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Ghajini movie review
Ghajini is a gripping and powerful movie, and draws you into the violent world of a man terribly wronged. It's a movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat from the start and is replete with violence, even after three scenes were cut by the censor board…certainly not a pleasant ride for kids under the age of twelve despite the film getting an UA certificate! That said, Ghajini is a well directed film with brilliant music by A.R Rahman. The film begins by introducing us to Sanjay Singhania (Aamir Khan), a man suffering from anterograde amnesia, a condition which prevents him from remembering anything beyond 15 minutes…Ghajini is a typical Bollywood masala movie, with song and dance, a heart wringing romance and plenty of dishum dishum, but what will make this film memorable is Aamir's performance.
Read the rest of this review without spoilers here.
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December 25, 2008 10:20 pm
I dont think the music was too good except one song .. may be I expected a little more, since it A R Rehman, and Aamir Khan ….. remember Rang De Basanti, Lagaan ?
I wasn't just talking of the songs, but the background music. It was awesome! I found myself listening to it more than watching the action scenes! And do you remember the music when Aamir is alone in his flat, and disoriented? I just went fida over the music. That soundtrack is brilliant. Another movie with music I went mad over was Rock On. As for Rang De and Lagaan were different kind of films, this one was different. So was Taare. That is what I like about Aamir. His versatality. – Nita.
nehru mantri permalinkDecember 25, 2008 11:08 pm
Wish you and your readers a Happy holiday season and happy '09. Keeping you and your mumbai in our hearts. Love.
Thanks Nehru! same to you and your family too!! – Nita.
December 25, 2008 11:26 pm
Nice review and here is mine 🙂
Ultra awesome movie
For all those who claim to watch only the so called intelligent movies please stay away…and for the rest of us who want to be blown away by the sheer brilliance of Aamirs performance,Asins briliance and the screenplay and action of this superbly fun filled film..i've got just 3 words for you..Go watch immediatelyAamir matches surya scene to scene!
The film is a must watch. Things that leave a lasting impression on your mind are.
* The romance between Aamir and Asin
* The performance of aamir
* The screenplay which is super fast that you dont even notice that 3 hrs have gone.
* And finally the fact that you want kalpana to know that Sanjay is indeed a rich businessman before she dies ..wow!
So if you want to be enthralled for 3 hrs and sit at the edge of your seats..dont worry about what celebrity reviewers say..even though I beleive most will give good ratings for this movie..go and Enjoy!!
My vedict 4/5
Thanks Kamal. I agree that this movie is awesome in many ways! Its pure heady entertainment, the prime purpose of a movie and if a director can do that he is brilliant! About Memento, I too had heard that the way this movie is done is entirely different, just the storyline is taken. Whatever it is, this movie was a great roller coaster ride and I loved it. – Nita.
December 26, 2008 12:13 am
The music in the tamil version was also very good. Ill have to see the hindi version for the background music. But the songs were better in Tamil version.
Destination Infinity
Now you are making me curious about the Tamil version! I would love to see it just for the music. I enjoyed Sivaji in Tamil even though I didn't understand a word! 🙂 – Nita.
December 26, 2008 4:37 am
Hi Nita
I first read your blog exactly 1 year back, yes you got it right , it was TZP review.I was impressed now that I am not in India so just typed "nitawrite….." on the URL to read Gazini's review. A lot has changed since then. You blog has grown in stature. Being an Aamir khan fan I wd watch the movie sooner or later ( this country has no hindi releases ) but I was somewhat disappointed with the review. You are a writer of sublime quality but I felt that you were in a hurry to publish this. First you iterated the violence term many times ( around 8 times …makes it boring ) . Second you illustrated many facts which were known ti the junta before the release ( like remake of…, Aamir sufferinf from…, sensor board cuts …, Gazini game …) the point I am trying to make is when its a review let it be just a review. Trying to pour the pre-release information and common known facts makes the reading dull.
Giving facts is my weakness Ashutosh. You can say my weakness as a journalist. Let me assure you that it's just the opposite of what you think – getting facts is a lot of hard work and is time consuming as one has to cross check all facts! I took hours to write this review. It's very easy to pour out feelings, but as I wrote this review on payment for another site I had to take the trouble to ensure that it was comprehensive. However I do tend to have a different writing style than most other reviewers…I avoid writing the story which I think is very easy. And you can also see I wrote a lot of other stuff besides the facts. 🙂 – nita.
p.s. Also as an Aamir fan you probably knew all this stuff. Others may not.
gauri permalinkDecember 26, 2008 6:05 am
Hmm….I was really looking forward to this one, but I'm not so sure now if it's going to be dark+violent. Dark I can take, but 3 hours of dark and violent without a couple coffee/email breaks…!
