The tone for the romance is perfect. The tone for the dramatic elements doesn’t work bc it’s neither serious enough nor comedic enough. It’s eliding between the two. And the audience (as evinced here on this blog) isn’t buying it. There are reasons for this - how can a story...
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Since entered her 50s, Lopez has starred in highly-praised stripper crime movieHustlers, performed during a Super Bowl halftime show and a sang at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Lopez burst onto the acting scene over 20 years ago with her breakout role inSelenabeforestarring in romcoms li...
It has played in my head since we sang it at her Mark’s funeral service all those many years ago. We humans find comfort in connection. Art connects and surely has an important role right now. A second example: just last night we joined two young Massachusetts singer-songwriters on Face...
I sang the National Anthem at the D3 NCAA Hockey Championship and our family cheered the Pointers on to victory. At this time last year, I was the heaviest I’ve ever been, and my grief felt awfully heavy, too. I lost 40 pounds this year, and through therapy and EMDR, I have more...
Long before Sylvester Stallone was Rocky or Rambo, he was picking up extra work in movies includingDownhill Racer, M*A*S*H, andLovers and Other Strangers. Then, in 1971, Stallone was featured in Woody Allen’s comedyBananas. He’s pretty easy to recognize as a mugger — at one point,...
“Talk to me!” I plead. “Talk to me! Tell me you are okay!” Just this morning a wood thrush sang it’s two-phrase ditty outside my bedroom window over and over on repeat until I thought I would go mad. Even then, I voiced out loud, “Is that you? Are you trying to talk...
Our choir sang the most beautiful song on Sunday, one that was new to me:Jesus, I Give You Praise.I quickly looked it up on the Internet, and I have been playing it over and over. Even this morning (Monday), I have tears as I sing along. While all thelyricsare beautiful, there ...
Once I saw George Benson in Cascais. I became quite emotional and had to remind myself to breathe when he sang ‘In Your Eyes.’ That was back in the day. These days I am more Leonard Cohen than George Benson. Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord ...
Our cantor began the song with “We Shall Overcome.” I sang along here at home. So far, our rabbi, a local imam, another member of the interfaith council, our cantor, and several other people have spoken. There has been music and song and a defiant refusal to let this stop us and...