psychiatric care in the 1970s? Absolutely not.

Jon: Did his new wife sense that he was hooking up with his ex-wife?

Alison: I don’t know about you but there’s nothing like the death of one child and the murder accusation of the other to bring a couple back together.

Jon: I have no basis to know that and neither do you.  Is his new wife a moron? Is something wrong? One of his daughters was murdered and his other daughter is in an institution. Does she need to ask stupid questions?

Alison: “I’M LONELY????” sorry your kid is dead, but I need you right now.  “It's not fair???” Him being with his family isn’t fair??

Jon: How is Tom going to find the truth if he falls for the fake phone call?

Alison: He fell hard. Did you notice what was next to the phone when the person hung up?

Jon: No. Tom saw an opossum when he went to look for Angela. Did you know opossums can sometimes symbolize deceit?

Alison: They are crafty little buggers. They like to do things in the dark.

Jon: He also sees a pigeon. Did you know in some cultures pigeons symbolize death?

Alison: I thought that was blackbirds….

Jon: They might too but pigeons for sure.  Google it.  Do you think I’m making the symbology up?

Alison: Yes, you might be. But I dig it.  Would you follow a tiny masked freak into an abandoned warehouse?

Jon: If there was a murderer about?  Hell no.  If I were looking for an orgy?  Hell yeah!  If you got stabbed in the shoulder would you keep going or turn around and get help?

Alison: You know I'd at least stop and whine about it for a bit.  How cool was that fall?  The way it was filmed was awesome.

Jon: It’s only cool because it wasn’t me falling.  When you see the killer after Tom bites it, is it obvious that it could never have been Alice based on her size?

Alison: She is definitely filmed at a distance until that point, likely for that very reason.  Does mom get hotter and better dressed the more people that die?

Jon: She has a priest to seduce so she had to get sexier and probably younger looking.  Does Mrs. Tredoni not realize her scapegoat is unavailable?

Alison: Mrs Tredoni has entered the careless “fugue state” phase of her antics.

Jon: OOOOOHHHHH Mrs. Tredoni thinks she’s doing God’s work?

Alison: Of course she does. Lunatic.  Is this entire film what you would call a self-fulfilling prophecy?

Jon: Not really.  Alice hadn’t killed anyone yet and she didn’t seem any less sane at the end than she was throughout the whole movie.  Why didn’t Mrs. Tredoni take her cross back?

Alison: Biters keepers?

Jon: Why is the cop still staking out Alice’s home?

Alison: He is making himself feel useful.  Did Mrs Tredoni go a bit too far that time? This entire church should probably be exorcised.

Jon: That time?  Killing Karen and setting the body on fire was too far.  Everything after was just an extension.

Lessons

Don’t hook up with your exes.

Believe your children.

Don’t let angry siblings run your life.