This diacritical mark, a mere two dots, is simply intended to communicate a particular pronunciation of the vowel it tops. Instead, it often signals to consumers that they must flee in terror to the nearest bottle of pinot grigio. Yet if they can surmount the obstacle of the umlaut, I believe they will find a lot to like in a glass of good blaufränkisch.
I'm completely boggled that they keep talking about it being a flop. Everyone I knew loved this movie musical so hard, and it shaped my middle school glee club years. And boy did I have a crush on Christian Bale back then.
“Oh, movies are important and they’re dangerous because we’re the keepers of the dreams. You go into a little dark room and become incredibly vulnerable — on one hand all your perspectives can be challenged, you could feel something you couldn’t feel normally. It can encourage you to be the protagonist in your own life. On the other hand it can completely misshape you.”
Spotted at 9am (9/06/2011) in the Mission at 22nd & Bartlett
