Sunday evenings are always interesting. My wife works almost every Sunday night so television is often a blur of Power Rangers, Monkeys with super powers, kids that change into space aliens because of a bracelet, and a whole host of other things. Last night we watched a Miyazaki flick on Cartoon Network. If you don’t know the name, you probably know the excellent fantasy and acclaimed spirituality of Spirited Away. When I first heard of Spirited Away, I was up in Seattle doing some consulting work and a few colleagues had mentioned it. I got back and could not see it for awhile but then I got to the theater here in Union City and I was completely taken in by it. Perhaps charmed, shocked, in wonder are better terms.
What does all that have to do with a Sunday night you may ask? Well, besides wanting to have something better than the Powerpuff Girls or this or that, I strive to make the kids watch something good on television instead of the crud. On the Western Channel tonite I got to watch Geronimo: An American Legend. The scenery was breaktaking and reminded me so much of other places. I thought Wes Studi made an excellent choice for the man. His character had that yin and yang in it that make watching the older classic Native American yarns troubling for me. Yahoo says
