We are spending some time playing catch-up on things missed
over the last few weeks of holidays and family. We are watching two episodes of
Jeopardy daily to try to work our way to current games by the end of this week.
We are scanning through The Late Show and watching Stephen Colbert’s opening
monologues and guests of interest.
Movies are more difficult, because many of the types of
movies we favor do not play for more than a week or two. Today we saw “Michael
Moore in TrumpLand.” Although the film
has not received terrific reviews (only 54% on Rotten Tomatoes), we were
curious to see how he would present the controversial presidential candidate.
In fact, the movie was as much about Hillary Clinton as Donald Trump, neither
of whom, as most of us recognize, are perfect candidates for this very
important office at this challenging time.
The movie was filmed in Wilmington, Ohio, over a couple of
nights in early October, before the recently revealed tape on which Mr. Trump
talked about groping women. Maybe that is for the best, because what Mr. Moore
was able to do was focus on important issues like health care. Having said
that, it does drive home just how quickly things can move in these elections,
with new information coming to the fore nearly every day.
We also finished watching a six-part series called “One
Mississippi” about a woman who, having recently been diagnosed with and treated
for bilateral breast cancer, returns to her home town in Mississippi after the
death of her mother. This “dark comedy” (more dark than comedic in my view) was
at least in part inspired by the life of the writer and lead actress, comedian
Tig Notaro. It is a moving story that was quite well done, but it is not
something to watch if you are simply looking to enjoy or be entertained by
television.
Although thunderstorms rolled in by the mid-afternoon, the weather on Sunday started magnificently, allowing us to stroll a bit in Central Park after the movie. This sure does not look like the end of October!
Classes at Hebrew Institute of Riverdale this week. Rabba Anat is starting her classes today. We will be learning (in English) about “Homosexuality in Chazal (traditional Jewish texts).” If my Hebrew language skills were better, I would attend her class (in Hebrew) on “Rav Kook’s Vision of Vegetarianism and Peace.” Rabbi Weiss will be back to teaching his Tuesday morning class which will focus on “The Story of the Golden Calf.”
Have a good week.
Love,
Rebecca
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