Stephanie Klein's Greek Tragedy

the goodbye girl

The Goodbye Girl (1977) was in my Netflix queue, with a prediction of 4 stars. Logline: After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor. …

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you got to co-or-din-ate!

This PR material (above) landed in my inbox this morning, and I couldn't help but think of John Witherspoon's bit in the movie Boomerang. Is it just me, or would this outfit make his mushroom swell? David Alan Grier…

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sex and what city?

My off the cuff, unedited take on this whole matter of deux: Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by the first two acts of Sex & The City 2 (despite the repeated use of the term "interfriendtion"), also my expectations were…

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sex and the city, part deux

I think this calls for a trip to New York to see it the way it's meant to be seen: with my New York pretty pack, the chicklets. We certainly didn't dress up as a Carrie or a…

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bunnies, booze, fools, fish, and heroes

I consider last night a success. I laminated tagboard, used an Xacto knife and glue, producing Honey Bunny Bookmarks a la Martha (only please, who has proper chenille pipe cleaners on hand?). Crossed a few things off

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an education in “artsy”

I went to the artsy movie theatre dressed in black, my hair bump-it high, wearing soft leather flats. I don't do berets, but if I were the type to smoke, I'd have a pack of something spiced with…

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500 days of summer in spring

500 Days of Summer deserved to be nominated. During our impromptu Oscar gathering, I went a little Rainman. "Write it down. Did you write it down? An Education and 500 Days of Summer. Now."  Then I repeated it. And…

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oscartini’s and cry babies

I have plenty to post, but you're gonna have to wait for it. I need to collect myself, defrizz, hydrate, and sit with the thoughts. I need sleep. We all screamed and wept like little girls when Sandy…

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putting it out there: i love you nancy meyers

Photo from the upcoming film It's Complicated by Nancy Meyers I am putting it out there into the universe. What I want is to be the next Nancy Meyers. And before I go any further, let me just say,…

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julie & julia OR I’m a shitty sloth of a wife

We’re about to witness a surge in cooking school applicants. It’s not due to the enticing Williams-Sonoma catalog covers that slip into our mailboxes weekly, nor is it related to the Sur La Table “Introduction to Sauces” emails (I…

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