The newly released Blu-Ray (restored) edition of Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" is stunning. They are making much of the improved sound (and it does sound great), but the brilliance is in the richness of the art of animation. It captured the attention of both my children (12 and 9) and they watched, rapt, throughout the film. (That is not something that happens with most modern animated films.)
My new favorite reality show person is Patti Stanger, the matchmaker on Millionaire Matchmaker. Few things are more fun than watching her browbeat 40 something men who only want to date 20 somethings. I remember being 26 and thinking 40 was old -- can you imagine what women in youth-obsessed LA think?
Why are people who run dancewear stores so often snobby?
Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is like a junior president. She is an international rock star, listens attentively, and seems to remember everything. As much as I would have liked to have seen her as president or even vice president, I think she is at her best heading up U.S. diplomacy. She manages to be credible, contemporary, statesmanlike, tough and personable all at the same time. President Obama could not have chosen better.
Michelle Obama rocks.
Every morning, parents saddle up for another day of cat herding.
Jon Stewart deserves a Pulitzer for his interview with Jim Cramer on the Daily Show last night. (see the unedited version here) His demand for responsible reporting should echo throughout the visual and on line media. With the demise of the daily newspaper, and print media in general, responsible journalism is in grave danger of dying with them.
The Pacific Northwest Ballet is doing a Broadway Festival this month. The program contains one "ooh" after another: West Side Story Suite (Robbins), The Carousel Waltz (Wheeldon, new choreography), Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Balanchine), Take Five More or Less (Stroman), and more. Peter Boal is an innovative artistic director with one foot planted in tradition while reaching out and searching for innovation and evolution in ballet. Swans still die, but the company constantly shows why ballet dancers are the best athletes.
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