In the world of love and marriage, the most unusal love story of the year and Emmy winner was clearly Pushing Daisies. I think it is a wonderful but sad irony that the show was cancelled Backstage Report: Cryer Sweating Win, Chenoweth Still Mourning Daisies
What we all found so touching about the show is the extent to which the lovers in this fantasy will go to be close to each other, to love each other, to touch each other. We all love TV shows and movies that are romantic, and so I do list “His” and “Her Movies” here as well.
But back to Pushing Daisies this review tells us: “There has never been and probably never will be another show quite like this quirky fairytale for adults.
“With its gorgeous sets and costumes in full Technicolor-like primary colors, Pushing Daisies creates a fantasy world where it is easy to suspend one’s belief and get lost in the magical story of Ned, ‘The Piemaker’ and his friends.” IN MEMORIAM: Pushing Daisies – Monsters and Critics
Here is a piece from AP Partial list of Emmy Awards winners
Seeing love: Sometimes to appreciate love, we need to see love. Our all time favorite love movies: Casablanca, When Harry Met Sally, and Out of Africa. But most recently, I did find The Ugly Truth to be an amusing comedy that asks us to simply enjoy. (In terms of love — my guy in Dubai has Ingrid Bergman in a scene from Casablanca as his screen saver. Hmmm.)
One of our friends in Santa Fe is a movie poster mogul he tells us that the all time best selling posters on college campuses fall into the classic romance category.
Although as a group the men chose Quentin Tarantino as their favorite director — they loved Pulp Fiction — both young men and women alike — when it came to choosing Romance — found these to be their all time favorites:
*Casablanca *African Queen *Room with a View *Gone with the Wind *Enchanted April *When Harry Met Sally *Sleepless in Seattle
His and Her Movies: how to choose: What do you do when HE wants violence and SHE wants love?
1. Alternate take turns each week or month seeing a movie favorite of your partner. 2. If you hate the movie, make a note of why and then try to use it as a topic of conversation afterwards. Have some concrete opinions. 3. Decide what the movie tells you about your partner? 4. Find out how much or how little your partner is willing to compromise. 5. Most importantly — lighten up. Don’t sit and sulk through a movie that you hate or be critical of your partner’s choice. Instead use the situation as a conversational way to come to know your partner a little bit better.
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