http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/10/30/thrilled/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:38:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/10/30/thrilled/#comment-130454 A Modest Construct » The Undertaking Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:22:13 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/10/30/thrilled/#comment-130454 [...] My reading The Undertaking is all Lauren’s fault. I had, surprisingly, never heard of Lynch until she mentioned him, and then I was struck with a morbid curiosity for what a third-generation funeral director (they prefer that term to the antiquated “undertaker,” despite the appropriateness of the name, and to the rather called “mortician”) would have to say. Add to this that Lynch is a semi-celebrated poet1, and you have the makings for either an excellent book about death and dying or an overly maudlin piece of smarmily-constructed prose better left for brochures and sympathy cards. [...] [...] My reading The Undertaking is all Lauren’s fault. I had, surprisingly, never heard of Lynch until she mentioned him, and then I was struck with a morbid curiosity for what a third-generation funeral director (they prefer that term to the antiquated “undertaker,” despite the appropriateness of the name, and to the rather called “mortician”) would have to say. Add to this that Lynch is a semi-celebrated poet1, and you have the makings for either an excellent book about death and dying or an overly maudlin piece of smarmily-constructed prose better left for brochures and sympathy cards. [...]

]]> http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/10/30/thrilled/#comment-118561 Raging Red Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:49:52 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/10/30/thrilled/#comment-118561 You can watch entire episodes of Frontline on their web site. <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/undertaking/view/" rel="nofollow">Here's the link for The Undertaking.</a> You can watch entire episodes of Frontline on their web site. Here’s the link for The Undertaking.

]]> http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/10/30/thrilled/#comment-116775 Lauren Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:19:54 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/10/30/thrilled/#comment-116775 My damn DVR didn't record the entire show (our Chicago-feed for PBS sucks) so I didn't really get to see it. I really want to find my old copy of "The Undertaking" now. My damn DVR didn’t record the entire show (our Chicago-feed for PBS sucks) so I didn’t really get to see it. I really want to find my old copy of “The Undertaking” now.

]]> http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/10/30/thrilled/#comment-115601 Roy Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:46:12 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/10/30/thrilled/#comment-115601 (Wow, I'm dumb. Would you mind not approving that first comment, please?) That's so weird. I grew up not that far from Lynch & Sons, and most of the funerals I've attended have been there. (Wow, I’m dumb. Would you mind not approving that first comment, please?)
That’s so weird.
I grew up not that far from Lynch & Sons, and most of the funerals I’ve attended have been there.

]]> http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/10/30/thrilled/#comment-115195 Nicole J Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:25:36 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/10/30/thrilled/#comment-115195 I watched this Frontline last night and I think I cried through about 80% of it. I found myself getting very emotional about the 2-year-old with CFC syndrome. It was very intense but an excellent program. I watched this Frontline last night and I think I cried through about 80% of it. I found myself getting very emotional about the 2-year-old with CFC syndrome. It was very intense but an excellent program.

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