Sorry I\u2019ve been such a bad blogger lately. Life has intervened repeatedly. There have been so many things I wanted to talk about but I only have time for a few notes here\u2026.<\/p>\n
\u2026.So, now, I have a reddish, inch-or-so long scar on my wrist from my recent surgery. I noticed the other day that I also have a similar looking scar on the top of my left foot from a battle with a lava lamp back in college. So, one of my friends concludes that I have \u201ccatty corner stigmata.\u201d Ahem.<\/p>\n
\u2026A cool director whose work I really like loved my Josemaria Escriva\/ Spanish Civil War screenplay. He would like to direct it tomorrow! Barb is excited. Please keep project in your prayers.<\/p>\n
\u2026I was surprised by how much I liked Capote<\/em>. It is a classic actor\u2019s piece. All about going in close and making a mole-hill out of every freckle, in a good way. It is unfair to dismiss the film as either a pro-gay or anti-capital punishment screed. It is neither. It is much more about the creative temperament.<\/p>\n \u2026I also send kudos across town to Alcon Entertainment for the very enjoyable 16 Blocks<\/em>. It isn\u2019t a perfect film, but it is a solid thriller and includes an engaging redemption journey. Good ol\u2019 Bruce! Parents can absolutely let their teens go to this one without trepidation. There is no sex, only a couple of instances of violence, and only one very defensible instance of vulgar language. I give it 16 thumbs up.<\/p>\n \u2026I found the Oscars weird and dull, but not disgusting and embarrassing. Okay, well I did find Clooney\u2019s speech (\u201cWE REALLY ARE IMPORTANT! We ARE! WE ARE!\u201d) and the clips of civil rights movies (\u201cYes! We ARE important! We ARE!!!!\u201d) a bit pathetic, but I thought Jon Stewart really did a good job by placing himself in the perspective of the mainstream audience instead of in the industry. It was a happy thing in the end to have a host from outside the studio swirl. I thought Stewart\u2019s posturing was amusing in a way of which he is certainly unaware. His subtext was glaringly, \u201cI\u2019m SO not one of these idiots. I have a CABLE show!\u201d Ah, there is no narcissist like a show narcissist.<\/p>\n ..I knew Crash<\/em> would win. I predicted it on a few radio shows far in advance. (This goes under the sub-heading, \u201cIf I don\u2019t Tell You How Humble I Am, You\u2019ll Never Know.\u201d)<\/p>\n \u2026Please note my cool new side bar buttons. These are in response to the hoards of you who are always, relentlessly, indefatiguably pestering me as to how you can buy our book and donate to Act One. Now you can just click. Go ahead, try it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sorry I\u2019ve been such a bad blogger lately. Life has intervened repeatedly. There have been so many things I wanted to talk about but I only have time for a few notes here\u2026. \u2026.So, now, I have a reddish, inch-or-so long scar on my wrist from my recent surgery. I noticed the other day that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n