Once more Marion keeps us chuckling. But she won't let us go before she brings us to tears or makes us cringe.
She shares escapades and poetry that speak to our common human frailty and lunacy.
From the funniest child's view of the voluptuous Aunt Dora in
The Funeral
to the tragedy of the immigrant girl taken from her mother in
Little Girl in Red
, she delivers her insightful vision and we are involved and emotional.
Pollack has a knack for noticing details usually missed. But she wakes us up and shakes us into seeing it all so fully, that finally we exclaim, "Ain't That the Truth"
We are also aware of the relentless passage of time in
When your 85
, or in
The sagging old mansion of dreams
Marion sees us on our carousel, trying to grab the ring, pushing on hoping to win the prize.
As we ponder what to do to stay afloat, finally we say,
"Ain't Nobody Gonna Break My Stride."
Keep on Movin'!