Don’t shoot! I’m white
Since it has been all over the media everyone must have some awareness of the incident at he Cincinnati Zoo of the 4-yr-old boy who fell or jumped himself
Vol.98.9: AFTERLIFE OF A YUM YUM GIRL
It only took me a couple of minutes to discern that she had not even read my book. The attractive, business-suited Chinese woman sitting across from me at the Pacific Coffee in Hong Kong represented
Vol.98.7: ANATOMY OF A MOVIE
I loaded my CD of Soldier of Fortune again the other night. It certainly is not a movie of much renown, certainly on nobody’s “great films” list, not even mine for that matter. But
Vol.98.2: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, Part 2
The crucified Yeshua bar Yusef had no idea (unless, of course, he really was the resurrected son of God, in which case he would have known) that he would be “Hellenized” into Jesus Christ
Vol.98.1: The Greatest Show on Earth
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In a description I wrote of a character I created for my novel of coming of age Catholic, Stumbling Blocks & Stepping Stones, Nicola D’Annunzio, I characterized his sense
Vol.94.8: A MEDITATION ON GOING TO MARS
For most of my years Mars was a place inhabited by Martians. Martians were fearsome creatures who were always invading, as in the War of the Worlds example, as those extraterrestrials who wanted
Vol.93.4: THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS [MR]
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In the final scene of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Sheltering Sky (1990), Paul Bowles, the author of the original story is seated in a Tangier café where he greets Kit Moresby (Debra Winger)
Vol.92.3: Dystopia’s Children (a movie review essay)
I probably come off as a bit of a pest with my insistence to my grandchildren that they need to read more books (and write more, but that’s a subject for another posting). I am willing to buy
Vol.91.4: PARIS AND THE PROFESSORS, a Movie Review Essay
There were seven screenwriters on Casablanca. Chances are that at least one of them had a romantic experience in Paris that resulted in Bogart’s doleful line to Bergman
Vol.89.4: CINEMA CHINA, Part 6
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Chinatown, USA
[This concludes the Cinema China series]
Chinese often viewed America as the jin shan, “Gold Mountain,” the name
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