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Momlogic Goes to Caylee's Memorial
The Anthony family says goodbye to Caylee with grace, dignity and just a little bit of denial.
Momlogic's Andrea: By the time I arrived at the
Orlando Baptist Church at 7:00 AM, people had already started lining up --
although the service would not start for three more hours.
by looking at the line, it would be hard to guess this was a memorial
for a little girl made famous only by her untimely death.
The crowd, a slice of humanity, was made up of couples, black, white,
elderly, and a surprising amount of children. As I looked closer, it
started to come into focus why we were there.
At one point,
a woman showed up with a doll -- similar to the one Caylee had carried.
Another passed a box of tissues down the line, asking people to help
themselves. It seemed like a good idea. I took several sheets. A little
girl had several giant Caylee buttons pinned to her jacket.
The lines formed early -- local news had predicted traffic and crowds -- but those masses of people never materialized. In the end, hundreds showed, not thousands. One young couple arrived at 4:00 AM, leaving their two young children with grandparents to attend the event, "We know what it's like to lose a child-- or almost lose a child," Amber told me. "Our daughter had a febrile seizure last month and she stopped breathing." The two arrived a day before the church service to visit the Caylee memorial on Suburban Drive where her remains were eventually found.
Lisa Camiolo from nearby Kissimmee brought along her three children, ages four, five and nine. "They know that Caylee died and that her mom is probably to blame," Camiolo said. She's even used the story as a way to teach her kids lessons of responsibility. "Sometimes you can't get your way, I tell them. Casey wanted a carefree life, my kids want a puppy -- it's a lot of work and you just have to do it." Camiolo believes a public memorial is important. "This story brought our community together," she says. "It was a community-wide search for her. We were a part of it."
I met Michele Murphy, a childhood friend of Casey's brother Lee. She had even attended Caylee's
last birthday party, and had taken the day
off work to attend. She told me she thought it was a bit odd that some
people were attending a memorial for a child they didn't even know. "They
want to be part of the circus,' she said. "Some of them are just voyeurs."
Right next to Michele was a woman already in tears. "I cried when they found her, like she was my own child," the woman in her 60s told me as she dabbed tears from her eyes. "I could never have children."
Emotions were running high ... and we hadn't even gone into the church yet.
When we were finally let into the massive Worship Center, images of
Caylee were flashing on a huge screen -- and yes, of Casey, too. It was
hard not to be simultaneously moved and horrified by the sight of Casey
holding baby Caylee in her arms. The pictures could've been ripped from my own family album.
the Anthony family filed in. People I had seen everyday on television, now come to life. Just a regular family with a dark past and future.
concern on everyone's mind was George Anthony, recently released from the hospital after a possible suicide attempt. How could a man on the brink of
suicide endure this kind of event? One of the musical numbers performed
was called "One More Day." It seemed to be one that could send him over the
edge. The song laments the loss of a loved one and the regret of never
getting to say goodbye ... hardly a message that would be good "medicine" for
George. Cindy put her arms around her husband while the music played.
Lee Anthony was the first to officially speak. And the first thing out of his mouth was a condemnation. "Yield any judgment you already have," he pleaded. He also asked for continued help with the investigation. After the memorial, Brad Conway, speaking on behalf of the Anthonys, said Lee is indeed looking for more tips on who killed Caylee. To Lee Anthony, Casey Anthony is not a suspect.
During Lee's time at the podium,
he referred to Caylee as C.M.A. (Caylee Marie Anthony), then kissed his hand -- where he presumably has a tattoo
of her initials -- and said, "I will never forget the promise I
made to you." I looked around at the audience -- many were in tears. At
that moment, Lee Anthony was the best uncle in the world. An uncle
without a niece.
The most moving part of the ceremony came
when George Anthony told stories like any besotted grandfather
about his little Caylee. "I can close my eyes and I can see her coming from her bedroom
with her silly little glasses on, her beads, whatever it might be, to
make me laugh. She was a comedian to me," he said. Then he shifted his focus to his Casey. "I miss my daughter. Please write her letters," he begged the congregation.
"She deserves our love and prayers." George Anthony proved, beyond a
shadow of doubt, that he loves his daughter unconditionally.
When it was her turn to speak, Cindy did the same. "It breaks my heart that Casey's not with us today to honor the child she loves so very, very much," she said. Speaking directly to Casey, she thanked her for giving her the "greatest gift -- Caylee." She said, "I love you, and I wish I could comfort you right now. ... Caylee was so much like you. She got your beauty and your compassion, and she got your spirit."No one knows if Casey, sitting alone in a cell less than a mile from the church, heard her mother. But if she was listening, she would've heard a family desperately searching for closure.
As for me, when I walked back to my car, all I wanted to do was see my daughter. I longed to hold her and to cherish her -- because, as George Anthony said, "You can lose them in a second." And I had just seen proof of that.
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I'm not so sure why everybody is attacking the Anthony family. Yes, I beleive Casey took her daughters life. Cindy and George are in denial, but it doesn't mean that their emotion is not genuine. Who are we to decide how they should mourn? How awful would it be to have to bury your granddaughter? Then to have your only daughter locked up for taking that poor baby's life? George and Cindy know that Casey killed Caylee. I'm sure they sit behind closed doors and cry and wonder how Casey could do such a thing, but of course they are not going to go say that in front of a camera. I DO NOT agree with how much of this is being handled, but give these people a break. They lost their beloved, beautiful granddaughter, as well as their sociopath, self-absorbed murderer of a daughter. All I can say is I thank God that I am not in their shoes.
It was the best early morning soap opera on tv. The best of the ham actors I have seen in awhile! They all love thier five minutes of fame. Jose Biaz, where the hell and what hole did he crawl out of. A no name attorney who came out of nowhere for noteriety and fame for a case he will lose just as Garagros did with Scott Peterson…
I too thought Lee calling his niece CMA by her initials was a little odd. I acutally thought he was talking in code to his sister. I had a child pass away at five months old and as hard as it was to do a funeral my little brother did a poem for my son and he mentioned him by name not initials. I don't know it's weird because I didn't even want to be bothered with close family and friends at my sons funeral let alone publically televised with strangers invited.
