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...think Fatal Attraction had a tremendous effect on this country when it came out. I think people brought political baggage to the film. I was astonished that so many feminists didn't like Alex Forrest because they thought it was a terrible portrayal of a single working woman. You can't play somebody that represents all single women. But she has become, I think, a symbol of women fighting back...
...Greta Garbo cast as a strong-willed woman censured by a straitlaced society. In the past 20 years, when women have achieved a measure of equality (except at the box office), the hero-victim has tended to be male, and the affliction has been mental, as in Rain Man, Forrest Gump and A Beautiful Mind. They're the movie equivalent of the orphan puppy that no one will adopt--except you, dear sensitive viewer...
...response to a report of a theft at Au Bon Pain. The officers arrived and spoke to the reporting party, who stated that an individual had placed a muffin in their pocket without paying for it. The individual was run for wants/warrants with negative results. The individual, Terrance M. Forrest of 39 Kingston St., Boston, MA, had been previously issued a trespass warning, and was placed under arrest for trespassing...
...Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW). In 1976, Southern became the first black woman to receive tenure at Harvard. She held a joint appointment in the Music Department and in the Afro-American Studies Department, which she chaired from 1975 to 1979. Knafel Professor of Music Thomas Forrest Kelly was among the music professors present at the event. He spoke highly of Southern’s achievements and her impact on music. “She distinguished herself absolutely without reference to gender or color. She was good at what she did,” he said. Southern?...
...Peale Museum, and the Boston Museum. The Peabody acquired the works after the Boston Museum was damaged by fire in 1899, he added. Malloy said her interest in Hill, on whom she has written a forthcoming biography, stems from his globe-trotting: “He was the Forrest Gump of the 19th century.” The Lewis and Clark exhibit at the Peabody, which runs through the end of December, celebrates the bicentennial of the duo’s expedition...