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Post by maherjunkie on Jan 21, 2006 10:34:28 GMT -5
I hated the way the father-the only sympathetic one in this vehicle-keeps B***hing about wanting a son. You have a healthy teenage daughter, man! Be grateful.
Does anyone know who played Paige and DAle? Fabulous set of cheekbones on that one!
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Post by rosemary on Jan 21, 2006 13:44:19 GMT -5
Page was played by Dana Eskelson (and she fit the role) and Dale by Frederick Weller. Concerning that son/daughter stuff. Remember the "Zoo Story": "Of course every man wants a son…" My grandfather (i.e. my paternal grampa) offered my parents money at the birth of T.N., who isn't even the firstborn child, there were two daughtes born before him. Mom refused to take that money.
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Post by maherjunkie on Jan 22, 2006 10:45:23 GMT -5
Good for her! What exactly is the "Zoo Story"? Do you know what else Dana Eskelson has been in? She has that "Beverly Hills, 90210" refugee look to her. But she also looks like Logan's partner in the "Exiled" movie.
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Post by rosemary on Jan 22, 2006 14:09:14 GMT -5
The "Zoo story" is a play by Edward Albee ("Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf?"). Maybe this will be helpful to you: www.allreaders.com/Topics/Info_22068.aspPeter is the one who utters the "Of course, every man wants a son" statement. I don't think I've seen Eskelson before, but I feel she looked like many other woman who takes care of and rides horses and maybe also teaches riding. The obviously bleached blond hair (blond usually matches with the blue riding coats), the fact that she somehow was attractive although she doesn't look like a beauty queen...
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Post by maherjunkie on Jan 29, 2006 11:58:23 GMT -5
Rosemary, you think this pay to review books thing is legitimate?
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Post by rosemary on Jan 29, 2006 14:26:27 GMT -5
I don't know. I haven't written reviews for them yet, but I used to read their allviewers.com movie reviews. I'd find them amusing because of their bony characterizations.
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Post by kawaiidragonfoe821 on Feb 15, 2006 14:07:34 GMT -5
I didn't see Townsend's mentioning of wanting a son as b**ching, he just mentioned it in casual conversation to Goren & Eames. Goren mentioned it at the end, maybe to see if he could dig some morale out of the wife perhaps?
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Post by maherjunkie on Feb 19, 2006 10:29:54 GMT -5
He seemed to mention more than once. I didn't like the way the daughter was trying to show him something and Paige said "One day it will be baseball mitts,SIr".
I have a bias in this one because I don't understand middle age men with grown children wanting to start all over again, esp. with some young thing, though I don't know if she was the second wife.
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Post by kawaiidragonfoe821 on Feb 20, 2006 10:29:27 GMT -5
maherjunkie>> I was under the assumption that Marguerite was his second wife, & the kid was still in high school, a sophomore or a junior if I had to make a guess... not quite grown. Again, Townsend mentions it to Paige in a dry, casual good-natured manor 'Not as fun as a base ball mitt but what the heck?' Paige replies with 'Maybe that day will come.'. He sounded like a parent who's kid had recently taken up an interest in horses & riding (probably in the last couple of years, give or take a couple) & he was trying to be supportive. I've been involved with horses for 16 years, I've heard plenty of parents saying a variant of Townsend's statement to Paige.
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Post by NicoleMarie on Feb 20, 2006 22:29:21 GMT -5
I have a bias in this one because I don't understand middle age men with grown children wanting to start all over again, esp. with some young thing, though I don't know if she was the second wife. I understand it. I haven't experienced it myself but my older sister has. Her husband is 25 years her senior! They've been married over ten years.
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Post by rosemary on Feb 21, 2006 9:14:32 GMT -5
Well, there are some things that only last for a short time. And usually a young girl's horsiness is such a thing. It may last a year or two and then be replaced with something different, for example a celebrity crush. However, some girls retain their fondness for horses. Both my humble person and obviously kawaidragonfoe did so. But it's not the norm.
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Post by kawaiidragonfoe821 on Feb 21, 2006 10:16:13 GMT -5
Rosemary>> You're right, it's not the norm for kids st stay interested in horses. I've seen a countless number come & go over my years in horses, I got my first horse 11 years ago & boarded & even worked at the same stable where I learned to ride. Now I did (& still do) have my celeb crushes, but horses did (& still do) have a stronger hold on me then anything else in my life, I've even lost relationships because of horses; something I don't regret one bit.
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Post by NicoleMarie on Feb 21, 2006 16:22:29 GMT -5
Don't laugh: Horses scare the hell out of me!
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Post by kawaiidragonfoe821 on Feb 22, 2006 10:04:30 GMT -5
nicolemarie>> I won't laugh, every once & a while, a horse will come along that scares even me LOL. I can understand, horses are big, strong, flighty animals that are easily startled, the thing you have to remember about horses is most of them are big cowards (think Scooby-Doo). I also work at a horse racetrack from april-oct every year, nothing is more insane that a race horse hopped up on god knows what.
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Post by Patcat on Feb 22, 2006 12:05:43 GMT -5
I've never quite gotten out of that early girl adolescent phase of a love for horses--I read all the great horse stories--BLACK BEAUTY, THE BLACK STALLION, MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE, KIND OF THE WIND, etc.--and I wept through most of both the book and film of SEABISCUIT (side note--some friends and I visited the Kentucky Horse Park--a terrific place--where one of the equine residents is one of several horses who portrayed Seabiscut in the film as well as the great gelding John Henry). I've read that one reason girls are attracted to horses is that they're large and powerful but it's possible for a small person to control them. And girls in early adolescence tend to feel powerless.
I've also read that one reason horses are skittish is that it's difficult for them to see straight ahead since their eyes on essentially on the sides of their heads.
My uncle, who had a small farm next door to my family, used to have lots of requests from horse owners to board their horses with him. He had cows, and they apparently had a soothing affect on the horses.
Patcat
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