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A darkly witty, deeply affecting, and finely crafted memoir by the
Big Bang Theory and Speechless star and comedian, John Ross Bowie.
From his earliest memories of watching Rhoda with his parents in
their tiny Hell's Kitchen apartment, John knew that he wanted to be
an actor. The strange, alternate world of television-where people
always cracked the perfect joke, lived in glamorous Upper East Side
buildings, and made up immediately after fighting-seemed far better
than his own home life, with a mother and father on the brink of
divorce and a neighborhood full of crumbling pre-war architecture
and not-so-occasional muggings. And yet that other world also seems
unattainable. Besides crippling stage fright (which would take him
years to overomce) John's father, ever aloof and cynical, has
instilled within him the notion that acting is "no job for a man."
His father would impart that while theater, film, and television
should be consumed and even debated, to create was no way to make a
living or support a family. Putting aside his acting dreams, John
stumbles through his twenties. He tries his hand at teaching and
other traditional occupations, but nothing feels nearly as
fulfilling as playing with his fleetingly on-the-map punk band,
Egghead. When he and his bandmates break up, John lands a joyless
job copywriting for a consulting agency and slips into a dark
depression. He loses weight, begins drinking heavily, and his
relationships flounder. But everything changes when John discovers
improv (and anti-depressants). As a part of New York's now-famous
Upright Citizens Brigade, John not only explores his passion for
acting and comedy-and begins to envision himself doing so
professionally-he also meets his future wife and fellow actor,
Jamie Denbo. No Job for a Man follows the couple as they relocate
to Los Angeles and try to make it in the arts, meeting success and
failure, wins and losses, despair and hope along the way. Though
his father chronically refuses to acknowledge pride in his adult
son's accomplishments, John comes to realize what being a man truly
means.
Feature-length episode of the children's animation following the
little girl who became a princess after her mother married the king
of Enchancia. Sofia (voice of Ariel Winter) runs into trouble when
she gets the chance to turn into a mermaid and visit her new
underwater friend Oona (Kiernan Shipka). With the help of Princess
Ariel (Jodi Benson), Sofia tries to prevent disaster both on land
and under the sea. Also included are three additional episodes:
'Tri-Kingdom Picnic', 'Finding Clover' and 'Make Way for Miss
Nettle'.
Three-volume collection of episodes from the children's animation
following a little girl who becomes a princess. When her mother
marries the king, Sofia (voice of Ariel Winter) becomes a member of
the royal family overnight and moves into their grand palace. She
will have to train for her new role as princess under the tutelage
of fairies Flora (Barbara Dirikson), Fauna (Russi Taylor) and
Merryweather (Tress MacNeille). In 'Holiday in Enchancia' Princess
Aurora (Kate Higgins) makes an appearance and helps Sofia to find
King Roland (Travis Willingham) when he disappears in a blizzard.
The episodes are: 'Baileywick's Day Off', 'The Little Witch', 'The
Baker King' and 'Four's a Crowd'. In 'Ready to Be a Princess'
Princess Jasmine (Linda Larkin) comes to Sofia's aid when she
encounters some difficulties on a magic carpet ride. The episodes
are: 'A Royal Mess', 'The Shy Princess', 'Blue Ribbon Bunny', 'The
Princess Test' and 'Two to Tangu'. 'The Floating Palace' includes a
feature-length episode which sees Sofia run into trouble when she
gets the chance to turn into a mermaid and visit her new underwater
friend Oona (Kiernan Shipka). With the help of Princess Ariel (Jodi
Benson), Sofia tries to prevent disaster both on land and under the
sea. Also featured are three additional episodes: 'Tri-Kingdom
Picnic', 'Finding Clover' and 'Make Way for Miss Nettle'.
What's your damage? In 1989, Michael Lehmann's black comedy
Heathers drew a line in the sand, rebuffing the sweetness and
optimism of John Hughes' more popular fare with darkness and death.
Launching the careers of Winona Ryder and Christian Slater,
Heathers became a cult classic, ranking #5 on Entertainment
Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies and inspiring
hoards of teen films that vastly overshadow its fame but lack its
acid wit, moral complexity, and undeniable emotional punch. For the
latest installment of Deep Focus, John Ross Bowie blends
captivating memoir with astute analysis, tracing the rebel-teen
mythology that links Columbine, heavy metal, and The Catcher in the
Rye. With help from Lehmann, screenwriter Daniel Waters, and
members of the cast, Bowie thoroughly unpacks the film's peculiar
resonance. Brilliant riffs on the etymology of its teen slang, the
implications of its title, and its visual debt to Stanley Kubrick
show how Heathers--for all its audacious absurdity--speaks volumes
about the realities of high school and of life itself.
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