Last week we went to see
a live episode of “In Your Face New York.” You can read about this series at
This performance was
hosted by singer and songwriter Nellie McKay. But it had caught our eye because
one of the featured performers was Roz Chast, a humorist and New Yorker staff cartoonist of whom we
are quite fond. Her most recent book is a collaboration with New Yorker writer Patricia Marx called Why
Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It? A Mother's Suggestions.
They read from this new book and it was simply hilarious.
But there were also
some other terrific performances. In particular, harpist Bridget Kibby played
Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor which was nothing short of amazing, and I
share a video of one of her previous performances here.
Yesterday we went to see a new film, “The Souvenir,” which received fairly positive reviews, including from A.O. Scott of the New York Times. The movie tells the story of a young man, Anthony (Tom Burke) who is hopelessly addicted to heroin and the young woman, Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne, whose mother Tilda Swinton plays her mother in the film) who loves him. Julie is a student in film school who is so hopelessly naïve and taken with Anthony that she again and again tolerates and forgives his atrocious behavior towards her. As an example, he stages a break-in of their apartment where all of her jewelry, including a treasured pin, is stolen and sold to pay for his habit. To be honest, I am not sure what she saw in him, and this made her character more annoying than pitiful. It was just a hard movie to watch, so I can recommend it only if you are in the mood to recognize a truly self-destructive personality.
So as not to end on such a dour note, it is absolutely beautiful outside right now, so we hope to get out a bit today!
Love,
Rebecca
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