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...room and saved my wife and daughter from an eternity of undeath. And this evening I am making risotto, which my wife loves and says is superior to any found in restaurants, the Van Gogh Sunflowers of risotto. This is the life of a man who knows grandeur. I simmer the chopped onions and fennel in a pool of butter and shave Parmesan into a bowl while my clients sit on the front steps, enjoying the last of summer in St. Paul, watching people stroll past, waiting...
Only Silverstein could get away with tales of anteaters who turned out to be an aunteaters ("And now my uncle's mad") and the boy who, having nothing to put into his stew, climbs into the pot and makes a stew of himself ("I'll sing while I simmer, I'll smile while I'm stewing/I'll taste myself often to see how I'm doing...
...think it's going to take some time for everything to simmer down. And we'll see what happens. But I have to see to my financial situation too. I'm not trying to set myself for life. But I need to have the means to take care of myself for the next few years. Therapy is not cheap...
...venture into acting is just further evidence that Hare has reached a new level in his work. "He's just got better and better," says director Eyre. "The more usual shape of the playwright's career is to have huge sunbursts of energy early on and then to rather simmer away." Hare admits, "I find myself with almost an abundance of subject matter." And he writes every day, no matter what. "It's heresy to say so, but the Beckett path--whereby you start out writing many words and you end up writing few--is, to me, deeply unattractive." Judging...
...save this sinking ship. The plotline is hackneyed--boy overcomes some personal demons and a satanic coach (John Voight) to win that one great ballgame. Throw in a dash of T&A, a pinch of pecs, the trampy, whipped cream bikini-wearing blond cheerleader and bring to a simmer in a cauldrom of frothy beer...