Jess - PLEASE don't get me wrong. I believe that Casey is guilty as hell, and I also beleive that Cindy is the most disillusional person to ever live. There's an awfully lot "wrong" with this family, as well as this case, and the best that any of us can hope for is that it all will come out in the courts and justice for little Caylee will be served. However - the problem that I have with many of the comments made is that I believe that the purpose of this thread was to give people a perspective of what was going on behind the scenes from someone who had attended this memorial firsthand. While there are many things that Momlogic comes up with that I totally disagree with, I can understand the perspective she was trying to portray. The memorial service should be left alone and not disected here. There are plenty of blogs out there that bash the Anthony's for whatever reason, and that's fine. But as for this thread, and from what I watched on TV (excluding the Anthony foursome), the sermon was beautiful, the music was exceptional, and even though it was certainly hard to stomach the pics with Caylee & Casey together, I tried really hard to look beyond that and grieve for a little angel that, by all rights, should still walk among us.
cac, well said.
I agree with LoriM, these people continue to treat everyone like idiots, George is to blame for his Wh* of a daughter being the way she is. Casey said how he didn't grill her like the rest of the family, because he let her get away with murder(literally) Yesterday was supposed to be about no one else except Caylee, yet those idiots turned it into a day of hope for Casey. I can't help but think of Caylees last minutes on earth with her mouth taped, looking at her mother wondering why??? How can they live with themselves? Lee sat at that memorial like he was sitting watching a football game, George with a wad of gum in his mouth, these people have have no class. They all need help!!!!
The Anthony Family is not near a sick as those who judge their every move and gesture.
No one who reads these blogs or writes these opinions knows for sure what happened. You have your ideas and your suspicions but you do not know. This family is grieving and hurting beyond anything most can even imagine.
Mom no-logic needs to find a new line of work. She has no empathy; something a logical mom would have loads of. How can people who have so much be so mean and ugly.
I am ashamed that you who are so full of hate and judgement are Americans who make decisions on important issues for our country - you can't even look at a sad and devastating issue with an eye for really finding the truth. You all are the ones who should be standing in shame.
WOW. I see Cindy is spending lots of time here on Momlogic trying to polish up the fam's image and garner a little sympathy. Cindy, Cindy, Cindy. If only you spent that much time actually parenting your two children they might not have turned out to be complete losers who murder a two year old!
I probably have the same guess as to who killed Caylee as most of the rest of the nation. I'm terrified that her killer is going to get off just like OJ did in his murder trial (IMO). However, I do remember when each of my children were born and laid into my arms. My heart made promises to each of them that I would love them unconditionally, for the rest of thier lives. We don't have any memories of Casey as an infant or a child, but the Anthony's do. My own son has made some horrifying choices in his life, (none of them involving harming others) and many people told me I should no longer accept his calls or see him. Although he has brought a lot of pain and heartache to me as well as my husband, I remember the beautiful child God blessed me with and I just can't get myself to turn my back on him. So, I for one can somewhat understand and empathize with the Anthony's. I mean as vile and disgusting as every human can be in the eyes of God, He still loves us and calls us his children. If God can forgive the Caseys of this world, I would think He would at least expect her family to do the same.
Remember, this is just my opinion. I don't have judgement for anyone else who's opinions are different than mine.
I am very grateful that the public was invited to the memorial, since Caylee has touched all of our hearts. Maybe it will bring some closure to many people.
I agree with you, Linn. And, for the record, Anonymous, I live in Calif. I'm not Cindy. I'm sure that by now, Cindy could care less about what bloggers are saying about her.
That service was beauitful,but it was mostly for casey,their beloved daughter.
They should not of mentioned thhat girl at all.It was suppose to be Caylee's day.But again they had to put their daughter first.
The Anthony family never ceases to amaze me. The Anthonys would have been better off if they had their own private service and allowed Jesse Grund's father organize and conduct a public memorial for Caylee, the little girl he raised as his own granddaughter for the first 10 months of her life. They should have allowed people attending the ceremony to give their eulogies to Caylee. You didn't see Jennifer Hudson or John Travolta even speaking to the public about their grief. They mourned in private. This family cannot mourn Caylee properly because they are too busy covering up and lying for her murderer. George - just a few days out of a psych ward and obviously heavily drugged - had no business even being at a public memorial. Although he talked more from the heart and told us more about Caylee than anyone, he rambled on and on about how we should all write letters to his felon daughter in jail and what he said to his friends. Cindy read a prepared speech which was more about Casey than Caylee and gave a lecture on how we should live our lives. I was embarassed for Lee, slouching and sulking like an adolescent who has been dragged to church against his will. And then instead of talking about his niece - whom he probably hardly knew - he spoke in code to his sister. CMA is Casey Marie Anthony. Lee told his sister who murdered his niece that she amazed him and that he was so proud of her and then he kissed his wrist twice. How disgusting and sickening that was. Since the public backlash against the family has been greater after this memorial, they should have kept their mouths shut and grieved privately.
You know I have a real hard time with everyone judging everything that is said and done in this case.The Bible makes it very clear that in the eyes of the Lord sin is sin and that we all sin.The Bible also makes it clear that we will all answer for our sins some day.If we are to live or life as the Bible tells us to do we would do just what George Anthony said and that is to pray for his daughter.In that prayer we should be asking the Lord,we should also be asking for his will to be done.The Lord works in ways that we don't understand and I have no doubt that he is working in the hearts of many people.I can't understand how so many people can waste so much time and engery judging when what we should be doing is crying out to the Lord to help all of us.I hope some of you just take a few minutes to put your heads down and say a prayer.This my prayer father God I pray that you will have your way in the lifes of the Anthony family.I pray that you speak to their hearts,I pray father God that you show Casey that the turth what ever it might be will set her free in your eyes.I pray father God that you ease the paint that so many people feel because of the loss of sure a child,I know we are not we shouldn't question why you would allow something like this to happen to a child,but I also know an act like this is because of all the sin in the world.I have to believe that you were with Caylee when her lift was taken and I know that you will bring justice,I lift up the Anthony family.Amen
I cannot resist: I watched intently, and I listened as I watched. I had recorded the whole performance so I could view it as often as needed. The music was extraordinary and quite moving. The sermons were generous and comforting. The Anthonys were unbelievable - ochestrated by Cindy to have created a made for TV movie starring herself and her "loving, united family"…oh my gosh, what a gold mine of dysfunctions were portrayed….Lost George, the parrot, who probably provided the only genuine warmth and continuity of emotion to Caylee, and perhaps Casey…he barely mentions Lee and none of them make eye contact..Lee stands and slouches off in his own world of secrets…Cindy strokes Lee's and George's backs like a machine…in the seats, Lee pulls away from any nearness to Cindy and George…his anger (betrayal? is incredible)…He seems to be outright belligerant in his connection to and comments about CMA (Casey..and Caylee, their child? Is that the secret?) Cindy was awful, phony and very odd…"my 3 beautiful children???"…she well may have been the disposer or mover of Caylee's body and inventor of the "saga" of poor Caylee…SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG with them…incest is high on the list…is GEORGE the father? Too much!!!!
