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>. lately....I think that my in advertent
>boycott of "All in the Family", and " Murphy Brown" and "Ellen" and all
>the rest of the "best" TV shows has seperated me from the main stream, as
>it were.
Yeah, I've had the same experience: as a died-in-the-wool tv snob, I am
blissfully ignorant of whole swatches of contemporary culture that appear
to matter deeply to many people, provide their insights and images - and
bore me to tears!
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> The notion of
>collective relationships and connections and the points about DesCarte and
>Newton were secondary to the notion that this "poor woman was lost and
>isolated and she needed her husband and family to make things
>better....and the end provided closure to this....she was going home!"
>Also, talk centered around whether she would take Waterstons (sp?) offer
>to go to DC.....so, MIDWALK - schmindwalk - some get it - some don't....I
>agree with all of your points....and my colleagues would argue the
>same....even about Capra....but...we do need and should seek..."guides to
>enlightenment"...have you checked the best seller list lately???????
Oi, vey! The common culture's explanation of women's motivation is enuff to
make me go wretch in a corner! What IS going on here? Disempowerment?
Inability to connect with real emotion? The best seller lists are awash in
both some interesting sfuff, IMHO, and an awful lot of trash, as has been
the case for so long as I can remember. But perhaps beauty (significance?
"Significance"!?) is also in the eye of the beholder? Even if so, I felt a
kindred spirit in your comment! Say on, Myrna, your posts are interesting!
Sam
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