GIFTED

Teacher, Bonnie (Jenny Slate) asks Mary (Mckenna Grace) a few math questions.

GIFTED

 Film Review by Marlene Ardoin

Child geniuses, like one-eyed cats, may have problems being accepted by the status quo. The film “Gifted” raises the question, what is the best way to raise a gifted child?

Seven-year-old Mary (Mckenna Grace) is being raised by her mother’s brother, Frank (Chris Evans), because her own mother (also a child prodigy) committed suicide when Mary was just six months old.

Her uncle, Frank, a former college philosophy professor, has chosen to take Mary off the grid to home school her himself.

As Mary grows older, he decides to place her in a public school, so that she can learn to navigate the world and have a normal childhood, with friends her own age.

On day one in school, Mary is like a whale trying to survive in a theme-park pool.  She is doing calculus, while the other kids are trying to master 1 + 1.

When her teacher, Bonnie (Jenny Slate), tries to hook them up with a special school, Frank says, “No.”

 He does not want Mary to end up like her ill-fated mother and he is trying to hide Mary from her grandmother, Evelyn (Lindsay Duncan), who he fears will cripple and exploit her.

Special mention, Octavia Spencer as Roberta, (who appears in all the best films this year, Hidden Figures, The Shack) adds warmth to this film as Frank’s landlord, who walks all over his boundaries, while being the mother figure in Mary’s early life.

Having studied and worked in early childhood education settings, I have the personal opinion that all children from birth to 5 years are geniuses.

Their minds are soaking up information voraciously and they are all capable of learning whole languages by merely being exposed to them.

Having a high IQ does not mean that such children will grow up to be a success.

Such children need to be nurtured and supported.  And, to be a success, they need to love what they are doing and to have the will to put in the hours to develop their talent.

What is not mentioned is the importance of religious exposure.  Steve Jobs was exposed to Christianity by his adoptive parents, which he rejected.  Later, in his life, he did take to Buddhism.

Ego appears to be a stumbling block for nearly all such children. When you are the smartest person in the room, humility does not come naturally.

Pablo Casals still practiced on his cello at age 80, telling others that he did it because, “I think I am getting better.”

Whether you are raising a child prodigy or any child, “Gifted” will give you a great deal to think about.

 

What Are Child Geniuses Like As Adults?http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1303853

9 Child prodigies who actually ended up doing something

http://mentalfloss.com/article/27906/9-child-prodigies-who-actually-ended-doing-something

 

How Do You Raise a Prodigy?:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/magazine/how-do-you-raise-a-prodigy.html

 

Raising an Accidental Prodigy:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704559904576230570655238148

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4/23/2017 # Gifted

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as The Prince / Beast bond with a dance together.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Film Review by Marlene Ardoin

Gay images are included in this children’s fairy tale to the credit of Disney Pictures. The film very clearly illustrates that love and respect can be developed in spite of physical appearance.

I think that the power of this film deals with all kinds of diversity. It reinforces that kindness and shared values are what matter, not physical appearance.

Being gay could be switched out with being Black, Chinese, Russian, disabled, homeless or any other non-dominant segment of society.

The beautiful Belle, played by Emma Watson, is raised by a loving, but aging father (Kevin Kline as Maurice). Ageism is another theme.

 Belle’s brutish suitor, Gaston (Luke Evans), has no compassion for her father or respect for his age, just like the Prince is repulsed by the appearance of the old woman, who offers him a beautiful rose in return for shelter.

I looked at the animated version of this story, which is exactly the same, except, when the dresser fights off the townsman by dressing him like a woman, in this live version, the man is delighted, in the animated version, he is embarrassed.

 This is probably not how gays want to be depicted or remembered by the masses. It is a poor stereotype at best.

 I’m going to have to look at the animated version again, but I don’t think the Beast shows her what happened to her mother in Paris, either.

This film also drives home the point that women are not successfully wooed by fear.

This is a form of abuse, not love. In fact, any form of entrapment, does not allow free will in a love relationship. This is an important shift in male and female relationships.

 Fortunately, there are many examples of this new paradigm. Belle’s love for the Beast, Maurice’s love for his wife and daughter, and vice versa.

