Shakespeare-Wallah

Brain-type place: Wow, that was a fantastic movie. What wonderful performances by Felicity Kendal (Lizzie Buckingham) and Shashi Kapoor (Sanju)! What beautiful scenes! What lovely writing! What interesting questions it raises! Heart-type place: Oh my gosh, I don't know if I can write about this without gushing personal emotions all over the place. BTP: You poor thing. Here, take my hankie. HTP: [snuffling and blubbing] Thanks. I'm trying to pull it together but I'm not quite there yet. BTP: Merchant and Ivory movies used to affect you like that in college, remember? HTP: I know, but I'm 33 now - I'm so embarrassed. Shouldn't I be able to get a grip? BTP: Ah, that's one for the ages. I'm glad it's not really my line of work. Don't worry too much about it, though - all things must pass, all in good time, etc. Anyway, I'm feeling pretty stupid, too, for not knowing more of the Shakespeare references. This was a sad, sad movie for my fil