Oof, I guess I'm really on the outs, re: popular opinion, in that I love The Giving Tree, clearly, there are problematic elements, and the "Boy" is a dick, but 1.) It was the first gift that my grandmother gave me (sent in the mail with a little handwritten forward by her) and 2.) It kind of hit's different now; my mom died of glioblastoma recently and I'm just now thinking about the little comforts of the past year between learning and her passing. A lot of us are kind of dumbfuck little children throughout most of our lives, in relation to our parents and the developing relationship from our birth to their death.
Dropping Like Flies
sweetcell wrote:Well, yeah, he had all that sweet, sweet giving tree money.
another fun silverstein fact: despite his looks, he "never married, and according to the 2007 biography A Boy Named Shel, slept with 'hundreds, perhaps thousands of women.'"
It’s just the ultimate book about entitlement.
Starsky wrote:Listen, the Julian's America thread is over there.
It’s just the ultimate book about entitlement.
Silverstein was definitely riding high on that 60s free love trip. Also, kind of hip and rough and tumble looking for a Jew (says the pale, frail Ashkenaz on this end of the keyboard). I always felt he had a Yul Brynner or Telly Savalas thing going on. I mean, it's a better look for a bald Jew than say a Larry David.
I always viewed the book as a story of the disconnect between a parent and child and the inability to communicate. That and the human drive to expect satisfaction to come from something more complicated than what we have at hand, but I'm a person who says a lot of things and assumes people will understand the barely negotiable subtext that I usually assume is easily seen.
I always viewed the book as a story of the disconnect between a parent and child and the inability to communicate. That and the human drive to expect satisfaction to come from something more complicated than what we have at hand, but I'm a person who says a lot of things and assumes people will understand the barely negotiable subtext that I usually assume is easily seen.
sweetcell wrote:
fun silverstein fact: he wrote "a boy named sue."
While I was always aware that he wrote Sue (Shel's books were among the most popular in my elementary school library), it was only recently that I became aware that it was about Jean Shepherd, the narrator and co-script writer of A Christmas Story.
Trugoy the Dove
Do we need a separate RIP balloon thread?
David Jolicoeur of De La Soul
vansmack wrote:
David Jolicoeur of De La Soul
Yada wrote:
Trugoy the Dove
Nationals' owner Ted Lerner
I mean, I saw NYPD Blues and while, yes, he was on camera, I hardly think what he was doing constitutes acting.
Julian, wrote:playing Sipowicz's son for 5 years is harder than you think
I mean, I saw NYPD Blues and while, yes, he was on camera, I hardly think what he was doing constitutes acting.
An immense talent who just could not move her arms when she danced.
THOSE AREN'T BUOYS!
Huey “Piano” Smith 89
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was an American rhythm-and-blues pianist whose sound was influential in the development of rock and roll.
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was an American rhythm-and-blues pianist whose sound was influential in the development of rock and roll.