Teaching my 24 year old daughter about the classics...

[pkrone]

Last week it was Raising Arizona and last night it was The Big Lebowski. This is fun.

[L.W. Baxter]

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i have kids of similar age. whenever we get together i like to whip some "new" music on them. i am so cool.

i worry a bit that they might become too acquainted with old pop culture and realize i didn't make up all those comedy routines....

[ShorelineJohn]

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Try it with a black and white movie. It's a line my kids just wouldn't cross. So many good movies they just won't watch.

[John Smith]

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When my granddaughter was young; maybe 8, she stumbled upon an all day "All in the Family" marathon. She laughed and laughed and laughed all day.

[Chip-skiff]

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Nothing like a classical education. . .

[Joe (SoCal)]

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Last week it was Raising Arizona and last night it was The Big Lebowski. This is fun.

True Romance
Reservoir Dogs
Magnolia

[Jim Bow]

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I’ve introduced a couple of younger folk to “Soldier Of Orange”. They loved it.

[MushCreek]

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When my son was about 12 or so, I decided he was ready for 'Blazing Saddles', which was on TV. They edited so much out of it that it wasn't even remotely funny. They even silenced the 'sound effects' for the campfire scene.

[gypsie]

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A good place to start might be a comparative study of the hull forms of say the first ten America's cups.
Then a WB Forum log in, and in a few years she can dip her toes into some politics here in the Bilge.

All round classic education.

[CWSmith]

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When my son was about 12 or so, I decided he was ready for 'Blazing Saddles', which was on TV. They edited so much out of it that it wasn't even remotely funny. They even silenced the 'sound effects' for the campfire scene.

Not 2 nights ago. It was all there. Both my parents at 90+ laughed the whole time.

Make sure every child watches at least 1 Marx Brothers film. And Mockingbird.

[L.W. Baxter]

Re: Teaching my 24 year old daughter about the classics...

When my son was about 12 or so, I decided he was ready for 'Blazing Saddles', which was on TV. They edited so much out of it that it wasn't even remotely funny. They even silenced the 'sound effects' for the campfire scene.

on the other hand, i tried to watch an extended reissue of "dumb and dumber" with my kids and it was awful. we turned it off halfway through. the original editing made the protagonists reasonably likeable and therefore funny. the added in bits of unused footage were in such bad taste that there was no enjoying it. a lesson in the power of editing.

[Breakaway]

Good on you!

I have tried getting my girls ( 16 and 19) to watch some films with me. They just wont do it.

Kevin


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[willin woodworks]

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Young Frankenstein
Its A Mad Mad Mad World
Blues Brothers

[Paul Pless]

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fight club
fargo
pulp fiction

[Kevin T]

Re: Teaching my 24 year old daughter about the classics...

Try it with a black and white movie. It's a line my kids just wouldn't cross. So many good movies they just won't watch.

Wait till they buy their first house, or if they've already bought or built a home of their own put them in front of "Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House".

Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, absolutely hilarious and resonates with anyone that has ever built or bought a house of any generation. The problems that arise are universal to all homeowners and the black and white film doesn't diminish the experience at all.