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I have the good fortune to be a neighbor and friend of Bea Nettles, so I have luxuriated in the richness of this show and the catalog. Indeed, I hadn\u0026#39;t known the scope of her work. Particularly for women, Bea has provided probing and beautiful commentary on the mysteries of an artist\u0026#39;s life, and indeed, any life that values self-reflection. 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I myself believe that the 2017 film just completely and utterly missed the mark in terms of the execution of the themes and messages espoused in the 1995 film. I think that the whole “Memories don’t define us, What we do defines us” narrative is hollow and uninteresting. What I liked about the live action film was the CGI though I think they did a pretty good job in the visual effects department. Sadly, the plot in the 2017 movie was, in my view, oversimplified and closed the door on a lot of the interpretation that the 1995 version invited. Anyway, I see you put a lot of effort into this article and I appreciated that. 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Winkler"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16005846686173676213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-nXaeA_CePCE\/TtlBQ_tIRII\/AAAAAAAAAQQ\/j8iRxx5GQxQ\/s220\/Peter%2BWinkler%2BAuthor%2BPhoto.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2020\/05\/hollywood-ryan-murphys-woke-fantasyland.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-6307762677791074645","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1975416078255909953/posts/default/6307762677791074645","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-274717922"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"May 18, 2020 at 10:44 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-8698425192490227062"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-14T04:15:28.631-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-14T04:15:28.631-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I completely agree!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I completely agree!"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/7758553494368637161\/comments\/default\/8698425192490227062"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/7758553494368637161\/comments\/default\/8698425192490227062"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2010\/08\/nearly-thirty-years-on-hill-street.html?showComment=1589444128631#c8698425192490227062","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09275115483648696853"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2010\/08\/nearly-thirty-years-on-hill-street.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-7758553494368637161","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1975416078255909953/posts/default/7758553494368637161","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1705018246"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"May 14, 2020 at 4:15 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-911580397525654106"},"published":{"$t":"2020-04-28T14:07:38.709-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-04-28T14:07:38.709-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The story Evening Primrose is based on is by John ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The story Evening Primrose is based on is by John Collier, not John Cheever."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/7737614472873236195\/comments\/default\/911580397525654106"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/7737614472873236195\/comments\/default\/911580397525654106"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2020\/04\/take-me-to-world-sondheim-off-cuff.html?showComment=1588097258709#c911580397525654106","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"exactlywatt"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13023915481092756481"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2020\/04\/take-me-to-world-sondheim-off-cuff.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-7737614472873236195","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1975416078255909953/posts/default/7737614472873236195","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1064061577"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"April 28, 2020 at 2:07 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-4015166078102415531"},"published":{"$t":"2019-10-07T10:47:22.100-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-10-07T10:47:22.100-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Thank you Donald for this wonderful and in depth e..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Thank you Donald for this wonderful and in depth exploration of a truly brilliant woman. 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YES!"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/3373264558931759603\/comments\/default\/4015166078102415531"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/3373264558931759603\/comments\/default\/4015166078102415531"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2017\/07\/yoko-ono-buddhism-and-avant-grade.html?showComment=1570459642100#c4015166078102415531","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Tammaro"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05972919572529244078"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"31","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SZc7pt3Cdew\/T1_76K1XADI\/AAAAAAAAACw\/OG32xeOnyXc\/s220\/cathfeb29%257E12.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2017\/07\/yoko-ono-buddhism-and-avant-grade.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-3373264558931759603","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1975416078255909953/posts/default/3373264558931759603","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-845302667"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 7, 2019 at 10:47 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-3383630721517825874"},"published":{"$t":"2019-10-04T16:46:42.344-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-10-04T16:46:42.344-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Is the series avaliable for sale here in the USA?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Is the series avaliable for sale here in the USA?"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/6994140473956744875\/comments\/default\/3383630721517825874"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/6994140473956744875\/comments\/default\/3383630721517825874"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2015\/05\/the-magnificent-century-muhtesem-yuzyil-harim-sultan.html?showComment=1570222002344#c3383630721517825874","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/00713278652753448330"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2015\/05\/the-magnificent-century-muhtesem-yuzyil-harim-sultan.