#Jane Alexander

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'butcher boys' by jane alexander, 1985-6 in a sculpture reader: contemporary sculpture since 1980 - glenn harper + twylene moyer (2006)

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From Broadway’s “The Great White Hope,” Jane Alexander and James Earl Jones for the 1969 Tony Awards. The stars reprised their roles for the 1970 movie directed by Martin Ritt.

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It amuses me to this day that HBO managed to get away with producing “Tell Me You Love Me”. You know how it’s a joke that “Game of Thrones” can come off as porn at times? “Tell Me You Love Me” had scenes that were so explicit that people legitimately thought they were watching porn.

In case someone thinks I’m exaggerating how people reacted to the show:

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Ipnosi a Mistero

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TGF 02x12 Day 485

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Innovation Makes Art Matter for All with Jane Alexander, Cleveland Museum of Art

Jane Alexander discusses the value of thoughtfully investing in innovation, sharing the insights and outcomes that have made the Cleveland Museum of Art a leader in the field with over a decade of captivating outward facing experiences that seamlessly blend art and technology.

​Jane will discuss the CMA’s methodologies and unique iterative approach to digital projects that celebrate pioneering tech while centering inclusive design, resulting in substantive experiences that transform visitors’ relationship with art.

Practices include prioritizing robust backend systems and developing meaningful partnerships to create outward facing experiences that are successful from concept to sunset, and from server to UI.

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James Earl Jones (°January 17, 1931 - +September 9, 2024)

In The Great White Hope (1970)

With Jane Alexander

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The New Centurions (1972)

"You're just having a wonderful time. You like it! You like being a cop."

"Well, of course I like it! It doesn't mean I'm not working my ass off."

"I don't give a damn how hard you work, you like it, and I don't wanna spend the rest of my life being a cop's wife!"

"Then you'd better get married to somebody else."

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Testament (1983). The life of a suburban American family is scarred after a nuclear attack.

One of the best apocalypse films I've seen in a long time, I can't believe I'd never heard of it! Haunting in its exploration of grief after disaster, it never shies away from tragedy. Jane Alexander is staggering in the lead role too - her Oscar nom SO deserved (what a stacked year for Lead Actress!) so for that alone it's well worth adding to your list. Really, really good. 8/10.

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'The Ring' – The American take on Japanese horror on Netflix and Paramount+

The original Ringu (Japan, 1998) was a more than a hit; the unnerving horror film was a phenomenon in Japan and all over Asia. Gore Verbinski’s remake The Ring (2002) is faithful to both the story and the style, and the result is one of the most genuinely eerie American horrors in years. Naomi Watts plays Rachel Keller, a Seattle newspaper reporter and single mother who stumbles onto the urban…

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𝒜𝓃 𝒜𝓇𝓀𝒶𝓃𝓈𝒶𝓈 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝓊𝓈𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝒸𝓈 𝓉𝑜𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓅𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓃, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 (𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐑��𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝) 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. ℋ𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝒾𝓃𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝒾𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒷𝒾'𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒. 𝒪𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓃, 𝒽𝑒'𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝓈𝑜𝓁𝓊𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒾𝒻𝒾𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓃'𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝒾𝓃𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝒷𝓊𝓈𝑒𝒹/𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝓅𝓁𝓊𝓈 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓍𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑒. 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝑒, 𝓈𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒶𝓈 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝐘𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐊𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨. ℐ'𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝒹 𝐌𝐫. 𝐊𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓌𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒶𝓈 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓁𝓊𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝓁𝑒 ℐ 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇 𝒾𝓃, 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 (1979). 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓃, 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓁𝓊𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝒽𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓃𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝑒 𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓊𝒷𝓁𝒾𝒸𝓈 𝑒𝓎𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓇𝓊𝓅𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝓈𝓎𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓂, 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒶𝓁𝓈𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂. ℐ 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓁𝓁 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝓎, 𝒾𝓉'𝓈 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒.

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Kramer vs. Kramer Review- 1979

10/10 Stars (I know that's high but I'm biased, I'm sorry)

Does it make me a strange person to list Oscar Best Picture winner Kramer vs. Kramer as one of my favorite films ever? If so, I deeply apologize. It is just one of those movies that never, ever fails to touch me. It's common for people to put on a comedy when they're in a bad mood, but I put on this film. Want to know why? Because I'm a big ol' fan of crying..

It stars Dustin Hoffman (Ted) and Meryl Streep (Joanna), parents to their little boy Justin Henry (Billy). Joanna leaves Ted at the very start of the film, as the couple had grown emotionally distant over time. Joanna couldn't be the housewife Ted wanted her to be. Not only does she leave Ted though, she also leaves her son. Ted is left alone to deal with the wreckage of this. At first, it's made clear that Joanna did most of the parenting. There's a scene where Ted is trying to make Billy french toast, one of the easiest meals ever (I eat it reguarly....), and is failing miserably. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdKnom6qydE

This failure doesn't stay, though. Over the course of the film, we watch Ted get closer and closer to his son. When he's injured, he runs him to the hospital. He leaves the job that he put so much of his passion into, that his wife left him for, just so he could be with his son. And when Joanna comes back to try and get him back, it shows just how much his character grew because of how hard he fought. Something he wouldn't have done previously.

The most touching scene to me is a recreation of the french toast scene I mentioned earlier. He again makes his son breakfast, right before he's to be taken from him. But instead of the frantic, desheveled nature of the previous, Ted is calm and solemn. He makes the toast perfectly without any qualms. It's the perfect representation of who he had become over the course of a few months. To be honest, I cry every single time. It's such a simple scene, but so, so powerful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jXwg8gBuQ0

This movie said a lot about family was traditionally viewed, especially in the 70s. What was considered "standard" was the atomic family; a mom, dad, and two kids. This movie challenged that, stating that a single dad can give a child a good childhood, that the mother isn't always the most fit parent. And it revealed in subtle ways, how the courts bias towards the mother can be harmful towards kids.

I also wanted to touch on the acting in this movie, because. it. is. phenomenal. Dustin Hoffman gives such a heartwrenching performance as Ted. He is one of my personal favorite actors, and this movie is a perfect example of why. He won Best Actor for this role at the Oscars, deservingly. And Meryl Streep! She brings so much heart to a role, that is all her. No script writer can do what she does to the role of Joanna. You can really sympathize with her, even if she's not always an ideal mother. She won Best Supporting Actress for this role. Also, Justin Henry (Billy) is 51 now, which freaks me out a little. I wasn't alive when this movie came out, but it's still hard to wrap my head around that the child is now in his 50s. I can't, I just can't.

All in all, I REALLY suggest giving this a try. For those who aren't into dramas, and a more character-based story, though, this may not be for you.

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The Betsy 22x28 Movie Poster (1978)

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Playing theater

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