The Good Lord Bird

My decision to follow Transcendentalism for 2021, as much as I can stay on any topic, author, movement or genre, has been met by 2 amazing shows.

I have written about Dickinson, which has easily rocketed to my top 10 favorite shows.

Now, at the recommendation of a friend, I have found The Good Lord Bird. Hawke is wonderful as John Brown, combing his beard with his fork at Frederick Douglass' dinner table. Daveed Diggs is great as Douglass.

These two shows are amazing.

In the disappointing Susan Cheever book on Transcendentalism, she can't get over the murders orchestrated by John Brown, but in my readings I have a hard time forgetting the head blown off a slave who went into a river in an attempt to avoid punishment, as reported in the Frederick Douglass biography.

I almost tried to read Cheever's book on sexual addiction, but I've given up. But not before in paging through and reading that I got to disturbing idea that sexual addiction in men is like Bulimia. Yikes. I'm not trying to throw up people, expel them. I don't think anyway.

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Character list of Inherent Vice the novel

Fay "Shasta" Hepworth played by Katherine Waterston in the 2014 movie Larry "Doc" Sportello: Our hero, gumsandal. Shasta Fay Hepworth: Former beautiful love interest. Mickey Wolfmann: Real estate tycoon, Shasta's sugar daddy, paying for apartment in Hancock Park. Mrs. Sloane Wolfmann: wife. Has her own side piece Mr. Riggs Warbling Deputy DA Penny Kimball: lawyer from district attorney office, who fooled around with Doc for a time. Works next to Rhus Frothingham (female book, male in movie). Aunt Reet: Aunt in real estate. "Bigfoot" Christian Bjornsen: Hollywood detective and actor. Married to Chastity. Spoiler: His partner Vincent Indelicato is wacked by Adrian Prussia, but Puck did the actual job. Mrs. Chastity Bjornsen: Gets on the phone on page 260 of the paperback to defend Bigfoot's day off from work. Calls Doc Mr. Moral Turpitude, accuses him of running up Bigfoot's mental health bills. Denis: friend who he goes and gets a pizza with...

Manet and Degas

Brilliant video explaining the exhibit. Go to the Met and see the exhibit! It's really quite special. In the last gallery the painting this sketch is based off of, of the execution of a Mexican president. The painting has been cut into sections, and the surviving Degas has reassembled them. NY Times review

Consent

You couldn't have a better title to a memoir in these times. You can read about Humbert Humbert, and other male narratives, but the female narrative of the statutory rape is fulfilled by this book. I feel slightly ill while reading this book. What she goes through is off, and it's hard to put a finger on it besides Hebephilia . All the collaborating details from her mother, to her doctors, to her father. Vanessa Springora will be remembered for other things, she is a director and a publisher. I'm not sure if Gabriel Matzneff will be remembered for other things. At least not on this side of the pond. I do have a kind of jealousy for the appreciation of the intellectual life in France. Matzneff cites Lewis Carroll , and others as having the appreciation for youth. I read his Wikipedia page. That led to other questions about photographers who take pictures of their children. That led me down a creepy path. As much as Springora tries to not make it sexy, I wonder ho...

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