http://www.girldetective.net/?p=962 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 21:57:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=962&cpage=1#comment-8847 girldetective Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:30:41 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=962#comment-8847 I'd say how real SOME of the characterizations are. They're exaggerations with bits of truth in them. We don't all say "Minni SOH dah". I really wish it weren't so violent. The thought of the wood chipper scene fills me with horror even with the passage of years. I’d say how real SOME of the characterizations are. They’re exaggerations with bits of truth in them. We don’t all say “Minni SOH dah”. I really wish it weren’t so violent. The thought of the wood chipper scene fills me with horror even with the passage of years.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=962&cpage=1#comment-8803 Sydney Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:53:11 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=962#comment-8803 I have Fargo on DVD and will loan it to you when I see you next week. I just re-watched it and was aghast at the violence. But the dry, dark humor made it bearable for me. After my recent trek through Minnesota and South Dakota, I am amazed at how little parody this movie represents, and rather how REAL those characterizations are geographically. I have Fargo on DVD and will loan it to you when I see you next week. I just re-watched it and was aghast at the violence. But the dry, dark humor made it bearable for me. After my recent trek through Minnesota and South Dakota, I am amazed at how little parody this movie represents, and rather how REAL those characterizations are geographically.

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