Comments on: On to “Big Love”

by: lostinutah

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:09:12 +0000

Can’t hurt Jennifer Beals’ career. Heck..she lived through Flashdance. And I like her better if she is this tolerant and acceptive. Wish Utah was….

by: chardonnay

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:31:55 +0000

Don`t remember the Bountiful “Madame Butterfly”..those involved probably moved to the Castro where they would be mainstream.

Speaking of which, the SF Freedom Day celebration is coming up. 250k+ will march, with maybe 2,500 in the Mormon contingent…divided into returned missionaries and a small group of lesbians. Even have their own band.

Jennifer Beals will again be Grand Marshall, Don`t know what this will do for her acting career.

by: Holly

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:54:43 +0000

I don’t know about “Beehive Mother of the Year.” But the great quirkiness of “Big Love” made me think recently of that bizarre case in Davis County, I think, just north of Salt Lake City, where the 30-something man who was married to another man who had posed as a woman for years. Sort of a Bountiful version of “Madame Butterfly.” It went on for years before the truth came out.

Does anyone remember that? I was living in Minneapolis at the time. It made national news, not to mention probably “Saturday’s Voyeur.”

Oh, Utah.

by: rmwarnick

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:38:40 +0000

For a series that was supposed to be carefully plotted from the beginning, you might think David Chase had something to offer other than “write your own ending.” But it was clever.

“Big Love” is another terrific show with a great cast. Comparisons with “The Sopranos” are probably inevitable. I can’t understand why the neighbors across the street haven’t figured out what the Henrickson family is up to. I live in Draper, and I suspect my neighbors know more about my household than I do.

Is it true the “Beehive Mother of the Year” fiasco was based on a true story?

by: spencert

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:14:04 +0000

Sopranos ending was absolute genius. Chase left it up to the viewer to decide how it ends. I couldn’t help but feel that the scouts sitting in the corner might be up to somthing. Big Love has brilliant writing and great actors. This season is going to be fantastic. I’m kinda bummed it’s moved to Mondays, but that should make for an interesting family home evening. John From Cinncinatti, while a bit odd, has quirky colorful characters and a lot of potential. Anything with Rebecca DeMornay and surfing can’t be all bad. The one I am really looking forward to is Flight of the Conchords. All in all, it’s shaping up to be a pretty solid summer on HBO.

Ciao for now,

by: msteele

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:37:35 +0000

Sensing a trend here, as we don’t have cable either. Only watched Sopranos a few times when on the road. I imagine I could have gotten hooked on it, the same way I find it irrestible to slow down and look at traffic accidents, even if (or maybe because?) they’re sometimes gory.

by: greenjenni

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:28:15 +0000

We don’t have cable, but we were able to borrow the first season of “Big Love” from the library recently and got hooked almost immediately. I find a few depictions of Utah cultural life to be a bit off, but I otherwise enjoy it. I wish I could comment on the 2nd season’s premier, but that will have to wait until it’s on DVD.

by: larryomiller

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:23:15 +0000

Many years ago I told a class of college students that I didn’t know who Boy George was. It was apparent that they were of the distinct opinion that I lived under a rock. I got the same response from my daughter when I said I had never heard of a current Italian shoe manufacturer she had visited with backstage at a fashion show in L.A. She’s a makeup artist for Suzie Wong and Jesse James among others.

So here we go again. I never watched the Sopranos or Big Love except in passing, surfing the zillion channels I have with Dish Network. I do know they exist, however.

I remember the M*A*S*H final episode. And Walter Cronkite.

Tivo-ed is not a verb! I still have some say under my rock.

by: chardonnay

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:05:12 +0000

Alas, the pain Barb must feel at being outed in such dastardly fashion…my paternal grandmother was Utah`s `Mother of the year` (1952). A kindly soul, raised 8 children & was prez of the Relief Society.

What the Church needs is a vibrant new ontological proof. Surely the “scholars” of theology at BYU can come up with something. Maybe climb Timp and spend the summer fasting and praying. They could even publish their results in Reformed Egyptian..maybe help Mitt.