It's good.
Very good acting.
The one character in it: like, "Portrait of a Psycho" could be an alternative title!...
It's based on a true story that happened in the early 1990s.
At the beginning of the movie, it says on the screen, "McAllen, Texas."
But in real life the situation occurred in Brownsville.
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That top picture I found says, "8 Interior Design Rules."
Rules.
Rules - ?
...
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On yesterday's subject of requiring college degrees for people to get hired for police forces: I have one suggestion and then a question.
Suggestion: instead of a two-year associate's degree, it should be four years for a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science, in a real subject: English, History, Math, Science, Theater, or Art.
Question: In that article, it says Wisconsin and Minnesota are requiring some college, as well as Chicago and NYC. Well - Chicago and New York City are cities; Minnesota and Wisconsin are states.
So who makes these laws, setting these standards? - cities, or states? ... Apparently this varies. No consistent standard.
Should we be so casual, and lax, and haphazard with our standards for who can become a policeman and carry - hello??! - a gun...???
I mean, can people go out and get a one-year associate's degree in Garbage-Collecting and then say they are a doctor and start doing surgery...? Can you earn a certificate for completing tap-dancing class and then say you are a lawyer and start prosecuting and defending, willy nilly...? I mean, come on....
A retired policeman, speaking in a video on You Tube, told his listeners what the "SOD defense" is - sod stands for "some other dude." Some other dude did it, not the defendant.
I never heard of that, before.
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news article
Massachusetts
Should Mass. police officers need a college degree? Proposal would up requirement
By Eli Rosenberg
Published May 28, 2026
There's a push in the Commonwealth to increase the bar for what it takes to become a police officer.
"We desperately need to elevate policing," said Dennis Galvin, a retired state police officer and president of the Massachusetts Association for Professional Law Enforcement (MAPLE).
MAPLE is pushing a law that would require anyone wanting to be a police officer here to complete 60 college semester credits - the equivalent of an associate's degree.
As it stands now, recruits must have a GED or high school diploma.
MAPLE doesn't think this new requirement will hurt recruiting.
"There is a lot of concern that we are not recruiting or we can't find candidates, well, if you go and take a two-year degree at a junior college which costs you nothing you should be eligible for employment," Galvin said.
The idea is gaining steam. Wisconsin has a college credit requirement for police recruits, as does Minnesota. Same with the Chicago Police Department. And the NYPD in New York City requires 24 hours of college semester credits.
Experts who study this say there are definitely some advantages.
"I like the idea, I know it sounds a little self serving having an academic say that, but I think it is a good idea," said Chris Harris, a professor at UMass Lowell.
In recent years, Massachusetts has dealt with several high profile police issues, including the Karen Read trial.
"There is some research, although not a lot, that seems to suggest that college-educated officers seem to perform better, they tend to get fewer citizen complaints, they tend to use less force," Harris said.
MAPLE says it has heard mixed reactions so far. Right now, this is a Senate bill, so there's a lot to track as it makes its way through Beacon Hill.
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I was looking for more information about Sol Saks, because the Wikipedia entry was pretty skimpy.
The Los Angeles Times article that came out when he died in 2011 had more background and interesting details.
Sol Saks wrote the pilot script for the TV series Bewitched (1964 - 1972).
Born in New York City.
Died in Sherman Oaks, California at the age of 100.
--------------------- [excerpt from L.A. Times article] ------------ Saks was a long time member of Theatre West, the nonprofit arts organization in Hollywood.
"Sol was the elder statesman of the group, an amazing man," said Stu Berg, who directed several of Saks' plays at the theater, including "A Dream of Butterflies," in 2003.
"One of the interesting things about him was the incredible amount of energy he had and how sharp he was well into his 90s," said Berg. "He was working on new things and sharpening up some things he had previously worked on. He was always busy. He was kind of an inspiration to all of us."
At the end of that Deliverance scene from yesterday, the tourist who was playing the song with the local kid, Drew, is kind of high with delight over the spontaneous musical collaboration they just did - he's so happy in the moment, he says, "I could play all day with that guy!" - And he holds out his right hand, enthusiastically, to shake hands with the boy - who keeps both his hands on the instrument and swiftly turns his face away - looks off to the side.
It isn't as dramatic or horrifying as some other scenes in the movie, but to me it's a significant, mystifying, predictive moment.
Critics say the movie is about ecology and the environment - the need to preserve and protect the environment instead of wrecking it.
1973 Academy Awards: this movie had three nominations, Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. It did not win.
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On You Tube, type in
Deliverance - Dueling Banjos (HQ)
uploader / channel: Gilded Entertainment Group
...and play
