Made in 2003, Big Fish is one of the smaller films from famous (and infamous) director Tim Burton. Based on a novel by the same name, the book made the jump to the silver screen with all the grace of a large trout swimming upriver. It is the story of two men’s lives and theContinue reading ““Big Fish”: Tall Tales Stretching from the Page to the Silver Screen (Part 1 of 2)”
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Stop
It had been a long drive; it would be even longer before he was done. Dylan scrambled for the napkins spread out over the passenger seat, remnants of a one-handedly consumed burger breakfast. He crumpled one between his fingers and dried his watering eyes. He’d been driving for hours, cutting through the dark like aContinue reading “Stop”
Inspiration: Children Will Listen
Someone is on our side – Someone else is not. While we’re seeing our side, maybe we forgot… They are not alone No one is alone – “No One is Alone” from Into the Woods I thought long and hard about which theater production I wanted to write about on Mother’s Day. I wanted toContinue reading “Inspiration: Children Will Listen”
Like a Movie
At one hundred and four years of age, Geraldine was fairly certain that she had learned most everything worth knowing and done most everything worth doing. The tiny plastic tubes that were stuck up her nostrils itched terribly. She scowled, swiping at her nose with a shaking, liver-spotted hand. When the nurse came back, JaniceContinue reading “Like a Movie”
Inspiration – “The Long Halloween” and Graphic Literature
Not too long ago librarians would have balked at the idea of putting graphic novels, more commonly referred to as comic books, anywhere in their collection. Graphic novels have been considered time-wasters, subversive, perverse, and downright dangerous for a large part of their history, and until recently have been kept quite separate from what theContinue reading “Inspiration – “The Long Halloween” and Graphic Literature”