OMG how disrespectful to little Caylee to even mention Casey's name. If they want to deceive themselves into believing all the lies, fine, but NOT at the service for that little angel.
Casey stole a check from her elderly grandfather's checkbook and cashed it. Cindy convinced Grandma not to press charges. I would guess it's been this way all of Casey's life. She gets in trouble, they bail her out.
Had she had consequences for her antisocial behaviors in the past, Caylee might still be with us today. And the photos of her drinking and partying as her little child's body laid decaying in the trunk of her car says it all.
Does anyone remember Diane Downs? She accused her poor father of sexual abuse trying to save her own skin. I wouldn't put it past Casey to attempt the same tack. These are narcisstic sociopathic women who have been sheltered by their own families, allowing their dysfunction to grow to the point that she thought she could get away with murder.
Mentioning her name at the service is SICK. Next they'll try the bushy haired stranger defense. And for Cindy to embrace George during a sad song is so phoney. She has put him down, called him stupid in front of others, is sick in her own right. And Cindy, it wasn't pizza you smelled in the car but good try. Jann
PS I lost my nineteen year old son in an auto accident and know that the hole in my heart has never healed. To take one's child's life is the unforgivable sin. And she will pay maybe not in this life but she will pay.
Jann, I agree. Go way back in this lie filled, perverted and delusional family story..watch Cindy in her first interviews, cotton mouthed and drinking water, vicious and controlling…the only "spokesperson" George is mute and Lee only speaks to Casey…the way Cindy tried to cast blame and accusations on everyone but Casey or HERSELF..and George stands mute, looking shell shocked and at times medicated…man, what a world for Caylee…I am familiar with families where sickness is raging behind closed doors of their homes, but the PHOTOS they create and show others are like movies and scripts of "how happy" and "normal" their whole crazy home is…it's the elephant in the room syndrome…no one can speak about it to outsiders, and each member escapes into their own fantasy and addictions…..hello Anthony family…now it seems they have been led to Faith and Religion by Cindy the redeemed, the preacher of sparkly gold dust on everyone…TAH-DAH!! Cindy makes it all better…now move on and don't talk about it again, family, and that's her final answer…WOW
Narcissistic Sociopaths Unite! Bow down to your queen, Casey Marie Anthony.
This is almost getting to the point of ridiculous! CMA? The viewers are starting to get your code thing Lee. You may need to step it up and try someting new to outsmart us viewers.
I know how alot of people feel everyone wants to blame the mother and yes I do to beleive she is at fault because she let all this time go by without reporting the child as missing. Maybe she was not to blame just maybe she was seeing someone on the side and they might of done something to the poor child but even so she's an accomplise. The grandfather may be guilty I mean with the suicidal attempt but then again he's a grandfather who cared about the child my mother would probably do the same thing over one of her grandchildren heaven knows my grandmother wanted to when her youngest son was murdered.

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Impact Review: Canon 6D at dpreview
The time has come for Canon's entry-point full frame DSLR to face the judge, jury and reviewxecutioners at dpreview. They published today their 26-page review of the camera. As usual, you can use their database of studio test scenes to pixel-peep at your leisure. As usual, we won't reveal their findings here, but if you are in a hurry or running out of battery, you can jump to the conclusions before jumping to conclusions. Teaser: does Usain Bolt have to worry?
The review is discussed in the dpreview comments and will soon start having threads in the dpreview Canon forums. Please note however that the discussions contain spoilers about the review's findings, so if you don't want to be spoiled, read the review first! Yes, we are treating reviews as if they were TV shows or movies. Speaking of which, has anyone ever made a trailer for a camera review? They do them for books after all :)
For more opinions on the camera, check the list of completed Canon 6D reviews. There are 15 of them as of the time of writing.


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In 1928, a Soviet Formalist professor by the name of Vladimir Propp created an ingenious way to understand narratives. He realized that traditional folktales—skázka to him, fairy tales to you and me—could be broken out into component parts in much the same way that botanists understood plants by comparing their similar physical components in a study of forms called a morphology. He identified 31 narrative functions that feature prominently in nearly all folklore worldwide (though his primary focus was on traditional Russian fairy tales) and 8 broad character types, which he described in detail in his short but essential book Morphology of the Folktale.
Basically, what Propp's method results in is a granular comprehension of why narratives function, in much the same way that a botanist understands why a particular plant produces a certain kind of flower. It can even reduce a narrative down to a code:
(That's Dracula, by the way: a supernatural creature sucks the breasts of a maiden at night [A18]; the heroes plan how to save her [C]; skirmish with the vampire [D9-E9]; the maiden is saved [K4], as per the appendix to Propp's book. He doesn't identify the story as Dracula specifically, but hello.)
"But wait!" I hear you say. "Doesn't this method result in bland, formulaic stories?" And it would, if it were not for the amazing variety of characters found within them. As Propp notes, "this explains the two-fold quality of a tale: its amazing multiformity, picturesqueness, and color, and on the other hand, its no less striking uniformity, its repetition." It also explains why fairy tales have their own internal and easily recognizable logic and why they lend themselves so well to larger psychological themes, especially female sexuality and relationships.
(Don't believe me or Propp? Check out Kurt Vonnegut graphing the shape of stories: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP3c1h8v2ZQ&feature=player_embedded
The third graph is particularly relevant to this discussion.)
