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faith, mothering daughters, movies, sex
“You look good wearing my future”
03.18.11 | Permalink | 7 CommentsI still remember the metaphor Donna Martin used in the TV show Beverly Hill, 90210 to convince the parents that sex education is a good thing. She says: what if there’s this swimming pool and you do everything you can to keep the kids out of it, you build a big fence and you keep [...]
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movies, theater
“And tonight when I, at last, God behold, my salute will sweep his blue threshhold with something spotless. A diamond in the ash which I take in spite of you; and that is . . . my panache.”
09.14.10 | Permalink | 6 CommentsI watched Roxanne yesterday, in between feedings and referee-ings and clean-up-ings. It reminded me of the first time I ever saw a grown-up play, on a school field trip to Cedar City in the winter. I think I was twelve or thirteen, maybe older. When the lights came up after Cyrano de Bergerac, my shirt [...]
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New Moon Spoiler
11.20.09 | Permalink | 13 Comments(Spoiler warning. Caveat Emptor, etc.) Sally, age 8, uttered that phrase all parents wait for this week when she asked if she could read Twilight. “But all my friends are reading it,” she said, when I told her no. (The funny thing about that is that she knew to ask. She doesn’t ever ask if [...]
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Not Green Card
06.22.09 | Permalink | 17 CommentsIf you’re itching to see The Proposal, you’re better off watching the trailer five times and then renting Green Card, though in The Proposal‘s favor, there is no montage. (I loathe montages, those cop-out mishmashes set to thematic music that are supposed to take the place of pivotal transition action. The worst montage of all [...]
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To the mother with the crying baby at the movies last night:
05.09.09 | Permalink | 26 CommentsI know I’m not supposed to say anything. I’m supposed to be supportive, and understanding, and tolerant, and kind. I’m supposed to ignore how enormously inconsiderate you are. After all, don’t I have kids? Don’t I know what it’s like to be looked at by people who don’t have kids? Don’t I know how frustrating [...]
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Star Trek’s not supposed to make you cry
05.08.09 | Permalink | 4 CommentsBut I did, in the first five minutes. And if you have anything resembling a beating heart in your chest, so will you. But don’t worry, there’s some fast top-down-on-the-convertible driving with blasting Beastie Boys angry music shortly to follow. And laughs! This movie is funny! And awesome! And you should go see it; don’t [...]
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movies
The Camera Doesn’t Lie: Bella Really is a Whack Job
11.21.08 | Permalink | 23 CommentsThe end. No — if you liked the books (the Twilight books, that is), you’ll probably like the movie. Even though Edward seems to be fighting dysenterial vomiting at the beginning rather than a burning desire for Bella’s blood, and even though Rosalie looks fat and ugly. (Sorry. I realize she’s probably a size 2, [...]
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