Comments on: Reality Bites

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:42:06 +0000

I think some things should never be remade, and I also heard it was a stinker. Who could have the purity (and gorgeous profile) of Norma Shearer, the hilarious maliciousness of Rosalind Russell, or prtray a conniving reptile better than Joan Crawford? I think you should spare yourself the disappointment.

By: Karen M

Karen M — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:35:16 +0000

Yeah, I love that bathtub scene, too. The whole thing works, but that’s because of the dialogue, and the subtexts and the POV.

Have you seen the remake yet? I haven’t… I’m hoping it goes to NetFlix InstantView so I can see it without another $ exchange.

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:12:31 +0000

Ah, the infamous Clare Boothe Luce, a Republician of the first order, but smart. Not like they make them today. The bathtub scene is pretty great, too, especially when the little girl says, correctly, “I think this bathroom is perfectly ridiculous.”

By: Karen M

Karen M — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:01:45 +0000

It is, without a doubt, one of my favorite movies of all time. Of course, a woman wrote it. ;~)

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:21:07 +0000

Of course I’ve seen “The Women,” about 50 times. That scene where Joan Crawford is talking to Steven on the phone from behind the perfume counter is one of the funniest in cinema history. “Why don’t you borrow the quintuplets for the evening?”

By: Karen M

Karen M — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:13:35 +0000

btw, speaking of Joan Crawford, have you ever seen “The Women?” The older version with Norma Shearer, not the new remake. A very young Joan Crawford is featured in it… as the other woman, of course.

And, ‘Hag, there’s a fashion show right in the middle of the film. In color, too. Nothing gratuitous, though, it fits into the narrative.

By: Karen M

Karen M — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:27:19 +0000

Laugh if you will, H, but knitting has been shown to be very beneficial for the blood pressure…

…and Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, a renowned writer on knitting humor (aka The Yarn Harlot, see her blog) gave a talk once in which she claimed the benefits of knitting to be similar to those of meditating monks. In particular, she mentioned theta waves, and an increased ability to make interesting connections.

I believe there are even some scholarly papers written on the benefits, though you probably have to search for something more like “repetitive movements” or something like that.

Just think of it as another form of making knots…

By: Karen M

Karen M — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:21:57 +0000

Oh, no! I didn’t meant to imply you were too ambitious; I was just enjoying the joke.

By: heru-ur

heru-ur — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:44:19 +0000

I might do that, but that would require me knowing your e-mail address. I looked around the blog but did not see it.

Mt. Dora is on the “backbone” or high ridge in the center of the state. It is barely hill country to one from the Appalachian Mountain chain, but it is “mountain” to these very flat landers.

And boy, you stay up late or get up early one. That first response came before dawn here in the east!

Oh, and by the way Tony, my name is Joseph. I was named after the patron saint of the working man.

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:48:24 +0000

Thanks for filling me in, Heru; and I’m glad that your wife is looking after you. It’s big news to me that there’s anything called a “Mt” in Florida, but being a lifelong urban dweller, I’m sure that I’d like it. Email me if that would be less blood pressure raising; I have a whole host of things I’d like to discuss with you about health, in a more private forum. Best wishes as always… T