tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.comments2023-10-26T05:53:05.836-07:00Ladies Film ClubLinda Ziseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11328605490114268938noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-68068457445060066762011-03-15T20:56:44.400-07:002011-03-15T20:56:44.400-07:00Linda,
I think you mean Bob LaFollette, a progress...Linda,<br />I think you mean Bob LaFollette, a progressive governor and supporter of the working class. But there is another tradition from Wisconsin, the notorious Senator Joseph McCarthy. I am very sure you have heard of him.Peter M.http://peterteaches@comcast.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-4525247367529759272010-08-09T06:44:52.435-07:002010-08-09T06:44:52.435-07:00Linda - My Sympathies, of course, & to the Poo...Linda - My Sympathies, of course, & to the Poor "Birds"<br />(quite a Handsome Creature, & at the 69th St Pier area <br />I saw some 3 or 4 of their Babies a year or So Ago !!!<br />Such Dear Creatures !!!! The Big Canada Geese !!!<br /><br />I was Surprised when I saw a Copy of "The Brooklyn<br />Paper" when I Saw Its Headline " They Had to Die " !!!<br />Later I Turned to The Letters to The Editors & I was <br />surprised again at the Honesty of Some Locals who <br />Brought Up the The Need for GOOSE TOILETS !!!!?<br /><br />I Recall ALL the "Black Leavings" at the End of The 110<br />th Street Central Park Beautiful Lake which on My 2nd Visit a Month or 2 later There was No Place to <br />'Sit on the Grass' !!!! What with Doubtless City Budget <br />Cuts, It was NOT Possible To Have A Geese Cleanup <br />Crew - (I am Surprised that These Excretions weren't Picked Up By a City or Gardening Group to Use as <br />"GUANO" !!!! <br />I'm afraid there was also the Fear of the Geese Becoming Air-Borne Again & Endangering Planes ! & i'm Afraid that The COST of Shipping them Back to Canada, might 'Be Costly' & They Might Turn around &<br />Come Back !!!! Alas, if, as Turkeys are hunted for Food,<br />I could Only Hope they were, at least, Used for<br />That "Food Chain" System !!!? (if they were Healthy) !<br /><br />So Sad !monroe litmanhttp://wbaimatters2004@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-53120152973103753632010-06-29T09:57:30.217-07:002010-06-29T09:57:30.217-07:00pink in clothes and toys for the corporate concept...pink in clothes and toys for the corporate concept of what a girl should be is just the beginning.<br /><br />think about schools where the children have to sit all the time; how torturous for boys who are high energy or girls who like to move, to feel their bodies in motion. We cripple our children into being little adults, when it is these very adults who are so unhealthy, have structural problems of broken hips and mangled spins because they sit all the time.(and port pot bellies that cause pre-mature heart attacks)!<br /><br />Oh, the battles to free our youth from the bondage of adult intelligence on what people should like because they are a particular sex. <br /><br />and what if you are not a girl or a boy. What if you are a little of both<br />What hell that is!<br /><br />Thanks for you article. I look forward to more on the subject of sexual prejudice in our 'enlightened' society<br /><br />Linda ZisesLinda Ziseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328605490114268938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-62217636842393250282010-06-24T07:57:47.279-07:002010-06-24T07:57:47.279-07:00Thank you so much for your interest and passion ab...Thank you so much for your interest and passion about A Walk to Beautiful; we are thrilled that the film was able to touch you and we appreciate your positive feedback. You can find more information about the film or purchase the DVD at www.walktobeautiful.com. Thank you again for your interest!Engel Entertainmenthttp://www.engelentertainment.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-62440403136977511872010-05-11T14:49:42.829-07:002010-05-11T14:49:42.829-07:00Thanks for you comment. You pose two question, ho...Thanks for you comment. You pose two question, how do we know what the truth is and why did this case get such exposure.<br /><br />I can't answer either question for certain but.....for me her failure to hear the gunshots is something that has to be explained with more than, she wasn't there. That is what i felt compelling in terms of evidence not explored sufficiently.<br /><br />The second question of why is this case suddenly so important, can be answered in part because it would make a great film. The different culture, the richness in the clothes worn, the customs are so intriguing etc.. And then there is the fact that the author is elderly and maybe this article is a tribute to her. It did take a great deal of stamina to endure such a lengthy trial and then to do her research and write up her findings. I'm impressed<br />But the bigger question of guilt or lack of remains a mystery; even more enigmatic because we are only readers of the facts, not the jurors.<br /><br />linda zisesLinda Ziseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328605490114268938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-68908184303378298402010-05-05T10:57:48.306-07:002010-05-05T10:57:48.306-07:00I read the new yorker article and couldn't fig...I read the new yorker article and couldn't figure out what point the author was trying to make, so I googled it to see if I could find an explanation, and that's how I came across your blog post.<br /><br />I really didn't understand the point you were making about why the accused didn't hear the gunshot. If, as you are saying, a person who doesn't expect a gunshot won't hear one, then NO ONE would have heard it except the shooter. but the other bystanders did hear it. the idea that she didn't hear it because she was in a euphoric embrace with her daughter is pure speculation, hardly something to hang your hat on.<br /><br />the prosecution posed an alternative explanation--that she wasn't really at the scene and because she knew the shooter intended to use a silencer, not hearing the shot was to have been part of a consistent story. that doesn't sound like the most ridiculous theory i've ever heard. maybe it's wrong, but you and i as readers have no way of knowing whether it's wrong.