My neighbor Danny’s front yard isn’t that big, maybe a thousand square feet, but every night dozens of kids manage to squeeze onto it. Guitar strummers, recorder tooters, cigarette bummers, portrait-sketchers, frisbee tossers, Screaming Yellow Zonkers eaters, dueling radio owners, horny lover gropers.
Category: Blog Postings
My First Diaphragm
August 30, 1968, 5:00 PM
This week doesn’t start out so lucky. But it sure ends that way.
I meet PK.
Don’t Say the A-Word! Part II: Shameless
In Don’t Say the A-Word! Part I, I noted that most mainstream films skirt the abortion issue entirely. Only a few recent films have handled this topic realistically, reflecting what young people face when confronted with unwanted pregnancy.
Don’t Say the A-Word! Part I: Juno
The formula for popular culture to be popular hasn’t really changed much in eighty years. What drives audiences and critics to rave about and recommend movies is influenced by the obvious (stardom, publicity buzz), but just as much by hidden forces and unacknowledged agendas. Continue reading “Don’t Say the A-Word! Part I: Juno”
