Tom Willard, a deaf man, has accused the Empire Haven Nudist Park of failing to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Willard claims that Naturist Society refused to provide him with an interpreter for their annual nudist festival.
While we agree that Willard deserves to be heard (sorry), complaining you’re missing out on the music at a nudist festival sounds (sorry again) an awful lot like claiming to read the articles in Playboy.
First of all, just a little bit of housekeeping: make sure to visit SeriouslyGuys everyday next week as I’ll be putting up a new movie review each day, all within SG’s new limited time theme: “Love in the Theater.” Now, the review.
The Squid and the Whale has the power to break your heart and heal it again. Acutely observed, faultlessly acted, graced with piercing emotion and unsparing honesty, it will make you laugh because you can’t bear to cry. Winner of two top Sundance prizes for filmmaker Noah Baumbach, Squid’s accomplishment is especially remarkable because its material is so familiar. “Squid’s” roots are in youthful autobiography, in a family’s divorce and a son’s coming of age, usually the elephant’s graveyard of independent cinema. With a title whose meaning and resonance become clear only at the close, Squid‘s great strength is that it is as perceptive as it is personal. It’s the work of a skillful writer-director who has what might be called perfect emotional pitch. Continue reading MasterChugs Theater: ‘The Squid and the Whale’