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-6994140473956744875","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1975416078255909953/posts/default/6994140473956744875","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1924005348"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 4, 2019 at 4:46 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-297441430556943437"},"published":{"$t":"2019-06-09T05:16:59.155-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-06-09T05:16:59.155-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The film was a masterpiece on release and always w..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The film was a masterpiece on release and always will be.It was unfortunately too late on arrival in so far as what the movie going public had begun to be weaned on and thus solely anticipated and expected:the Hollywood Blockbuster\/Sci-Fi\/SFX era.The trivial hysteria surrounding the critical savaging of the film was pre-meditated and no worse than the many controversies surrounding it\u0026#39;s making.It stood no chance.I saw it many years ago and declared it a masterpiece in my own mind,regardless of its squandered history.Its elegiac and painterly form,funereal pacing and craftsmanship all enveloped me like no other picture before.Like David Lean before him,with his rapturous and exquisite Ryan\u0026#39;s Daughter,Cimino became just another statistic for the masses of film critics,all flailing around at the time in a bored panic,looking for the next \u0026#39;big\u0026#39; cinematic target to crucify.So the film has finally come to be seen as the neglected masterwork it actually is over the past number of years..? Of course it has."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/6282382451208064992\/comments\/default\/297441430556943437"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/6282382451208064992\/comments\/default\/297441430556943437"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2012\/02\/michael-ciminos-heavens-gate-and-death.html?showComment=1560071819155#c297441430556943437","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08299963396646297460"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2012\/02\/michael-ciminos-heavens-gate-and-death.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-6282382451208064992","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1975416078255909953/posts/default/6282382451208064992","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1003180965"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"June 9, 2019 at 5:16 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-1684380313734158700"},"published":{"$t":"2019-05-04T18:36:29.483-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-05-04T18:36:29.483-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I just rediscovered this movie on Hoopla, the libr..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I just rediscovered this movie on Hoopla, the library app, when I couldn\u0026#39;t find it for rent anywhere. It\u0026#39;s my favorite film for many reasons. I found your review the most relevant of all that I\u0026#39;ve read--it eloquently covers the key elements without resorting to an unnecessarily comprehensive overview. Thank you for your insights. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI believe that Matteo\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;gift\u0026quot; to Giorgia was that her compulsion for finding Matteo\u0026#39;s photographer was her motivation to get out of the asylum--in other word\u0026#39;s, Matteo in death luring her to her destiny. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe only other thing I could add to your superb summary is a resolution of the mystery of Matteo, which is a very strong current in the film that mirrors the duality and identity crises of Italy and other characters and relationships. I had suspicions even early on that Matteo was gay--or at least sexually confused and definitely sexually repressed. That seems to be the most likely foundation of all of his insecurities and depression. Look at all the signs: the first prostitute referring to him as \u0026quot;weird,\u0026quot; the transvestite he picks up, his unbridled anger, his self-imposed isolation, his reaction to his friend\u0026#39;s injury (he may have had feelings for him), his inability to form romantic relationships. In an interview ( http:\/\/www.public.asu.edu\/~srbeatty\/466\/TheBestofYouth%20Pressbook.pdf )the actor who played him said \u0026quot;He has a strong – repressed, undisclosed -  homosexuality.\u0026quot; That was validation for my conclusion, but I suppose it\u0026#39;s still up for interpretation.  The director himself referred only to Matteo\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;pathological sensitivity.\u0026quot; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt\u0026#39;s sad that so few people have seen this masterpiece, but I\u0026#39;m doing my best to spread the word. Where can I find more of your published work? If you like, you can reach out to me at my username AT gmail.com"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/4575199983609409355\/comments\/default\/1684380313734158700"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/4575199983609409355\/comments\/default\/1684380313734158700"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2018\/05\/the-best-of-youth-in-fullness-of-time.html?showComment=1557009389483#c1684380313734158700","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Bruce Hurley"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09040184965567893735"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"31","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-gJTPgDPRmq8\/UGIl9i79XtI\/AAAAAAAAAwI\/cRCUWqaSOSM\/s220\/brucephotoHEADSHOT.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2018\/05\/the-best-of-youth-in-fullness-of-time.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-4575199983609409355","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1975416078255909953/posts/default/4575199983609409355","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-761764017"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"May 4, 2019 at 6:36 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-6071972032820078280"},"published":{"$t":"2019-04-24T02:04:57.339-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-24T02:04:57.339-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Thought-provoking review of a deftly-written biogr..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Thought-provoking review of a deftly-written biography! 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I\u0026#39;m with you, however, on your desire to also discover more of a nuanced, multi-layered rendering of the art of this brilliant wordsmith turned zeitgeist...RIP, Hemingstein..."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/7474369668499345360\/comments\/default\/6071972032820078280"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/7474369668499345360\/comments\/default\/6071972032820078280"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2017\/09\/mary-v-dearborn-hemingway-biography.html?showComment=1556085897339#c6071972032820078280","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14638536105295616557"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2017\/09\/mary-v-dearborn-hemingway-biography.