Thank you Paul !!!.....going in,I felt that I knew these people,their story.....to say that I was not prepared for the emotional upheaval that would open before me,would be an understatement...as frame after frame exposed the people behind the pieces,I could only sit and watch in awestruck wonder.As I`m sure many others will do,I wept at the full pretzel reveal.Mere adjectives are inadequate to describe what you have committed to screen......BRAVO Paul....BRAVO
Critics who wrote that Lenore Goldberg did not have the focus for a drama of this magnitude will suffer the literary tars and feathers of their peers
_________________________________________Mettre debout et remplir indeed!__________________________________________
Paul your presentation is outstanding and JB your reply beyond words, or at least words I understand.
In light of having an additional four thousand members (you know who you are) among our ranks since the inception of the beleaguered housewife......the one who inspired this true-enuf-for-tv movie......some background may be in order :
The story,upon which the movie is based,tells of a VERY stressed young mother,who totally type A`s her twins` Birthday party.....The "ONLY clowns to hire" are playing a Bat Mitzvah over in the "Severely Gated Oak Crossings" community on the very day of little Billy and Susie`s 11th birthday(s) and Stella (brilliantly portrayed by 50`s Comics Icon Lenore Goldberg) must choose a lesser known act
Stella finds,at the VERY last minute, a dog`n`pony style clown ensemble that will work on short notice (short is KEY here)....it`s not until the jubilant trio arrive,in a slightly undersized car no less,that Stella realizes the awful enormity (pun fully intended) of what she has unleashed.....Back in the day of Moe,Larry,Curly,these guys were MAYBE average height....not so much today....and OLD????.....these guys are so old they`re still in black and white...........Almost at once,Billy begins pelting Captain Monkey with designer jelly beans from a second story widows`s walk.The monkey returns fire...in the melee that ensues,one of the 70 year old Creamerson kids loses a hand...such are the wages of candy war on the elderly
As Stella`s swirling visions of monochromatic Clara-belle,Emmett Kelly and Pre-Johnny Ed McMahon reach a fever peak in mid-battle ,Judy Collin`s angelic voice overlays it all
Arcane background story precludes here > https://diecast.org/community/lounge/giant-cows-unearthed-the-movie/
Most excellent Paul! I must admit that I was filled with emotion (I think...it might have been something else) as I watched each scene waltz across my screen. And thank you JB for the back story, as I was once an 11 year old twin and recall my mother looking a lot like Stella.