In the early 21st century, Disney has combined these narratives with a marketing juggernaut that is the simultaneous delight of many impressionable young women and the well-founded dismay of many of their parents. They are sometimes dismissed as "just princess movies," especially in the wake of Pixar's most recent contribution to the genre, Brave. It isn't clear as of this writing whether or not Merida will be the eleventh official Disney Princess, but her movie clearly draws from and rewrites the genre formula common to the others, in ways that become strikingly apparent with the use of Propp's morphology. To that end, a comparison of the plots and characters of all ten previous movies is in order. And yes, I have a lot of Howard Ashman songs stuck in my head after the past two weeks' marathon. Truly, I suffer for the greater good.
Since presumably none of you have received a Magical Agent of infinite patience from a Donor, I will be focusing on only two Proppian elements: the sphere of the hero and the function of the interdiction. Likewise, I am focusing solely on the theatrical releases of the Disney Princess lineup and will not be considering the direct-to-video sequels, because hell no. Nitpickers may complain that neither Mulan nor Pocahontas are technically princesses, but 1) who are you to argue with the marketing power of the Mouse? and 2) Disney has carefully forced their narratives into the fairy tale framework with little regard for historical accuracy.
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Propp's definition of the hero has interesting implications for the Disney Princess movies in particular. In most narratives, the hero is assumed to be the protagonist, but in Propp's morphology, he (and he is always a he, frequently named Ivan) is a pattern of behavior. He is the person who disobeys or follows the interdiction, the person who is harmed by the villain, the recipient of a magical agent, the primary combatant who defeats the villain in a climactic struggle, and/or the one who undergoes a physical transformation at the end of the story. Generally speaking, he also marries the princess, who exists narratively mostly to transfer her father's power (the kingdom and all that comes with it) to him.
When Disney follows this morphology to the letter, it frequently results in a movie's hero being someone other than the protagonist and titular character, with some disturbing implications for the intended audience, as plenty of cultural commentators have pointed out over the years. It is quite explicit—Maleficent even identifies Prince Phillip as "the destined hero of a fairy tale come true" in Sleeping Beauty—and it renders the princesses passive, occasionally static, and the objects rather than subjects of various interdictions. They are the ones who must be kissed, not the ones doing the kissing; they receive all sorts of horrible punishments for their physical qualities, not their actions; they must stand by (or sleep) while someone else defends them from the villain.
However, there are some notable exceptions, and they may not be the ones you're thinking of. No less an authority on the subject than Walt Disney himself noted that Cinderella
… believed in dreams, all right, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn't come along, she went over to the palace and got him.
… believed in dreams, all right, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn't come along, she went over to the palace and got him.
(Unfortunately, she then had to wait around for him to show up with a glass slipper. More on this later.)
If we define the hero as the one who follows or breaks the interdiction, Cinderella, Pocahontas, Mulan, and Merida are the characters in their respective movies who meet the requirement. If we define the hero as the one who battles with the villain, Tiana and Mulan are the only characters who fit the bill. Brave gets a little complicated in this regard, as you'll see shortly, but first I want to point out something fascinating that becomes apparent when we assess it using Propp's morphology. The three lords' sons are examples of three broad types of heroes found in fairy tales:
the lucky schmuck (who hits the bullseye by accident), as in Hans in Luck and The Griffin;
the proud and flamboyant prince, as in Beauty and the Beast and The Princess and the Pea;
and the doofus, as in the entire Aarne-Thompson category 1675-1724 "The Stupid Man." (As Propp points out, "Sometimes… Ivan is a numskull.")
To this end, Brave inverts the characterization found so frequently in other genres: the male characters are archetypes, stereotypes, interchangeable, or comic relief, whereas the main female characters have arcs, development, and unique personal qualities. It is not enough just to have a female hero like Mulan, who literally embodies a masculine role. Instead, Pixar makes a point of deconstructing Propp's spheres and poking some well-earned fun at them along the way.
Brave also explicitly references a certain other film set in Scotland—the hyper-violent, anachronistic, ahistorical, we-don't-need-a-bridge-at-the-Battle-of-Stirling-Bridge, Bechdel-test failing, and male-centric Braveheart*. However, it isn't just redefining the Proppian sphere of the hero** as portrayed in the most successful bro-tastic woad-washed movie of the past 17 years.
Anyone who is familiar with Scottish history (like Mark Andrews, as he is prone to reminding us) will recognize the uneasy balance of power between King Fergus and the lords as well as the critical importance of harmony and unity between the clans, which Merida's actions first disrupt and then preserve. In Braveheart, infighting and treachery among the clans results in disaster for Scotland as an independent nation and William Wallace personally. Brave presents a more nuanced (and historically accurate) depiction of the complications inherent in maintaining this balance. As Lili Loofbourow points out in her excellent essay "Just Another Princess Movie":
If the film rejects total submission, that is, sacrificing the individual for the sake of the group, it also exposes the perils of a radical and self-serving individualism. Mor-du is a monster not because he's a bear, but because he has the strength of ten men and is acting in the interests of one… Mor-du isn't the wild creature of the woods Fergus thought he was hunting. He's human ambition and untrammeled self-interest. He's what the new state could easily become without education, without history, without storytelling, and without love.
If the film rejects total submission, that is, sacrificing the individual for the sake of the group, it also exposes the perils of a radical and self-serving individualism. Mor-du is a monster not because he's a bear, but because he has the strength of ten men and is acting in the interests of one… Mor-du isn't the wild creature of the woods Fergus thought he was hunting. He's human ambition and untrammeled self-interest. He's what the new state could easily become without education, without history, without storytelling, and without love.
Braveheart is notably all about the virtues of sacrificing the individual—as bloodily, slowly, and agonizingly as possible—for the sake of the group. Its focus on Wallace (or at least a character by that name) and the personalization of his fight against the English also supports a certain self-serving individualism common to modern action movies: while the battles in the film are ostensibly about FREEEEDOM for Scotland, the film presents them more as Wallace's personal, large-scale, amputation-riffic vendetta for his dead wife. Halfway through the film, another character explicitly accuses Wallace of being driven by this motivation, and he doesn't deny it. Braveheart makes this individualism a virtue, whereas Brave demonstrates in the archery contest just how problematic this sort of blinkered, selfish behavior can be.
* Okay, so it isn't Hello Dolly. For one, it has more Academy Awards. For another, it is far more popular among men.
** I suspect that the character of young Lord Macintosh—he of the impressively tousled hair, proud mien, violent temper tantrums, and supremely arrogant attitude—might also be parodying Braveheart's director and star. You know, the guy who voiced John Smith in Pocahontas.