 I found the live version of “Beauty and the Beast” more touching and heart opening, if not as light-hearted.

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THE SALESMAN

Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti) and her husband, Emad (Shahab Hosseini), are faced with moral choices.

THE SALESMAN

Film review by Marlene Ardoin

“The Salesman” is the Iranian film that won Best Foreign Picture at the Academy Awards this year (2017). It pays the U.S. a compliment by choosing to wrap this story around the theater production of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman.”

I was surprised that a play like “Death of a Salesman” would even be allowed in Iran. Apparently it is, with a few deletions of dialogue.

And, the husband, Emad, in this story (Shahab Hosseini), is not only a husband and actor, but a teacher. I was curious which books his school was forbidding him to use.

Emad makes a vivid point, when he tells the school messenger to just throw the rejected books in the garbage.

It is my understanding that Iran is a religion-based governmental country that sets up strict rules for a population that has a majority of young.

For example, one can be arrested for dancing provocatively in public. And a respectable woman should always cover her hair with a scarf.

What the film seems to be questioning is the ability of men and women to make their own moral judgments.

For example, a man is tempted to take advantage of a young woman.  Would that woman be able to recover from the social shame and would she be able to show mercy to this man if he shows remorse?

Prostitution is brought into the question. Are prostitutes worthy of our social mercy?  Apparently, this is no laughing matter.  In their play, a single mom is playing this role, and the former tenant of their new apartment was a prostitute.

I think the main point being made is that each individual possesses moral strength and inner dignity.

Emad’s beautiful, young wife, Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti), shines with dignity, when she requests that her husband not take revenge.  And, she takes it a step further, when she threatens to leave him, if he chooses to take revenge.

I found it interesting that Iranian students could be just as disrespectful of teachers in Iran, as they can be in the U.S.

In this film, we get a preview of all that this teacher goes through, and I think that it is safe to say, that this teacher does not deserve disrespect.

The visual images are universal. As the film opens, Emad and Rana are forced to evacuate their apartment, because it is collapsing.  The foundation is unstable. 

When they later return to get their things, they notice cracks in the wall above their bed. This is a foreboding sign that more bad things are about to happen to their dream of creating a family.

“The Salesman” seems to say that even the most wretched of us have personal dignity, and the most elevated in society are capable of perpetrating evil acts.

So where does a moral compass originate? Intelligence is not the answer, since it can only solve problems.  The ability to feel things and to empathize with others is the origin of morality.

This film is masterful and thought provoking, but I think it could have used a few light-hearted moments.

Asghar Farhadi, Iranian film director and screenwriter of “The Salesman.”

Asghar Farhadi Biography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asghar_Farhadi

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A UNITED KINGDOM

Ruth Williams Khama  (Rosamund Pike) and Sir Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo) view village with daughter.

A UNITED KINGDOM

Film Review by Marlene Ardoin

After World War II, racism and apartheid were a real part of the world view at that time. Sir Seretse Khama was raised as the son of an African chief in Serowe, in what was then the Bechuanaland Protectorate of Great Britain. This is something that is hard for Americans to wrap their heads around, but this is a true story.

The film, “A United Kingdom,” only scratches the surface of an amazing story. It only deals with the racism issue, but does not show us what happens next.

Sir Seretse Khama goes on to create a democracy and to gain independence for his homeland. In September 1966, Botswana gained its independence, with Khama acting as its first democratic President. He then transforms one of Africa’s poorest countries into one of the richest in Africa.

In 1944, Khama (David Oyelowo) was studying in Great Britain to become a barrister, when he is called home to Africa to rule, but not before he falls in love with an English woman named Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike).

In “A United Kingdom” Khama demonstrates his philosophy and will. He is used to getting his way as a chief’s son, and will not consider giving up his new wife, just because her skin is a different color.

Winston Churchill is called out for going against his word after the war. Apparently, Great Britain did not want to give up the cheap materials, while recovering from the war. It was necessary to trick an African chief into exile.

