She Treads Softly: Movie Dude Weekend, Raw

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Movie Dude Weekend, Raw

Singin' in the Rain, 1952

Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen

We had Movie Dude, Dragon Scribe, and Action Girl as well as grandparents over for this Movie Dude weekend. Apparently almost everyone watched a movie or video in school/college today so that topic was discussed.

Just Me: I saw a video of a strip search.

Grandma: Men or women?

Just Me: A man.

Grandma: Well that would be more interesting than a woman.

Movie Dude, in a small voice: uhhh...... ok....

Later that evening

Just Me to Wonder Boy: I'm sorry but your breath smells like the anal gland of a skunk - emptied.

Lori to Just Me: My inner child is cringing because you just said "Man luvvvve" in front of Grandma.

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1. Try to understand what the author wished to do, and do not blame him for not achieving what he did not attempt.

2. Give him enough direct quotation--at least one extended passage--of the book's prose so the review's reader can form his own impression, can get his own taste.

3. Confirm your description of the book with quotation from the book, if only phrase-long, rather than proceeding by fuzzy precis.

4. Go easy on plot summary, and do not give away the ending.

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