Comments on: To Kill a Mockingbird http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2006/08/04/to-kill-a-mockingbird/ Stories, thoughts & insights on Jesus, college students, and the Bible; Los Angeles, immigration, politics, ethnicity and culture, and also about my daughter Isabel - from a spanglish gringo father living in, learning from, leading & loving life in East L.A. Sat, 19 May 2012 04:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Spanglish Gringo http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2006/08/04/to-kill-a-mockingbird/#comment-604 Spanglish Gringo Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:17:19 +0000 http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2006/08/04/to-kill-a-mockingbird/#comment-604 Eddy - I watched the Gregory Peck version in black and white, though I think I've seen parts of the techno-color remix. Tom - My bad. I just watched it <i>again</i>, since I read the book back in high school for the first time & have seen the movie before. That is why it is such a classic - stands the test of time. I'm curious, though, since I've never known that the book/movie so shaped a generation. How so? Eddy - I watched the Gregory Peck version in black and white, though I think I’ve seen parts of the techno-color remix.

Tom - My bad. I just watched it again, since I read the book back in high school for the first time & have seen the movie before. That is why it is such a classic - stands the test of time.

I’m curious, though, since I’ve never known that the book/movie so shaped a generation. How so?

]]> By: Tom Pratt http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2006/08/04/to-kill-a-mockingbird/#comment-601 Tom Pratt Wed, 09 Aug 2006 04:08:01 +0000 http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2006/08/04/to-kill-a-mockingbird/#comment-601 Sort of surprising that someone would just be seeing it for the first time. But the again I'm pushing 50. Both book and film shaped my gen in the deepest way. Sort of surprising that someone would just be seeing it for the first time. But the again I’m pushing 50. Both book and film shaped my gen in the deepest way.

]]> By: Eddy E http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2006/08/04/to-kill-a-mockingbird/#comment-596 Eddy E Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:38:44 +0000 http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2006/08/04/to-kill-a-mockingbird/#comment-596 Which version did you watch? I have seen the black and white one and also the technicolor version--gotta stick with the b/w Which version did you watch? I have seen the black and white one and also the technicolor version–gotta stick with the b/w

]]> By: chris h. http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2006/08/04/to-kill-a-mockingbird/#comment-595 chris h. Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:40:32 +0000 http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2006/08/04/to-kill-a-mockingbird/#comment-595 Couldn't agree with you more. A rare moment when both book and film reach a truly classic level. Couldn’t agree with you more. A rare moment when both book and film reach a truly classic level.

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