Reading and Roaming
FILM Marriage Story (Netflix and theaters) This is a painful, and at times excruciating, excavation of a marriage unraveling. As the film opens, it’s clear that there will be no grand reconciliation. Instead Charlie and Nicole initially intend to handle their divorce themselves amicably, but, perhaps inevitably, the tensions and the disagreements lead them each to consult and …
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RECENT READING Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens From the online comments I’ve read over the past six months, people either loved or hated this novel. I put off reading it until now, mostly because my local book group was going to discuss it and I wanted it to be fresh in my mind. I’m in the …
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BIG SCREEN Judy The Chief Penguin stated it succinctly: this is a movie about pain. And it’s exquisitely wrought pain. You know it will not end well, but you remain fixated on those smoky dark eyes and the pouty red lips. Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland is brilliant. She captures all the physical twitchiness of an addict while her expressive …
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STAGE: OKLAHOMA Through the years, I’ve seen several productions of the American musical, Oklahoma. This new production directed by Daniel Fish, is a dark one. The staging is amazing—open and creative. It’s theater in the round, really more of a horseshoe, with theatergoers seated on one side of some of the tables used by the actors. At intermission, the red …
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