What is not portrayed well enough in the film is the fact that Khama had to abdicate his kingdom in order to return home.  And, the film does not show Khama trying to raise cattle unsuccessfully after he returns home.

Khama wants something better for his people than a kingdom. He wants independence from Britain.  He wants a Democratic government.  The real story is about how he makes all this happen.

The film only suggests that diamonds were discovered in Botswana. With Khama’s governing, Botswana develops trade worthy items like cattle, copper and diamonds.

Khama kept the taxes low, the trade high and used the profits to invest in infrastructure, hospitals and the education of his people.

The racial aspect of this film was only the beginning for me. Twenty years after Khama became their first President, his son became the fourth President of Botswana.  This was the story I wanted to be told.

Biography of Seretse Khama:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seretse_Khama

The real Sir Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams Khama with their daughter and son.

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2017 OSCAR PREDICTIONS

2017 OSCAR PREDICTIONS

BEST PICTURE

Will win: La La Land

Should win: Hidden Figures

Did win: Moonlight

Arrival

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

La La Land

Lion

Manchester By the Sea

Moonlight

La La Land is most likely to win. It is popular and it is an example of Oscars So White. I have a problem with a theme, where career is all that matters.  The main male character seems to miss the possibility that maybe that child could actually be his. His partner flees, because she knows that his support and commitment to the relationship is not there.  I prefer Hidden figures, which reveals hidden facts about the ’60s and enlightens us about the merits and contributions of Blacks during the space race.  I am shying away from Moonlight, because it has some undertones of misogyny in its portrayal of women.

Arrival explores psychic communication, but does not explain why it is necessary for the linguist to take off her radiation suit?  Fences has dialogue that is more suited for stage, than film, but it does eventually deliver the emotional impact of the situation.  Hacksaw Ridge leaves the image of frightened, screaming soldiers in my mind, but it is inspiring that the main character was real and was successful in rescuing so many soldiers during WWII.  The images of war brutality is so heavy handed that it is easy to become insensitive to it.

Hell or High Water is extremely misogynistic.  I can not feel sorry for men who do not get why it is important to take care of their women and children.  Lion makes it hard for me to forget about what the Australians did to the Aboriginal children for very racist reasons.  A child is always best off with a loving birth family.  And, Manchester By The Sea is a very sad story.  No matter how immature parents may be, rarely do they burn up their children.

BEST DIRECTOR

Will win: Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Should win: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Did win:  Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

BEST ACTOR

Will win: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

Should win: Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Did win:  Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea

Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences

BEST ACTRESS

Will win: Emma Stone, La La Land

Should win: Natalie Portman, Jackie

Did win:  Emma Stone, La La Land

Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Will win: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Should win: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Did win:  Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Will win: Viola Davis, Fences

Should win: Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea

Did win:  Viola Davis, Fences

Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Will win: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea

Should win: Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Did win:  Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea

Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filipou, The Lobster
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea
Mike Mills, 20th Century Women
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Will win: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Should win: Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, Hidden Figures

Did win: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Luke Davies, Lion
Eric Heisserer, Arrival
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, Hidden Figures
August Wilson, Fences

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THE FOUNDER

Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) negotiates with the McDonald brothers.

THE FOUNDER

Film Review by Marlene Ardoin

After seeing “The Founder”, I understand why Tom Hanks turned down this role. Only Michael Keaton would be able to nail this character.

Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) is as despicable, as he is admirable.

Keaton is unafraid to try on flawed personalities, like Kay Kroc. This role requires big boy tighty–whities.

I might also add, it takes guts to develop a company like McDonalds, that now feeds about 1% of the world’s population.

In this film, Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) is at a point in his life, when he is both hungry enough and desperate enough to act on his gut feelings to franchise McDonalds.

“The Founder” is inspiring by the fact that Ray Kroc’s peers were at the retirement stage, while he is still traveling state to state selling milk shake mixers and listening to Napoleon Hill’s “Keys to Success” records in his motel room in the evenings.

Somehow, he sensed that he had not yet fulfilled what he was created to do.

Soft serve was becoming the norm in the fast food industry, so Kroc’s mixers were not selling, except to one diner in San Bernardino, CA, who wanted six of his mixers.