Brave also includes a clever visual reference to the most famous literary work set in Scotland, as many people on Tumblr noticed immediately. Queen Elinor's dress is based on a costume worn by Ellen Terry while playing Lady Macbeth in the late 1880s. (The sparkly things that look like sequins? Jewel beetle wings. Seriously.)
It is an interesting commentary on Elinor's position as a powerful woman in medieval Scottish society. She is not nearly as ambitious as Lady Macbeth, but her decisions have equally powerful ramifications for the kingdom.
It also reveals a certain amount of initial ambivalence, at least for any viewers who also happen to be John Singer Sargent fans. At first, Elinor appears to be positioned as the villain, as she and Merida spend the first third of the movie in pronounced conflict. However, she soon begins to behave in ways specific to the Proppian sphere of the hero, including receiving the magical agent (the enchanted cake), transforming into a bear (while shedding the symbolism-laden dress), departure, fighting with the villain Mor-du, triumphing over him, and finally transfiguration back into her human form. (That's 14, 11, 8, 16, 18, and 29, for those of you counting along.)
Yet Merida is the narrator and protagonist of the film, and also behaves in notably Proppian ways: departure (into the woods), first function of the donor (the witch/carver), pursuit (by Mordu), branding (the cut on her arm), and liquidation (the resolution of the interdiction).
So who's the hero?
The answer, of course, is that both Merida and Elinor are the heroes of Brave. Notably, it is one of the few princess movies whose title is not a character's name, though its early working title—The Bear and the Bow—emphasizes this point. It is remarkable for two reasons: first, because the function of the hero is rarely split between two characters in fairy tales, and second, because mothers are practically an endangered species in Disney and Pixar movies. This should not come as a surprise, given that at their core, all of these stories but one (whether movies or fairy tales) are about young women moving away from their families and towards romantic relationships of their own.
Those few mothers who are alive are problematic as hell: Rapunzel's birth mother does not have a single line in Tangled, and Mother Gothel seems to have sprung straight from a thirteen-year-old's conception of motherhood as a malevolent, controlling, undermining, and enslaving force. Aurora's mother doesn't even have a name—she's just the Queen. Even the positive maternal figures have complicated relationships with their daughters. Notably, Tiana doesn't bat an eyelash at the thought of staying ranine to be with Naveen, even though she presumably won't see her mother ever again. Mulan goes to war to save her father, but cannot get it together for five minutes to impress the matchmaker and reassure her mother.
Even The Incredibles (which is arguably Pixar's best movie in this regard prior to Brave) still relegates women to supportive members of a family unit or helpers… which is seriously questionable in a movie that stresses the importance of being individually special. Mrs. Incredible gives up her super identity both figuratively (no longer Elastigirl!) and functionally (to become a stay-at-home-mom), and when she regains it, it's all in the cause of rescuing Mr. Incredible. Violet's superpowers involve providing protective power shells around her family or literally disappearing. If she uses her powers for her own benefit, the circumstances involve a cute boy. Honey is merely a disembodied voice (though one with the best line in the movie), while Edna Mode is relegated to the function of Donor.
Brave is a new world unto itself in this regard for both Disney and Pixar. It positions the conflict between the two main female characters as the central mechanism for the plot, and it uses that conflict for a detailed, layered examination of what it means to be both a daughter and a mother in film and in reality.
While male characters often struggle to live up to their fathers' examples, female characters frequently state that becoming like their mothers is a fate to be avoided at all costs. Very rarely does a woman acknowledge that her mother is someone who she might aspire to be like one day. Instead, our society tends to view a daughter becoming like her mother as a negative or frightening thing, to the extent that it's a cliche for female characters to say, "I opened my mouth and my mother's voice came out, oh God!" One of Brave's strongest moments (for multiple reasons, as I'll point out soon) involves Merida reasoning with the angry lords regarding the interdiction and her conduct. She does so with a pitch-perfect Elinor impression in terms of body language, vocal inflection, and diplomatic phrasing.
(Me, upon realizing what the filmmakers were doing.)
In keeping with the interdiction (and, in Proppian terms, its liquidation), this transformation goes both ways. The film's closing montage of Elinor and Merida riding horses along the edge of the loch reinforces the depth of Elinor's transformation even after the spell has lifted: she cares much less about the external trappings of ladylike behavior and much more about simply spending time with Merida in her preferred environment. In addition, as Lili Loofbourow has pointed out, Elinor is now wearing her hair down and loose like Merida's rather than tightly braided—a visual cue of just how much has truly changed.
In some ways, Brave's rejection of the traditional fairy tale marriage model (function #31 of Propp's morphology) seems like a regression. Whereas the other movies are about young women separating from their parents (sometimes very early on), participating in their own relationships and starting their own families, the narrative structure of Brave instead focuses on the mending and strengthening the bond between Merida and Elinor. Crucially, it does not cast marriage aside, but it says, "Not yet. Not until you've learned everything your mother has to teach you about running a kingdom, dealing with men who behave in ways they think matter to you (even though you don't care about any of it), and raising children—including learning what they have to teach you in turn."
However, to understand why Brave represents genuinely new territory for a princess movie, we must first examine Propp's function of the interdiction as each previous movie has presented it. It is either a prohibition or a command, usually uttered by a supernatural being or a powerful person, and is the central function of each story. (Sometimes, there are multiple interdictions, and the most successful stories involve them relating or looping back upon one another.) In the most basic terms, an interdiction can be thought of as the "rule" that drives the narrative when the hero follows or breaks it: all action proceeds from that point.
Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella are all classic examples of fairy tales with paired interdictions, and their movies follow suit. In each case, the title character becomes the object of two commands: take her into the forest and kill her/she can only be revived by love's first kiss, she will prick her finger on a spindle and sleep for eternity/she can only be awakened by true love's kiss; she can go to the ball if she's dressed suitably/her foot must fit the glass slipper. The source of all of these interdictions but one is an older female antagonist. One character disobeys (the huntsman, who refuses to kill Snow White and instead substitutes a pig's heart), and one character manages to slightly alter the initial interdiction but creates another (Aurora will not die but will fall into a deep sleep, as will the rest of the kingdom). Otherwise, they are the ironclad rules of the movies; no characters attempt to disobey or manipulate the parameters, and following the second interdictions to the letter results in happiness for all of the protagonists.
