“Going My Way” – Episode 3

October 21, 2018

In which there’s a lot to say about differentials. 

The movie Going My Way was largely about the generational divide between hip young Father O’Malley and the old, on-his-way-out Father Fitzgibbon. In fact, it is explicitly stated that Father O’Malley has been assigned to be in charge of the faltering St. Dominic’s while pretending that Father Fitz still calls the shots. I suppose with that background, it can be presumed that something similar is going on in the TV-world, but this episode suggests that it’s not so cut-and-dried. … More “Going My Way” – Episode 3

Never Gonna Dance

September 4, 2017

Today is my birthday! It is also Beyonce’s birthday and Newspaper Carrier Day (in America). More pertinent to this blog, however, it is also the 81st anniversary of the (limited) release of one of the most lauded films in the Ginger Rogers / Fred Astaire canon: Swing Time. One of the highlights of the film for … More Never Gonna Dance

Double Feature: Marty & It’s Always Fair Weather

August 23, 2017

Marty April 11, 1955 “All my brothers and brothers-in-laws tell me what a good-hearted guy I am. You don’t get to be good-hearted by accident. You get kicked around long enough, you become a professor of pain.”          – Marty It’s Always Fair Weather September 1, 1955 “Once I had a dream.  … More Double Feature: Marty & It’s Always Fair Weather