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The Secret Lives of Pets
*** 1/2 out of 5 Animation/Adventure/Comedy “The Secret Lives of Pets” although not perfect is a wholesome family affair. What do humans and pets do? Well, Humans go to work; pets come to play. When the coast is clear and the pets”' owners have gone to work or school in Manhattan, it”'s play time for dogs, cats, parakeets, guinea pigs and parrots. They find all kinds of mischief to get into together when their owners assume they are asleep or eating their pet foods. This owner (Elle Kemper) at the door only to see her bring home a big, burly dog, a rescue dog named Duke (Eric Stonestreet). At first, the two dogs do not get along, but after a few tricks by Max, the two mend their ways. What happens next Max and Duke get accidentally left behind by the dog walker and soon to be napped by Animal Control. From there, the film takes off like a race horse. There”'s the fluffy little dog named Gidget (Jenny Slate), who she loves Max and organizes a search [...]
To be puppeteers in the Heart of the Beast”¦
BY STEVEN LINSNER Poet, writer, performer, painter, musician and videographer; 1952-2005 To be puppeteers in the Heart of the Beast”¦ ”¦is to find ourselves in the great world Beast made of families, races, ages, sexes, classes, corporations and nations, people, (and creatures!) all different, working out a way to live together. ”¦is to work puppets. To hold life in our hands, to sense how we are all like puppets””worked by instincts, voices, and forces above us and below us. ”¦is to carry and protect something very old like a heart within us, a secret, a promise. Like carrying a flickering candle through a dark place. Like carrying a family in a horse-drawn wagon. ”¦is to travel the roads of history and loss, in search of something like a new heart: new communities, new families, new work, new holidays. ”¦is to tell the story of people who live in the heart of the beast””as courageous and resourceful as they really are.