The late '80s-early '90s Princess movies (specifically The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Pocahontas) make a dramatic and odd change to this narrative function. At the end of each movie, the central character's father reverses (or to use Propp's terminology, liquidates) the interdiction: King Triton zaps some legs onto Ariel and sends her back onto dry land, the Sultan announces that from this day forth, the Princess can marry whomever she chooses, and Powhatan formally approves of John Smith and tells him that he is always welcome in the New World. Crucially, none of the fathers ask their daughters first; they just sweep in and deus ex machinanimously remove the complication as they see fit. It's a weird reinforcement of conservative patriarchal power, even as it might initially appear to be a capitulation.
Beauty and the Beast inverts the formula, as the Beast is the subject of a fairy's interdiction: he must love and be loved in return by his 21st birthday, or he will remain a beast forever. He is also the source of the first interdiction to Belle's father (she must come live with him in exchange for releasing her father), which changes the power balance significantly.
Disney attempted to spin this plot element as a fresher, more modern twist—Belle has to save him, not the other way around!—but as anyone who is familiar with the original fairy tale knows, it's both old and not exactly a profound feminist statement. It's also a bit disingenuous, if examined morphologically: the Beast is both the subject of the second interdiction and also its object. His actions are the ones that matter, not Belle's. She may fall in love with him, but the spell requires that he be the one to put in the effort.
Mulan is simultaneously fabulous narratively and somewhat frustrating from a feminist perspective, as her initial refusal of the first interdiction (get a man) results in her acceptance of the second and third interdictions (go to war in Dad's place, save China from the Huns) which in turn enables her to fulfill the first. And what a man! Swift as the coursing river, with all the force of a great typhoon, with all the strength of a raging fire, and mysterious as the dark side of the moon.
(Actually, he's pretty straightforward, but something has to rhyme with "typhoon.")
Encouragingly, Shang finds Mulan attractive largely because of things that she's done (save China, impress the Emperor) and not her physical characteristics. There is some improvement here, even if the central message remains the same: getting a man is more important than anything else you might do in life, including preventing your father's death or dishonor and saving your entire country from barbarian invasion.
The Princess and the Frog is a traditional Disney Princess movie in every regard, including its strict adherence to its source fairy tale and interdiction. Both attempts on Naveen's part to circumvent the requirement that a princess kiss him in order for him to return to human form (asking a woman dressed as a princess to kiss him, asking Charlotte the Mardi Gras Princess to kiss him) end in failure; only a rigid interpretation succeeds:
Mama Odie: Like I told y'all, kissing a princess breaks the spell. Prince Naveen: Once you became my wife, that made you… Tiana: …a princess. You just kissed yourself a princess. Prince Naveen: And… I'm about to do it again.
Disney's main change to the story—that a non-princess would herself be trapped by the spell and become a frog—raised more than a few eyebrows, given that it turned its black protagonist into an animal for more than half the movie. It also resulted in a shift to the interdiction: the female protagonist once again becomes its object even as she is also its subject. Even though Tiana is clearly the hero in terms of Propp's morphology, this change puts her in some very familiar and not-so-progressive fairy tale territory.
Then again, I will forgive a lot in a movie featuring man-catchin' beignets and jazz-playing alligators.
Tangled is… a hot mess. After Rapunzel has defied the sole interdiction (don't leave the tower), there's still a good two-thirds of the movie remaining and nothing left from the original fairy tale to adapt. The filmmakers tried to fill the gaps with some hip dude-action in an attempt to pull in more of a young male audience, which resulted in a tonally jarring movie that seems dated barely two years later (and cannot compare with Pixar's Presto hair-rendering).
Speaking of those overly plastic-looking locks, I have no idea where they were going with the hair-cutting scene. Given its importance to the plot, it almost seems as though it should be the second interdiction but… what's the command or prohibition?
Disney's addition to the traditional tale—that Rapunzel's hair is magical—moves her from the sphere of the princess (already problematic enough, as it's less a character and more a proxy for the king) and into the function of magical object. Awesome. What year was this movie in theaters, again?
The argument could be made that Rapunzel's hair is the magical object, whereas she herself is a fully realized character, with her own independent goals (leave the tower, figure out where the lanterns come from) and opinions (Mother Gothel is mean, that Flynn guy sure is cute). The problem with this logic is that her hair doesn't operate as a magical object once it's separated from her, and the audience then discovers that her tears now function as the handy cure-all.
Regardless, it is weirdly sexualized: the bright blonde hair instantly changing into mousy brown, as is so common for towheaded kids hitting puberty, the transformation of Rapunzel from desired by everyone to nothing special, and the violent cutting action of the knife, wielded by the main love interest. Do I just have a dirty mind? (Well, duh.)
This is where Brave is truly revolutionary: Merida first tries to work within the interdiction to her own advantage (requiring that the contest be archery and shooting for her own hand). This fails miserably and makes matters even worse. She then tries to remove the interdiction by altering her mother via a spell, which fails even more miserably and demonstrates how little Merida understands the nature of the interdiction: it's societal, not personal. Then, finally, Merida and Elinor change the interdiction. They still have to apply to the patriarchal forces controlling their lives (the lords), but crucially, they are the ones to envision the change and propose it. Unlike Ariel, Jasmine, and Pocahontas, they are not mere beneficiaries of omnipotent patriarchal forces' magnanimous decisions to change their lives; unlike Aurora, they do not have another interdiction forced (however generously) upon them and their kingdom. Instead, they are the architects of the change itself.
To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time this motif has appeared in a fairy tale/fable. (It does not appear in Propp's morphology.) It is certainly the first time it's appeared in a Disney princess movie. It is not particularly subtle, given that it's referenced in the tag line on the movie poster, but reviewers seem to be overlooking it to a staggering degree.
If you want to change something—a cultural requirement, a law, the messages we give young women—the most effective way to do so is from within the system itself. That includes making a movie in one of the hoariest, oldest, most rigid and corporatized genres imaginable from fairy tale motifs that are practically steel girders—but making it quietly revolutionary within that structure.
You will not get this sort of carefully thought-out genre revision in a Dreamworks movie.
