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[Ron Pulliam]

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[Michael]

I never got Jerry Lewis.

[elmore3003]

I started watching the latest BBC version of The Turn of the Screw starring Michelle Dockery (Downton Abey's Lady Mary) but the screenwriter's "improvements" were so pathetic that I gave up in disgust after around 45 minutes.  It was absolutely dreadful, missing all the ambiguity of the Henry James story that Jack Clayton's The Innocents caught to perfection.  The Miles was really charmless, Mrs Grose's part in the stroy was divided between her character and a maid Clara, who is mysteriously thrown from the tower and who might have been raped by Peter Quint (I'm not making this up!), and the whole mess was set around 1920, beginnign with the Governess in a mental asylum.  Dockery was fine, but that was about it.

So, I watched all three hours of Return To Cranford to see the BBC do something close to perfection.  I hadn't watched it in a couple of years and it was a fantastic antidote to Henry James manqué.

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Got some food from the Gelson's hot food bar - just a bit of pasta and chicken enchilada.

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Who did this Turn of the Screw adaptation - the same idiot who did Witness for the Prosecution? 

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Picked up a package, too, with my Colgate Optic White toothpaste, which I used to get at Costco.

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Listening to Ellington 65, another Ellington cover of hits of the day - this one's better than Ellington 66 - guess I like these songs better (well, not Danke Schoen) and I like the arrangements better, too.  Sound is amazing - originally on Reprise.

[elmore3003]

Who did this Turn of the Screw adaptation - the same idiot who did Witness for the Prosecution? 

Sandy Welch.  I was surprised to see she's married to playwright Stephen Poliakoff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Welch

I actually liked her BBC adaptations of Emma, Jane Eyre, North and South, and Our Mutual Friend very much.  She sure missed the boat on Turn of the Screw!

[Jrand73]

That adaptation sounds pretty awful DR ELMORE!

[Jrand73]

DR RLP - sounds like the plans are on point!!!  September is a great month to start in a new place.....just like we used to start school!

[Jane]

I have several friends who take pain medication (even oxycodone) that take their pills and still drive.  I just won't do it, even though my first dose in the evening is only a single pill.

I can understand that.  I would not take pain meds and drive.  Do you have to wait 4 hours between each pill?

[Jane]

An embarrassing confession --

I have always carelessly conflated The Quiet American with The Ugly American...neither of which I have seen or read. 

In so confessing, I hope to have taken the first step in straightening out this mess once and for all. 

[John G.]

Who did this Turn of the Screw adaptation - the same idiot who did Witness for the Prosecution? 

Sandy Welch.  I was surprised to see she's married to playwright Stephen Poliakoff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Welch

I actually liked her BBC adaptations of Emma, Jane Eyre, North and South, and Our Mutual Friend very much.  She sure missed the boat on Turn of the Screw!

I liked the BBC versions of Emma and Our Mutual Friend that you mentioned but I'll stay far from this.

[elmore3003]

Randy just called me and he and Jo have offered to ease my financial stress about this Ohio trip.  I have to think about the mess and talk to him tomorrow.

It's very kind of them.  I also spent the afternoon putting out feelers about possible work.

[Jane]

Quick check-in:
 
Am ever closer to being ready to move.  Still have a way to go, but I'm seeing light at the end of this tunnel.

Meanwhile, I'm at a loss to keep up with all the goings-on that reveal our country is in utter chaos, politically and socially.

One person to thank for this, and it really doesn't seem to be Steve Bannon, although he was a part of it.

It is about time you reported in  
I know too well how overwhelming the moving process is.  I am glad you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. 
IMHO, there is no way you can do what is required to move and keep up with all the political goings-on

[John G.]

An embarrassing confession --

I have always carelessly conflated The Quiet American with The Ugly American...neither of which I have seen or read. 

In so confessing, I hope to have taken the first step in straightening out this mess once and for all. 

I liked the remake of The Quiet American a lot.

[elmore3003]

Who did this Turn of the Screw adaptation - the same idiot who did Witness for the Prosecution? 

Sandy Welch.  I was surprised to see she's married to playwright Stephen Poliakoff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Welch

I actually liked her BBC adaptations of Emma, Jane Eyre, North and South, and Our Mutual Friend very much.  She sure missed the boat on Turn of the Screw!

I liked the BBC versions of Emma and Our Mutual Friend that you mentioned but I'll stay far from this.

I watched North and South because I liked Cranford so much.  It's quite good.

[Jane]

I'm thinking I'll be out of here sometime during the first full week in September.

I think.

Getting close for sure.  Can you get any help?

ENERGY VIBES FOR YOU!

[Jane]

DR elmore I am sorry you had to cancel your trip. 

[Jane]

Randy just called me and he and Jo have offered to ease my financial stress about this Ohio trip.  I have to think about the mess and talk to him tomorrow.

It's very kind of them.  I also spent the afternoon putting out feelers about possible work.

I thought if they could they would offer to do so.  It is very nice and means they want to see you

[Jane]

Who did this Turn of the Screw adaptation - the same idiot who did Witness for the Prosecution? 

Sandy Welch.  I was surprised to see she's married to playwright Stephen Poliakoff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Welch

I actually liked her BBC adaptations of Emma, Jane Eyre, North and South, and Our Mutual Friend very much.  She sure missed the boat on Turn of the Screw!

I liked the BBC versions of Emma and Our Mutual Friend that you mentioned but I'll stay far from this.

I watched North and South because I liked Cranford so much.  It's quite good.

So did we, and then "Wives and Daughters" which was also very good.

[Jane]

Yesterday, out of the blue, I was wondering how Jerry Lewis was doing and thinking it was amazing he was still alive with all of his health issues.

Keith had already put his last movie, THE TRUST, into our Netflix queue. 

[elmore3003]

DR elmore I am sorry you had to cancel your trip. 

Thanks.  I'm not sure it's officially dead yet.  I'll explain after I talk to Randy tomorrow.

[George]

Well, we all had a good time celebrating my dad's birthday...essentially, nothing different than our regular weekly family dinners, but this time he got gifts.

[Jrand73]

Vibes for DR ELMORE.

[George]

Vibes for DR ELMORE.

~~~Ditto!!~~~

[Jane]

DR elmore I am sorry you had to cancel your trip. 

Thanks.  I'm not sure it's officially dead yet.  I'll explain after I talk to Randy tomorrow.

I hope it works out for you.

[John G.]

Page four? Really?

[John G.]

We watched Will Rogers and Bill Robinson in In Old Kentucky tonight. Robinson's dancing was phenomenal. Rogers was charming in his last movie, and it was largely entertaining despite a blackface sequence in which Rogers had to try to dance like Robinson.

[John G.]

Let's move on...