Margaret Butler

This is one of my favorite movies from long ago. There is a lot covered in this movie as to motivations and why people do what they do. Alfred/David’s character was so mistreated by his father as he was being raised. He was clearly not the favorite son. So he did everything he could do to impress his father and make him proud. Serving as an officer in the Navy in World War II was not even enough to impress his father. And his father was presumptuous enough to just assume that Alfred was going to take over the family business. But Alfred had other ideas and in the pursuit of his success overshadow his father’s successes he made a lot of decisions That affected his personal relationship with his wife. That was the way it was back then. I really liked the depictions of the parties, I love the fashions and I love the melodrama. Paul Newman and Joan Woodward are spectacular in this movie when they like each other and even when they don’t. Ina Balin was excellent too. I’m hard-pressed to figure out why Rotten Tomatoes gives it a three as an average. I clearly love it way more than that. I have my own copy of it on DVD and watch it every couple of years or so. And I like it every single time I do.

I don't watch the harpies on the View as the show is utterly ridiculous. The reason I know what goes on and what these women say is I see clips on occasion from other sources. I'm not sure how The View can be #1 in it's time slot. Maybe it is being broadcasting in nursing homes where the clients are napping. These ladies perpetuate misrepresentations and falsehoods on a regular basis from the clips I see. And who in the world goes to be in the audience on purpose? The recent clip with "Dr. Jill" is a prime example. She said that Trump can't put two words together. Was that "opposite" day on The View? Jill must be completely aware because she is the closest to Joe that he is not cognitively fit to carry out the duties of the President of the United States. It is now painfully obvious to everyone who didn't know it before. Those of us who pay attention knew...and we knew it wasn't "editing" and deep fake videos as the so-called press secretary said. This is serious and being President of the United States is not a popularity contest. There are real scary issues going on in the world. All of the harpies on the view have said back when he was president that President Trump would bring on World War III. It looks like that's what Joe is doing (or at least those puppet masters pulling the strings). I could go on, but you get the idea. Anyone who considers the opinions of these women rational either have to have cognitive skills on par with Joe or they're drooling into their bib while the show is airing and don't realize they're watching the singularly most ridiculous daytime television show in history.