Thanks for the heads-up; I think I'll wait for the DVD :))
On another note – doc or somebody mentioned this (even the Tamil one) is taken from a Hollywood one – do you know which one?
And on yet another note 🙂 – I'm glad you put in some facts/storyline; makes me still want to see it. I hadn't read about them elsewhere.
Thanks Gauri. Usually I avoid telling the story as I think it's very easy to do so. But yes I usually try to put in as many facts about the movie as possible although it means taking a lot of trouble, basically doing research! 🙂 But let me assure you that this movie is not 3 hours of dark violence. It's got the coffee breaks in terms of the romance between Aamir Khan and Asin. In fact I would say at least an hour of it goes in this! But yeah, if you don't like dark violent movies no point watching it in a cinema hall. – Nita.
December 26, 2008 9:05 pm
Guys am from chennai..movie is far better than tamil.they hav edited some non logic scenes frm tamil.i watchd it in tamil.music and bgm is excellent for a comercial flick likd this.in tamil music n bgm is not as gud as hindi.only two songs,n that too only timely,didnt stood up to the test of time.kaise mujhe was mind blowing wid visual.as everyone said,violence was too much.but it is not like rbdj,usual formula film.i watchd in inox,stil am not able to come out of bgm ,music composed by A.r.Rahman.he rox thr'ot d movie.in tamil,surya did well,but in some scenes,he overeacted as he is a physco.but aamir performed so well knowing his charecter.in tamil some of the bgms were copied from michael jacksons entry music.as some people say rahmans music grows on you,but tis one not so sure,but kaise mujhe was awesome.comparing tamil and hindi..tamil-3/5,hindi-4/5..surya-3.5/5,aamir-4.5/5..music and bgm:tamil-3/5..hindi-4.5/5.asin,she did the same thing as in tamil.not bad..ok.go n watch it out for aamir and rahman.they deserve applause.dnt look for logic n plots.its a comercial entertainer,not a science experiment.even though..it has plots,its worth watching.hey arvind,watch the movie,then only the music n bgm wil make u understand,its better than tamil version.i still warmed by the music and performance of hindi,even after comin out of theater.chennai theatres runin ghajini are houseful,u dn beleive,1st class in black is rs.600,ghosh i watched for only 300 rupees..
Nil permalinkDecember 26, 2008 11:37 pm
Hope his co-star Asin (fellow Mallu!!) garners interest in Bollywood after this one. She's huge in the Tamil and Telugu industries.
Oh and I'm sure Aamir's done a fine job of this remake, being the great actor he is.
December 26, 2008 11:41 pm
No doubt that Gajini keeps you entertained with loads of comedy and action scenes which I like :)) but it made me gory with violence besides its a 3 hr movie:( Hindi version is definitely way better than Tamil/Telugu because it has aamir and superb technicians put their work together to make it look awesomely cool.
The movie ends really well unlike the earlier version. I LOVE comedy and I don't care for the logic in the scenes as long as I m entertained. The screenplay is fast and cinematography is superb especially the one where aamir wakes up and displays his 20 pack..lol. I liked the sound design and it compliments very well with the Action sequences but very routine and I have seen plenty of em in Telugu movies 🙂
Viewers who categorize themselves as refined/polished/matured whatever it is please don't go for this because from the beginning you would lost in thinkin about the logic behind each scene and end up straining your brain rather than take pleasure out of watchin it.
I hope my review helps those who are confused by mixed reviews like the one in Economic times 🙂
December 26, 2008 11:50 pm
PS: whoever comments bad on the music let me remind them that the music is novel and there were no copyright infringement case filed on AR Rahman in any indian court.
