Review of The Grifters (1990) by Steve M — 20 Jul 2004

[font=Times New Roman][size=3]6 days of work down, 2 to go[/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Then 2 days of hanging out with my bro and Gobles[/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]I'm getting a haircut tomorrow after lunch with Kyle, its bout time. Its becoming unmanagable and making me look way more Alaskan than I want to look.[/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]No one has guessed the movie quotes in my profile yet. The two people that might be able to answer those have not been on AIM lately. [/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Audrey accidentally hit me in the head really hard with the sharp corner of my cash drawer at work tonight. It must have scabbed over because I scratched my head just now and it came off and now there's blood in my hair.[/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]My car is vibrating. I dont know why.[/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]I saw The Grifters the other day. Its from 1990, from the man who directed High Fidelity and the man who starred in High Fidelity. But it wasnt that good. It was rather pointless in a not-so-good way as opposed to being pointless in a Big-Lebowski-way. [/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Sometimes I cant get over how brilliant The Big Lebowski is, even with the Coen Brothers being the ones who gave us The Ladykillers, The Man Who Wasnt There and O Brother Where Art Thou....all mediocre offerings. But then again they also blessed us with Miller's Crossing, Intolerable Cruelty and Fargo.[/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]I had lunch with Alvin and Elissa Bregman and actually enjoyed it.[/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Here are some highlights:[/size][/font].

[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Elissa: "Shelly wanted to be a psychiatrist and I told her shes too mean. You have to be nice, and who understands that more than me? I'm a therapist, you know....an art and music therapist."[/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Elissa: "When Shelly or Susan comes home to visit, we put them up in the Carriage House because there is no room for them in the house. Including my guinea pigs, I have 25 animals."[/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Elissa: "The soup of the day is split pea! I'm going to get that."[/size][/font].

[font=Times New Roman][size=3]ME: "My mom used to make that stuff, it was so nasty. It was thick and scary. You could stick a fork in it and it would stand up.".

Elissa: "Ohhhh thats the way to make split pea. I would have loved that if I had come over for dinner."[/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]ME: "Yeah, Grandma doesnt have much to do. She just rambles around the house all day by herself."[/size][/font].

[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Elissa: "Oh! I could give her one of my cats!"[/size][/font].

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Ok, thats enough trauma for one entry.[/size][/font].