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Mar. 21st, 2015 10:17 am1. Apparently this happened yesterday:
Supermoon combined with Solar Eclispe - Astronomical Event
No, we didn't see it here - on account of a snow storm.
But it's very pretty this morning, blue sky, tweeting birds, snow encased trees.
2. Watching a fascinating documentary on Judy Garland, via American Masters on PBS. The focus is on how the studio, her family, and managers continuous criticism of her looks and demeanor made it difficult for her to ever truly see who she was or how truly beautiful she was.
The studio called her an ugly fat hunchback monster. She wasn't allowed to grow up, and had to fight to get married, to have a child, and to do adult roles.
It's interesting, here's this female singer and actress - who was so talented and charismatic that when she was on the screen, you didn't see anyone else. There's a scene, where she shares the screen with Lana Turner, but she's singing, and Lana fades from the screen. But the studio told her otherwise - pushing a societal view of beauty that was prided itself on surface beauty - that doesn't hold up with time. And installing in Judy at a very young age - a critical body image that plagued her to her death.
Time tells a different story than the studio told Judy...as did the screen.
Supermoon combined with Solar Eclispe - Astronomical Event
No, we didn't see it here - on account of a snow storm.
But it's very pretty this morning, blue sky, tweeting birds, snow encased trees.
2. Watching a fascinating documentary on Judy Garland, via American Masters on PBS. The focus is on how the studio, her family, and managers continuous criticism of her looks and demeanor made it difficult for her to ever truly see who she was or how truly beautiful she was.
The studio called her an ugly fat hunchback monster. She wasn't allowed to grow up, and had to fight to get married, to have a child, and to do adult roles.
It's interesting, here's this female singer and actress - who was so talented and charismatic that when she was on the screen, you didn't see anyone else. There's a scene, where she shares the screen with Lana Turner, but she's singing, and Lana fades from the screen. But the studio told her otherwise - pushing a societal view of beauty that was prided itself on surface beauty - that doesn't hold up with time. And installing in Judy at a very young age - a critical body image that plagued her to her death.
Time tells a different story than the studio told Judy...as did the screen.