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...make more sense to declare an ensemble award (it's happened before) for supporting actresses: to the Broken Flowers brigade of Lange, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Tilda Swinton, Alexis Dziena, Chloe Sevigny and Pell James; or to the Sin City sorority that includes Jessica Alba, Carlo Gugino, Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy and Jaime King. Our choice is the Three Burials tandem of Melissa Leo and January Jones: one strong and maternally sexy, the other brutalized but unbowed, each so arresting, the source of so much of the film's wayward life, that The Three Burials inevitably sags when they disappear...
Breathy, blond Chloe; bitter, tweed-wearing Emily; and bland spinster Betty: that's a sample of the personas that former New York Times restaurant critic Reichl inhabited in her quest to remain anonymous to Manhattan's foodie establishment as she reviewed her way through highfalutin four-star eateries and dingy Japanese noodle shops. But this tasty (forgive me) chronicle of disguise--sentimental and hilarious--also conveys the sheer delight that people feel when sinking their teeth into a truly memorable meal...
...Clearly, early in the piece, disillusionment can strike. "Chloe," 22, started this year on a kindergarten class in a well-to-do part of Sydney. Blonde and attractive, she sensed straight away that some parents doubted she was up to the job. "We're just concerned," one told her, "that you don't understand (five-year-olds) because you don't have children yourself." Within days of taking on 22 kids - and still trying to memorize names - it seemed to her that some of the parents expected she'd already know the idiosyncrasies of the entire class. "One step outside...
...Chloe, who's cried at school over parents' comments, hadn't realized how much school has changed, even since she wore pigtails. Not so long ago, most kids walked or rode to school; mothers stopped at the gate. Nowadays, parents are a feature of school life - and often for the good. They assist teachers by taking reading groups and tagging along on excursions. For no money and not much thanks, they organize the band, canteen and sports teams, sit on various committees and throw themselves into fund-raising ventures that ultimately improve the school...
...they are fucking you on your desk,” she says, describing the relationship between a philosophy major undergrad and her Sartre-loving TA. These are moments of sharp observation, even wit. But on the whole the book ends up being as flavorless as the vodka-and-soda Chloe so frequently ingests...