11 November, 2008

Kashkari / Imhotep: Awaken not the cursed mummy!

This is Neel Kashkari:


(Yes, that's eye liner. Really makes his eyes pop, doesn't it?)

He's Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He's also a former Goldman Sachs executive, just like his boss, Henry Paulson. He gave a speech today at a conference full of financial executives, and afterwards wasn't thrilled about having to answer questions about the great benefits of robbing our children to heap many billions of more dollars on the failing insurance giant AIG.

This is Imhotep:



He was cursed and mummified alive in ancient Egypt, only to be awakened by treasure hunters in 1923. From the IMDB:
Now, with the ancient and quite agile high priest on the loose, the adventurers and scientists face not only a dangerous enemy, but also a massive threat to today's world: Imhotep wants to bring Ankh-su-namun back to life by using Evelyn's body, but he also wants to rid the world of the disbelieving crowd of democracy-supporters to be able to enforce his tyrannic dictatorship.
Damn! Don't you love it when life immitates art? (Not that "The Mummy" is "art", but still...)

Beni: Mr. Burns, Prince Imhotep thanks you for your hospitality.
Mr. Burns: No.
Beni: And for your eyes, and for your tongue.
Mr. Burns: Wha?
Beni: But I'm afraid more is needed. The prince must finish the job. And consummate the curse which you and your friends have brought down upon yourselves.

1 comments:

Paul said...

The hell with Imhotep - I was intrigued by the name of the treasure PR woman, Jennifer Zuccarelli. Say it out loud - Zuccarelli! Zuccarelli! Isn't that the best name ever to say? Besides Barack Obama? So I looked her up on the Google, and this is the first link I got (she's the third one down): http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/hottest_media_types/hottest_media_types_female_pr_90912.asp

Yowza! Didn't the god-pharaoh keep foxy dark-haired ladies around? I seem to recall something to that effect. I'm still trying to figure out how the Scorpion King figures into all of this, but rest assured: I'm on it.