Midlife Musings

A blog by John W. Kennedy

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What’s More Dangerous to Your Health?

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The New York Department of Health last week spent $800,000 for full-page advertisements in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal calling on the CEOs of major movie companies to quit showing characters smoking cigarettes in youth-oriented […]

Better Than “No Country for Old Men”

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

For those who aren’t really excited about seeing all the R-rated depressing dramas that are bound to snare Oscar gold on Sunday, I have a suggestion: watch a classic comedy from Hollywood’s golden era.
Comedy today, whether in motion pictures, television or theaters, tends to reflect the crude and sexualized culture around us. But back in […]