Tanisha Jade Hope (16 KP) rated Teen Wolf - Season 1 in TV
Aug 20, 2019
The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story
Book
In The Last Balladeer, author Gregg Akkerman skillfully reveals the life-long achievements and...
Train Dreams
Book
Robert Grainier is a day labourer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century - an...
Ralph Waldo Emerson in Context
Book
This collection of newly commissioned essays maps the vital contextual backgrounds to Ralph Waldo...
Woody Guthrie: A Life
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A biography of the influential American folk singer, Woody Guthrie, who lived a life on the edge of...
Focusing on the person who initially contacted this American Life, John McLemore, it’s based in the small town of Woodstock and gives a stark look into the world of small town Alabama.. We get to know John well, he’s a horologist (clock maker / repairer - it was the new word of the week for me) who seems to be pretty well known in the industry for his restoration skills. John is an amazing character and as the podcast takes a dramatic change of direction we end up getting sucked into his story which is moving and full of lessons on living in a place you don’t feel you fit in.
It was an emotional ride and if you like This American Life, this is like an episode on steroids and then some.
Louis Armstrong: The Soundtrack of the American Experience
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In the twentieth century, African Americans not only helped make popular music the soundtrack of the...
David McK (3251 KP) rated Forrest Gump (1994) in Movies
Jul 25, 2020
While, today, you may recognize his voice as that of Woody from, the Toy Story movies, for me this is perhaps his best work, as the titular Forrest Gump in a movie that tugs in your heartstrings.
Hanks plays the titular Forrest Gump: a good-hearted man of low IQ who is seemingly involved in every major American event from the 50s through to the 80s, teaching Elvis his moves (whilst Forrest is still a kid), through the Vietnam War and Watergate with detours to meet several American presidents along the way, and with his life long love for Jenny, the abused kid who lived next door when he was but a child himself.
With two parallel strands - life as seen through Forrest's eyes, and life as seen through Jenny's (much bleaker) - this eventually culminates in a satisfying conclusion, with nary a dry eye in the house.
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