Humor, People

An Ideal Husband

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To fully appreciate this story you have to know that Oscar Wilde wrote over a hundred years ago the comedy “An Ideal Husband,” and later on was thrown into prison because of a homosexual relationship. Maureen Dowd, the writer of the column, as far as I remember is single, and once remarked about her own image [Read More]
Comedy, Movies

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry reminded me of an episode of the Love Boat in the 1980s.  After yet another romantic disappointment, a lady decides that she had it with men. She meets a notorious womanizer on the boat. To get the woman “into the sack”, the gigolo plays the role of a image [Read More]
Drama, Movies

I am not there

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About three years ago I acquired a collection of the best Bob Dylan records. I was surprised how many songs I knew, reminding me just how influential Dylan’s music had been during the past four decades. I am not there is an artistic experiment that manages to be a total failure. Todd Haynes wants to image [Read More]
Diary, Must Know

The Neural Buddhists

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This is one of DAVID BROOKS’S best columns. He has done a lot of reading for you to be able to write about a revolution in our understanding of our brain and what this means for our view of the meaning of life. Enjoy. In 1996, Tom Wolfe wrote a brilliant essay called In this image [Read More]
Diary

It is definitely over for Hillary Clinton

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It was an exciting day of politics. I stayed glued to news coming in over the internet. After Indiana had already been called for Clinton, it seemed like the voters of Gary might come out so strongly in favor of Obama that he might take the state after all. Contrary to reports that Hillary will image [Read More]
Diary

Hillary Clinton, Fairy Princess

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Timothy Noah on Slate.com walks you through the numbers why Hillary Clinton does not have a real shot to win the Democratic nomination. If she wins it in the end, Hillary Clinton will be a true princess and Timothy Noah will be transformed into an ugly frog,  living unhappily ever after. Can we please stop image [Read More]
Diary

Hancock

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You have never seen a super hero movie like this one. The people who made this film re-invented the format. I admit it:  I was jealous of the creativity the writers show off in this cool film.  Hancock is a homeless drunk with real temper issues. Watch him as he is trying to work out image [Read More]
Diary

Behind every Animator lies an Actor

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It did not occur to me until I read the obituary of Ollie Johnston, apparently one of Disney’s finest animators, that behind every good animator lies a good actor. Ollie Johnston, last of Disney’s elite animators, died on April 14th, aged 95 IF YOU interviewed Ollie Johnston in the last years of his life, sooner or image [Read More]