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October 24, 2021,
And Aubrey was her name.
Still is.
Bread could be found at the plaza. Any plaza.
That’s good because Bread, back in the day, probably sang at a Plaza.
About Aubrey.
Not about Aubrey Plaza. She wasn’t born yet. But after watching some of Aubrey’s intriguing, quirky, unusual films, we would say a star is born.
They should sing a song about her. Like Bread did. Remember?
“And Aubrey was her name
A not so very ordinary girl or name
But who’s to blame?
And Aubrey was her name
We tripped the light and danced together to the moon
But where was June
But how I miss the girl
And I’d go a million times around the world just to say
She had been mine for a day”
A very sad, soothing and magnificent song by Bread, about Aubrey. Which was her name.
Aubrey Plaza is no ordinary girl, though she can play one on screen really well.
Which means from time to time, she is making a lot of bread, even if she is vegan.
Aubrey Christina Plaza is an American actress, comedian, and producer.
She began her career performing improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. She starred as April Ludgate on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015), and later featured in the FX drama series Legion (2017–2019).
Aubrey had her first leading film role in Safety Not Guaranteed (2012).
She also starred in the films Mystery Team (2009), Funny People (2009), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), The To Do List (2013), Monsters University (2013), Life After Beth (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), The Little Hours (2017), Ingrid Goes West (2017), An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018), Child’s Play (2019), Happiest Season (2020), and Black Bear (2020).
Ah, yes. Black Bear.
That’s where we first recognized her. We say recognize, instead of that’s where we first saw her, because we knew that we had seen her before. When there were no black bears around.
We pondered, this actress is gorgeous, has a sense of humor, is highly artistic and intelligent and very hard to read.
The female lover of the host, in the first segment of Black Bear, agrees with us because Aubrey’s character seems to be interested in cuddling with her honey or is she?
Black Bear is a 2020 American comedy-drama thriller film written and directed by Lawrence Michael Levine.
Comedy, drama, thriller and bear sighting. All in one film. That’s a lot.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020, and was released on December 4, 2020, by Momentum Pictures. Filmed at a house powered by solar, batteries, and diesel generator, the film received the Gold “green-seal” from the Environmental Media Association for being produced sustainably.
Way to go Aubrey.
Here is the storyline.
At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, Gabe (Christopher Abbott) and Blair (Sarah Gadon) entertain film director Allison, an out-of-town guest and former actress looking for inspiration.
Gabe’s interest in her quickly becomes obvious, as does his unhappy relationship with his pregnant partner Blair. Blair and Gabe constantly bicker in front of an uncomfortable Allison, with Blair targeting Gabe’s lackluster musical career and Gabe criticizing Blair’s drinking habits.
Allison becomes a part of these arguments, shifting between siding with Blair and Gabe and causing them to become even more aggressive to each other.
See what we mean. Hard to read. And just when you feel you are starting to get a read on this intriguing and yes, well-done uncomfortable film, like a David Lynch project, the characters completely shift and change on you, without shape shifting.
What did impress us about Aubrey in the film is how she shifted from one personality profile to another and both were very believable. This tells us that Aubrey has a body of work that demanded her to grin and bear it, and push herself out of her comfort zone and it shows.
We would love to focus on the Black Bear theme but that meaning was over our heads.
What does a black bear have to do with this story anyway? The bear would appear from time to time in the film, threatening to turn it into a horror film and just as soon as it does, except for causing a car crash, it’s gone.
So, what is with this Black Bear name anyway?
The team at worldbirds.com shares, “The bear symbol is one of the most common signs in the Native American tribes. This animal is thought to have magical and healing powers and is used as a bear medicine being. They see it as an emblem of strength and wisdom and use the spirit animal bear in various divine ceremonies.”
Strength and wisdom? Didn’t see a whole lot of that in this film.
They add another angle.
“Black bear symbolism is about having patience, confidence, and knowing who you are and what you want. The black bear spirit animal that works through this totem is a powerful and dominant being with maternal instincts.”
Didn’t see a whole lot of that in the film either.
We wonder what the masters at rogerebert.com have to say about the film because we are ready to give up on the whole Black Bear thing. They surmise, “The surface of life in these films, and in “Black Bear,” is often banal, polite, obnoxiously liberal and literate, while underneath roars a river of unmanageable “unacceptable” feelings like rage and envy. Social niceties conceal chaos.”
Yes, we did see that in the film. That explanation makes the experience bearable.
We looked at a lot of reviews and virtually none address the Black Bear angle. They speak of the directors and producers previous works and how it ties in to the film’s current storylines but not a bear analogy in sight.
What does this beast have to do with our beauty?
If there truly is no symbolism, we suppose the film could have been named Grizzly Bear, Pooh Bear, Teddy Bear, Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Shugah Bear, Boo Boo Bear, Brown Bear, Lay It Bear, Bear Bottom, Pimp Bear, Kodiak Bear or if it was about a perennial under performing mediocre actress who lived on a hill near San Francisco, Cal Bear.
None of that really matters.
What matters is we’ve fallen in love with Aubrey’s acting and we have to view more of her body of work where the storylines are not too ridiculous and poorly done.
Comedies have never been our favorites because they are so hard to do and bear very little resemblance to real life.
It’s all about Aubrey.
So glad the bear didn’t mall Aubrey Plaza. In the woods, mall or at the plaza.
We are so mesmerized by her work, we’re ready to bear down and write a song about her.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_Plaza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bear_(film)
https://worldbirds.com/bear-symbolism/
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/black-bear-movie-review-2020
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