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WAR HORSE: In praise of Schmaltz
I was impressed by some of the promotions of the Broadway play War Horse; the wicker puppet horses that exuded a Lion King feeling though in much more dire circumstance. So I am not sure what I expected from … Continue reading
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Tagged lassie theme, movie review, schmaltz, Spielberg, War Horse
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Searching for Howard Beale: The Fall of Our Discontent
*Picket lines and picket signs Don’t punish me with brutality Talk to me, so you can see Oh, what’s going on What’s going on Ya, what’s going on Wall Street: a neighborhood that handles the finances of those elusive job … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Review & response, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged champagne, college, Egypt, Fay Dunaway, gates, Greed, horizons, Howard Beale, keys, mad as hell, Network the movie, Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, protests, standoff, Wall Street, zucotti park
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Helping The Help: The Sliding Scale of Victimization
Helping The Help: The Sliding Scale of Victimization.
CONTAGION: Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood
CONTAGION: Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood.
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Tagged Contagion, Damon, disturbing the universe, Fishburne, movie, Paltrow, review, winslett
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CONTAGION: Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood
Cinematic themes featuring a world done in by some uncontrollable force – Godzilla, meteorites, nuclear weapons and, in the case of Contagion, virus, are not new. Although, Contagion does take our collective fear of a pandemic and brings that fear … Continue reading
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Tagged Contagion, fomite, Gwennyth Paltrow, Kate Winslett, Laurance Fishburne, Matt Damon, movie review, virus
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Helping The Help: The Sliding Scale of Victimization
I am one of those strong black women who liked the movie The Help. True, the stereotypes are there, obvious and certainly can be considered offensive. But it is unfair to hold a work of fiction to the same standards … Continue reading
