tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post1991865565386435520..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: Review: Tamara DreweK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-82308114631094942462010-12-15T00:13:38.970-05:002010-12-15T00:13:38.970-05:00My brother and his partner used to live in a house...My brother and his partner used to live in a house owned by a former ballet instructor/director. She was a little fascist at heart, though nice enough to non-dancers. The drawback was that everything in the converted barn had been set for her height, so you always got a backache doing dishes if you were over 4'11".C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-32855458811432299532010-12-14T23:23:15.620-05:002010-12-14T23:23:15.620-05:00About the only way this film is better than, say, ...About the only way this film is better than, say, THE COMPANY about ballet is in how it makes clear how much masochism is required to be a ballerina. Barbara Hershey is good, as are Natalie Hershlag and Mila Kunis in rather stereotypical roles they mostly enliven.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-18118071419310202102010-12-14T14:48:43.651-05:002010-12-14T14:48:43.651-05:00Sounds like fun. Maybe that's what will be my ...Sounds like fun. Maybe that's what will be my Xmas movie. I am really fond of <i>The Turning Point</i>, too. Maybe it's just sentimentalism about my old ballet days...C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-54335234470050609482010-12-14T14:24:12.104-05:002010-12-14T14:24:12.104-05:00BLACK SWAN turns out to be rather resistable, but ...BLACK SWAN turns out to be rather resistable, but not bad. If you've been wanting THE RED SHOES, REPULSION, PERSONA and DONNIE DARKO in a blender...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-91927978447193140492010-12-14T13:42:13.420-05:002010-12-14T13:42:13.420-05:00I really wanted to see this but it came and went i...I really wanted to see this but it came and went in a flash. DVD. And I am seeing BLACK SWAN. Who can resist a horror movie about ballet dancers after the RED SHOES.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-73865502516950853962010-12-13T23:26:10.240-05:002010-12-13T23:26:10.240-05:00I suspect some of the humor won't necessarily ...I suspect some of the humor won't necessarily connect with some Americans, but so it goes. I'm intrigued enough by the widely divergent reviews of <i>Black Swan</i> to consider seeing it.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-18704803046084780102010-12-13T23:17:46.121-05:002010-12-13T23:17:46.121-05:00It got mixed reviews (previews?) locally, and I ha...It got mixed reviews (previews?) locally, and I haven't kept up with its progress...instead seeing films about women with deficits who benefit, or don't, from meeting a Good Man (HORNET'S NEST and LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS, where they do) or a Good Woman (BLACK SWAN, where she doesn't, quite).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com