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This year of COVID-19 has changed the way we live, clearly, but in a subtle way it s also changed the way we talk.
There are words and phrases that we say now without a second thought that one year ago we didn t even know existed.
At this point, Pfizer or Moderna? is a perfectly acceptable pick-up line, right up there with, Your Zoom room or mine?
I remember last March I asked my 7-year-old niece how school was going, and she said in the cutest little way: Um good, Uncle Shad.
I asked her the same thing today, and she said. Asynchronous learning isn t as constructive as the hybrid model, but I m in cohort A, so that s cool. Aww, they grow up so fast.
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I am a dog lover, but I am not a dog fancier. I can understand people who dote on their dogs, but I cannot understand dog shows, which make dogs miserable while bringing out the worst traits of their owners. Dogs were not put on earth to pose, prance, sit, point and have their coats shampooed. They were created to chew shoes, bark at cars, have accidents on the rug and get their tummies scratched.
That s why I approve of Best in Show, a wickedly funny mocumentary by Christopher Guest that makes fun of a Philadelphia dog show with every instrument in the satirist s arsenal, from the skewer to the mallet. Built around the improvisational techniques of Second City, the movie is consistently just plain funny and sometimes ascends to a kind of crazed genius. Consider Parker Posey s rage and loathing as she assaults a store clerk who cannot supply a Busy Bee dog toy. Her dog has lost its toy and is fretting, and the way she screams Busy Bee! Busy Bee! you d think sh
Events Calendar March 3-5
Can’t Hardly Wait and
Josie and the Pussycats. From the press release: “1998’s all-star teen comedy Can’t Hardly Wait captured the spirit of a generation at the edge of the millennium while establishing the voices of filmmakers Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont; in 2001, their adaptation of Josie and the Pussycats and a villainous Parker Posey in braces offered a prophetic satire of the music and film industries and went on to become a cult legend. For this special ‘Extra Credit’ offering from Movie Madness University Online, join Hollywood Theatre Community Programmer Anthony Hudson for an interview with the writing/directing duo, covering everything from their iconic films and ensemble casts to collaborative filmmaking, The Flintstones, and the cultural impact of introducing Jan Brady to George Glass in their script for A Very Brady Sequel.”