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Welcome to the Grapevine News. This section of the Mathis Chronicles contains my views about anything I find or am sent about Johnny Mathis on the Internet and elsewhere, that had been overlooked by the "official" sites. Occasionally, I report on things not directly related to Mathis but have a connection, may even make up a question to ask myself and try to answer. Readers are welcome to share their experiences here also. So enjoy and thanks for coming.

VOL. 2 NO. 7 - APRIL 7, 2003

ICEBERG HO: Well, well. It seems Johnny Mathis gets a mention in the new movie, Boat Trip. No, I haven’t seen the movie, and from what I’ve heard I’m not likely to waste movie house money on it, but I’m reading differing opinions on it, most of which aren’t that good. The nicest thing that I’ve heard about it is that it’s dumb, one reviewer even called it “too stupid to provoke insult”. But there are also those who feel the movie rates right up there with last year’s “Death to Smoochy” and that one with Madonna that I can’t even name as one of the truly worst movies of the new century so far.

For those who haven’t heard of it, Boat Trip is a story of couple of guys looking to forget their troubles and get dates who get mistakenly booked on a gay cruise. Now not having seen it myself, I can’t truly judge it. Nevertheless, I can’t believe Oscar-winning African-American actors like Cuba Gooding, Jr. can’t find better scripts than this, and I find it even harder to believe that Hollywood would believe a so-called comedy that lampoons gay people to the point that their “gay people are normal” theme is lost would actually wash in the early part of the new century. They’re about 30 years too late with that mentality.

TOUR BUS: The bus stops next in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Visit See Mathis Live! for details. New dates for 2004 added! Yay!

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