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...takes him about four months to create a play from nothing but considerably longer to refine it. Sometimes he is simply trying to make the play funnier?or intentionally less funny. He prides himself on the ability to pace his jokes to the needs of the plot and theme...
...When Doherty was giving lectures on overscheduling kids, he heard parents grumbling about birthday parties and goody bags. It really touched a nerve after he had his first grandchild. His daughter told him that by the time her son was six months old, people were already asking what the theme of her son's first birthday would...
Problem is, indie movies are getting as predictable as Hollywood's. Sundance movies have devolved into a genre. The style is spare and naturalistic. The theme is relationships, beginning in angst and ending in reconciliation. The focus is often on a dysfunctional family (there are no functional ones in indie movies) that strives to reconnect. Within this genre are a few subspecies: the family breakup film (The Squid and the Whale), the finding-your-family-at-school movie (Half Nelson, Brick), the gay drama (Mysterious Skin). Way too frequently, the family goes on a trip. Given the typical Sundance pace...
...some ways the rise of the Democratic Party in the Rockies is a revival. The dominant chord of Western politics has usually been a taciturn Marlboro Man conservatism, but a history of rollicking working-class populism has been a persistent theme. The West was the birthplace of the Wobblies (International Workers of the World) in the late 19th century and the scene of some of the great unionizing battles of the early industrial age. The state capitol in Montana is filled with statues of famous Democrats. More recently, the Rocky Mountain states were equal partners with the South...
...some ways the rise of the Democratic Party in the Rockies is a revival. The dominant chord of Western politics has usually been a taciturn Marlboro Man conservatism, but a history of rollicking working-class populism has been a persistent theme. The West was the birthplace of the Wobblies (International Workers of the World) in the late 19th century and the scene of some of the great unionizing battles of the early industrial age. The state capitol in Montana is filled with statues of famous Democrats. More recently, the Rocky Mountain states were equal partners with the South...