Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of The Stand…
There is a decadence to the world of Randall Flagg which provides this show with some precious life blood. Ensconced within an ivory tower of gaudy extravagance, he surveys the domain like a feudal lord, bestowing leniency upon his subjects. That this perfect personification of hell exists in the barren dust bowl which is Las Vegas, only adds to its shallow opulence. Forty stories up and manipulating the outcome of numerous human narratives, Randall Flagg plays at being God wielding omnipotence like a weapon of war.
Controlling the vulnerable and offering up salvation for those foolish enough to seek refuge, this literal inferno offers guidance only for the weak. People like Nadine Cross and Harold Lauder who are in need of a saviour, open to suggestions or lacking a moral compass. Those are the people Randall Flagg prays upon guaranteeing a sense of purpose, a sense of family and ultimately acceptance into his perpetually expan
January 8, 2021
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William Fowler, who served as a community physician in Silver City for about six decades, passed away Dec. 21 at the age of 91.
William Fowler wore many hats throughout the course of his life logger, cowboy, bulldozer operator, Army medic but the one he will be most known for is physician.
※He was one of the last of the old-time country doctors that did everything deliver babies, did surgery, you name it,” said Jeb Fowler, Dr. Fowler’s son. ※I know he had a lot of patients over the years where he delivered them when they were born, and signed their death certificate when they died.”
Brad William Henke as Tom Cullen in “The Stand.” (James Minchin/CBS)
Brad William Henke was familiar with Stephen King’s “The Stand” before he was cast in the new series.
He also knew there was a miniseries in the 1990s.
“I didn’t watch it before I got to working on the series,” he explains. “I wanted to come at the role with a fresh perspective.”
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New episodes of the nine-episode series air on Thursdays on the streaming platform CBS All Access. It is adapted from the King novel of the same name, which is about the biblical aftermath of a global pandemic that kills 98% of the population, setting the stage for a clash of good versus evil.
Opening day includes a lot of real snow for Snow Park at Alpine Hills
ROCKFORD Mother Nature graced the area with several inches of snow on opening day of Snow Park at Alpine Hills.
The Rockford Park District finally had enough snow pack to welcome the first guests of the season for tubing activities at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Until this week, the warm winter season prevented workers from making and retaining enough snow on the slopes to allow activities to take place.
But several inches of snow on Tuesday helped add a usable layer to the early snow pack.
William and Krystal Fowler of Floral City, Florida, took a road trip with their two daughters to experience snow for the first time. They were in Kentucky a couple of days ago and searched online for any place where snow was going to fall. William Fowler learned about the forecast for Rockford and arrived at the tubing hill on Tuesday just in time to see the first flurries of snow to fall at the park.
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