[Vision2020] Upton Sinclair's Novel "There Will Be Blood" Also A

[Sue Hovey]

I agree with your mom...not about the sexual relations, but I hardly count 
Paris Hilton as one whose success came about because of drive, talent, or 
much else originating with her.    However, I was hoping to read something 
about "There Will Be Blood."  I can't find where this subject originated and 
I was wondering how many people liked the movie.  I expected to.  I enjoyed 
the Sinclair novel, OIL on which it was based when I read it years ago. 
But I didn't care for the movie even though I do believe Daniel Day Lewis 
gave an outstanding performance and probably deserved an Academy Award.    I 
wanted Tommy Lee Jones to win for NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.

SueH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Dredge" <sdredge at yahoo.com>
To: "viz" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Upton Sinclair's Novel "There Will Be Blood" Also 
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> Paris Hilton is a success story.  She's a model, an actress, a recording 
> artist, and a pseudo author.  Compare this to some other ultra rich kids 
> who spend their miserable and often short lives doping up and drinking 
> down.  A few years ago I made the mistake of mentioning to my Mom that I 
> thought Paris Hilton had turned out much better than a lot of people born 
> into wealth and rattled off things like she was earning money as a runway 
> model and her role on 'The Simple Life'.  Completely unimpressed, my Mom 
> countered 'un-huh...and she has also had sexual relations with a man to 
> whom she was not married'.  I was speechless.  My Mom meant this to be a 
> negative attribute.
>
> -Scott
>
>
> Thu Jul 31 14:55:41 PDT 2008
> Tom Hansen wrote:
>
> Ted Moffett stated:
>
> "There is one very important variable influencing "success," that
> influences moral character, that no one chooses for themselves:
>
> Genetics. "
>
> How right you are, Ted.
>
> For example:
>
> Paris Hilton . . . Now, THERE's a real success story.
>
> Some successes were forced to identify their strengths, skills, and
> talents.  Then develop and improve upon these strengths, skills, and
> talents in order to maintain a competetive edge on their peers.
>
> Paris Hilton's skill is limited to . . . being born a Hilton.
>
> You go, girl.
>
> Tom Hansen
>
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