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Monday, December 26, 2005

Memoirs of a Geisha

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Steve and I watched Memoirs of a Geisha on Christmas Eve. It was a fabulous movie. I haven't read the book, but Steve has, and he says that the movie was pretty much true to the book.

However, I *did* get to see a TV special that morning called The Secrets of Geisha. I was able to understand the origins and the evolution of the Geisha (pronounced GEY-sha, by the way--not GEE-sha), their role in Japanese society, and how the Geisha way of life fits (or doesn't fit, as the case may be) in the 21st century. It allowed me to enjoy the movie so much more :-).

It would be hard for me to say whose performance I liked best, because not having read the book, I can't separate the performance from the character. But I think Rob Marshall did a great job in getting Michelle Yeoh and Ziyi Zhang. Their dance background was a huge asset to their performance :-).

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