Word: laura
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...LAURA BAKER, 28; SPARTANBURG, S.C.; potter An artist herself, Baker knows that gifted children need more than glitter and glue to thrive. In 1993 she started COLORS, an art studio that provides inner-city children with professional materials and guidance. More than 650 children have participated in the program, in which they paint community murals with educational messages. Says Baker: "Art is a way to get to know yourself and to express who you are without being completely vulnerable...
...course, like anyone with any insight at all into life, Holofcener can't resist making us laugh as well as groan. She skillfully juxtaposes Amelia's and Laura's lives to great effect: Amelia, clearly lonely and with too much time on her hands, babbles into Laura's answering machine about how dirty her kitchen sponge is, while Frank and Laura approach snogging mode...
Funny scenes where Laura, budding therapist, fantasizes about her patient or is duped by a patient into believing he's batty totter towards more traditionally meaningless comedy, but are saved by Laura's honestly not having any confidence in her abilities...
...meaningful, silly details of life are cleverly sprinkled here and there: the black pants that Amelia thinks left Andrew miffed (but which he can't remember); or Amelia's habit of always forgetting to dry clean clothes she's borrowed, no matter how many times Laura reminds...
Lest anyone start to coo over this little gem of the movie, Holofcener knows enough to drop a barb or two: driving home from the country house with Amelia and Laura, with the touching soundtrack running full speed, Frank loudly asks whether they're going to have to listen to "this vagina music" the whole ride...