tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post1195872631933185666..comments2023-09-19T05:03:19.109-07:00Comments on Scelata: How Should Catholics Market Catholicism?Scelatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674226359189392827noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post-52236390777037358782009-11-22T13:37:08.453-08:002009-11-22T13:37:08.453-08:00"I'm not keen on glorifying the era."..."I'm not keen on glorifying the era."<br /><br />Well then this show ought to be right up your alley -- it casts an absolute skunk eye over the time period.<br /><br />Didn't see Revolutionary Road, Himself saw it and sank into a perfect slough of despond for three days afterward, so I figured I'd wait until it was free at the library.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post-56636339411566975252009-11-22T11:57:23.197-08:002009-11-22T11:57:23.197-08:00All the hyprocracy and familial dysfunction's ...All the hyprocracy and familial dysfunction's pretty much all that I remember from the era, hence I'm not keen on glorifying the era. The film RESERVATION ROAD, I thought, zeroed in on the existential Bravo Sierra of the Baby Boomer/Eisenhower/Kennedy zeitgeist.<br />BTW, I wasn't implying anything untoward. Apparently the guy's a great actor.Mr. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649237173680633611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post-68008638906260124302009-11-21T16:34:54.345-08:002009-11-21T16:34:54.345-08:00Nah, to... what I think you're implying.
But ...Nah, to... what I <i>think</i> you're implying.<br /><br />But he IS an advertising genius, (or idiot savant, since he seems to be able to know exactly what everyone wants, except people with whom he has actual relationships.) Why doesn't the Church put someone like him in charge of oecumenical relations?<br /><br />Himself is the one really addicted to the show -- he "remembers," ...well, it's a constant -- My mom had that dress! That's Aunt Madge's kitchen! I wanted that car when I was a kid!Bobby's pajamas look just like mine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post-62034939489567890432009-11-21T11:34:06.892-08:002009-11-21T11:34:06.892-08:00G, looks like you and Wendy have one more, ah, thi...G, looks like you and Wendy have one more, ah, thing in common.<br />Great article about "Mad Men" in current "Atlantic Monthly."<br />Difficult show for me to watch, though.Mr. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649237173680633611noreply@blogger.com