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...National Conference of Catholic Bishops [RELIGION, Nov. 24] as if it were a political campaign, you mislead your readers. The church is not a democracy, nor should it be. It is a congregation of people who accept the Pope's pronouncements on faith and morals as the teachings of Christ. If a member cannot accept the doctrine, he or she should leave the church and join another religion. James H. Walter Rancho Murieta, Calif...
...thin. Men might call her "the thin girl" in Love in the Afternoon) or "the bird girl" (Green Mansions) or funny face. Funny face? C'est a rire. She looked great in basic black, whether as the existential rag doll of Fred Astaire or the bride of Christ in The Nun's Story. Indeed, in her transformation movies - Sabrina and Funny Face and My Fair Lady - she always looked more gorgeous in Phase One (mousy) than Phase Two (elegant), more ravishing with her hair down than up, with her dress casual than couture...
...case in point was the controversy surrounding Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ...
...about a two-part Armageddon scenario. The first part is that, according to Evangelical prophecy, all the Jews are either forcibly converted or killed in the last reel. The second part is that Evangelicals are trying to bring on Armageddon as a necessary condition for the Second Coming of Christ. Yet both parts are red herrings. First of all, we Jews don't believe in the Second Coming. Either we are right about this, or we are wrong, in which case we'll have some 'splainin' to do to Jesus. Either way it's out of our hands. Secondly, almost...
...played. I go, "Damn, that's something I missed there." I saw the understudy rehearsal of the play I'm doing the other day, and a very young girl played my part. Well, that put me to the pin of my collar, I tell you. I thought, Christ! She'll never be on for me. She hits the notes. Oh, I gave her a really hard time. How dare...