Tears

No cynicism. No clever phrases or jokes. No soul searching, or pondering my personal depths. I just want to take a minute to note that last night I saw…hopefully we all saw…a moment that I never believed would come. Although the lovely and brilliant Michelle Obama had to backtrack on her “I am proud of [...]

Food for Thoughtlessness

Food Crisis. Food Shortage. Why? Global Warming, like terrorism, is a catch-all excuse for many things. Yes, more grain to biofuel is likely…but so suddenly and overwhelming that it is causing a global food shortage? How many new biodiesels are there now compared to just two years ago? No doubt there has been draught in [...]

Conventional Thinking

The Dems are nearly done. Some things struck me as I watched it gavel to gavel online, thanks to C-SPAN, while working on a script at my computer. One is the house band. They’ve played a steady diet of Earth, Wind and Fire tunes. I love EWF, don’t get me wrong. But the songs have [...]

Alpha Male, Omega Man

Chuck is dead. Chuck was a demi-god. A seer, a force…a prophet. This is a proposal for a broadcast doco for AMC or TCM on Chuck that never quite made it to production. I post it today in memoriam of The Chuck. CHARLTON HESTON: ALPHA MALE, OMEGA MAN © JP Sottile 10.11.2002 From 1941 to [...]