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<DIV>i saw the movie MILK this past weekend with about 10 gay friends</DIV>
<DIV>at the end of the movie, we wept openly</DIV>
<DIV>we were moved about a story of one man who was strong enough to care about
his fellow glbt's so much, that he risked his life so that glbt's
could start to have a more secure future</DIV>
<DIV>you can say what you will about your feelings about the performances, but
what i can tell you is what all of us felt that night, and that was a sense
of pride that this story, this also tragic story was told, and told in a way
that we felt empowered and proud to be out and gay in our society.</DIV>
<DIV>because to this day, it isn't easy for anyone</DIV>
<DIV>and by the way, at the end of the movie, the audience applauded</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>respectfully</DIV>
<DIV>kjk</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 12/18/2008 4:34:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
kulturekids@yahoo.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>perhaps,
but Gus Van Sant (Director) isn't exactly a pushover...it might have just been
bad for other reasons....making a good movie is hard no matter how many
talented people are involved. <BR> The studio system was
draconian, yes...but DAMN if they didn't produce great films (much more so
than today).<BR>T.<BR><BR><BR>--- On Thu, 12/18/08, Christopher Fortunato
<learnedhand@live.com> wrote:<BR><BR>> From: Christopher Fortunato
<learnedhand@live.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [NEohioPAL] Got
Milk?<BR>> To: "Robert Hawkes" <rhhawkes@gmail.com>,
neohiopal@listserve.com<BR>> Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 1:12
PM<BR>> And that's probably because in Hollywood today, the<BR>> actors
drive the movie. Instead of letting the director do<BR>> the stuff
that needs to be done, actors like Sean Penn start<BR>> stirring the
pot. Penn ruined the remake of "All The<BR>> King's Men" with his one
note performance. <BR>> That's because the actors are the bankable ones,
and<BR>> since money is power, they select the director, the
producer<BR>> et al.<BR>> <BR>> Could you imagine telling
Victoria Bussert, Tom Fulton,<BR>> Terri Kent, Fred Sternfeld or Sue
Johnson how to direct a<BR>> play or musical? That's not to say they
won't let<BR>> you try things in rehearsal, but the director has to
helm<BR>> the project and needs to determine the final direction in<BR>>
order to create wonderful art. Having worked with all of<BR>> them,
I've felt confident in their direction as well as<BR>>
others.<BR>> <BR>> I don't doubt, Robert, that Sean Penn stirred a
lot of<BR>> stuff in creating that movie.<BR>> <BR>>
Chris<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:00:07
-0500From:<BR>> rhhawkes@gmail.comTo:
neohiopal@listserve.comSubject:<BR>> [NEohioPAL] Got Milk?Milk - now
playing at the Cedar-Lee and<BR>> possibly elsewhere. See - here's what I
mean: a story<BR>> which would have been "powerful" if merely told,<BR>>
but which here thoroughly betrays wonderful actors by klunky<BR>> writing,
an appallingly manipulative musical score, anxious<BR>> over-editing,
distracting focus on the "up close and<BR>> personal" People/In Touch
elements - in short, by a<BR>> completely successful attempt to make this
film and its<BR>> story as numbingly ORDINARY as possible. A tale of
big<BR>> issues becomes as trivial as Capote - a "tour de<BR>> force"
for its principal actor, but nothing more. Just<BR>> more TV. What a
disappointment. Argh. <BR>>
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