North Country

Big thanks to my pal, Roger! A true gentleman. He bought me dinner and a movie and didn’t even try to grab my boobies! That would, of course, be sexual harassment. Hey! Speaking of sexual harassment, we saw NORTH COUNTRY! A powerful film based on the true story of the first class action sexual harassment lawsuit. My 2nd favorite South African, Charlize Theron, turns in a tremendous performance, as miner (and mother of 2), Josey Aimes, that will likely garner her Oscar gold… again. In the first minutes of the story, we learn that Josey is in a routinely abusive marriage. Routine, as in “places everyone” routine. It reminded me of when my Step-Monster would get drunk and violent and my mom would get drunk and stupid. My sister and I knew where to go hide. I really wished I knew Kung-Fu so I could cast that drunk idiot out of our house (and life). Hey! Speaking of cast, the cast is ridiculously talented: Sissy Spacek (the original Coal Miner’s daughter), Frances McDormand (using a toned down version of her Fargo accent), Sean Bean (Boromir in plaid!) and Woody Harrelson (White men can ACT!). The story takes place in the bleak frozen tundra of northern Minnesota. Man was it BLEAK! Bleakity bleak bleak! Director, Niki Caro, did one heck of a job, don’cha know, making me feel how utterly dependent these folk were. The mine was pretty much the only way to make a living out there. Unless you were the Abominable Snowman and he got paid in reindeer scat. Bleak! Anyhoo, the film does get a little sappy-court-room-victory at the end, but I guess it’s to be expected. It’s a drama and they did win. I really learned a lot about harassment and I now have 3 suits pending against Jeff Hatfield. He’s the guy that makes all these sweet movie posters for me. While, technically, he does the work for free, I pay for it with my dignity, 10 fold. You should see how he undresses me with his one good eye: CREEPY! Seriously, it freaks me out. Not enough to stop mashing my face into movie posters, though. I guess I’ll learn to live with “dirty time”. My eyes are up here, Jeff! I did NOT hate this movie!

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