Word: corrina
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...survived by his two children, John H. Finley III '58 and Corrina F. Hammond '61, as well as five grandchildren...
This was followed by two new tunes "Long Way to Go Home" and "Corrina" which are not quite as painful as "Easy Answers," but have not yet found their way into anyone's top-10 list. Toward the end of "Corrina," as the drummers began to try to take over, Garcia cut into the ever-pleasant "Uncle John's Band...
This is to compare her to her other roles such as the moving "The Color Purple" or hilarious "Jumpin' Jack Flash." In "Corrina, Corrina," she is an underplayed version of her true self. As expectation would have it, she would push beyond the role as it was written and create something extraordinary from the mundane. But she doesn't reach that point. Throughout the film I kept waiting for a moment or two of Whoopi as the insightfully funny or pointedly wicked, but she only serves to fulfill what has been written for her and nothing more...
Tina Majorino is the only actor who really shines in this movie, and it will be to her credit if the movie succeeds in the box office. As Molly Singer, she misses her mother desperately but finds a quick affection for Corrina, the only person who is able to bring her out of her self-imposed muteness. Majorino exudes the sadness, the confusion, the innocence and the joy of what it means to be a child. Majorino made her film debut opposite Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia in "When a Man Loves a Woman." This film proves that...
...While "Corrina, Corrina" is generally entertaining, it seems a bit farfetched. Cross-racial relationships have become much more acceptable now than they would have been in the '50's. The film shows the irritation of Corrina's family with her ultimate choice to be involved with Manny, and his nosy neighbor makes it clear that she does not approve. But I could not help but think that while cross-racial relationships must have occurred then, this film is a bit of revisionist history. Or perhaps it's merely the hopes and wishes of a little girl who loves her maid...