Style Invitational Week 1509: Two-reelers-- combine two 1-word movie names
Plus the ‘Hadden-Inklin Psychic Hotline’ and other ventures by 'sister cities’
Cartoon by Bob Staake for The Washington Post
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Metropolis Parasite: A Wall Street hedge fund trader devises a way to pay $27 in income tax.
Psycho Cats: Fluffy and Ginger get in the shower!
It’s another of our many Style Invitational contests over the years in which you alter a movie title in some way: For Week 1509: Combine two single-word movie titles to make a new movie and describe it, as in the examples above. The original title must consist of a single word: no “A,” “The,” “IV,” etc. You may add a few more words (e.g., “and the,” “vs.”) but the extra words shouldn’t be a major part of the title. Deadline f Monday night, Oct. 17.
And we have the winning “joint ventures” from joining two (or often far more) U.S. or Canadian towns. Say them out loud: everything from the Iowa-Latta-Green Student Loan Forgiveness Program to the The Weir-Naughton-Kansas-Haney-Moore “Wizard of Oz” Cosplayer Convention.
In my supplementary column, The Style Conversational, I talk about the new contest and results, challenge you to get some of the head-scratchier entries, and (way at the bottom, in case you have actual taste and would like to avoid them), some entries that were too unprintable even for the Invite. ——
LINKS TO …
This week’s Invitational column, Week 1509, with the results of Week 1509
The same column for non-subscribers (but do sign up — there are always great promotions going on!)
This week’s Style Conversational column
The Convo for non-subscribers
Paywall-free entry form for Week 1509
Still running -- deadline Monday night, Oct. 10:
Week 1508, our contest to make up a word or phrase containing the letter block ELDN in any order. Paywalll-free entry form for Week 1508)
More ways to enjoy The Style Invitational and be part of the Loser Community:
Join the Style Invitational Devotees group on Facebook and the Devs will anagram your name every which way.
Also on Facebook, the Style Invitational Ink of the Day page presents one classic entry as a colorful graphic that's easy to share. Follow the page to get it regularly on your news feed, or to scroll through the archives. bit.ly/inkofday.
And we have two seasons’ worth of the You're Invited podcast, half-hour episodes with host Mike Gips and various Invite luminaries. Catch all 18 episodes at bit.ly/invite-podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.
— Pat Myers, Empress of The Style Invitational, pat.myers@washpost.com (or just reply to this email)
*That's Loser with a capital L; named for the runner-up prizes emblazoned "LOSER," the community of regular Style Invitational entrants now proudly calls itself the Losers. If you enter the Invite, you're a Genuine Loser. But not (necessarily) a loser.