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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on October 02, 2015, 09:55:15 pm ---Have we discussed the David Sedaris piece in, I think, the second to latest issue about the Supreme Court's marriage equality decision? I thought it was hilarious as usual -- especially the lines comparing the right to marry with things like the right to wear Dockers to the Olive Garden -- and poignant without being sentimental, as always. He's brilliant that way. Still, I was sort of oddly disappointed that he and Hugh did not decide to tie the knot (despite the fiscal advantages!). Not that I care if anyone gets married or not; maybe I just thought ending with a marriage would give it that extra charge of poignancy.
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The Sedaris piece was good, as usual. I thought he and his partner would marry--maybe they will, eventually--but somehow I feel it would have been, I don't know--a cop out?--if this article would have ended with their marriage. I thought the best line was that Sedaris was all for the marriage struggle "because it so irritated the fundamentalists." And something that he said about having the right to marry but not acting on it somehow resonates with me. But maybe that's because tomorrow morning I have to sit through a gay wedding, something Sedaris said gay people didn't force others to do. ;D
Front-Ranger:
I also liked the Sedaris article and thought it struck just the right note.
Enjoyed "Love and War" about the Broadway production of An American in Paris. Joan Acocella talked a lot about the movie and it brought back good memories. AAIP is one of the few movies that I own on CD. The soundtrack by George Gershwin is worth the price alone.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 02, 2015, 10:41:59 pm ---But maybe that's because tomorrow morning I have to sit through a gay wedding, something Sedaris said gay people didn't force others to do. ;D
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Well, see, I love weddings. I appreciated Sedaris' jokes about them being dorky, but I usually find them fun.
I hate to say this, but I've never been to a gay wedding. So if anyone out there reading this decides to get married and is gay, please invite me! I promise to bring a nice gift. :D
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on October 03, 2015, 04:08:37 pm ---Well, see, I love weddings. I appreciated Sedaris' jokes about them being dorky, but I usually find them fun.
I hate to say this, but I've never been to a gay wedding. So if anyone out there reading this decides to get married and is gay, please invite me! I promise to bring a nice gift. :D
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Is liking weddings "a girl thing"? At least, I've never met a woman who didn't like weddings. ???
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 03, 2015, 06:27:15 pm ---Is liking weddings "a girl thing"? At least, I've never met a woman who didn't like weddings. ???
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Maybe, but for me it has little to do with romanticism. I just like the music and dancing and free meal and open bar. ;D
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