tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post3256384507668603172..comments2024-03-28T14:45:34.423-04:00Comments on 37 Paddington: The weight of armor37paddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-36608878416539336092018-02-20T21:03:25.203-05:002018-02-20T21:03:25.203-05:00Barbara, Shuri was my favorite character too!Barbara, Shuri was my favorite character too!37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-86171012637895093232018-02-20T19:21:38.403-05:002018-02-20T19:21:38.403-05:00Both the article and the movie blew me away! Shuri...Both the article and the movie blew me away! Shuri is my new heroine. <br />Xoxo<br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-80051383659911887542018-02-20T16:36:33.227-05:002018-02-20T16:36:33.227-05:00Elizabeth, i loved having a discussion with Carl a...Elizabeth, i loved having a discussion with Carl about the movie through you! xo37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-65432737293415229402018-02-20T16:35:28.464-05:002018-02-20T16:35:28.464-05:00Sabine, this is a most extraordinary and wonderful...Sabine, this is a most extraordinary and wonderful comment. Thank you for this sharing, and for your heart, which was open to be changed. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-5494092329305191992018-02-20T16:33:11.001-05:002018-02-20T16:33:11.001-05:00jenny_o, honestly, i hope everyone goes to see it,...jenny_o, honestly, i hope everyone goes to see it, whether it ultimately resonates for them or not. i'd love the film to be wildly successful because it does take risks, and and it shows hollywood that films outside the narrowly accepted template can be blockbusters, too.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-73901982064550942272018-02-20T16:31:46.106-05:002018-02-20T16:31:46.106-05:00Candice, you said it was going to be groundbreakin...Candice, you said it was going to be groundbreaking!37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-23699711479052735882018-02-20T16:30:18.341-05:002018-02-20T16:30:18.341-05:00am, i think that review by Jelani Cobb is pure bri...am, i think that review by Jelani Cobb is pure brilliance. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-12918375776282812018-02-20T16:29:44.231-05:002018-02-20T16:29:44.231-05:00Mary, it is powerful, at least i found it so. It&#...Mary, it is powerful, at least i found it so. It's a comic book fantasy, but thought-provoking and revelatory nonetheless. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-81635941192950132812018-02-20T16:28:28.044-05:002018-02-20T16:28:28.044-05:00liv, i hope you enjoy it!liv, i hope you enjoy it!37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-81770367516777513512018-02-20T13:58:04.566-05:002018-02-20T13:58:04.566-05:00Thank you for this insight.
It brought back memo...Thank you for this insight. <br /><br />It brought back memories of the day in 1988 when I first arrived in Africa, where we lived and worked for several years. <br />I had just turned 30 and prior to that day, had met only a handful of people of African and African American origin in my life (GIs stationed in Germany and in Ireland, various African nuns and priests attending seminars and a small number of South African exiles who were sheltered by my trade union), my concept of African Americans was based on reading James Baldwin and Angela Davis, on MLK and documentaries of Black Panther, I was an ignorant self proclaimed 'feminist' and 'trade unionist' thinking I had all the right answers and I was absolutely and totally unprepared and completely overwhelmed by our arrival in a small country where seemingly every person was a black person. I came to witness a well functioning, educated, emancipated, democratic African society where literally nobody needed me and only asked for my opinion out of politeness. <br />We were made welcome, very much so, sometimes we were only politely tolerated, eventually we were included in circles of friends the way it always happens after a while, but we remained guests in this gorgeous, fertile, stunningly beautiful country that existed and blossomed not because but despite of us interfering expats and NGO workers from Europe and elsewhere. <br />It was and still is a lesson in humility and mutual respect. And it has changed my life.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-92020046350802068922018-02-20T00:44:27.675-05:002018-02-20T00:44:27.675-05:00Your comments were so brilliant about the movie. T...Your comments were so brilliant about the movie. They were the hit of Carl's Facebook page!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-89394647256244510372018-02-19T21:49:50.071-05:002018-02-19T21:49:50.071-05:00I am not a movie-goer but I would like to see this...I am not a movie-goer but I would like to see this, and I will go if I can. Some movies rise above the formulaic and predictable. From both your comments and the New Yorker review, this one does that and more.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-69794596141535778752018-02-19T19:32:31.187-05:002018-02-19T19:32:31.187-05:00i love this take! and i love thoughtful conversati...i love this take! and i love thoughtful conversation, even if you're not all in agreement. Candice Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195801629178470295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-11615412093831192252018-02-19T16:37:52.108-05:002018-02-19T16:37:52.108-05:00I want to see that movie. Thank you for your impr...I want to see that movie. Thank you for your impressions and for the review by Jelani Cobb.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-79713227567804447742018-02-19T15:32:58.484-05:002018-02-19T15:32:58.484-05:00And now I must go see it. From everything I've...And now I must go see it. From everything I've seen and heard and read, it is powerful. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-60738732164860263752018-02-19T15:06:22.173-05:002018-02-19T15:06:22.173-05:00 I WILL be seeing this film! Thank you for your th... I WILL be seeing this film! Thank you for your thoughts, A. Your insight always makes me open my eyes a little wider.livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.com