The McDonald brothers were serving real ice cream in their milk shakes.

Richard “Dick” McDonald (Nick Offerman) and his brother, Maurice “Mac” McDonald (John Carroll Lynch), spent years perfecting quick, cheap, quality, family oriented, fast food meals at their take-out diner.

The McDonald brothers did try to franchise their diner, but they did not have the energy, the health, or the will to carry through.

Ray Kroc had seen the competition all over the United States, and he knew a winner when he saw one.

Kroc was not only franchising a method, but a quality product and a name that meant quality.

In sales, trust is a big factor. The customer has to trust you first, before they buy from you.

The McDonalds had that trust. Their name could be trusted.  McDonalds meant quality, honesty, community, family and trust.

Kroc tries to work with the McDonalds in his efforts to franchise their product, but finds that he is doing all the work and taking all the risks.

And, on top of that, success and ego get the better of him.

Kroc ends up with three marriages.

The film leaves out the daughter from his first marriage and the second marriage that he has. The real story gets a little sordid, not as romantic, as the film would have us believe.

Kroc ends up buying out the McDonalds good name after a long period of torturing them first.

I have to agree, McDonalds does sound a lot better than, welcome to the Krocs.

Ray Kroc Biography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kroc

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http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ray-kroc-164.php

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HIDDEN FIGURES

(l to r) Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson) , Mary Winston Jackson (Janelle Monáe), and Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) are hired by NASA for their mathematics ability.

HIDDEN FIGURES

Film Review by Marlene Ardoin

After just five minutes of watching “Hidden Figures,” I was hooked into rooting for these three Black women, who somehow during the 50’s and 60’s, managed to get hired by NASA as mathematicians.

Trying to keep a critical eye, I have to say that the subject matter of this film has the same time frame as other films in this year’s crop, like “Jackie” and “Fences.” The characters in each of these films have the pictures of Martin Luther King, Jr. and John F. Kennedy up on the walls of their home.

Even though segregation was still an issue during this time period, these women, Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson) , Mary Winston Jackson (Janelle Monáe) , and Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) somehow managed to get a hands down great mathematics education under their belts.

Let’s face it, even today, in 2017, the United States is 29th in math and science on the world stage. 

So, what did these women do at a time when women were not even encouraged to educate at all?

After a little research, I discovered that each of these women were educated in an all-Black University. So, they did not have to deal with the pressure to be subservient or less than what they were capable of being.

One other observation was that, they were each light-skinned, straight-haired in appearance, which also removed a few other barriers in a world that sees the dominant group through this lens.

Mathematics is not boring in this film.

Katherine kills it with her mathematical demonstrations.

Mary wins in court, when she applies to take an all-White, all-male Engineers course. 

And, Dorothy made me laugh with her rationalization for taking a book that she needed out of the Whites-only section of the library.

Kevin Costner as Al Harrison, the director of the Space Task Group is convincing as the color-blind, fair-minded leader, who fixes the coffee pot situation and the bathroom sign situation, all while beating the Russians in the space race.

I have to hand it to these women, they are all geniuses when it comes to balancing marriage, children and careers.

They all were also teachers before being hired by NASA. 

Dorothy was especially alert to the quickly shifting computer oriented times.

I lived through these times, but from the White privilege perspective. This was a time when many Whites became allies to Blacks.  It was also an important time of the women’s rights struggle.

Sad to say, but many of the male protesters did not want male privilege to change. Thank you NASA for employing some enlightened male employers and leaders.

Taraji P. Henson as Katherine G. Johnson, a mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury.

 

Biography of Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson

 

Biography of Mary Winston Jackson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jackson_(engineer)

 

Biography of Dorothy Johnson Vaughan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan

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MISS SLOANE

Jessica Chastain demonstrates female intelligence as a successful lobbyist.

MISS SLOANE

Film Review by Marlene Ardoin

“Miss Sloane” is all about being a successful lobbyist, being a confident woman, living as a wounded soul, and self-sacrifice in order to create some meaning in one’s life.

The mention of lobbyists has been batted around in the last few elections, without any real understanding of what they do. “Miss Sloane” fills in all the blanks and then some.

