tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post9022607738118313871..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Sixty-Six TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-23293201513851019722015-04-03T16:49:37.313-04:002015-04-03T16:49:37.313-04:00"thirty-three years ago..."
That's ..."thirty-three years ago..."<br /><br />That's fucking ridiculous. Numbers don't go that high.Landruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954074164878242561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-86598771070286930162015-04-03T09:41:41.470-04:002015-04-03T09:41:41.470-04:00the nytimes has a news story that "groundhog ...the nytimes has a news story that "groundhog day" is being made into a broadway musical - the comment i submitted to them about this - <br /><br />"Groundhog Day" is a powerful story of redemption through love, as the central character moves from self-concern, to despair and destruction, to a final realization of our purpose on earth - to be good to each other. I've seen the movie many times, including on tv - and I wonder if the stage show will include a plot element often omitted when broadcast - Phil's interaction with the elderly beggar. This adds an important aspect that balances the "immortality" and "boy gets girl" and comic elements that make the movie so appealing. The old man's fate reminds us of the background against which this dramedy is playing - that we are all subject to aging, illness, death, loss of those persons and things dear to us, and the inevitability of experiencing the good and evil consequences of our actions (Buddha's Five Contemplations). mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com