Comments on: Julie, Julia, and Russ Parsons http://www.dianaglyer.com/2009/08/julie-julia-and-russ-parsons/ Award-Winning Author & Teacher Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:02:20 -0600 hourly 1 By: Laura Simmons http://www.dianaglyer.com/2009/08/julie-julia-and-russ-parsons/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Laura Simmons Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:56:52 +0000 http://www.dianaglyer.com/?p=271#comment-62 So why is he quoting her now? So why is he quoting her now?

]]> By: Glenn McDavid http://www.dianaglyer.com/2009/08/julie-julia-and-russ-parsons/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Glenn McDavid Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:45:12 +0000 http://www.dianaglyer.com/?p=271#comment-61 We just saw this on Friday night, and were wondering about that scene. What immediately comes to my mind is that the bar is much higher for Julie than for Julia: In addition to all the cooking and keeping a marriage alive and well, Julie has a <i>full time job with a New York commute</i>. She has <i>much<i> less time and energy to devote to cooking than Julia. That is where the parallel between the lives breaks down. We just saw this on Friday night, and were wondering about that scene.

What immediately comes to my mind is that the bar is much higher for Julie than for Julia: In addition to all the cooking and keeping a marriage alive and well, Julie has a full time job with a New York commute. She has much less time and energy to devote to cooking than Julia. That is where the parallel between the lives breaks down.

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