Word: christinas
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...alterations to reward Theron’s breakthrough work, which painstakingly recreates the intense discomfort of a woman desperate to find a reason not to shoot herself at any given moment. At the film’s core is Wuornos’ tumultuous relationship with flippant lover Selby Wall (Christina Ricci). Though Jenkins fails to offer a believable relationship between these two individuals and Ricci sits through an unnaturally amateurish performance, Monster is ultimately redeemed by Theron’s resonant performance...
...early February, Christina fell into a coma following a skiing accident. While I don’t know the details of her case now, I’ve been told that part of her brain has been damaged, possibly the region that controls language...
...Christina that I met my creative match, a friend with whom I could fearlessly explore my inspiration for art and music or try out theatrical endeavors. For the near decade that our friendship spanned, Christina and I were a pair—we explored the corners of the Museum of Modern Art (her mother, an artist, brought us every year to see Monet’s “Waterlilies”); and we pushed her guinea pigs through the street in a haphazard parade. When we were bored, we stood on my stoop pretending to be statues or attempted...
...many ways, Christina was a step ahead of me. She, not I, was the true creative force behind our fantastical endeavors. I wanted to dress up as Greek gods, but she wanted to wage the Trojan War with our dolls, still wet with Tempera paint. I wanted to do watercolor, she wanted to recreate a Julian Schnabel painting with her mother’s good plates. Christina’s boundless imagination led us both forward...
...high school, when we seemed to reach the equilibrium of casual acquaintance, Christina always felt like a child to me, crystallized in the role she’d played by my side for so long. While I marveled at her accomplishments, I was always struck by what I saw as her lingering carefree nature, her almost intimidating purity of intent. She was removed from my vision for the most part, but when I saw her, I felt a pang of regret. The distance was alienating, but it brought nostalgia for the Christina I had known...