Cicely Tyson died yesterday. I'm not sure this is her finest work. But it is a work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2rea-yBgOSo I also find the need for coffee to even advertise somewhat bizarre. Will oxygen advertise next?
LGM film club
The great Cloris Leachman died yesterday. I thought tonight, we'd watch her astounding work in The Last Picture Show, one of my all-time favorite films. This is the last scene.
A reader asked if I'd discuss the 1952 film produced by General Electric, Going Places, which makes the argument for public transportation. I found it just kind of an odd.
Since it's Ann Richards day at LGM, let's spend tonight watching her eulogy of another great Texan woman: Barbara Jordan. This is only a piece of it, but it will do. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cUhtya1CuM4
I recently read Megan Black's 2018 book The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power, which explores the relationship between the Department of the Interior and American empire. In it,.
I cannot think of a single worse leisure activity than ice fishing. Let's take the incredible boredom of fishing and combine it with being super cold! Great activity!! However, I.
In the early 80s, John Waters filmed this bit to play in indie theaters before movies about not smoking while the film was playing. It's a classic. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-VzSiilYSKs
Jimmy Carter is a good man, but he was a pretty bad president. Don't let nostalgia or his amazing post-presidency get in the way of his poor performance all around..
Tonight's film is this 1934 travel film to Morocco, Land of Islam. If you like your Muslim stereotypes and laughing at the silly savages, this is the film for you.
In the history of antiwar protests leading to student deaths, we always talk about Kent State. But we also do not talk about Jackson State. That the deaths at the former institution were of whites and the latter Black is....exactly why we remember the former...
I recently watched Vittorio De Seta's 1958 documentary Fishing Boats. It's quite a thing to watch. Mostly, this look at the life of those who labor in the fishing industry.
With the college football season nearly over, I thought it was time to view some hot 1930 action between the Wildcats and Gophers, which is one of the oldest games.