Julia redux
We went to see Julie and Julia last night. T hadn’t seen it yet, and neither had a friend. It was good again – in other words, great to see Meryl Streep play Julia Childs. How awesome is she, really. And I had the same criticisms of the other part of the story – the blogger who gets famous and finds success in imitating the one and only Julia Childs.
At least last night, I did learn something. The reason this Julie became famous was because she appeared on the scene when the viewers and readers and editors and publishers were more interested in a balm, something to soothe them against the wear and tear of the daily grind of living in the years 2000, where we have known terrorism, war, economic failure, and FLOODS, and hurricanes and so much uncertainty that who would want to turn to a reality play or a story of loss, wouldn’t cooking and blogging and having a saint for a husband and a fond memory of an American icon really sell more books, more movies? Of course it would.