Word: mikey
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Asked to talk to a doll—a play on Willis’ role as the voice of Mikey from Look Who’s Talking—Willis jokingly looked under the skirt of the doll and tossed it offstage...
Asked to talk to a doll—a play on Willis’ role as the voice of Mikey from Look Who’s Talking—Willis jokingly looked under the skirt of the doll and tossed it offstage...
...banal homelife. And here is Solondz at his best, using vicious situations and dialogues to dissect the world of the suburban middle-class. Many of the scenes revolve around the Livingston dinner table where Scooby, his two younger brothers, Brady, a football player worried about his school reputation, and Mikey, an inquisitive, petulant child dying for the recognition of his parents convene every evening. In one dinner scene, the topic of the Holocaust arises, and Fern Livingston (a damaged Julie Hagerty) comments to the kids that everyone is a survivor (you can see Solondz grinning). And that although none...
...that Scooby has gotten into Princeton, even though he wrote “FUCK YOU” in bubble letters during his SATs. Goodman pulled some strings and cheated the system, remarking that everyone does it. And after Brady falls into a coma due to a football accident, Mikey still vying for affection, hypnotizes his father and has him fire the Hispanic housekeeper, Consuelo. Feeling used and underappreciated, she exacts revenge in an explosive fashion on the Livingston household. Oxman thirsting for audience approval finally screens his documentary American Scooby (Solondz is dripping with sarcasm) for a hip, New York...
...difference now though, is that when I think about Shira and all the wonderful times we had together, the memories make me happy. It is only the memory of loss that hurts. I love talking about Shira, her elephant sweater, the time she and Mikey were “lost” in the snowy woods of New Hampshire or how she and Moshe used to argue incessantly. I remember Shira tap-dancing around all the time to the point where she inspired Ben to want to take tap classes. Then of course there were the beautiful Jane Austen...