Word: boyness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...excerpt from Sherwood Anderson's classic Winesburg, Ohio popped into my head then: "There is a time in the life of every boy when he for the first time takes the backward view of life. Perhaps that is the moment when he crosses the line into manhood...
...fact that America has black icons...does not mean that racism has vanished from our lives," he disregards this affirmation by calling for a multi-racial democracy based on promoting "black" culture in "white" media, for example by featuring Brandy and Monica on Kiss 108--as if playing "The Boy is Mine" ad nauseum could serve as a catalyst for bridging America's racial divisions...
Nevertheless, it's clear why Sanford squished J.T.T. into the role anyway. Plot aside, the movie is essentially a Jonathan Taylor Thomas peep show riding on Thomas' teen idol/pinup boy status. The film provides us with plenty of closeups of J.T.T.'s tanned face and blue eyes, but I'll Be Home for Christmas clearly shows that you can't judge a book by its cover; Thomas never rises above the "I am trying to be funny," hamming-it-up style he perfected week after week on "Home Improvement...
...Nancy and Charlie--tend to put so much effort into their dispositions that they seem unrealistic. Nancy's sarcasm is so affected that it seems sincere, and Charlie's complacency is too noticeable to be the subtle characterization it ought to be. He looks quite like a little boy in adult's clothing, wearing shoes a little too big for his personality. Nancy instead has a little girl's saccharine, irritating voice inside a matronly visage. On the other hand, Leslie and Sarah--Kelleher and Dufrense--are enticing to watch. They masterfully communicate a lifestyle on the fine line between...
...most recognized photograph from the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943, a little boy stands in the rubble, both hands raised in a blind surrender. His back shelters him from the view of a man with a gun, his shoulders suspecting his doomed fate. Bak was about the same age as this child pictured, and chose to honor in his paintings this image of all children sacrificed in the Holocaust. The little boy, the symbol of the universal purity of the heart, is the main subject of over 12 pieces in the exhibit, each time pictured in the same pose. The desensitization...