Word: woman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There are basically three catalysts for Josie's rise from the tortured pubescent soul of "Josie Grosie" to a beautiful, confident young woman. First is a writing assignment to go undercover at a local high school to get the scoop on the latest adolescent trends and scandals. This gives Josie the opportunity to regress into the same type of cruelly divisive social organization that dominated her own high school experience, get another chance at popularity and reclaims the self-esteem that was extinguished just a few years earlier...
...infidelity of the wife, a pattern that plays out to perfection when Pearl becomes involved with an enigmatic blouse-seller named Walker (Viggo Mortensen), a drifter who epitomizes the care-free existence of that generation. Pearl's regression from upright mother and wife to liberated--and thus irresponsible--woman is contrasted by the simultaneous coming of age of her daughter (Anna Paquin...
...result of that...and there was also terrible destruction. It was an adolescence for us as a nation, a delayed adolescence. Which is exactly what Pearl is experiencing in the movie. And so, what fascinated me was the chance to look at both the period, and at this woman, in a multi-faceted way. And it was also a challenge, because the '60s are so often done poorly, in a one dimensional, stereotypical way. So I thought it would be an interesting challenge to try and tell a story using a period that is so often cliched...
...contest with Brian (Daniel Brunet), writing "I have a brain tumor" on the wall as "proof" of his illness or fighting with Max over a line, Salam stole the show whenever he got a chance. He had quite a bit of competition from Milt (Geoff Oxnard '99), the womanizing flashy dresser, and Val (Fred Hood '02), the choleric Russian head writer. Hood's convincing Russian accent and snappish attempts to impose order on chaos and Oxnard's goofy, sardonic grin--employed as a rebound from the most outrageous situations, inappropriate comments and stupid outfits--were as funny and memorable...
...other Cheyenne in trouble, and makes friends with Sitting Bull and his people; through these experience, Jack exposes the tragedy of the Native American experience during this time with dignity and understanding. Some of the more amusing episodes in Jack's life have to do with a certain woman named Amanda, and Jack's attempts to turn his roughness into charm in order to win her. Through it all, Jack admits his mistakes gracefully and keeps his mind open to people very different from himself, while exposing the true natures of other people and events...