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Summer 1993 — Catalonia, Spain

So cathartic was Summer 1993 that my personal psyche will be marked by it forever. Why this story, about a six year old girl who quietly and slowly comes to terms with the death of her mother and how the process, invisible to anyone watching, culminates in a sudden crescendo of emotion moved me to tears, is what you must find out on your own.

No one knows the emotions of another person unless communication, self-knowledge and compassion work in favor of knowing. Yes tears and laughter mean a lot but without tears and laughter, there are thousands of feelings not communicated which result in actions whose meaning is unknown. And for children who have no words for their feelings or why they act as they do, adults can only surmise and intuit if they are able.

A child of six has no way of knowing death; children are fearless,...

Simon Brew Apr 28, 2017

The actors whose role in a film was shot, but chopped out of the final cut...

Yep, I know. I’ve read lists like this too, and I know that Eric Stoltz was cut out of Back To The Future. If it’s all well and good, I’ll leave that example out.

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What I’ve tried to find here is a mix of reasonably known and less known instances of an actor being cut out of a film after they’ve filmed sequences for it. I’ve also tried to get to the reason they were left out as well.

Whilst all this may still sound like an exercise in clickbait, being cut out of a production does have a consequence beyond ego hurting a bit. For the side effect...

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What impact has Game Of Thrones season 6 had on A Song Of Ice And Fire readers awaiting The Winds Of Winter publication date?

This article contains major spoilers for Game Of Thrones season 6.

When Game Of Thrones season six started airing, book readers were faced with a dilemma. Season five had already revealed one or two things relating to later volumes in A Song Of Ice And Fire, but season six was definitively moving forward and would spoil at least some major elements of future books. Should book readers wait, perhaps years, until both the final volumes have been released in order to enjoy the series in the format through which they originally discovered it? Or should they enjoy the series, knowing that the books will be slightly different anyway, and that the chances of avoiding spoilers when the show is as huge and all-conquering as it...

Game of Thrones, "Book of The Stranger," reunites significant characters and clearly sets the path for conflicts to come. The episode harkens back to events of the first season that started the epic battle for Westeros. After the decimation of their family, the loss of Winterfell, and countless personal horrors, the Starks finally have a heartfelt reunion. Sansa (Sophie Turner) arrives at Castle Black and the protection of Jon Snow (Kit Harington). This moment signals a change of fate for the Starks, who can again mount an opposition as a family. We also get an epic resolve to Daenerys in the clutches of the Dothraki horde. The Mother of Dragons strikes back in a big way to show the doubters whose boss.

Book of The Stranger opens with Jon Snow getting ready to leave Castle Black. The gates open to a weary Sansa, Brienne (Gwendoline Christie) and Podrick (Daniel Portman...