Word: milked
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...Unit, an urban take on the innocents-in-jeopardy theme. Bruckheimer's suburban counterprogramming is risky but makes sense. It may be unfair to stereotype the burbs as a refuge for people fleeing life, but one reason people move there is security. Close to Home is not ashamed to milk those anxieties, right down to its title: the danger, it says, is not just in the big cities. It's right here, close to your cozy little cul-de-sac and your good public schools. Or as a CBS ad put it: "Sometimes crime comes as close as your neighbor...
...empire, although it's thankfully less flashy than the CGI-heavy, color-coded CSIs. And Finnigan, who was adorable in NBC's otherwise forgettable sitcom Committed, is the Security Mom of prime-time sleuths, exuding both warmth and steely backbone--a crusader for justice with a fridgeful of breast milk at the office. Chase gets more and faster backstory than most of the CSI copbots, even if it's pretty ham-handed: near the end of the pilot, she strokes her sleeping baby's head and coos, "I'll keep you safe." Parents fear for their kids' security and fear...
...memories I can retrieve of nursery school and kindergarten are of afternoon naps after milk (which I didn't like) and cookies (which I did), curled up on a blanket on the floor of a classroom, often in a patch of sunlight coming through a window. It was so easy then to nap and wake up refreshed. I've had to relearn that process in my 60s--without the cookies...
...most potent visuals are ones that remind us of Kelly’s immaturity and alcoholism. The camera frequently lingers over the massive prize ice box that Kelly gashes during a drunken fury. Later, a shot soaks in Evelyn’s blood as it swirls with spilt milk after Kelly drunkenly causes her to fall while carrying milk bottles purchased with her scraped-together earnings...
...It’s simply physics—cheerio magnetization,” said Adam N. Hallowell ’09. “It involves the surface tension of the milk interacting with the physical properties of the cheerios...