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On the Waterfront (the first produced of the examined films- 1954) was in many ways a reflection and an affirmation of American values in the fifties. It depicted traditional gender roles, a strong family unit, and carried the concept of integrity, and strength through adversity the whole way through the movie. In some ways it is as “American” as a ( Read more... ) -
heaven!
woo hoo it's almost xmas! -
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I'm going to bed
I should have been asleep hours ago. Now I'm just going to bed, to wake up in the morning and see the new day I've long awaited. I know it's going to be a good one. -
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God, I have the worst stomach ache.
there were encouraging messages for the students on the sidewalk on the way up. it made me feel a little better -
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A poem from a long ago tv show- profound, no?
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An old blog revisited
Since childhood, I've been painfully aware of “rights” and “wrongs”, always closely shadowed by the specter of established religion making it horrifyingly clear that “right” leads to heaven, and “wrong' leads to hell- with little wiggle room. Recently, though, I've been faced with a set of realizations; and as a result have come to the conclusion ( Read more... )