Match light

One more thing about Match Point....

I enjoyed Scarlett Johansson's portrayal of wronged bombshell Nola Rice. But I started wondering about that name. NOLA RICE. It seems like it should be an anagram of something.

Among those created by an anagram server were:

Cain role
Race loin
Real icon
Liar once
Nice oral

Well, she does pit brother(-in-law) against brother(-in-law). She proves sexually irresistible. She holds the camera like a screen goddess. Her most dramatic scene involves her screaming the word "liar." And her pillowy lips are filmed in close-up so often that they well be the lasting image of the film. Interesting.

(Separately, you do all know that "Britney Spears" is an anagram of "Presbyterians," right?)


FMFM: Ellington's "Liberian Suite," from his 1947 Carnegie Hall concert. I'm not too keen on the intro song, "I Like The Sunrise," but the five "dances" are classically difficult Ellingtonia. "Liberian Suite" isn't really that fun of a composition, but it's far from static; there's a lot of unresolved tension there.