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Robin Reardon's avatar

As someone who’s not “up” on the lingo of cultural critique, I love how well you manage to blend that lingo in with—you know, real words—to capture and communicate the essence of creativity.

Watching the clip you included, I sighed with relief once again that although I was never in any in-crowd or click, watching those phenomena from outside of them gave me a sense of perspective I might not otherwise have gained. And what I saw made me glad I was not on the inside of any of it. Even so, I could feel Muriel’s angst, her despair; so now I want to see the whole film.

Thank you.

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Brent Hartinger's avatar

You're welcome. LOL

Let me know what you think.

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Robin Reardon's avatar

After the controlled chaos of having seven people for T-Day dinner (remember Thanksgiving, you world-traveler you?), hubby retired early and I watched Muriel/Mariel. The trope of getting what you thought you wanted and ending up with something different that turned to be better is something I like to weave into my own stories, so I enjoyed that aspect. I usually find Australian products to be just zany enough to be fun, and this was no exception. I could have done with a little less coverage of her family, though; that seemed overdone, though maybe it's an Aussie thing (?). Anyway, thanks for the recommendation. Enjoy your next home!

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Brent Hartinger's avatar

Wonderful! Glad you enjoyed it.

You may be right about too much of the family.

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