1/5/2024 0 Comments Now and then![]() It is more or less obligatory, I suppose, that they steal the Wormers' clothes down at the ol' swimmin' hole and get a glimpse of at least one Wormer penis. Needless to say they also deal with boys in the movie, especially the hated Wormers, a gang of brothers who make their lives miserable. They find them, along with tragic information about the death of one of their mothers. The girls communicate by walkie talkie, share secrets and ride to the county seat on their bicycles to look through back issues of the paper for clues about Dear Johnny. Roberta, the tomboy, tries taping down her budding breasts, but Tina, the future actress, uses baggies of vanilla pudding to stuff her bra (later she will brag about her boob job). It is the summer they first begin to wear bras. Their imaginary lives are hyperactive led by Samantha (Hoffmann), they venture into the cemetery one night for a candlelight seance, and develop a fascination for "Dear Johnny," a boy who died young in the 1940s. The story takes place in an idealized subdivision where the girls have pooled their money to buy a treehouse from Sears (the price, $129 in 1970 dollars, buys them a cottage that is still standing 25 years later). In theory we might be interested in seeing what kind of women the girls grew up to be - but the movie gives the adults so little screen time that it has to resort to shorthand, like using smoking as a character trait. Although the screenplay isn't much help, the four young actresses ( Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Gaby Hoffmann and Ashleigh Aston Moore) are wonderfully talented and would have been completely capable of filling the screen time without the guest appearances. The adult actresses are completely superfluous to the movie, which is a contrived "Stand by Me" kind of story. So the famous actress (Griffith) and the famous writer (Moore) return to the small town of Shelby, Ind., so they can participate in the tired cliche of still another of those natural childbirth scenes ("push! push!"). Now there is a need: Christina, the Rita Wilson character, is pregnant, and although she has a husband and a gynecologist (played by O'Donnell), she needs the others, too. What was the purpose of the wraparound bookends with the big names? Why was it necessary for us to see who the girls grew up to be? As 12-year-olds, they made a solemn pledge to "always be there" if one of them was in need. But it begins with a reunion 25 years later, and the screen is filled with adult stars - Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Rosie O'Donnell and Rita Wilson - who we will scarcely see again until the end. I first mentioned my lineage in a poem titled, “Blood Builds a Bond.I would have liked to be a fly on the wall during the production meetings for "Now and Then." The movie tells the story of four 12-year-old girls who do a lot of growing up during the eventful summer of 1970. □ I don’t have time for the digging but enjoy reading my mom’s historical research. ![]() More than you wanted or needed to know, but fascinating, nonetheless. Edward Rippy, a descendent of Henry, emigrated to America in 1730, landing in Baltimore, MD. Through her research we have learned of our connection to Sir Henry Rippy from Ireland. Poem note: My mom, another independent spirit, has devoted a great deal of time to genealogy research over the last several years. Enjoy more of her art at, Mintaka Collection. A scholarship recipient and graduate of the University of Oregon, her art has been displayed at various galleries, venues, platforms, festivals, and on bodies and in homes across the states. Her stepping, although quiet, brings a memorable connection with every visit.□įor those new to this space – Sammi is a talented artist who creates in many mediums, including poetry illustrations as the designer of my Being a Woman poetry collections. I could go on about her restless independent spirit, but I choose to end this list with the acknowledgement of how quietly she now steps. Her glass-cracking colicky screams, that began at three weeks and continued for another thirteen more, gave me many angry looks and sent shoppers sprinting to the nearest door. ![]() Her dramatic entrance one hour after my doctor said “she would arrive seven hours later” I knew better. Her desire to arrive early confined me to bed for seven weeks. Her tiny legs were always “riding a bicycle” during every ultra-sound visit. I sensed that before she took a single breath in it. Sammi showed up in this world with a restless independent spirit. Artist Sammi Lee is in town for a few days.
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