Nothing like this was done in 1961 during the 100th year remembrance. On behalf of all of us who have worked hard to raise the awareness, especially of the little-known role of African-American soldiers, thank you. —Bruce Fisher Oklahoma CityFisher is administrative program officer at Oklahoma Historical Society.
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Summer Wars
This weekend, Oklahoma City of Museum of Art’s Noble Theater is all about the anime, screening two 2009 hits from Japan. One of them, “Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance,” is your standard, incomprehensible chunk of clanketyclank-clank fighting. The other, “Summer Wars,” is a welcome respite from that. It still delivers plenty of action, but […]
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The Illusionist
Don’t get me wrong: I liked “Toy Story 3.” I just feel like I had seen it before (it is a sequel, after all). All too often, I think good animated films like Pixar’s are overhyped, because when one considers the other crap our children drag us to — i.e. “Yogi Bear” — something like […]
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Another Year
Nothing much happens in Mike Leigh films, at least not in the strictest sense of Plot Mechanics 101. There are no car chases or explosions, not even a juicy epiphany in the final reel. But in such emotionally rich films as “Secrets & Lies,” “Topsy-Turvy” and, now, “Another Year,” the British writer/director explores the complexities […]
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Pioneer project
When asked what she thinks makes a great marriage, Ree Drummond, aka popular Oklahoma blogger and cookbook author The Pioneer Woman, was hesitant to answer. “I don’t feel like I can give people advice on marriage,” she said. But she does know why her own marriage works, and tells how it all began in her […]
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LETTERS
BRADLEY MANNING A ‘BRAVE OKLAHOMAN’ I am writing in response to Clifton Adcock’s cover story “WikiLeaker?” from the Dec. 29, 2010, issue of Oklahoma Gazette. I was very happy to see the story of Pfc. Bradley Manning told in an evenhanded manner. I was even more happy to see the level of depth given to […]