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minute 3 - this doesn't make any sense to me now
what time is it? carol bivens, some science, some historical context, chris elliott, willie garson, and time loop of the week: river.
day 290 - sex and violence
sex and violence in groundhog day; the effect of sex, violence, and profanity on box office; and the protestant work ethic and the use of force.rita's groundhog day: h...
day 288 - fix your bra, honey
patriarchy, simulational reality, sexism, nancy, chivalry, how phil identifies others, slasher films and feminism, and i get sidetracked by siskel and ebert.
day 287 - jim beam, ice, water
this entry was the start of a several-day attempt to catalog the specific instances of sexism in groundhog day.
day 289 - i think you need help
continuing the cataloging of sexist details in groundhog day, touching on the topics of masculinity and femininity, empowerment and oppression, and phil's improvement ...
day 6 - groundhog day used to mean something in this town
imbolc, candlemas, the immortal punxsutawney phil, and some science behind the holiday.
day 238 - waiting to worship a rat
melatonin, hibernation, the pineal gland, and the groundhog
minute 4 - bill murray didn't learn the lessons that phil connors did
phil seeing rita for the first time, casting by howard feuer, the pittsburgh skyline, and time loop of the week: game changer - "deja vu"
day 196 - keep the talent happy
from reviews of murray's performance to my own critique of him as an actor, this blog entry reading gets interrupted by a long ramble about my favorite films, letterbo...
day 214 - i am not making it up
a blog entry about the feud between bill murray and harold ramis and whether or not it ever ended. plus, a surprise time loop of the week: the endless
day 267 - that glass is half empty
a blog entry about the marriages of harold ramis and bill murray, drifting into thoughts about permanence and grief, and getting sidetracked by a story idea i had year...
day 361 - this is bill
bill murray, the problematic actor; his personal life and allegations of abuse; his erratic behavior on, but mostly off, set
minute 5 - the swallows returning to capistrano
the van leaves pittsburgh; imdb goofs get it wrong; credits for pembroke j herring, david nichols, and john bailey; swallows return to capistranotime loop of the week:...
minute 5 - i like getting lost in the weeds
the van leaves pittsburgh; imdb goofs get it wrong; credits for jennifer butler, pembroke j herring, david nichols, and john bailey; rita may be a robot; and swallows ...
the advent of the swallows is said to presage summer
a detailed history and explanation of the swallows journey to and from capistrano
what is a strange loop? - part 1
douglas hofstadter's strange loops, creating stories that are uniquely yours, finding meaning in a world increasingly meaningless, inside out 2, ex machina, eternal su...
what is a strange loop? - part 2
strange loops, religion, pathological demand avoidance, friends, the groundhog day effect, re-experiencing stories, assholes, presidential debates, finding community, ...
what is a strange loop? - part 3
hofstadter, a strange loop as gospel play, benesh, izod, consciousness, jung, nietzsche, heraclitus, back to the future, and bill & ted's excellent adventure
a magical, enchanted place
reading the opening scene from the final revision of the script (and a little bit from the third revision) before we get to minute 6 of the film next episode
minute 6 - this scene, right here, IS the spell
phil becomes the groundhog, larry is a proto-phil, and phil and rita trade words on the way from blairsville, pa to algonquin, il, to woodstock, il
