tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84292947899905113452012-02-16T17:10:05.701-08:00Elliottnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429294789990511345.post-36782048300104055392009-09-15T02:21:00.000-07:002009-09-15T02:30:40.513-07:00One of my favorite Patrick Swayze movies is "Roadhouse". Perhaps because I am a guy, but also because I grew up in Japan, where the philosophy his character tried to follow is a reality.<br /><br />I believe in this case, that Art was imitating Life - that Patrick Swayze himself tried to live his own life that way - with eyes open discipline and seeking to be, well, purely himself.<br /><br />He made many movies, several little known ones like "One LastDance", "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar", "Icon", "Black Dog", and others.<br /><br />You can take a look and find them here: <a href="http://www.patrickswayze.aprevu.com">Patrick Swayze Lives!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429294789990511345-3678204830010405539?l=tv-hollywood.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elliottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429294789990511345.post-91768531374044206932009-04-09T03:52:00.000-07:002009-04-09T03:56:55.751-07:00She loved ballet, music, and oil painting, which she was pretty good at herself. She passed this interest on to me.<br /><br />She loved Hollywood, and the great actors and actresses of the past, with an unabashed admiration.<br /><br />Now, she is not too crazy about TV. She feels the quality of TV has steadily deteriorated over the years, and I suppose she is right about that. TV used to have more class.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8429294789990511345-9176853137404420693?l=tv-hollywood.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elliottnoreply@blogger.com0