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Critical Reviews

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The following two reviews were written by my father related to two short films I made.  I put the You Tube links but they will probably not work at some point as all that we create is ultimately doomed to the  hard rives  of companies that will delete us in the blink of an eye...  I liked my father's reviews and wanted to note them for  posterity .   Project 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyw7CKXXaCY "The Heart of Darkness” — reviewed by travel writer, L. Walter Giggle. Explorer and writer  Sir P. Laurence Bauer — is best described as a “enthusiast.” He’s passionate to the point of being fanatical about his food, travel, friends, and even strangers. "The Heart of Darkness" gave him the perfect showcase for his most altruistic passion, namely finding out and sharing what makes other people light up — like turds and turning white women into stone sacrifices.  No one could blame him if he just saw an opportunity for a DEA vacation a

I'm sorry, did you say food?

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One night I was out to dinner with my now thankfully departed former-former boss.   It was his goodbye party and he chose the restaurant.  The food was excellent and speaking with him I told him how delicious I thought it was.  He responded by saying it was one of about six places in Chiang Mai where you could find good food.  At the time I had only been living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, for two weeks.  "Are you kidding?" I thought.  I wanted to vomit on his shoe. Thailand is a nation obsessed with food.  Food is everywhere.  Before I arrived, my Thai teacher told me that if they raise the price of food staples in Thailand the response is wide spread social unrest.  This is a country that feeds itself and does a good job at it.  In Thai a greeting saying "Hello" is literally "Have you eaten?"  If you say no they will find you food.   Most Thais don't even cook.  There is a network of family run food stands on the sides of the roads that cater