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MY MY FAIR LADY PART 1

I’M ENJOYING MY FAIR LADY on Turner Classic Movies in multiple viewings: Conveniently enough, the first one coincided with the closing notes of “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly,” the second one … Continue reading

October 8, 2023 · 2 Comments

JOAN OF ARC, 15TH-CENTURY GRRL PART 2

JOAN OF ARC is credited in yesterday’s Part 1 here at SimanaitisSays with listening to heavenly voices and uniting France against the English. For this, she was burned at the … Continue reading

May 30, 2021 · 3 Comments

JOAN OF ARC, 15TH-CENTURY GRRL   PART 1

WHY MY INTEREST in Jeanne d’Arc, the Maid of Orléans, the heroine of all France? Actually there are multiple reasons: one, a recent retrospective in London Review of Books, others, … Continue reading

May 29, 2021 · Leave a comment