NP - wallowing in the banal

[Mark Kohut]

I responded to Laura's post about mawkishness in a general, aesthetic way,
per Reply All. I haven't seen either movie myself, but some have if
threading the past is any fun for you.

On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 9:07 AM, David Elliott <ellidavd at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Which film is banal and/or mawkish? Were you referring to the new Guillermo
> del Toro flick?
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> My apologies for getting lost. I have an easier time following Pynchon
> than some of these threads.
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> On Friday, December 29, 2017 7:00 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> My schoolboy-like self-education left this mawkish old man with this:
> Any sentiment in art, if earned by the characters in their interactive
> plot, is OK; if unearned, we call it sentimental rightfully.
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> To me, real sentiment is much harder to earn in most movies: not enough
> time for real feelings, only the signaling of feelings.
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> On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> I've actually seen The Square twice. Brilliant! I wouldn't go near the
> Shape of Water. Even a hint of mawkishness is more than I can bear.
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> On Dec 26, 2017 1:35 PM, "Charles Albert" <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The Shape of Water.......Sally Hawkins...
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> The script isn't at all original, and it frequently veers to the mawkish,
> but
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> It is visually stunning....a great deal of Teal....the collection of late
> 1950s autos, but particularly the bus (looks like it came out of the
> Sunbeam collection). A lot of pop rivets.....kinda homely, but I really
> want one.
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> and Sally Hawkins.....as a mute..... near impossibly expressive eyes which
> dominate a face which at first may look plain, but within 3 minutes becomes
> literally unbearably beautiful...There is a scene with Richard Jenkins
> wherein she tries to recruit him into the enterprise - if you aren't
> crying, you are a zombie.
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> love,
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> cfa
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