NP - The Witch (movie)

[Mark Kohut]

Tangential, since we often are: what I dislike is the late Roger Ebert's wife now reviewing under his name. 
She should use her own. Talk about  "identity politics"! So to analogize satirically. 

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> On Dec 17, 2016, at 8:55 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hawthorne made films?
> 
> The Ebert review very astutely calls this a feminist film. I suppose in this regard Hawthorne was a feminist too, but w/o film.
> 
> Silly Rabbit!
> David Morris
> 
>> On Saturday, December 17, 2016, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Evil sounds deep. A trope in the Father's voice that doesn't work.
>> Other than that, I liked it. Nothing very Shakespearean as far as I
>> can tell and, though only vague references to diaries and tales are
>> given by Eggers, the film is a total rip-off of Hawthorne.
>> 
>> On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > No more than any other English teacher would--Hi David.
>> >
>> > p
>> >
>> > On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 5:35 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> OK.  Is it no different than our English?  You quibble.  Do you have a
>> >> point?
>> >>
>> >> David Morris
>> >>
>> >> On Saturday, December 17, 2016, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Shakespeare's language is Modern English, not Old or Middle English.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 7:53 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> > http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-witch-2016
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I'm only at the first third, but everything so far is layered in deep
>> >>> > resonances.  The language is faithfully old English, but that's not the
>> >>> > only
>> >>> > reason it reminds me of Shakespeare.  The drama is smart and real.
>> >>> > Cinematography is superb, as is the soundtrack.  In that regard this 
>> >>> > feels
>> >>> > like Kubrick, but without the symmetry and clean edges.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > David Morris
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