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Brother-in-Lawford

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So the 1949 version of Little Women was awful. But, there are definitely some interesting choices to be discussed. For one, I am a fan of the casting choice for Laurie. I couldn’t help but notice some interesting parallels between Peter Lawford’s life and the life of his character Laurie. Peter Lawford was a member […]

Thanks for the Quizes

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So I took almost all of the “Which March Girl Are You?” Quizes and I wasn’t really surprised.  I liked the ones that ranked them in order the best.  Overall I was mostly Jo but Amy was a VERY close second.  In fact, when ranked I was 75% Jo and 70% Amy (I told you […]

Everybody Needs a Good Foil

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So I need to write before I forget all the things I was thinking about in class.  For one, I really believe in the idea that all these characters are bouncing off each other and none could really exist as the person they are without each other.  Lucky for me, although I do not have […]

Send Them My Way

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So I was trying to comment on Robyn’s blog and I was hopelessly unsuccessful.  Therefore, before launching into my own post, I’m going to post here what it is I was going to say: I’m not sure I agree with the idea that no one wants to be like Beth.  She has an incredible strength […]

Thoughts Over Breakfast

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So this weekend I went out and bought that book “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs,” and then I was inspired to actually buy some Cocoa Puffs cereal to go with it.  So while I was enjoying my chocolaty goodness I began thinking about cliches.  Poor cliches have a bad rap amongst literary types for it […]