<br /><br />I have no idea whether this woman is guilty or not. maybe she got a raw deal, and that would certainly be a travesty. I also have no idea whether her husband was molesting their daughter--perhaps he was doing so, and if so I have no sympathy for him despite his gruesome end. But I just don't understand what the point of the article was. That bias exists? The author seems pretty biased herself (as in when she calls the prosecutor overweight with a voice like a woman, or makes a phone call to the defense during the trial to help discredit a witness who appears to be crazy--isn't it the defense attorney's job to figure that out himself?)<br /><br />anyways, we all know bias exists. was this really the most compelling example she could find? the face remains, as the author herself said, Borukhova was inextricably tied to Mallayev through phone records, and mallayev's guilt was well established through forensics. so in the end, however unfair the trial was, why are you so convinced the person was wrongly convicted?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-52210088082438122492010-03-22T14:32:16.255-07:002010-03-22T14:32:16.255-07:00linda
are you saying that given that abortion is n...linda<br />are you saying that given that abortion is not covered in the federal bill, then it isn't a health care item and the AMA or any other watch dog for health provision has no domain over the procedure?<br /><br />would that make abortion something of the magnitude of brushing your teeth; something you do to prevent consequences but isn't a cure for the outcome albeit cavities or live full term births?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-64950031681185187332009-06-28T08:54:51.542-07:002009-06-28T08:54:51.542-07:00Hi Linda.
I'd just like to say I enjoyed your...Hi Linda.<br /><br />I'd just like to say I enjoyed your posting. <br /><br />This also is going on in a lot of countries in Africa as well. There was a great article a few months ago in the NY Times and also Frontline World did a piece on the same topic. <br /><br />In both cases they also focused on a group of doctors who had established a help center for these women to provide them with the relatively simple operation to fix them. It's amazing but for a lot of them the incontinence can be completely fixed. Of course the emotional scarring cannot be fixed so easily...<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />- Alison GAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03478377848732536530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-24359566706854689862009-04-14T20:09:00.000-07:002009-04-14T20:09:00.000-07:00Your reference brings up the question of the role ...Your reference brings up the question of the role of the film reviewer. To explain a film or to comment upon it:<br /><br />I think a title is the first line of attack for getting people to see the film just as my title for the review should bring an audience but with a film the title needs to be self evident, or at least evident upon seeing the film and this i felt did not happen with gigantic.<br /><br />What physical setting doesn't make us realize how small and insignificant we really are?<br /><br />I suppose everything outside of us is gigantic when we are children and when we get older, nature still overwhelmes, feels larger than life as does a skyscaper or the factory.<br /><br />thank you for your comment/explanation <br /><br /><br />LindaZisesLinda Ziseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328605490114268938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-87772066307146896912009-04-09T08:47:00.000-07:002009-04-09T08:47:00.000-07:00"For starters, what does the title signify?"From T..."For starters, what does the title signify?"<BR/><BR/>From The Playlist: 'To that end, Aselton remarked on the significance of the film's title. "This idea kept coming up of 'gigantic' because I think it's a childish word, to describe something as 'gigantic' and that sort of appeals to the innocence of things. Also, in the title sequence we're looking back at Manhattan and we wrote 'Gigantic' very small against the city skyline and that's how you feel when you live here sometimes, that the whole city is bigger than you."'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-54482906721812089022009-02-21T14:34:00.000-08:002009-02-21T14:34:00.000-08:00one word changes the entire meaning. When Jay McC...one word changes the entire meaning. When Jay McCarroll discovers that he is no longer in that fashion rat trap he is free of all that amotional baggage. Even the funny man seems to disappear because he no longer has to be a personality. He can be a person like you and me rather than a star, a public person of note.<BR/><BR/>linda zisesLinda Ziseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328605490114268938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-12329923031384029372009-02-18T20:06:00.000-08:002009-02-18T20:06:00.000-08:00Nice review! So true about the parks as "public sp...Nice review!<BR/><BR/> So true about the parks as "public space" but not when overtaken by a fashion show. (Although I heard it may move to Lincoln Center next year...)<BR/><BR/> I didn't understand this line:<BR/> Jay McCarroll is real and he is funny and ultimately so very sad until he discovers that he is not the rising star-to-be that others have pumped him up to believe.<BR/><BR/> (Should it be *when* he discovers he is not... etc. ?)<BR/><BR/> It sounds like an interesting film.cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151793506761749727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750854722276511389.post-57371728024188998262008-05-25T17:17:00.000-07:002008-05-25T17:17:00.000-07:00Hi Linda,I appreciate this review. Thanks for furt...Hi Linda,<BR/><BR/>I appreciate this review. Thanks for further exposing this film and the plight of the people of New Orleans. I hope to see it someday soon. <BR/><BR/>There's so much about New Orleans still not exposed. <BR/><BR/>I look forward to going back there and perhaps having another "perfect day." Checking out Louis Armstrong Park, etc. Having a beer on the street, and more!<BR/><BR/>Cathryn.cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151793506761749727noreply@blogger.com