The story of the Irish politician with the "genderless" child is a real sign of our times.
Here's something else I can't figure out: 99.9% of the medical profession has completely betrayed us for the past three years... and yet pregnant women I know, including those who were wise enough not to get vaccinated, will still go to get multiple ultrasounds done during their pregnancies.
I imagine one of the biggest reasons is because they want to know the gender of their child.
I wonder how they are going to continue to sell this expensive (tax payer funded of course!!) and needless procedure (I'm from a generation who weren't "ultrasounded" in the womb and I don't think we missed out on anything!) once it has become beyond the pale to gender your baby?
That's true. But I think it's not just to know the sex of the baby but also to check if everything is alright and "see" it (and maybe post the picture on social media). It is expensive and perhaps not so necessary, but is it harmful? That, I have no idea. Lots of procedures are unnecessary and some of them are harmful.
Jarmusch rose as Hartley faded. Loved them both, especially Hal's repertoire of actors. Tragic end for Shelley and sad that Lowensohn doesn't seem to have aged as well as Huppert.
"The digital experience is as easy as it is forgettable." Bingo!
Didn't see Amateur but saw Isabelle as a sex addict in School Teacher. She was always willing to take risks w/ her image, playing against type.
I think most Americans know Huppert from Haneke's "The Piano Teacher" (is this the same film you're mentioning?), which isn't really my favourite film of hers, to say the least... But I don't like Haneke's movies, even though he's a critics' darling.
She was good in her early films as sexy girl with Depardieu (like "The Valseuses" -- although in that one we see more Miou-Miou, another beloved French actress, but a very young 17 year-old Isabellle makes plays a small, memorable part.
Yeah, Piano Teacher is what I meant. Haneke was absorbing and shocking at first but after a bit I found his sensibility perverse, as w/ the Piano Teacher.
The story of the Irish politician with the "genderless" child is a real sign of our times.
Here's something else I can't figure out: 99.9% of the medical profession has completely betrayed us for the past three years... and yet pregnant women I know, including those who were wise enough not to get vaccinated, will still go to get multiple ultrasounds done during their pregnancies.
I imagine one of the biggest reasons is because they want to know the gender of their child.
I wonder how they are going to continue to sell this expensive (tax payer funded of course!!) and needless procedure (I'm from a generation who weren't "ultrasounded" in the womb and I don't think we missed out on anything!) once it has become beyond the pale to gender your baby?
That's true. But I think it's not just to know the sex of the baby but also to check if everything is alright and "see" it (and maybe post the picture on social media). It is expensive and perhaps not so necessary, but is it harmful? That, I have no idea. Lots of procedures are unnecessary and some of them are harmful.
Jarmusch rose as Hartley faded. Loved them both, especially Hal's repertoire of actors. Tragic end for Shelley and sad that Lowensohn doesn't seem to have aged as well as Huppert.
"The digital experience is as easy as it is forgettable." Bingo!
Didn't see Amateur but saw Isabelle as a sex addict in School Teacher. She was always willing to take risks w/ her image, playing against type.
I think most Americans know Huppert from Haneke's "The Piano Teacher" (is this the same film you're mentioning?), which isn't really my favourite film of hers, to say the least... But I don't like Haneke's movies, even though he's a critics' darling.
She was good in her early films as sexy girl with Depardieu (like "The Valseuses" -- although in that one we see more Miou-Miou, another beloved French actress, but a very young 17 year-old Isabellle makes plays a small, memorable part.
Yeah, Piano Teacher is what I meant. Haneke was absorbing and shocking at first but after a bit I found his sensibility perverse, as w/ the Piano Teacher.