Unfortunately, Brave is not entirely successful in this regard, as evidenced by its critical reception. It is tempting to blame male reviewers for simply not understanding a movie aimed at young women and their mothers, but a really successful movie would have been revelatory for even the Lord Dingwalls of film criticism. It wouldn't have required either a detailed understanding of previous princess films or delving around in an 84-year-old Russian Formalism text to get its point across to audiences. It would have just… worked.
Pixar's previous movies are famous for allowing audience members to share experiences most would never be remotely interested in, whether it's working as a chef in a three-star restaurant, mourning the death of a lifelong love, getting lost on the Great Barrier Reef, or worrying about becoming a discarded toy. To that end, there is something profoundly depressing about critics' lack of identification with mothers and daughters, even when put in the familiar context of a fairy tale or princess movie. This should not be difficult, especially when Brave presents its elements so clearly—at least, to this viewer. (Then again, I live for this stuff.)
Ironically, it's possible that Brave's greatest achievement—to effect change from within a rigid and painfully familiar genre—is precisely the thing that has left critics unimpressed. Perhaps the filmmakers needed to take a hint from their protagonist and be more adventurous in their choice of subject matter. If they had, however, Pixar wouldn't have had this opportunity to critique and improve the genre. It may not be possible to split that particular arrow.
Then again, just as there are intangible things more valuable than archery skills or fancy table manners, the ultimate point of art is not its initial critical reception. (Remember, the perceived failure of Sleeping Beauty resulted in mass layoffs in Disney's animation department and the studio didn't make another princess movie for 30 years.) Based on the small Greek chorus in the row in front of me at the theater, the intended audience appreciates Brave just fine. As Svatava Pirkova-Johnson notes in her introduction to Morphology of the Folktale, "Certainly children 'learn' riddle structure almost as soon as they learn certain riddles… does the child unconsciously extrapolate fairy-tale structure from hearing individual tales?" If so, they may not need a detailed study of Formalism or morphology to understand how best to effect change in their own lives, if they end up watching Brave approximately six hundred times before they turn twelve.
However, they will be at a tremendous advantage if they have supportive and loving mothers who understand them and can help them make their own way.


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Roundup: Stylish Open Bathroom Vanities
Though they may not provide much in the way of hidden storage, we can't help but love the clean lines of open vanities and the way they expand the visible space in the bathroom. Open vanities are an excellent option in a larger bathroom with other available storage (like a linen closet), but we also love the way they add modern style to smaller vintage bathrooms.
- Apothecary Vanity from Pottery Barn - $2000
- Park Squared Metal Console Sink from Restoration Hardware - $1100
- Eurasia Vanity from Overstock - $775
- Pegasus City Loft from Home Depot - $460
- Tobacco Skyline Vanity from Lowes - $240
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Thank you for your post about open bathroom vanities. I love how you can also use everyday furniture and have it converted into a vanity. Thanks again!
This one is gorgeous!!
Another great open vanity at http://decorartsnow.com/2010/03/08/march-8-2010-diary-of-a-bathroom-renovation-before/
This one has a bottom shelf for storage as well as a rail to hang hand towels. To hide stuff, don't forget baskets. Lynn
Nice stuff. Surprised someone doesn't suggest they hang an apron/skirt to hide the plumbing... http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/bathroom/6-affordable-bathroom-updatesfrom-real-simple-110204
To me, these seem like so many more flat areas to keep clean.
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6th Annual St. Patrick School Christmas Tree Sale
Friday, Nov 30, 2012 9:00a to 7:00p
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The community is invited to enjoy the holiday tradition of choosing the perfect Christmas tree at the St. Patrick School's 6th Annual Christmas Tree Sale. This event is open to the public from 9 AM to 7 PM. Fresh Noble, Fraser and Douglas Fir trees, wreaths, garland and poinsettia's for sale. Enjoy delicious BBQ Tri-Tip sandwiches or shop at our Holiday Rummage Sale. No holiday tradition is complete without stopping by our Santa's Village! Happy Holiday's!
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      The Organizers have the pleasure to invite you to take part in the VIII International Specialized Exhibition SuluExpo - the exhibition for beauty industry!
November 2014 the Korme International Exhibition Complex opens its door to exhibitors and visitors of the Beauty World, the International Specialized Exhibition of beauty industry, the event which combines the exhibition of professional cosmetics & equipment for beauty, SPA and wellness centres, cosmetics for domestic use, fashionable wear and accessories and the items of house interior.
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Can You Read My Mind?1 Reviews
Clark's thoughts during the scene between him and Lana in the pilot. Mild TC, angsty, non-AU, oneshot, Clark POV.
"And then string him up like a scarecrow," I interject. Dang, Pete, you forgot the worst part of it! I can see the disgusted surprise on Chloe's face.
"Jeez, that sounds like years of therapy waiting to happen!" she says, crinkling her nose at the thought. I can't help but smile at her expression as I turn my gaze away and out over the school grounds. It's then that she catches my eye, standing several feet away with her friends, laughing with them about something most likely girl-related.
Pete has continued talking. "That's why we're joining..." But I don't hear the rest. Her infinite beauty has completely taken over my full attention. I can't take my eyes off of her. Even the fact that, around her neck, she wears the one thing on this Earth that can harm me... Yes, even this vital fact is forgotten as I begin to walk toward her as if drawn by some outside force. "I'll see you guys in class," I mumble absently as my feet begin to move of their own accord.
I can hear my friends snickering behind my back, but it barely registers in my brain. There's no room for any thoughts except her. As I draw steadily nearer, I can hear my feelings play themselves out in my head, begging to be let out. Maybe this time I'll tell her. Maybe this time I'll say all the things I've wanted to say.
And now she's looking right at me. Good gracious, she's beautiful. Gorgeous, even. In fact, there aren't even words in my vocabulary to explain how incredibly beautiful she is. Her emerald eyes shine brighter and clearer than the green stone about her neck, though still with the power to bring me to my knees. Her long, dark, silky hair burns a fiery red in the sunlight that seems to shine only for her. Her radiant smile, however, shines bright enough to rival that very sun.
I have to talk to her. I have to say /something/, tell her... how I feel maybe? I'm not sure. But I have to say something, or else I'll just look like an idiot for walking over here and then just standing and gawking at her. So I begin to run things through my head, trying different sentences, listening to how they sound. I'm thankful that my brain works at such fast speeds. I'm sure not more than two seconds have gone by, and I'll be right next to her in another three or four.
