I was suprised, I thought Million Dollar Baby was going to be a comedy. But it wasn't. Hillary Swank did an excellent job in a great role....
It must be difficult for a book's author, or for someone who reads and loves a book, not to be critical of a movie's shortcomings. I know if I...
Sorry, I was implying GOD; I should have said GOD; I just get tired of using the same old worn-out word GOD. I agree with you entirely, but they...
Wizard of Oz was traditionally aired on network tv every year. Ditto with Charlie Brown's Christmas, and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. I've...
Bix seems to be a haunting influence in the early Jazz Age, and I would like to read more about the inigma of Bix. He and Louis were never able...
Exploring the personality-roots of my '60s generation, I couldn't avoid the strong link we have with the earth-shaking Post World-War I Cultural...
Don't read the book and you might really get into the movie. Or, see the movie first, then read the great book. I didn't read the book, so I...
I notice some folks have strange reactions to 'Harold and Maude'. Even strong reactions if they saw it while young enough. It seems to linger...
What was Council's consensus on next year's location? East? West? North? South?
Sorry *electrica*, Your right to question 'Catcher in the Rye'. I did too the first time I read it. It was only years later, when I...
Audio-books can be a more rewarding experience than printed books. A good narrator with a good voice and expressive inflexions can bring to the...
The News reports over here were filled with amazement that the old stoical stereotype of the British is actually true, and not just old London...
I've never posted in the UK forum before, but today, well, I know many of our hip forums family live and work there. Our thoughts are with you...
This strikes close to home with so many of our hip forums family living in and around London. Keeping our fingers crossed for all of you and...
Wow, that's such a tough question. For me, it takes great roles in several movies before someone begins to stand-out. Anthony Hopkins? Al...
Definitely, I lived in the Lower East-Side in the mid '70s, and you better like cockroaches. He went to kill that phoney politician so that...
I agree, but in our current mental state we could never prove it. You call that proof!?! Using logic to prove that nothing exists outside of...
Just like real-life. So your answering your own question, because at that time that was unique. Like you, I missed it also when I read it....
Because it was the first is why throughout the world it is constantly referenced. 'Catcher in the Rye's' Global significance is its publication...
You seem to be talking about a State of Being, which is beyond a our mere State of Knowledge. A State of Knowledge is the usual object-subject...
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