#Jack Goldstein

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Jack Goldstein – A Glass of Milk (1972)

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Jack Goldstein, Untitled, 1969-1971

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Untitled (#61 Burning City) (1981). Jack Goldstein.

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Jack Goldstein

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no thoughts today, only ✨️memes✨️ (1/3)

Bailey's stripper jacket my beloved

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Malloch Building, 1937, San Francisco, USA. Conçu par Irvin W. Goldstine pour Jack Malloch. Peintures murales par Alfred Du Pont (Crédit photo Mitchell Funk). - source Sally Jo.

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so like whats... happening...

keeley x jamie? keeley x roy?? roy x jamie??? roy x keeley x jamie???? keeley x jack with a steel chair?????

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Son of Mr. Green Genes by Frank Zappa from the album Hot Rats

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The problem with Ted Lasso S3

It doesn’t feel like the last season.

Let’s imagine Ted Lasso was like any other show, slated to keep running until it eventually concluded after 5 or even 10 seasons. If we as viewers knew this, would these episodes feel so lopsided? Would the missing thematic tie-ins feel so odd? Would new characters and plot points feel like frustrating distractions?

Even with the entire season written and filmed, Apple is still not letting anyone doing press for the show say outright this is the last season. Why? To make space for a spin off? Or....maybe this isn’t the last season after all?

Either way, it definitely seems like the writers room were given the directive to not make these episodes feel like they’re leading to an end. And they certainly do not. However the strength of Ted Lasso has always been the foresight of the writers. Every character, line, and scene felt meaningful because they were - everything lead to an inevitable end. Without that, we’re left with a show that doesn’t feel bad per se. But definitely off.

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Juxtaposing arguments Roy/Keeley & Jack/Keeley

Ted Lasso does parallels extremely well using the mise en scène - the physical aspects - the position of actors, the lighting, the music, to parallel or juxtapose two similar situations, physically manifesting the emotional response expected from the scene.

The fight between Jack & Keeley in her house last week was such a parallel to the one Roy & Keeley had in S2E7 Headspace & it showed the difference in their relationships.

Other than when they are standing, I’ve noticed that Roy is often lower than Keeley. We see him kneeling before her several times in S2, for example.

In S2E7 where they fight, Roy comes into the room and sits on the floor beneath Keeley so that when Keeley erupts, she’s higher than him. In fact, she stands on the sofa so that physically she is still higher than him when they fight.

At the time, I thought this was a clever way to diffuse Roy’s physical dominance in an argument with her because Keeley is so petite. It would “calm” the audience so that even if Roy raised his voice, they wouldn’t worry for Keeley.

Now juxtaposition Keeley’s fight with Jack last week. It’s Keeley in the lower position on the couch. Jack is standing for almost the whole time until she sits and turns off the show Keeley was watching. Keeley is already feeling small because of her situation. Jack is wearing the colour red. She is aggressive and negative. (Note, it's not the only time that Jack is "above" Keeley in scenes.)

When Roy was upset in Headspace, he looked away from Keeley before he said, “F%ck this” - not “f%ck you”. His language to her has always been purposeful. He was angry and disparaged the situation, not her, before leaving.

Whereas Jack belittled her telling her what she did was a "porno” and maybe she shouldn’t have done it in the first place. 

Another small parallel is that Keeley was watching Sex and the City in both instances. I don't know if the scenes were also parallels because I never watched the show. I'll leave that to experts :)

I don't think Jack will come back, but Roy did in that instance and came back in a way that Keeley's character needed. I have a whole other theory of why the bath scene is sooooo important to Keeley - but that's for another day. ;)

I've also found that Keeley's house has been lit darker this season overall as if to reflect her mood. I'm sure there are a million other parallels but these are the ones that jump out at me.

I would also say that Roy & Keeley's discussion in the parking lot was shot at an angle to again, ensure that Roy didn't loom largely over the petite Keeley. And in my heart? His question has to be a misdirect from the show. They've written Roy all season to be dark and for us to think he's a lost cause, so that when Jamie comes to her you think things might be rekindled. I don't think that's the case. I don't think it ever was.

I also refuse to believe Roy would ask that question at that moment unless it had a different meaning than the obvious one. As mentioned, Roy's language, his choice of words to Keeley has always been purposeful, and never disparaging. A question like that is too self-absorbed and would obviously hurt Keeley. I think Roy's redemption will begin in S3E9. If it's not, it's been character assassination for no real reason, and I just don't think that's the show's intention.

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Jack Goldstein untitled (1984) acrylic on canvas

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Say all you want, but Jamie Tartt has the best character development throughout the series.

Ted Lasso S03E04: Big Week

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"We'll Never Have Paris" gives me hope that perhaps Ted Lasso won't hear its final whistle — at least not anytime soon.

I wrote about the Love Hounds, team building, and why I hope better things are ahead for Keeley.

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A young Jacob “Jack Kirby” Kurtzberg and his wife, Rosalind “Roz” Goldstein-Kirby colorized.

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Favorire la tranquillità con la meditazione - Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein

Argomentare sulla tranquillità mentre il mondo è in perenne subbuglio sembra quasi pleonastico, un mero esercizio di pura retorica, un compendio di pii desideri, un’edulcorata via di fuga. Tuttavia, in realtà, la ricerca di ordine, silenzio, calma, serenità, distacco non è affatto un modo per sfuggire alle proprie eventuali responsabilità e, quindi, ritirarsi in un limbo di beata ignoranza. Si…