purplefam99 said:

Genesia said:

Mall of America didn't exist in 1984.

i thought it did but it was called Outlet Mall of America. but i'm not sure, i don't think it was

the high end spectacle it is now.

Mall of America was built in 1992.

leadline said:

I would still like to know what The Kid's real name was.

Francis L., Jr.

Genesia said:

purplefam99 said:

i thought it did but it was called Outlet Mall of America. but i'm not sure, i don't think it was

the high end spectacle it is now.

Mall of America was built in 1992.

check

purplefam99 said:

leadline said:

I would still like to know what The Kid's real name was.

Fred???

no, he looked like an eddie to me, from just the shape of his head.

PeteSilas said:

purplefam99 said:

Fred???

no, he looked like an eddie to me, from just the shape of his head.

Nah, his name was felipe.

morningsong said:

PeteSilas said:

no, he looked like an eddie to me, from just the shape of his head.

Nah, his name was felipe.

could be, could be or maybe even gus, that has a ring to it. ladies and gentleman "gus" and the revolution.

PeteSilas said:

I think one of the things that Keep the movie somewhat timeless is that the clothing doesn't look like anything else but "Princely" from his own realm.

Not 70's, not 80's just Prince's own little world.
That's everyone from Apollonia to The Time. Everyone looks hot as hell.

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Ugot2shakesumthin said:

I think of the things that Keep the movie somewhat timeless is that the clothes don't look like anything else but "Princely" from his own realm. Not 70; not 80's just Prince's own little world.
That's everyone from Apollonia to The Time. Everyone looks hot as hell.

ya, wardrobe was top notch, had been developing and improving since the dirty mind period for all of them. they say the times first clothes came from a second hand store, i believe that. there is a portion of the 2004 PR dvd devoted to the wardrobe, i think the same lady who did UTCM was there but I thought Prince also had a local black lady who designed some of his clothes too.

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

I think one of the things that Keep the movie somewhat timeless is that the clothing doesn't look like anything else but "Princely" from his own realm.

Not 70's, not 80's just Prince's own little world.
That's everyone from Apollonia to The Time. Everyone looks hot as hell.

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True dat!

purplefam99 said:

PeteSilas said:

could be, could be or maybe even gus, that has a ring to it. ladies and gentleman "gus" and the revolution.

Leon?

you ever wonder why they didn't just call him Prince in the movie? it was close enough to his life, ok, not that close but close enough.

PeteSilas said:

purplefam99 said:

PeteSilas said: Leon?

you ever wonder why they didn't just call him Prince in the movie? it was close enough to his life, ok, not that close but close enough.

Who knows heh, it honestly just recently dawned on me that he never had a real name in the movie, and I have been watching it since the 80's.

Prince would have been a fitting name yeah.

leadline said:

PeteSilas said:

you ever wonder why they didn't just call him Prince in the movie? it was close enough to his life, ok, not that close but close enough.

Who knows heh, it honestly just recently dawned on me that he never had a real name in the movie, and I have been watching it since the 80's.

Prince would have been a fitting name yeah.

I always felt that the name 'the Kid' was rather demeaning anyway....

morningsong said:

PurpleBabied said:

You must mean he makes the modern equivalent of those amounts not that those bands made that amount in 1984. Because in 1984, $1000 was the equivalent of $2403.88 today in terms of buying power.

Assuming rent in Minnesota isn't sky high, there's little reason for him to be staying with his folks.

As for his clothes? He either learned how to sew or prevailed upon his mama to alter his clothes when she wasn't pickling all the root vegetables in Minnesota. lThere's no way a 5'1" little dude is going to find clothes to fit him off the rack in 1984 or 2017. The petites section didn't exist then; my momma picked up her winter clothes from the children's department. Wait..

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You have to admit, the Kid destroyed YEARS worth of pickles and mason jars in his rampage. I wasn't going for the double entendres but I'm sure after he showed Appollonia the pickles before he showed her the creepy clown collection and played that weird mood music before lighting up the basement like the Phantom of the Opera.

"Where'd you get all the candles?"

"I went through a time portal and filched them from my part time job at Yankee Candle."

"Oh. Where'd you get all the creepy clown masks?

"Those are my grandma's."

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kingricefan said:

leadline said:

Who knows heh, it honestly just recently dawned on me that he never had a real name in the movie, and I have been watching it since the 80's.

Prince would have been a fitting name yeah.

I always felt that the name 'the Kid' was rather demeaning anyway....

Ummm...yeah. That was the actual point of calling him The Kid.

PeteSilas said:

purplefam99 said:

PeteSilas said: Leon?

you ever wonder why they didn't just call him Prince in the movie? it was close enough to his life, ok, not that close but close enough.

for sure, morris was morris jerome was jerome why not???

PurpleBabied said:

morningsong said:

You have to admit, the Kid destroyed YEARS worth of pickles and mason jars in his rampage. I wasn't going for the double entendres but I'm sure after he showed Appollonia the pickles before he showed her the creepy clown collection and played that weird mood music before lighting up the basement like the Phantom of the Opera.

"Where'd you get all the candles?"

"I went through a time portal and filched them from my part time job at Yankee Candle."

"Oh. Where'd you get all the creepy clown masks?

"Those are my grandma's."

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those harliquens still get me!!!!!!! and when he trys to hipnotize her. i would have given him a face, that would resulted in hurt feelings and would have been knocking on that basement window

saying, prince let me in i just thought you hipnotizing me was funny, come on let me in ill let you do

it now.....

PeteSilas said:

morningsong said:

Nah, his name was felipe.

could be, could be or maybe even gus, that has a ring to it. ladies and gentleman "gus" and the revolution.

LOL. Doesn't quite roll off the tongue.

Clarence Williams lV.

Personally, I just assumed The Kid also had a day job. Because that's the simplest explanation -- and home economics classes WERE offered in high school in the 80's. Hell, we had them in the 90's when I was in high school. And you CAN find some super-fancy shit in thrift stores. It also doesn't take much to learn how to apply makeup yourself, or perm your own hair -- I did that shit all the time, and never set foot in a hair salon until I was in my LATE 30's. So why is any of this a big-ass mystery? Yeesh, people, you gotta get out more.

morningsong said:

PeteSilas said:

could be, could be or maybe even gus, that has a ring to it. ladies and gentleman "gus" and the revolution.

LOL. Doesn't quite roll off the tongue.

would have been lovely "stage ain't no place for your personal shit gus" "I don't need your help morris, gus is gonna help me" "hahaha, gus ain't never helped no one but hisself".

PeteSilas said: