Edna was created by screenwriter and director Brad Bird to explain how The Incredibles' superheroes obtain their costumes, a topic he believes is rarely explored in superhero films convincingly.
Bird also decided to voice the character himself after several actresses originally considered for the role failed to replicate Edna's unique accent.
The director understood that, in addition to fashion expertise, the character would need to demonstrate proficiency in science, engineering and technology in order to create costumes capable of withstanding the trials of superheroic activities, and ultimately conceived her as a short, confident character of both German and Japanese descent based on these countries' reputations as small yet powerful nations.
Inspired by Q from the James Bond franchise, Edna is widely believed to have been based primarily on costume designer Edith Head, although there continues to be constant speculation as to which celebrities inspired Edna, particularly Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and actress Linda Hunt.
Update: either I forgot or did not know this --
Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, directed over 50 movies. ... his favorite designer was Edith Head, who created all the costumes for his films In America. She is the pure legend of Hollywood and won a record amount of Oscars - 8 pieces- for the design of costumes.
Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain: by the way -- pat myself on the back -- I updated an entry over at wiki regarding this song -- a fairly important update that corrected the history of that song. And provided the source for that correction.
Flattening the curve: it looks like the second wave will be much, much worse than the first wave. I'm not worried. Yet.
Coronavirus: statistics. By country. By state.
From Johns Hopkins: top five states, about the same, weekly new cases per capita -- ND, WY, NM, MT, SD. Observations:
- NM -- a new addition to the top five list - in past couple of weeks --
- SD drops from 2nd to 5th
- it appears four of the five have hit their peak;
- ND has dropped well off its peak;
CDC: the weekly MMWR report usually released on Friday will be delayed; released on Monday, November 30, 2020.
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A Musical Interlude
Cash's daughter Rosanne Cash recorded a cover version of "Tennessee Flat Top Box" in 1987 on her album King's Record Shop.
Released in November 1987 as the album's third single, it was also the third of four consecutive number-one country hits from that album, peaking in February 1988.
Randy Scruggs played the acoustic guitar solos on it.
Rosanne Cash recorded the song at the suggestion of her then-husband, fellow country singer Rodney Crowell.
When she recorded the song, she was unaware that her father wrote it, and assumed that it was in the public domain.
Johnny later told Rosanne that her success with the song was "one of [his] greatest fulfillments."
The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll cited Rosanne's cover as a "healing of her strained relationship with her dad."
Following her father's death in 2003, Rosanne Cash performed the song during The Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute concert TV special.
Is this simply not the best toe-tapping song ever, and written by Johnny Cash himself. Who would have guessed?
And, yes, I just had my first turkey-left-over sandwich for lunch. Turkey leftovers are under-rated. Way better than ham. Not better than BLT but easier to make. By the way, never, never, never use "lite" Kraft Miracle Whip. Just saying. The taste is fine; the appearance/texture is weird, to say the least.
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