Daughter on Tolkien: "So he was a linguist, an historian, and a storyteller. He studied Anglo Saxon, Old Norse, Icelandic, Welsh... He created Elvish, Dwarvish, Entish... And the best he could come up with was "Mount Doom?"
My Dad worked his entire career as a repairman for AT&T, most of it in Western NY State. In 68 or 69, he was sent to Manhattan for a few months. One day, he drew a ticket for a job in Harlem. NY headquarters of The Black Panther Party. Touching history.
I think it heartbreaking that Philip Seymour Hoffman and Mark Rylance never worked together. Matthew Warchus directed them both and certainly thought of them as artists with a deep kinship.
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