The most recent election over-shadowed this film, because it deals with some of the hot topics, like gun control and female leadership. No one is ready for either, especially as entertainment. But, entertaining it is. 

Jessica Chastain carries this film with elegance and strength. This is what strong, intelligent women look like, how they behave and how they think.  She is not an anomaly. 

Her character, Miss Sloane, shows us what women need to do in order to be successful in a man’s world. She needs to sacrifice marriage, emotional health, physical health, having children and trust.  A very high price to pay.

If it were a woman’s world, she could let her guard down, she could express her feelings about things, she could trust others not to stab her in the back, and she could form lasting, win-win relationships.

It would be a nurturing, warm and friendly environment. Marriage and children would definitely be a priority.

Being a lobbyist is depicted here as being almost as ugly as our last election process.

There are some good men in Miss Sloane’s world, however. Rodolfo Schmidt (Mark Strong), who is head of a law firm opposing the National Rifle Association proposals, throws her a life raft to work for him, instead of for the NRA. 

Mark Strong also played opposite Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty,” as George, a senior CIA supervisor.

Miss Sloane finds herself forming emotional attachments to male escorts. Jake Lacy plays Forde, who is sexy, compassionate and, means it, when he says that he does not reveal his clients.

The other women in this film are also wounded souls in many different ways.

Director, John Madden, who directed the “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” films and “Shakespeare in Love,” makes this film hard to second guess. Every second is engaging, surprising, entertaining, and educational, with an excellently assembled cast.

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MOONLIGHT

Growing up in the “Moonlight” by the ocean.

Alex Hibbert as Child Chiron , Ashton Sanders as Teen Chiron and Trevante Rhodes as adult Chiron.

MOONLIGHT

Film Review By Marlene Ardoin

Based on the play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue” by Tarell Alvin McCraney, the film, “Moonlight,” is told in three parts about growing up Black, gay and masculine in America.

I don’t think that the masculinity of Black men has ever been examined in quite this way.

The film poses the question that if half the black young men are in prison, who is left to be the male role models for their young, male children? This film answers the question in a very poetic way.

Growing up in a racist society, as young children, we pick up on subtle clues that Black is somehow less than, inferior, not capable, and easily bullied. Being female is viewed in much the same way. 

On top of all that, what if you are Black, gay and fatherless. How does a young male, who is discovering his sexual identity, survive, let alone, thrive in such an environment?

Until Barack Obama came onto the scene, the Black success stories were the drug dealers. They had the smarts, the money and the tough, masculine example of success.

Since Chiron did not know Obama, Martin Luther King, Jr., Tiger Woods, or any Black Power members, but he did know a few drug dealers, he ends up modeling himself after the drug dealers.

This film is getting a lot of critical notice, and I think that it deserves to receive it.

Another aspect of this film which stood out for me was the ocean as an environment, which becomes a poetic character in the film. The fresh, ocean air becomes a symbol for freedom, love, vulnerability, romance and caring.

Chiron learns to associate the ocean with pleasure and the freedom to express his sexuality. We discover that Chiron is a romantic, with his own ideas about love.  He associates the ocean with love.

This film’s gay youth, Chiron (Alex Hibbert), grows up with his mother, Paula (Naomie Harris), who is sometimes caring, but most of the time, she is escaping or surviving.

Paula is a tragic figure, but she has somehow managed to provide a home for her child, in spite of her meager resources.

She and her son, Chiron, are not homeless, which, under the circumstances, has very little meaning, but it did provide some stability for her fatherless son. 

Paula does love her son, which is what saves him. Had Chiron been abused or exploited, this story might have had a very different outcome.

As a child, Chiron is bullied by his peers. And, thanks to the drug dealer example, he learns how to stand up for himself.  His tormentors discover that they have a tiger by the tale.  Chiron develops a sense of pride, grit and self-worth.

I really loved the ending to this film.

“Moonlight” has Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali, the crack dealer, Best Supporting Actress for mother Paula (Naomie Harris), Best Screenplay and Best Original Score.

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1/3/17 # Moonlight