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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Vintage)
If only the movie stayed in this world, it would remain a charming story, but instead it veers off into a make-believe fantasy involving a despotic, childish, Trump-like King of Bavaria (Gert Fröbe) , who hates and captures children, and takes whatever he fancies, in this case, the Caractacus refurbished race car now named Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He also captures Grandpa Potts assuming that he’s the inventor. So it’s up to Caractacus, Truly and the children to go and save him, and in turn free the people of this oppressed village.
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WALK MS: Tinsel & Tine Walkin By Faith #WALKMSPHILLY
By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Saturday, May 2, 2020 1 mile or 3 mile Philadelphia, PA Once again I’ll be joining Thomasena Farrar aka MusicMoviesThoughts for WALK MS® Team: Walkin By Faith My Donation Fundraising page is now live! Thank you for considering a #WalkMSPhilly contribution I’ve signed up for Walk MS—an event that brings together a community of passionate people to connect and raise funds to change the world for everyone affected by multiple sclerosis. I’ve set a modest goal so hopefully each person who sees this can give $5 to easily get to the $125 and perhaps surpass it! MS is an unpredictable and often disabling disease. While…
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#MiniTheaterReview Bristol Riverside production: CABARET
Post Update 2.18.21: Bristol Riverside Theatre Production of Cabaret was my last outing of 2020 before COV1D-19 Pandemic hit and last time I saw Cynthia in person.
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PTC: EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL
The playwright does a smart and successful job of discussing forgiveness as both a true place of healing, and a way of just covering up the past. The play also examines both the saving grace, and terrible hypocrisy of faith, in a way that's meaningful, but not offensive. Obviously PTC scheduled it at the right time, as we're coming up on Ash Wednesday and the Lenten Season.
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THE GO-GO’S (Sundance 2020 Premiere)
Director Alison Ellwood handles the interviews, pacing, images, 80s nostalgia deftly, but she doesn’t reinvent the wheel. There’s a standard template for rock-band disintegration and the Go-Go’s story fits within a basic music-doc rulebook, but that makes it no less fun. There’s nothing I love better than a tale of rising beyond one’s wildest dreams, peaking, then taking that terrible tumble, only to learn lessons and find your footing again.
