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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 22, 2015, 02:21:27 pm ---So. Gloria Steinem was Christian Bale's stepmother (Oct. 19). I didn't know that.
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Me neither! But then, I learned only a few months ago that Julia Louis-Dreyfus' dad is one of the world's richest people.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on October 27, 2015, 05:36:34 pm ---Me neither! But then, I learned only a few months ago that Julia Louis-Dreyfus' dad is one of the world's richest people.
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I didn't know that!
Jeff Wrangler:
Maybe because of all the "procedurals" that I watch on TV, I got a kick out of the cartoon on page 31 (Oct. 26) with the caption, "Maybe it's always the person you least suspect because you're not a good detective." ;D
Front-Ranger:
Every once in a while, an issue comes along that has a lot of content I'm interested in. The Oct. 19 issue is one. Just finished "Bombshells" by Claudia Roth Pierpont, reviewing a book by Karin Wieland on Marlene Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl. It's a long article but very interesting and worthwhile. Also, the profile of Gloria Steinem by Jane Kramer is long but good and Malcolm Gladwell's comments about school shootings are useful. I have yet to read "Pond Scum" about H. D. Thoreau. Movie and theater reviews for "Fool for Love", "Steve Jobs" and "Pan" are good but the Shepard play review focuses mostly on Sam and less on his play. Even then, it fails to explain why he has the impact that he does.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 02, 2015, 12:15:12 pm ---Every once in a while, an issue comes along that has a lot of content I'm interested in. The Oct. 19 issue is one. Just finished "Bombshells" by Claudia Roth Pierpont, reviewing a book by Karin Wieland on Marlene Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl. It's a long article but very interesting and worthwhile. Also, the profile of Gloria Steinem by Jane Kramer is long but good and Malcolm Gladwell's comments about school shootings are useful. I have yet to read "Pond Scum" about H. D. Thoreau.
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I agree with you about this issue. All those articles were very good reads, and so was the Thoreau article.
I didn't realize Dietrich did so much for the Allied troops during WW II.
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