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-7474369668499345360","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1975416078255909953/posts/default/7474369668499345360","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-954052125"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"April 24, 2019 at 2:04 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-3983558784448277961"},"published":{"$t":"2019-04-17T19:24:10.690-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-17T19:24:10.690-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"May Maury Chaykin\u0026#39;s memory be for a blessing. ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"May Maury Chaykin\u0026#39;s memory be for a blessing. I own the Nero Wolfe series as well as the due South series in which he played two guest roles.  I loved him as an extra-terrestrial in Stargate SG-1 and his love for those little cakes [cupcakes].  I loved him as the sheriff in the pilot of Eureka.  Too brief a candle, like his prison-guard role in the very beginning of The Mask of Zorro."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/6158212469806638742\/comments\/default\/3983558784448277961"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/6158212469806638742\/comments\/default\/3983558784448277961"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2010\/07\/unstrung-hero-remembering-maury-chaykin.html?showComment=1555543450690#c3983558784448277961","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"cj"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11797530516289927279"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2010\/07\/unstrung-hero-remembering-maury-chaykin.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-6158212469806638742","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1975416078255909953/posts/default/6158212469806638742","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2013915409"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"April 17, 2019 at 7:24 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-2979995619841673097"},"published":{"$t":"2019-04-08T21:16:28.658-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-08T21:16:28.658-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I went to school with Judith at York and, with my ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I went to school with Judith at York and, with my class, dined with her and our prof in her flat. She asked where my husband was: I told her he was in surgery but if he got out early he would come over. She looked quite startled and taken aback but said nothing. Later alone with me in her kitchen, she asked how I could be so unconcerned about him. I realized that she didn\u0026#39;t know he was a medical intern and had assumed he was being operated on. We\u0026#39;d been in that small class weekly for eight or nine months and she hadn\u0026#39;t taken that in. I was shocked that I\u0026#39;d shocked her. But now I understand that she would assume wounding while I spoke \u0026#39;and what do you do?\u0026#39;. Different registers. I watched for her books of poetry as they came out. They were so raw. I am shaken to hear that she was assaulted and left for dead in Sundridge but survived. She was frail and intense, bird-like and gorgeous. Biting and humourous conversation at supper. Take no prisoners when not impressed by our vain prof\u0026#39;s puffery. 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I also met him many years ago and have been following and reviewing his work ever since. I thought you might be interested in this review I published in the Pacific Rim Review of Books way back in 2006, of ART NATURE DIALOGUES, which, like your review here, also referred to the humility of Grande\u0026#39;s voice in advocating for environmental art and ephemeral art, and the non-hierarchical structuring of the interview format presentation.  Namaste, Yvonne Owens"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/4107016043236496775\/comments\/default\/2425992828668992300"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1975416078255909953\/4107016043236496775\/comments\/default\/2425992828668992300"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2019\/04\/john-grande-art-space-ecology-review.html?showComment=1554571391303#c2425992828668992300","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Yvonne Owens"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/00730997310546426202"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-xr3s6bJ9UOg\/Wp22r0mQbNI\/AAAAAAAAAWc\/K10Mw7qw-MM3nlTBHVYLB0GxehFvVy21wCK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/s200_yvonne.owens.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/www.criticsatlarge.ca\/2019\/04\/john-grande-art-space-ecology-review.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-4107016043236496775","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1975416078255909953/posts/default/4107016043236496775","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1131049145"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"April 6, 2019 at 1:23 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-4121358669468095048"},"published":{"$t":"2019-03-28T15:52:22.533-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-03-28T15:52:22.533-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I remember in the late 60\u0026#39;s when in a small re..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I remember in the late 60\u0026#39;s when in a small record store in Laguna Beach on a display area in the front window a group of guys were setting up to sing.  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It\u0026#39;s not as bad as I was afraid it might be. Generally pleasant, occasionally funny. I think I agree that Christina Vidal isn\u0026#39;t that good, but it occurred to me that the part isn\u0026#39;t written very coherently. Sometimes she\u0026#39;s a little street-savvy sociopathic thief, sometimes she\u0026#39;s a preachy anti-smoker...etc. Could be difficult for a young actor to find the core pulling those contradictory qualities together and maybe didn\u0026#39;t get enough guidance from the director. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMichael J. Fox is always an attractive screen presence, but I thought he was better-used in The Hard Way. Also not a great movie, but better than Life with Mikey, imo. 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The scene right after is Alex\u0026#39;s wife taking his son to the therapist Alex had been seeing; there is an emotional exchange of looks between the wife and the young woman. Clearly Alex is no longer around. I take that last scene of father and son as a flashback, perhaps representing what the boy will describe to the therapist about his late father; the discussion of infinity reflecting his belief, or hope, that his father will always be with him. 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Its entertaining.  "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I love the show.  Its entertaining.  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