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Rupert Everett’s Happy Prince

Administrator — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:26:11 +0000

Shooting is scheduled for summer 2013 for a new movie about Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince, the directorial debut of Rupert Everett.

“Based on his own script, Rupert Everett will also star as Oscar Wilde alongside a cast featuring Colin Firth, Emily Watson and Tom Wilkinson.”–screendaily.com

Mad Men, season 5, episode 10

Administrator — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:40:06 +0000

Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks) in Mad Men, season 5, episode 10

Photo Credit: Jordin Althaus/AMC

Last night I watched episode 10 of the current season, number 5, of Mad Men. This was the first episode that I thought was merely OK, nothing especially enjoyable. Knowing nothing about the individual writers involved and implying nothing about them, I’d say that the writing reflected a gay man’s point of view and experience. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, except to the extent that supposedly heterosexual male and female characters are behaving somewhat as if they were gay men. Pete suggested to Don that if they had landed the Jaguar account, Don would have been willing to kiss Pete on the mouth. Don jokingly suggested then that Pete and he go to a Jaguar showroom as a couple. Don and Joan ended up in a bar where they analyzed Joan’s chances of being picked up by a man who was looking at her. Lakshmi AKA Janet, a member of the Hare Krishna sect, showed up at Harry’s office and said something to the effect that she was burning for him and his wife probably wasn’t. Then she bent over the desk and asked him to take her like that. Would a woman do that, or is that last scene in particular a gay man’s fantasy?

Something Borrowed

Administrator — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:25:49 +0000

Late last night I decided to buy a book from the limited selection at a small Hudson News location in Pennsylvania Station in New York. Not in the mood for a thriller, I went with chick lit and chose Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin.

Amazon.com's description is:

The smash-hit debut novel for every woman who has ever had a complicated love-hate friendship.

Rachel White is the consummate good girl. A hard-working attorney at a large Manhattan law firm and a diligent maid of honor to her charmed best friend Darcy, Rachel has always played by all the rules. Since grade school, she has watched Darcy shine, quietly accepting the sidekick role in their lopsided friendship. But that suddenly changes the night of her thirtieth birthday when Rachel finally confesses her feelings to Darcy’s fiance, and is both horrified and thrilled to discover that he feels the same way. As the wedding date draws near, events spiral out of control, and Rachel knows she must make a choice between her heart and conscience. In so doing, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren’t always neat, and sometimes you have to risk everything to be true to yourself.

This new tie-in edition will coincide with the release of the film, starring Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin and John Krasinski.

–amazon.com

The book was OK for the purpose for which I chose it, to have something to read late at night in a train station and on a train, something that did not require much effort to read. A little like the Shop-a-Holic books but not as good. Characters are not well developed, especially not the male characters. Not much of a story. May be interesting if one feels one has experienced toxic friends and wants to ponder the topic somewhat, but in a quick superficial way.

Looking at the available trailer for the movie, I suspect the movie won't even be so good as the book.