WORDPLAY
Vinton:
I went in to this film with some hope it would not be complete filth and tripe. I heard it was a documentary about crossword puzzles and a national crossword puzzle tournament.
Now I like word games. I often do the word search in the Sunday School supplaments and have a couple of them myself. What could be the harm in word puzzles?
You'll have an idea once I tell you the film centered on puzzle master Will Shortz. You may not know the name, but I'll tell you this, he works for the New York Times and NPR. In the film he calls these institutions the finest news organizations going. What's wrong, Will, did they shut down Pravda?
Obviously, we know from the organizations mentioned, with have a blue state, liberal slant in this film. But it gets worse. They interview celebrities who do cross word puzzles. Such as Jon Stewart (the smarty pants 'phoney newsman' from Comedy Central, as if there were any other kind of news man), Ken Burns (PBS, need we say more), and BILL CLINTON! But we are not yet at the bottom of the barrel, they also interview a NEW YORK YANKEE!
Now I've always had a bad feeling about the NYTs, ever since I learned they didn't run comics. You have to wonder about the patriotism of an organization that refusing to be associated with NANCY or THE FAMILY CIRCUS. Now with a little research, I discovered this newspaper had been a big fan of Mr. Joseph Stalin. So I was on to their game, before they started providing helpful hints to terrorists.
But what could be the harm of little puzzles? I wondered at first, till the film tipped their hand.
You see, in 1996, the day of the presidential election, they did this with the puzzle. They had a clue (16 across) that could be either CLINTONELECTED or BOBDOLEELECTED. They worked the clues with various clues so either answer could be correct.
Do you get it now? The puzzles are obviously a way for passing information to communists and terrorists. I wouldn't be surprised if Fidel Castro had read the puzzle every day till his recent death (if you consider two years ago recent, which is my estimation.) The 'answers' they give are not the real answers, which can only be decoded by the stealth KGB or Al Quada.
If that wasn't enough to keep you from the film, let me tell you here and now (please shield the eyes of young people that may be reading) though the film is rated PG, it shows two homosexual men kiss. (Alright, you can let the kids read again.)
So don't see this film, because a good sermon is all the fun you need. But if you insist on something else, I've composed a word search to go with today's riview:
X N E W Y O R K T I M E S P
E D I T O R S Z A R E A L L
H E L L B O U N D A S A R E
V I R T U A L L Y A L L C B
H O L L Y W O O D X X X X X
A C T O R S A N D B B U U U
I I I D I R E C T O R S Q Q
V V V E S P E C I A L L Y X
W O D D Y A L L E N E A N D
M A D D O N A U N L E S S I
T H E Y R E P E N T A N D W
G I V E R E F U N D S F O R
T H E F I L T H T H E Y X X
Y U I I I H A V E M A D E Q
Helga here:
Did you know that the bottom half of the New York Times crossword puzzle is the mirror image of the top half, so if you take a blank puzzle and turn it upside down the space are in the exact same order?
I learned this in WORD PLAY, and this is one of the reasons I can't recommend this film. Such an obsesive-combusive world, the world of the crossword puzzle. In the national competition finals, three people work the same crossword puzzle. And if you put one letter the wrong box, you lose. How judgmental is that? You have to put the pre-ordained words in the right boxes in the right order. It us downright facsist I tell you.
So I can not recommend this film, but I will give you a puzzle that is all about freedom.
With love and hamonic convergence, Helga
(Fill in the blanks, unless you want to do something else altogether with them!)
1) I love _________________!
2) I feel mellow when I ______________ !
3) Men are pigs because ___________ !
4) Instead of polluting the Mother/Sister Earth, I ___________!
5) The universe will be better when I _____________ !
Have fun! (And remember, if your answers feel right, they are right!)
Vinton:
I went in to this film with some hope it would not be complete filth and tripe. I heard it was a documentary about crossword puzzles and a national crossword puzzle tournament.
Now I like word games. I often do the word search in the Sunday School supplaments and have a couple of them myself. What could be the harm in word puzzles?
You'll have an idea once I tell you the film centered on puzzle master Will Shortz. You may not know the name, but I'll tell you this, he works for the New York Times and NPR. In the film he calls these institutions the finest news organizations going. What's wrong, Will, did they shut down Pravda?
Obviously, we know from the organizations mentioned, with have a blue state, liberal slant in this film. But it gets worse. They interview celebrities who do cross word puzzles. Such as Jon Stewart (the smarty pants 'phoney newsman' from Comedy Central, as if there were any other kind of news man), Ken Burns (PBS, need we say more), and BILL CLINTON! But we are not yet at the bottom of the barrel, they also interview a NEW YORK YANKEE!
Now I've always had a bad feeling about the NYTs, ever since I learned they didn't run comics. You have to wonder about the patriotism of an organization that refusing to be associated with NANCY or THE FAMILY CIRCUS. Now with a little research, I discovered this newspaper had been a big fan of Mr. Joseph Stalin. So I was on to their game, before they started providing helpful hints to terrorists.
But what could be the harm of little puzzles? I wondered at first, till the film tipped their hand.
You see, in 1996, the day of the presidential election, they did this with the puzzle. They had a clue (16 across) that could be either CLINTONELECTED or BOBDOLEELECTED. They worked the clues with various clues so either answer could be correct.
Do you get it now? The puzzles are obviously a way for passing information to communists and terrorists. I wouldn't be surprised if Fidel Castro had read the puzzle every day till his recent death (if you consider two years ago recent, which is my estimation.) The 'answers' they give are not the real answers, which can only be decoded by the stealth KGB or Al Quada.
If that wasn't enough to keep you from the film, let me tell you here and now (please shield the eyes of young people that may be reading) though the film is rated PG, it shows two homosexual men kiss. (Alright, you can let the kids read again.)
So don't see this film, because a good sermon is all the fun you need. But if you insist on something else, I've composed a word search to go with today's riview:
X N E W Y O R K T I M E S P
E D I T O R S Z A R E A L L
H E L L B O U N D A S A R E
V I R T U A L L Y A L L C B
H O L L Y W O O D X X X X X
A C T O R S A N D B B U U U
I I I D I R E C T O R S Q Q
V V V E S P E C I A L L Y X
W O D D Y A L L E N E A N D
M A D D O N A U N L E S S I
T H E Y R E P E N T A N D W
G I V E R E F U N D S F O R
T H E F I L T H T H E Y X X
Y U I I I H A V E M A D E Q
Helga here:
Did you know that the bottom half of the New York Times crossword puzzle is the mirror image of the top half, so if you take a blank puzzle and turn it upside down the space are in the exact same order?
I learned this in WORD PLAY, and this is one of the reasons I can't recommend this film. Such an obsesive-combusive world, the world of the crossword puzzle. In the national competition finals, three people work the same crossword puzzle. And if you put one letter the wrong box, you lose. How judgmental is that? You have to put the pre-ordained words in the right boxes in the right order. It us downright facsist I tell you.
So I can not recommend this film, but I will give you a puzzle that is all about freedom.
With love and hamonic convergence, Helga
(Fill in the blanks, unless you want to do something else altogether with them!)
1) I love _________________!
2) I feel mellow when I ______________ !
3) Men are pigs because ___________ !
4) Instead of polluting the Mother/Sister Earth, I ___________!
5) The universe will be better when I _____________ !
Have fun! (And remember, if your answers feel right, they are right!)
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