[Magdalen] Oscars Schmoscars

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I think it is great that folks enjoy watching stuff that I do not
necessarily value. We seldom go to the movies, not due to any nefarious
plot to harm film-makers, but simply because the films do not interest us,
most of the time.

I find myself sucked in by my desire to work on several arrangements I am
doing, in hope of them being performed one day, and I don't really like to
stop.

My spouse has several irons in the fire which take up all of her time.



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 Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> Dawn is a woman after my own heart.  I'm amazed to hear the general list
> indifference to such masterful storytelling.  I'll admit, the Oscars are
> smarmy and self-congratulatory, for the most part, but I'm also fascinated
> by what Hollywood finds award-worthy.  I always try to see all the nominees
> and see how my own opinions match up.  Usually they're quite different.  I
> thought Birdman was pretty stupid, for instance, but thought American
> Sniper was really good, despite my political differences with Clint
> Eastwood.  I love a good story, and my estimate of how good a movie is, is
> how deeply I get caught up in the world of the moviemaker, and how much I
> think (and sometimes talk) about the movie afterward.  Love, love, love
> movies.  I do not own many movies (though Cheryl's collection is pretty
> good), and generally don't like the "old classics," though it was fun to
> watch Casablanca again the other weekend.
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dawn loves the Oscars.  Her CD/Bluray movie collection is HUGE.  Shen
> loves
> > musicals and must have every musical MGM ever made.  Luckily we're both
> > film fans.
> >
>