Discussion of 'Becket' has begun!

“Becket” is a historical film, made in a year that is almost historical itself: 1964. Thomas Becket, played by a young and handsome Richard Burton, is a drinking & wenching buddy of Henry II, played by a very thin Peter O’Toole. In an effort to control the Catholic Church (the only one there was) Henry makes Becket Archbishop of Canterbury. Becket finds God and fights to keep the church independent. Henry spends the rest of the film fighting Becket and mourning the loss of his friend.

While Burton gets the most dramatic scenes (wait for the pomp of the excommunication), O’Toole gets the best lines:

Queen: I am the mother of your children.
Henry: I don’t LIKE my children!

Or the more famous: “Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?”

This film is a product of its time, and doesn’t always translate to our era, but it was a delight to see these two actors in great form when they were young, before the booze took their youth.

NOTE: THIS POST IS WRITTEN BY our guest , the one and only, DAVID GREENBERG!

Discussion of 'Very Young Girls' has begun!

Setting aside the statistics, the shocking sadness, the sociological ins and outs. what just plain as heck fascinates me most is the magnetic relationship these girls have with their pimps. How these slime ball, scum of the earth, mud sucking men could hold so much power over these beautiful and potent little flowers, -just what is that?

For me, all the questions and answers lie right here, what is happening in THAT space, that steel rope between the girls and these men. What is it made of ? How do circumstances set us up to become what they have become?Having seen first hand adult /women involved and addicted to their long term abusive relationships I found it fascinating to realize that many of the same dynamics were at play with the very young girls. I wonder how many women that are drawn to abusive men in their adult lives would have become child prostitutes had their worlds collided with such vultures when they were younger.