[Magdalen] Please! Clap your hands!

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Sun Dec 7 05:04:00 UTC 2014


Camp is one way of putting it, eh?

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> They're in the same camp, in my opinion.
>
> On December 6, 2014, at 9:34 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Don't like Justin Bieber? How 'bout Miley Cyrus?
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I refuse to watch it. Grown women playing Peter....ICK! Indeed! Actually
> I
> > was only half joking last year when someone asked me who I thought should
> > play Peter Pan and I said Justin Bieber. Perfect example of type casting,
> > to my eye.
> >
> > On Thursday, December 4, 2014, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Well, we did it again.  We watched the latest version of Peter Pan.
> > >
> > > Each generation repeats the same liturgy.  We laugh out loud with
> delight
> > > as the children learn to fly.
> > >
> > > As Tinkerbelle is dying, we all clap our hands -- "Yes! We believe in
> > > faeries!" -- and, yes maybe a trace of a tear, as we watch Tink's light
> > > return.
> > >
> > > Wendy grows up and Peter returns to bring her back to Neverland for
> > Spring
> > > cleaning, but it's too late for her. She's grown up now.
> > >
> > > But her daughter will go with Peter.  And, some day, maybe her
> daughter,
> > > and her daughter's daughter...
> > >
> > > I remember watching the incomparable Mary Martin play Peter -- just a
> few
> > > moments ago.
> > >
> > > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > > *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
> > better
> > > for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your
> > time
> > > on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
> > >
> >
>


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