The first day of summer totally ended Billi Pod’s blahness. Good!!
Caught the movie BEGINNERS in the late afternoon. This is the story line ...
“Oliver, played by Ewan McGregor, only learns his father, Hal, is gay after the death of Oliver's mother. They were married for 44 years. Hal, played by Christopher Plummer, comes out of the closet at age 75 to live an aggressively gay and joyous lifestyle, with a much younger lover, ever so briefly before dying of cancer a few years later.
While dealing with his fathers death Oliver becomes emotionally involved with a French actress, who is also prone to finding ways out of love.”
This is not a movie about being gay or straight but rather about the emotional risks one must hazard for love. The performances are excellent, story line involving and the cinematography awesome. I totally enjoyed it and was emotionally connected with both McGregor and Plummer.
My only quibble about the show is with the French actress. I had difficulty understanding a lot of her dialogue. So did other people I learned from conversations after the show. Actually, I didn’t care for her character very much either.
If and when this gets a general release out there in the vast hinterlands, Billi Pod says==>see it!!
I saw the show at the theater located on 23rd Street, so when it was over I walked back to PHC, a distance of just a bit over a mile.
It was about 6:30pm when I got back. My plans were to stay in and watch the second game of the YANKEES/REDS series. Dammit to Hell ... when I turned on the tube at 7:10pm I learned that the game had been rained out. Damn ... wasn’t in the mood for another movie so Billi Pod just chilled for the remainder of the evening, crashing, of course, at the usual 2:00am.
The rain out game will be made up today with a day/night doubleheader, the first game at 12:30pm and the second at the usual 7:05pm.
Happy to report that the Gators finished off Vanderbilt in the final innings of their rain-delayed game, winning 3-1. Their next game isn’t until Friday. The Gators are one win away from advancing to the Championship Series.
Tonight’s entertainment event is something very different ...
7:30==>NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC @ Lincoln Center - “A fully staged production of Janacek’s opera ‘The Cunning Vixen,’ about the cycle of life in a European forest.” (subscription series)
Hummmm ... not sure I am in the mood for an opera, but it is the final concert of the subscription series, so ... we will see. Oh, Billi Pod will be there, of course.
Big shout out to John Scott Reed==>get well Fabson.
Actually, Billi Pod reminded you to update your vaccinations and shots before heading “down there,” but obviously you didn’t do it. Will you ever learn??? Jus sayin ...
GO YANKEES AND GO GATORS!!
Billi Pod
“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”
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