![]() ![]() Recorded live at GRAMMY® winner Arooj AftabÂ’s triumphant sold-out headline show at LondonÂ’s Barbican Centre on June 17, 2022. Wings|Sunset Boulevard|Hidden Conversations|John Lee Hooker|Live With Me|Once I Dreamed Of Heaven Terry collaborated with the producers Christopher Grabowski and Mark Hardy on the remaining other songs on the album. The combination of Robert Del NajaÂ’s haunting production and TerryÂ’s captivating, emotive vocals fused beautifully. Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja co-wrote ‘WingsÂ’, ‘John Lee Hooker', and ‘Live With MeÂ’. After coming out of musical semi-retirement and returning to the stage in the 90s, Terry's light continued to shine, wowing both old and new audiences with the exquisite beauty his music and voice channelled.įollowing his stunning performance at the 2008 Meltdown Festival, curated by Massive Attack, Terry teamed up with the legendary British trio, which resulted in ‘Hidden Conversations'. In an amusing running bit, Sarah, an interior designer, keeps suggesting lighting fixtures for her latest client, who politely but firmly indicates that she hates them every time.The late, great Terry Callier was an icon and inspiration to many his work on Cadet Records with Charles Stepney and Elektra in the 70s made him a cult artist. When her actor husband (a terrific Arian Moayed) asks how his latest performance was, she always tells him he was great, whether he was or not. We all tell these little lies in the name of kindness. (Watkins also has my favorite line in the whole movie, a tossed-off aside after eating a Mister Softee ice cream cone: “Well, that wasn’t worth it.”) She’s sympathetic but pragmatic about Beth’s painful realization: Everyone does this, she says. In an inspired bit of casting, Michaela Watkins plays Beth’s younger sister, Sarah. Decades of trust get obliterated with a few words in seconds. Louis-Dreyfus finds such a tricky balance in how she plays this moment: There’s humor in it, for sure, because it’s such an uncomfortable situation, but she also conveys the deep hurt Beth is feeling inside. But when she overhears him telling someone he actually thinks her new novel is terrible, she’s understandably shattered. As she anxiously awaits feedback from her agent, she confides her worries to her ever-supportive therapist husband, Don (a lovely Tobias Menzies). ![]() And besides Louis-Dreyfus, it features a murderer’s row of supporting players doing stellar work, including several “Succession” cast members.īeth is a novelist and writing professor at The New School who’s just finished her latest book. “You Hurt My Feelings” explores what might happen if we learned what others really thought about us-when people stop being polite and start getting real. How many times have you told a friend or loved one you liked their new haircut, or that meal they cooked was delicious, or those jeans don’t make their butt look big? It’s just easier. But she also taps into a broader topic in our tendency to withhold brutal honesty to avoid hurting someone’s feelings or perhaps steer clear of the awkwardness of confrontation. It’s certainly a subject Holofcener knows well after 30 years of making movies. We’re exposing ourselves, and we’re inviting criticism. In particular, she vividly depicts the insecurity creative people experience when offering something personal to the world. The problems at the center of “You Hurt My Feelings” may seem insignificant from the outside, but when they happen to you, they’re seismic. ![]()
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