Plethora of Oscars.
It's funny that certain names have recurring in my recent activities. For example, reading the short story contest submissions for the Long River Review; a significant number of them had characters named William. Today however, I was dominated by Oscars. I started reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde the other night and it has me absolutely enthralled as I progressed through more than half of it today. Afterwards, I watched Wilde, a movie about the flamboyant writer's life. Immediately following that, Alicia and I watched The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, with the Dorian Gray as one such League member (turned villain). Curiously, so much attention is lavished on Gray boyish face, golden-hair and fair complexion, i had almost forgotten that the League's Gray was rather more Gray, older and with long dark hair. A curious casting choice, but then, how often have films (especially mediocre, albeit enjoyable ones) ever shown a consideration for close details to their respective books?
In consideration of another Oscar, I read in the new york times today that there is a new Children's Museum opening in Maryland, featuring Elmo, Big Bird, the Cookie Monster, and of course, Oscar the Grouch. Additionally, there's been a big hullabaloo over which movies one should see at present because of how many academy awards nominations it has garnered. With the Oscars less than a month away, I'm eager to see all the lauded films I have thus far missed.
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