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Tag Archives: protagonist
My Week With Marilyn
At the end of this movie, the protagonist is told “You’re looking a couple of inches taller than when I first saw you.” That’s what happens when we’re happy. We let go of our tendency to pull ourselves down and … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Technique
Tagged alexander, Alexander Technique, protagonist, tendency
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The Informant
I’ve tried to hold off for the past 18 hours writing about this movie. I just saw it yesterday. The bipolar protagonist? That’s me. I don’t want to write about this dark side of mine because it could be really … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood, Personal
Tagged bipolar, delusions of grandeur, informant, mark whitacre, protagonist
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Maybe The Rabbis Don’t Deserve My Rage?
So I’m sitting in class and I’m thinking, why am I here? I already know all this. I attained enlightenment years ago. I’m way ahead of these people. I could teach this class. I sit there in mounting frustration for … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Rabbis
Tagged Alexander Technique, counting cards, flesh and blood, harvard medical school, luke ford, new friend, orthodox judaism, protagonist, Rabbis
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Did ‘The Pianist’ Have A Point?
I saw this movie with a gorgeous shiksa in a dark and empty theater and one thing led to another and we were groping each other in the dark like there was no tomorrow. Pictures of the Holocaust do that … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood, Personal
Tagged andrew gumbel, Dennis Prager, horrors of war, pictures of the holocaust, protagonist, rabbi shmuley, roman polanski, shiksa, world war ii
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‘Almost Famous’
I just watched this Cameron Crowe film for the second time (the first time in eight years). I love it more than ever. It feels similar to my story. Like the protagonist, I was raised by a college professor parent. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged almost famous, cameron crowe, college professor, intellectual pursuits, protagonist
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‘Five Easy Pieces’ and ‘High Plains Drifter’
I’ve been sick since Tuesday and been watching a lot of movies. These are are two of my favorites. I identify with the protagonist of each flick. Here are some of quotes from the films that echo things said often … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood
Tagged five easy pieces, friends family, high plains, protagonist, strange person
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First I Get The Sentence
Then I’m asked if I want to come to the trial. In what world is that cool? I feel like I am the protagonist in the Franz Kafka novel "The Trial."
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Tagged franz kafka, kafka novel, protagonist
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I Like Who I Am When I’m Around Certain People
Virtually all the people important to me are Orthodox Jews. Around one or two or three of them, I really like who I am. I need to figure out how to expand that. How do I live more of my … Continue reading
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Tagged accidental tourist, core self, honesty, Love, orthodox jews, protagonist, shabbat
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