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Gary McMahon commented on the post, LET’S NOT USE THE COVID-19 CRISIS TO FUEL THE CLIMATE CRISIS 3 months, 1 week ago
Smart, practical, grounded & fair points, all.
You must have a lot of patience, more than I, to take the time to spell out what should be self-evident to anyone with empathy and common sense. That’s what demoralises me, that these things have to be spelled out, implored, beseeched, against powerful forces that often don’t even deign to respond.…[Read more] -
Gary McMahon commented on the post, NEW YEARS EVE 6 months, 1 week ago
I’m glad to hear your writing’s on fire. I’m hoping when the Fire Drill book is done that you will carry right on through another memoir (maybe one trading chapters between films made in a particular decade and parallel political activities for the same period in the next chapter). You know, serve and volley.
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Gary McMahon commented on the post, THOUGHTS AS I APPROACH MY 82ND BIRTHDAY 6 months, 3 weeks ago
“I have studied why women tend to get braver with age and men don’t, but that’s for another time.” Would be very interesting to hear more, Jane.
I remember some Indian guru saying that old men get more feminine because earlier in life that side of men was socially repressed, so those reserves well up in old age, when they are relieved of soc…[Read more] -
Gary McMahon commented on the post, MY FIRE DRILL FRIDAYS 7 months ago
Gotta love JF. Make sure you keep warm!
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Gary McMahon commented on the post, The Launch of Fire Drill Fridays 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Jane, you’re on your way to Bertrand Russell’s peaceful resistance record when he was 90-something.
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Gary McMahon commented on the post, Fire Drill Fridays 9 months ago
This goes to show you get clarity from honesty. Sincerity is what spells it out, not dumbing down, and there’s a clear-as-day contrast here between Fire Drill Friday’s message and the p-r coming out of the White House.
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Gary McMahon commented on the post, A COUPLE OF THINGS 1 year, 3 months ago
Those are lovely photos, especially The Book Club.
I also think there is good scope for a Grace crossover. I think you and Lili should kidnap Larry David for a 2-part episode and not set him free until he says something positive.
I hereby give away that idea for free with no need for recompense now or in the future, absolutely gratis. Go…[Read more] -
Gary McMahon commented on the post, A COUPLE OF THINGS 1 year, 3 months ago
(especially since I myself kidnapped the idea from ‘9 to 5’!)
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Gary McMahon commented on the post, AN APPEAL FROM ME ASKING YOU TO HELP PROMOTE STABILITY, GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN CONFLICT ZONES 1 year, 4 months ago
Not sure this is the ideal thread for posting this link – – but it does span the range from glamor or beauty to political integrity and demonstrates you can have both – – in other words, having ideals and being […]
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Gary McMahon commented on the post, END OF YEAR BLOG 1 year, 6 months ago
– – O and I hear Criterion is releasing KLUTE on blu-ray disc this year. I hope they approach you for input. Criterion is a longstanding iindependent label, active in film preservation, and goes the extra mile […]
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Gary McMahon commented on the post, Election 2018 1 year, 6 months ago
This might give Jane a laugh.
‘Wait Till Your Father Gets Home’ was a 1972-73 cartoon series about the generation gap between a conservative middle class portly Dad and moderate Mom and their liberal teenage […] -
Gary McMahon commented on the post, Election 2018 1 year, 7 months ago
Came across a cool clip while watching this uplifting Helen Reddy interview =
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Gary McMahon commented on the post, Election 2018 1 year, 8 months ago
“try to get outside whatever bubble you’re in.” I like that. A variation on Think outside the box. Expand your mind. Know the world beyond your world.
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Gary McMahon commented on the post, A QUICK CATCH UP 2 years ago
Jane, can you remember your voice-over sessions for narrating JULIA?
Did Fred Zinnermann give any directing for your narration? did he do many takes?
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Gary McMahon commented on the post, THE NEW YEAR AND BEING 80 2 years, 1 month ago
ROLLING STONE, 5 July 1973:
Paul Newman: “I think, say, Jane Fonda is probably a little more radical than I am, although not all that much. I suppose the main thing she and I have in common is that we are both […] -
Gary McMahon commented on the post, THE NEW YEAR AND BEING 80 2 years, 2 months ago
Reader’s Letter, Correspondence page, ROLLING STONE, 6 July 1972:
“Thank you for the Jane Fonda interview. America should not have to wait until she is 50 to realize Jane is a great and courageous woman.” […] -
Gary McMahon commented on the post, Blame Rosie O’Donell and Lily Tomlin 2 years, 9 months ago
Hurrah – – keep ’em coming. You see? 9 years later your blog entry is still ‘in print’,in circulation and being read. The Internet isn’t as ephemeral as I thought.
Kurt Vonnegut showed he could be a Luddite […] -
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