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Classics with a Unit of Time in the Title – Top Ten Tuesday
It’s been a minute since I did a TTT (no pun intended), and this prompt looked fun. Here goes! The Remains of the Day – Ishiguro The Present Age – Kierkegaard Around the World in Eighty Days – Verne Two Year’s Holiday – Verne Five Weeks in a Balloon – Verne (he’s saving the day Continue reading
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Can an Artist Be Free? – Friday Thoughts
So I was watching Rush Hour (1998) for the first time yesterday… I hadn’t watched a movie solo in a while, and my slow-paced quest is to watch all the martial arts classics. Anyways, it was interesting. A biracial cop/action comedy, Rush Hour is goofy, terribly dated (the black/Asian stereotypes were hilariously awful), and story-wise, Continue reading
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Memorial Day Musings (stream of consciousness)
When I was younger, Memorial Day was often a gray-green, sleepy day—a little chilly. It was not a holiday we “celebrated,” at least not with cookouts or get-togethers. With some rhododendrons or other flowers from our garden, we’d drive up to the distant cemetery where my great-grandparents were buried under a range of shady trees. Continue reading
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Unreviewed Films, Mostly Oldies
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) This is a very bizarre movie about a woman accused of insanity after her cousin dies on their vacation. You can tell it was based on a play (by Tennessee Williams) due to its being composed mainly of very long monologues (the highlight being a trippy speech given by Kathrine Hepburn Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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