Word: gomezes
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...first day at school, the asthmatic boy (Manuel Lozano) wets his pants in anxiety. But his teacher (Fernando Fernan Gomez), a genius in caring for young minds, sees promise in the child. Thus begins a lovely friendship, tested to the breaking point in a Spanish village at the beginning of the Civil War. This art-house weepie, based on stories by Manuel Rivas, is impeccably Miramaxian in its Bambi-eyed child, its liberal attitude and its emotion-cuing score. O.K., but we fell for it--for the deft mood setting and the canny vignettes of young love and adult rancor...
Even more strange than his name is his game. If Wayne Gretzky had a mystique based on talent that belied his pedestrian skating and weak shot, Gomez has star quality. Knock-kneed and pigeon-toed, he skates like Pam Anderson in stilettos--slow and hunched over. But his passes are perfect, and his ability to see plays develop is amazing--particularly for a rookie...
...Though Gomez was often homesick this year, he likes his new state. "It gets a bad rap," he says. "I've been to some great malls. The Garden State Plaza and the Short Hills Mall. That one was nice." Among other highlights of the year, he lists "sitting courtside at a Knicks game and seeing all the movie stars." Hockey players don't get a lot of perks...
Especially if you're a Devil. The team is called "the firm" because the owner, Lou Lamoriello, runs it like IBM in 1955. Gomez's teammates, only two of whom are single, are more serious than he. Once, in his mom's office--she counsels women on infant nutrition--he autographed a picture with "Breast feeding got me here, Scott Gomez...
...Gomez will get a chance to act like a celebrity when he goes back to Anchorage this summer, which is, after all, attached to Canada. It may come from a biased source, but his mother Dalia seems pretty sure her son is the most popular person in Alaska. "Jewel might be big, but I've heard she's canceled two concerts on people here," Dalia says. "Right now Scott is the big thing. Jewel is out of the picture." Especially if she can't show off the Stanley...