I stylized this photo, of a garden wind mill, that I took in Palm Desert.
We awoke Saturday morning to a radio talk show and they were interviewing a speech therapist who had just seen the movie "The King's Speech". She was so full of praise for the accuracy of this true story that we thought we would check out. It is the story of King George VI (Father of present day Queen Elizabeth) who took the throne of England just prior to WWII. He was a stutterer from childhood and after many futile attempts to find a speech therapist who could help him, he found 'Lionel'. They became friends and the movie climaxes as King George gives his famous speech announcing that Great Britain was at war with Germany, hesitatingly, but nevertheless capturing the hearts of his subjects. Brilliant acting and knowing this is a true story makes for a fascinating movie.
I went to school with a beautiful girl who stuttered so bad she could, for all intents and purposes, not speak at all. But when she sang, it was stunning. The music flowed from her voice and her soul. I do not how historically accurate it is, but King George did not stutter when he sang and when he swore. This makes for some amusing moments in the story, but you may want to plug your
ears. :)
Oh, and bring Kleenex.
2 comments:
We quite enjoyed the movie as well. It had been a very long time since we had seen a movie, so last Saturday we went to Colossus at noon and had a "movie extravaganza" seeing several in a row...and of course eating all the movie food inbetween....it felt like we had been on vacation. Date nights (days) ....well, we just should do that type of thing more often!
Now, that sounds like a plan!
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