“Peak Season” Review: Beautifully and very brightly shot, the dramatic Tetons almost recede into the distance, a set piece for this all-too-human romantic-dramedy.
The phenomenon of places becoming playgrounds of the rich recurs throughout history. Your review is thought-provoking and well-written. I think of the history of the springs of Saratoga, Acadia and Mt. Desert and the Rockefellers, the Taconic Parkway as an early auto road out of the city, the Grand Hotels of the White Mountains and the Adirondacks, the Lodges of the railroads into the Rockies, Theodore Roosevelt. I am dimly aware of the European historical equivalents. “Leave no trace” is aspirational and admirable. We don’t know what we don’t know, and I try to keep that in mind when I learn something new. I appreciate Pinch of Dirt as a vehicle for sharing thoughts, ideas, and experiences.
Excellent observation! I suppose the wealthy playing cowboy in Wyoming is kind of like Marie Antoinette playing milkmaid in her cottage at Versailles...
Vivid review! I felt almost that I was watching the film (and discussing it with a like-minded, intelligent friend afterwards). My take on the problem of wealthy incomers is that, like so many other problems, it could be addressed by reducing the shameful inequalities accepted without thought in the US & UK (and probably in most other countries, though I believe Denmark does better).
Yes, after reading up a bit before writing this review I became (re)convinced that having no state income tax to fund local services is basically evil and that there should be a federally-mandated minimum state income tax for people making over a certain amount, or something.
The phenomenon of places becoming playgrounds of the rich recurs throughout history. Your review is thought-provoking and well-written. I think of the history of the springs of Saratoga, Acadia and Mt. Desert and the Rockefellers, the Taconic Parkway as an early auto road out of the city, the Grand Hotels of the White Mountains and the Adirondacks, the Lodges of the railroads into the Rockies, Theodore Roosevelt. I am dimly aware of the European historical equivalents. “Leave no trace” is aspirational and admirable. We don’t know what we don’t know, and I try to keep that in mind when I learn something new. I appreciate Pinch of Dirt as a vehicle for sharing thoughts, ideas, and experiences.
Excellent observation! I suppose the wealthy playing cowboy in Wyoming is kind of like Marie Antoinette playing milkmaid in her cottage at Versailles...
Vivid review! I felt almost that I was watching the film (and discussing it with a like-minded, intelligent friend afterwards). My take on the problem of wealthy incomers is that, like so many other problems, it could be addressed by reducing the shameful inequalities accepted without thought in the US & UK (and probably in most other countries, though I believe Denmark does better).
Yes, after reading up a bit before writing this review I became (re)convinced that having no state income tax to fund local services is basically evil and that there should be a federally-mandated minimum state income tax for people making over a certain amount, or something.