<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

?WARNING: The program you are about to see is ALL IN THE FAMILY. It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices, and concerns. By making these a source of laughter, we hope to show ? in a mature fashion ? just how absurd they are.? The cultural...

How He Fell in Love – Adultery Has a Cost

How He Fell in Love – Adultery Has a Cost

?I often wonder what could have been if I had made different choices.? Films sometimes approach adultery as just another way to find happiness. After all, when you meet someone and fall in love, why shouldn?t you be together. Of course real life is never that simple....

Marauders – Can Doing Wrong Be Right?

Marauders – Can Doing Wrong Be Right?

?Does doing things the legal way really work better?? Marauders is a battle of good guys and bad guys, but with characters who keep changing sides. The film opens with a surgically efficient bank robbery. FBI agent Montgomery (Christopher Meloni) leads a team of...

The BFG – For the Child in Us All

The BFG – For the Child in Us All

?Dreams are so quick.? ?Yeah, on the outside. They?re long on the inside.? I find it interesting that the same year Steven Spielberg brought us E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, children?s book author Roald Dahl published The BFG, a kind of bedtime fairy tale. Now Spielberg...

A Fighting Chance – Olympic Dreams

A Fighting Chance – Olympic Dreams

The Rio Olympics are around the corner. Some countries have massive programs that provide support and sponsorship for athletes in many sports. The athletes can devote a major part of their lives to their sport. The U.S. has training facilities and developmental...

The Duel – Spiritual Captivity in the Old West

The Duel – Spiritual Captivity in the Old West

?The river doesn?t speak. It only divides: the light from the dark, life and death.? The Duel, set in the wild Texas of the late nineteenth century, boils down to a battle between darkness and light, between good and evil. David Kingston (Liam Hemsworth), a young...

Unlocking the Cage – Human Rights for a Chimp?

Unlocking the Cage – Human Rights for a Chimp?

?Right now, the line between human and non-human animals is at an irrational place. If you?re a human, you have rights; if you?re not, you don?t. We?re saying that?s wrong.? Is there in fact a fundamental difference between human and non-human? Certainly there is in...