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Jonda Cynecki hasn't seen her twin sister Wanda in 13 years and doesn't hold out much hope that she ever will. Their last contact came at a family gathering in Ohio for Christmas, after which Wanda returned to her home in Key West, Fla. Then she disappeared. She didn't call, didn't write and couldn't be reached. When her parents died several years later, her siblings had to use intermediaries to get through to her. She called to borrow money about a year ago. Since then, the only sign she's still alive is that...
...central plot of the series revolves around romance: Boring, a young man with a blank face, finds love with a mysterious woman named Wanda, loses her and sort-of finds her again. Boring also gets shot in the head (twice) and stranded on an island with his brutish family. Meanwhile, the world may or may not be ending soon. And did I mention that much of this is hilariously funny...
With Clowes, it has always been the mood, created by character and environmental detail, that counts. In one scene David talks with Wanda's sister at a patio table, and the wind carries the paper cups with their drinks into the bushes. It's a small, perfect detail. It adds a kinetic element to a static scene and foreshadows what the future may have in store for these two characters...
...FAVORITE MOVIES: Metropolitan, Vanya on 42nd Street, A Fish Called Wanda, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Broadcast News, Animal House, The Last Picture Show, Manhattan, To Kill a Mockingbird, Blade Runner, Richard III (‘95), Moonstruck, The Big Chill, Pulp Fiction, Tootsie...
Curtis got her first big break in show business with her starring role in the 1970's horror flick classic, Halloween. She earned critical acclaim for her work in 1988's A Fish Called Wanda and won a Golden Globe in 1994 for True Lies, where she co-starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger...