tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post1318540937024247590..comments2023-09-10T06:49:28.959-04:00Comments on The Unbearable Banishment: Nora Ephron, SuperstarThe Unbearable Banishmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-80366637428976076482012-07-13T23:59:21.913-04:002012-07-13T23:59:21.913-04:00One of my favorite TV programs right now, The Good...One of my favorite TV programs right now, The Good Wife, features Alan Cumming in a prominent role--he's a great actor! I'm excited because I'm going to see David Sedaris in October in Pittsburgh. I thought it would give me something to look forward to that doesn't involve the library when I start school in the fall.<br /><br />PS- During one of mom's visits to Bowling Green a few years ago, she met one of my professors who told her, "The only thing I worry about is how I'm adopting the word 'like' into my vocabulary to describe like, everything." hahaha....<br /><br />-amandaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-26797454590055379112012-07-04T23:04:42.825-04:002012-07-04T23:04:42.825-04:00I think the papers might have been stuck between t...I think the papers might have been stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place. I can just hear it now, 'if a male scriptwriter had died, there'd be pages of tributes for him, but Nora Ephron only gets one column? For shame!' I think they probably erred on the side of caution. And her work doesn't necessarily speak to me either but if Sleepless in Seattle comes on the telly, I'll still sit and watch it.tennysoneehemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999047427848122510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-61527813763631229432012-07-04T07:43:34.709-04:002012-07-04T07:43:34.709-04:00Pat: Miss Ephron was a talented writer but she was...Pat: Miss Ephron was a talented writer but she wasn't the Dali Lama. The unrelenting flow of articles was overkill. That was just a sample from one day!<br /><br />TSB: One-man shows are a tight rope walk. They always go one way or the other. I could be a disaster, but I'm glad I'm going. Pat, too, blames the Aussies for the rising infliction. It must be them!<br /><br />Looby: The experts (whoever <i>they</i> are) think it started, believe it or not, with Paris Hilton and it's an attempt to sound "sexy." It's annoying. There was actually a pretty interesting article about it in the Times not long ago.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-45042316920678564872012-07-04T04:13:08.166-04:002012-07-04T04:13:08.166-04:00I've never heard anyone else mention the gaaa ...I've never heard anyone else mention the gaaa syndrome that middle class girls talk in. I thought it was something local to posh birds who have got into a decent university, because 90% of undergraduate girls here do it too. Strange how these tics are so widespread. <br /><br />It's very annoying though--is it meant to make them sound cute and vulnerable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-52833675092790878642012-07-04T01:05:14.850-04:002012-07-04T01:05:14.850-04:00Alan Cumming is great, but that 1 man/multi charac...Alan Cumming is great, but that 1 man/multi character scenario might be bit of a strain.<br /><br />Actually I don't think you're being a little catty and unpleasant, ai think you're being very catty and moderatley unpleasant. Well done. There's too mucg bloody niceness as it is, especially amongst the ranks of the preppy.<br /><br />That rising inflection is universal amongst Kiwis and Aussies. It took me about 4 years before I could easily differentiate between a statement and a question.Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-16943535267107963692012-07-03T18:51:55.913-04:002012-07-03T18:51:55.913-04:00I blame the Australian soap 'Neighbours' f...I blame the Australian soap 'Neighbours' for the rise at the end of a sentence. It's like world-wide now.<br />Don't begrudge Nora a good send-off. A successful woman writer in a man's world is all too rare. <br />Years ago Alan played a trolley dolly on a Scottish airline on TV. It was like hysterical.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-50110112494750910022012-07-03T09:30:37.312-04:002012-07-03T09:30:37.312-04:00Do these young ladies understand each other?
One ...Do these young ladies understand each other? <br />One day, using 'like' as a comma, will be so ubiquitous that it'll be, like, totally uncool.<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-89513819351726792892012-07-03T07:31:15.495-04:002012-07-03T07:31:15.495-04:00Dinah: Will report back to you either on this site...Dinah: Will report back to you either on this site or via email. It could go either way.<br /><br />Nimpipi: Her work doesn't really "speak" to me. It would help if I were an older wealthy, white, Upper West Side woman with a few failed marriages in the past.<br /><br />Furtheron: Hello, sir. Her movies WILL be watched in 100 years. But I think all the adulation was terribly overplayed. Here in New York, it was like a dignitary passed away.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-50730070664376553272012-07-03T06:45:37.957-04:002012-07-03T06:45:37.957-04:00when can you judge someones output? Now if Sleep...when can you judge someones output? Now if Sleepless In Seattle is being repeated etc. in a 20 years, 50 years, 100 years etc. that has some weight doesn't it...Furtheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903753972242964410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-50264880246518343692012-07-03T06:22:21.806-04:002012-07-03T06:22:21.806-04:00Hah. Trust you to be so disdainful of Nora Ephron!...Hah. Trust you to be so disdainful of Nora Ephron! I love her! Sleepless in Seattle I thought was crap. And I never really loved When Harry met Sally as much as people go on about. But I enjoy her writing very much. It kind of reminds me of me, or who I think I could easily be. Don't judge me for that. I am going to mail you a piece she wrote: A few Words on Breasts. Then we'll talk.<br /><br />Rising intonation. You're so lucky. I deal with interns who are, forget stupid and ungifted as writers, just plain in awe. You know, how like, like, irritating that can be to like, deal with? gar gar gar?Nimpipihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971502879277219728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-2536633419572980022012-07-03T03:52:24.728-04:002012-07-03T03:52:24.728-04:00Kidding aside - I expect a full report on 'Mac...Kidding aside - I expect a full report on 'Macbeth.'As a former Lady Mac I am biased. ;-)dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-49247819000370481912012-07-02T21:18:01.109-04:002012-07-02T21:18:01.109-04:00Sav: I didn't know what passed for kid-speak e...Sav: I didn't know what passed for kid-speak either. That's why it's so entertaining. No wine? Have you checked the cellar? <br /><br />Dinah: If you read my blog long enough, and you have, you'll know that I'm certainly no grammarian. But I like finding fault in others. It's my ninja skill.<br /><br />daisy: I told you I was feeling catty. Beware my claws. Meow.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-44631905017870422652012-07-02T21:11:16.709-04:002012-07-02T21:11:16.709-04:00if you keep bringing this much snark, i'm goin...if you keep bringing this much snark, i'm going to have a hard time dispelling the rumors that you're my gay-esque friend in NYC...<br /><br />i. love. it.daisyfaehttp://daisyfae.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-64834513955124889832012-07-02T20:41:57.128-04:002012-07-02T20:41:57.128-04:00Darling man! You make an old grammarian very, like...Darling man! You make an old grammarian very, like, happy, y'know.<br />Sav...I have some good vintage here.Grab a jet!dinahmowhttp://moreidlethoughts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-44900250915440924302012-07-02T19:23:49.634-04:002012-07-02T19:23:49.634-04:00totally!
hell, sweet pea, i have no idea what pa...<i>totally!</i><br /><br /><br />hell, sweet pea, i have no idea what passes for <i>chickie speak</i> these days, so, it's, like, so, OK, right? :~D<br />xoxoxoxo<br /><br />(there isn't enough wine in my house right now...)<br /><br />(i know, right? wtf am i babbling on about?)savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.com