Lana, I'm in love with you. I always have been, since the moment I first saw you. Could you tell? Can you read my mind? Do you know what you do to me? You're like an angel come down from the heavens to this dismal planet for divine reasons unfathomable. I can feel my heart rate increase drastically the closer I get to you. Is it those beautiful jade-green eyes of yours that have this effect on me? Or is it just the fragment of solid green poison that dangles from your neck, taunting me as it seems to absorb the sunlight around it and transform it into a sickly glow that fills my vision and attempts to distract my attention from you?
I get my answer as I get within a five-foot-radius. I feel my legs simply give out beneath me, and then I feel the concrete as it rushes up quickly to meet me. My books scatter in all directions, and as I hurriedly go to pick them up, I can hear snickers all around me. I seem to have drawn a small crowd with that bit of pure genious.Quickly, I go back to picking up my books.
As I begin to gather them up, I see a hand stretched out towards me, holding one of them out. It's her. "Nietzshe," she's saying. I look up, directly into her necklace, then back down to the profferred book. I reach out and take it, snatching my hand back as it begins to burn from the close proximity to the meteor fragment. "Didn't realize you had a dark side, Clark," she continues, slightly surprised by the sudden movement.
I realize my reaction must have seemed cold to her. "Doesn't everybody?" I reply, my voice coming out in low and weak, strained by the sick feeling these meteors bring me.
"Yeah, I guess so," she says thoughtfully. Then after a second's hesitation, "So what are you? Man or superman?"
I try to grin through the intense pain that sears through every cell in my body. "I haven't figured it out yet." She can't see the double truth behind my answer. I'm still trying to figure out why I'm different from everybody else, how I can do things that no one else on Earth can do. I want to be normal, but somehow I got myself caught in between. Man or superman? I wish I knew. I bring my eyes back up to hers and once again find myself wondering. Can she read my mind? Does she know what I'm thinking, just by looking at me? Am I that transparent?
Another voice coming up behind her. "Lana, there you are!" Whitney Fordman, star quarterback, captain of the football team, and Lana Lang's boyfriend. His presence is like that of the meteor rocks, bringing a sick feeling to the pit of my stomach. If it weren't for him, perhaps I'd have a chance with her. The nausea increases as I see them kiss, right here in front of me. Sometimes I wonder if he does it on purpose, displays his affection for her when he knows I'm watching. He knows I have feelings for her, he always has. "Hey, Clark," he says, as if just noticing me. I know that is not the case. He saw us talking together and probably figured it was time he rushed over to protect his girlfriend.
With my books finally collected haphazardly in my arms, I hoist myself up unsteadily to my feet. Dizziness threatens to pull me back down to the ground again, so I slowly lower myself to the metal railing that runs parallel to the sidewalk, using it as support lest I plunge back to the concrete, this time causing scrapes which will no doubt heal quickly enough to arouse suspicion. Lana and Whitney continue talking, but I hear none of it. I've blocked everything out in a failing attempt to remain upright.
My awareness returns as I hear someone is speaking to me. "...feeling all right?" It's Whitney again. How long has he been taunting me for? "You look like you're about to... to hurl." Not that you wouldn't love to see that, right Whitney?
I'm sure my pained expression intensifies as I try to speak. "I'm fine," I manage to get out, all the while trying not to just drop to my knees and beg for the torment to stop. At last, they turn to walk away, and some of the pain goes away. I relax slightly and release my death grip on the books in my arms.
Big mistake. Whitney turns back around and picks a forgotten book up off the ground, tossing it to me. "You forgot one, Clark!" he calls out mockingly. I move to catch it, but in the process lose my grip on the other books. I end up back on the ground anyway, despite my best attempts to remain more or less on my feet. Back to square one, with all my books once again scattered all around me. I glance up to see Lana's sympathetic glance in sharp contrast to Whitney's amused grin as they turn once again and walk away, leaving me this time to pick up my books on my own.
As I see them leave, my strength returns, but something else takes the place of the pain. This one is worse, deep in my chest, tightening and suffocating me until I just want to curl up and cry. It's the same feeling I get every time I see Lana and Whitney together, and it brings thoughts that I know I should never allow in my head. But I can't stop them. I can't stop thinking that, if I had only been different than I am now, if I could just be normal, not a freak, then I might have a chance with her. I might be able to finally get close enough to her to tell her how I feel. I might finally be satisfied with my life, instead of wishing I was someone different.
But then I hear my dad's voice in my head. You can't change who you are. You just have to learn to live with it and be happy. Your mother and I wouldn't have you any other way. The bell is ringing, which means I'll have to hurry if I want to make it to class. I pick up my books and rush off to the door. Maybe Dad's right. Maybe I can learn to be happy with who I am. But I still can't help the sick feeling in my stomach every time I see Lana Lang with Whitney Fordman instead of me.


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York beats Warhill 34-8
York High won't always get away with turning the ball over four times. But when you consider that the Falcons forced four turnovers and supplemented a terrific run game with an equally impressive rushing defense, their 34-8 win over Warhill on Friday at in a Bay Rivers District football game at Cooley Field makes sense.
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Katt Lissard's Outpost - Letter From Lesotho
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Bowl eligibility, is it for the Utes?
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Published: October 23, 2012 01:44PM
Updated: October 23, 2012 01:44PM
So how optimistic are you that the Utah Utes are going to go to a bowl game this year?
Utah's seniors say they are determined to not be the team that misses out on bowl eligibility, but they also acknowledge their backs are to the wall.
The Utes have to win four of their last five. I believe they can do that since they play Arizona and Cal at home, two of the better teams remaining. I pegged them with a loss at Washington, but since its offense is struggling as much as the Utes' that looks like a game they certainly could win.
The Huskies are averaging just 20.7 points a game to the Utes' 20.1.
The difference in the game could be a turnover, which Utah coach Kyle Whittingham continues to point out as a deficiency.
The Utes have just two interceptions this year. They had 19 in 2011.
"It's a mystery why we aren't intercepting the football more," he said. "We are teaching and coaching and practicing the same way and it's essentially the same secondary so it's a mystery."
Even if the Utes can't improve in that area, I still believe its possible for them to make a run similar to last year. What do you think, are the Utes going to be bowl eligible?
- Lya Wodraska
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