tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840695227917041221.post6948435184439017469..comments2024-01-31T07:38:40.980-06:00Comments on The Whore of All the Earth: So... I watched "Eat, Pray, Love" last night.Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129509609170344883noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840695227917041221.post-18023622229439136052010-08-26T08:46:36.812-05:002010-08-26T08:46:36.812-05:00Leah,
I stumbled on a commentary at Religion Disp...Leah,<br /><br />I stumbled on a commentary at Religion Dispatches on EAT, PRAY, LOVE that might interest you.<br /><br />http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/3193/eat%2C_pray%2C_trash%3A_what_the_critics_don%E2%80%99t_see/Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840695227917041221.post-13382857569555462682010-08-24T19:02:52.575-05:002010-08-24T19:02:52.575-05:00Chandelle, I didn't get that far in the book, ...Chandelle, I didn't get that far in the book, but that would do it for me too.<br /><br />John, yes, I've had experience with <a href="http://whoreofalltheearth.blogspot.com/2010/08/guy-not-taken.html" rel="nofollow">going to movies but not really watching them</a>.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129509609170344883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840695227917041221.post-69296363118521477912010-08-24T14:18:46.571-05:002010-08-24T14:18:46.571-05:00Haha Leah. I don't even remember what the trai...Haha Leah. I don't even remember what the trailer was called but I wanted to see it just because it had James Brooks attached to it too. Honestly I think the only reason I liked the movie was because I had a date with me. We could have been cuddling in a theater for two and a half hours, watching nothing and it would have been just as enjoyable.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01406568414941043616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840695227917041221.post-44654676243490808892010-08-24T14:06:38.448-05:002010-08-24T14:06:38.448-05:00Okay, gave up on the book today, a few pages into ...Okay, gave up on the book today, a few pages into the Pray section. She's in this ashram, which she says is basically the totality of this tiny town's economy, such as it is, and there is incredible poverty outside of the lavish setting of the ashram, which is attended primarily by Americans and Europeans... Yeah. DONE.Chandellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02469510353021344718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840695227917041221.post-19504397576446351592010-08-24T13:53:02.702-05:002010-08-24T13:53:02.702-05:00Donna, here:
http://www.howdoyouknow-movie.com/Donna, here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.howdoyouknow-movie.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.howdoyouknow-movie.com/</a>Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129509609170344883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840695227917041221.post-61360758180454987292010-08-24T13:29:50.492-05:002010-08-24T13:29:50.492-05:00Eat, Pray, Love turned me off too. I don't pla...Eat, Pray, Love turned me off too. I don't plan on seeing the film, so can you tell me about the James L. Brooks preview? I love him.Donna Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271377907141866718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840695227917041221.post-20373559002524442532010-08-24T11:45:12.979-05:002010-08-24T11:45:12.979-05:00I think the best part of the movie was a preview f...I think the best part of the movie was a preview for a James Brooks film coming out in December.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129509609170344883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840695227917041221.post-54878595512635246072010-08-24T11:18:31.747-05:002010-08-24T11:18:31.747-05:00I totally agree - the book was staged and insipid....I totally agree - the book was staged and insipid. I found tiny bits of genuine in the book but they didn't last very long. The fact that she was given a hefty advance on the book doesn't help with the adventure part of it. It is lacking in all sorts of places - but people like that kind of shallow crap :)<br />Yeah - and as Chandelle says - the "rarely without a man" crap seriously turned me off. What a dull life! I skipped to the end about half way through. A sign of predictability.Christine Vyrnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125525692093575724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840695227917041221.post-88393796318715056972010-08-24T09:28:24.431-05:002010-08-24T09:28:24.431-05:00In the book, she says that she moved out of her ho...In the book, she says that she moved out of her house and directly into her lover's apartment, and gave her husband whatever he wanted, the house, a huge portion of her book income, etc., because of her guilt. She never says outright that she had an affair but I felt like the context was pretty clear; most of the articles written about the book mention the affair as well. <br /><br />I agree with you totally: it wasn't about the trip, it was about how the whole thing was staged. That's what made me resentful of the book, that she planned her spiritual enlightenment with a 200K advance. Since she admits that she rarely has been without a man and doesn't really know what to do with herself without one, even the Brazilian love connection could have been expected.Chandellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02469510353021344718noreply@blogger.com