The Moth Chase

Dear N,

Thanks for your getting the conversation started. I finally saw New Moon – at one of 15 showings at a theater near Lincoln Square, each of which was sold out. Interestingly, I went to a matinee too (4:30 p.m.), but my theater was full of neither middle-aged women nor teenage girls (though there were representatives of both groups in attendance), but mostly couples our age. I thought this was really intriguing, since despite the whole romance angle, I would never bill this movie as a date movie. But there they were, all these people on dates. Read the rest of this entry »

Hey Kathryn,

Well, I’m hoping by now you’ve managed to see New Moon – I can’t wait to hear what you thought!

So let me preface all of this by saying that I really do love the Twilight series.  They’re fun and dumb and just a good laugh; escapism at its best.  And as we’ve noted in previous conversations, they’re doing something pretty interesting with teen sexuality that goes beyond a simple message of ‘true love waits’.  In fact, they’re even doing something more interesting with gender roles than some of the ranting against Bella’s pathetic neediness indicates at first glance.  But we can come back to those over-discussed topics later perhaps?  Because I’ve got some other thoughts to get out first. Read the rest of this entry »