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THE NEW MEXICAN Friday, May 17, 2013
Actor Dustin Hoffman as Dorothy Michaels in the 1982 Columbia Pictures’ film Tootsie. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
COMMENTARY
Five films about strong women By Christy Lemire
The Associated Press
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he thriller Black Rock is about a trio of childhood friends — Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell and director Katie Aselton — who travel to a remote island off the coast of Maine to work through past issues and reconnect. But when it turns out they’re not the only ones on the island, they end up having to fight for their lives. Aselton’s film, playing in select cities this weekend and through video on demand nationwide, celebrates the inner strength and resourcefulness women can summon when they’re called upon to find it. So it’s only fitting that the actress and filmmaker, perhaps best known for her supporting work on the FX comedy series The League, should choose five favorite movies about strong women who take charge. Here’s Aselton, in her own words: u Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991): You cannot talk female heroines and not acknowledge Sarah Connor, a character faced with not just the challenge of preventing a nuclear war, but protecting her son. The girl is textbook bad-ass. And she has the guns to prove it. u Thelma & Louise (1991): I love everything about this movie, but more than anything, this film illustrates a beautiful, authentic friendship between two women and how deeply fierce a bond like that can run. I love that these two women took the wheel of their lives and take us, as an audience, on an amazing ride. u Bull Durham (1988): Susan Sarandon, again, I
know! But the woman epitomizes bad-ass to me perfectly in that she never compromises her sexualKatie ity by being Aselton strong and smart. The woman makes no apologies in her characters or her performances. As Annie in Bull Durham, she delivers another one of these amazing performances and cemented her place as “who I want to be when I grow up.” u The River Wild (1994): And then there is Meryl Streep. Who is amazing in everything. And while The River Wild may not be the highest moment in cinematic history, she plays an amazing mother who finds herself in the extraordinary situation of having to save her husband and son from deranged thieves on the run. Crazy, I know, but it’s Meryl, and she does it all on a river raft while navigating rapids in mom jean shorts! u Tootsie (1982): And finally, my favorite kick-ass girl is … a dude? But Dustin Hoffman’s character, Dorothy Michaels, taught us more about being a strong, powerful, compassionate woman in this world than most actual female characters could ever try to do. I will leave you with one of my favorite quotes of hers: “Oh, I know what y’all really want is some gross caricature of a woman to prove some idiotic point that power makes a woman masculine, or masculine women are ugly. Well, shame on you for letting a man do that.”
Day 4 in O.J.’s bid for a new trial LAS VEGAS — The lead defense attorney in O.J. Simpson’s armed robbery trial had a conflict of interest because he could have been a witness in the case, a lawyer testified Thursday. Witness Malcolm LaVergne said that defense attorney Yale Galanter’s conflict was that he had given Simpson legal advice regarding his plan to confront sports memorabilia
Newsmakers Dylan becomes honorary member of arts academy
Bob Dylan
NEW YORK — Michael Chabon had long been mystified by that Bob Dylan lyric about “midnight’s broken toe.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, the keynote speaker Wednesday at the annual induction ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, was explaining his undiminished passion for rock music and confiding that he had become obsessed by the opening line to Dylan’s “Chimes of Freedom.” “Far between sundown’s finish an’ midnight’s broken toe.” The answer was both simple and embarrassing; Dylan was singing about “midnight’s broken toll,” not toe. Rock ’n roll was officially welcomed by the 115-year-old academy, an “honor society” proud to call itself elite and home to some of the country’s leading writers, composers, architects, painters and sculptors. On Wednesday, Dylan was inducted as an honorary member, becoming the first rock star to join an academy that includes E.L. Doctorow, Chuck Close and John Ashbery. Dylan has been touring, academy president Henry N. Cobb announced, and sent his regrets. Dylan said he looked “forward to meeting all of you, sometime soon.” The Associated Press
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7 p.m. on FOX Kitchen Nightmares Call it “My Big Fat Greek Restaurant Disaster.” In this episode, Gordon is in Seattle, where a Greek eatery called Yanni’s has fallen on hard times thanks to its neighborhood’s changing demographics. The owner, Peter, refuses to face up to that fact and make the changes required to get the business back on track, so his daughters hope Gordon can talk some sense into him in “Yanni’s.”
ated the perfect English scone, a self-described geek pitches a line of made-to-order furniture, and a New Yorker has an idea for a doorto-door luggage pickup service. The Sharks also get an update on Aaron Krause and his cleaning tool from Season 4, pictured. 7 p.m. on CBS Undercover Boss Following up on last week’s “Epic Employees” episode, the season finale, “Undercover Boss: Epic Bosses,” catches up with some of the head honchos who have taken part in the show over the past four seasons. They discuss the impact that the undercover experience had on their lives and businesses and share what they’re up to now. 7 p.m. on CW Nikita Amanda (Melinda Clarke) forces Nikita (Maggie Q) into a tight spot where she must choose between saving Michael’s (Shane West) life and her own. With Division’s personnel depleted, stopping Amanda will be easier said than done in the season finale, “Til Death Do Us Part.” 9 p.m. on USA The Moment Liz Imperio, Jennifer Lopez’s choreographer, helps Jersey girl Renee Chambers prepare for a shot at a dream gig as touring choreographer for IM5, a pop band created by Madonna’s dance guru, Jamie King. See if she’s got all the right moves in “Choreographer.”
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7 p.m. on ABC Shark Tank The season wraps up with a pair of new episodes. In the opener, two women present a line of jewelry inspired by their time at West Point and in the Army, a Colorado man believes he’s cre-
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dealers at a Las Vegas hotel in 2007 and take back what he believed was his property. Simpson is serving a sentence of nine to 33 years in prison. Simpson also stated he was unaware of any of the legal issues being raised in his appeal and had not seen copies of the briefs submitted on his behalf. The Associated Press
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