December 27, 2008 12:03 am
LOL@Nil callin herself Mallu … I thought all the south indians are stuffed in and called Madrasis..lol
December 27, 2008 12:06 am
PS: I wish not to see neither Vivek Mittal's justification in northies calling south indians as madrasis nor Vivek Kadpekar's brutal replies 🙂 I was kidding I really want to see that happen…lmaoooooooooooooo
December 27, 2008 12:11 am
Hey Nil! Nice profile pic ya! I wonder how many indian women dare to put their pic on their blog *lost in wonderin*
December 27, 2008 12:11 am
I wish Nita doesn't delete my last 3 comments.. 🙂
kandii permalinkDecember 27, 2008 1:40 am
Ghajini was the best movie of the year FOR SURE
it had drama, action, comedy and romace. the movie made me cry so its gatta be good.
amirs charater was so intersting and differnt from all the others he had preformed and did he look HOt or what, MAD hairstyle not to forget.
anyways long stroy short the movie was awsome, songs were great and amirs acting was awsome.
havnt seen the movie yet?? Then what are you waiting for, the movie did good business in holland as well, the movie was all booked out when it firt came out!
Nil permalinkDecember 27, 2008 2:13 am
@Ravi, that's not my profile pic 😉 It's a musician. Oh and i'm male too.
Amit permalinkDecember 27, 2008 8:32 am
Being a staunch Aamir Khan fan, it's disappointing to watch this heavily advertised Hollywood rip off (Memento). Overall, I feel that movie is "Okay" BUT not quit an Aamir Khan movie 😦
December 27, 2008 10:25 am
I dont quite agree. It was like watching a third grade terminator or robo-cop. Having seen Memento and original Gajini, I cannot digest aamir's performance along with the fact that he is one of the finest actor.
From the first scene, where aamir had robotic movement. I felt, rather than trying to act as brilliantly as Surya and original memento actor, he was more interested in showing the rugged new look.
Even A.R Rehman had given him remix of his old hits. "Me yesa kyu hu .." .. sounds familiar ??
block buster ????? Surely not.
malji permalinkDecember 27, 2008 11:46 am
Nice movie, go watch it
waqar permalinkDecember 28, 2008 3:46 am
I cant understand — why people like sharukh puthetic movies — typical cheap love stories — and leave alot of comment aamir movie — only man who gives holiday movie a status — His acting,, expression were great and off course 8 Pakksss — The comedy innocent part was also great — The movie dont let you to any where for three hours. — Great movia aamir — keep it up
Nazeema Khan permalinkDecember 28, 2008 8:42 am
This is an outstanding movie with extra ordinary performance done by Aamir Khan. This is your 5 star movie, try not to miss a single frame.
December 28, 2008 9:30 am
Hey Nita!
It was such a sharp coincidence that we were ready and waiting for our friends to pick us up to go watch Ghajini and while waiting, I was reading your review :)) And we LOVED the movie!
Manoj J permalinkDecember 29, 2008 12:20 am
This movie is just like another south Indian Movie. They are tend to exaggerate things. They may kill the gal in some decent manner but they never do. They cut the best scene of the movie as the gal never come to know that Aamir was actually Sanjay Singhania.. This is too much of a climax when director finally forget to open it. And last not the least, no matter how many people you have killed you can still runaway with normal life. But apart from all this Aamir was as brilliant as always and all the mistake is on director's account.
December 29, 2008 6:41 am
being a fan of Aamir Khan…i am simply disappointed…just because he is looking good in six packs doesnot mean that movie is good as well…
this is the worst Aamir Khan Movie that i am ever gonna see.copy of english movie memento and even not good at that.
A man after killing whole bunch of bad guys is sitting smiling at kids birthdays…
female can call…but she cant message…
she cant make her phone silent…
Aamir Khan beating bad guys in parking lot..
a man that was barely able to stand after being stabbed is energised for killing spree some moments after….
and list of flaws go on and on…
i hope Rab nay Bana day Jori would be better
December 29, 2008 6:52 am
why Aamir had to be cast in this mindless action film…Aamir is too intelligent to get into such films..watch lagaan.dil chahta hay,taray zameen par and you simply adore e him…but this time…
as far as voilence is concerned i think no movie was more voilent than zinda ….which was a remake as well…but it was a good one….
December 29, 2008 7:03 am
If you are expecting an intelligent psychological suspense thriller, watch Memento. If you are looking for an intense desi action masala watch the Tamil Ghajini. For the Hindi version doesn't show much difference other than trimming the twin villain from the original into a single baddie. By now we are prone to digesting the exaggerated action in south cinema. It would still take some time to accept Aamir Khan doing the same. Rather, the question in first place is, would we ever want to accept Aamir in such avatar?
December 29, 2008 10:20 am
This film was superb . I really like this movie. You must watch this movie.
December 29, 2008 5:32 pm
Saw this movie yesterday. Though there were a few questions – 'how the hell he got off the bus which has exits only on the left?' 'Ghajini's men or at least Ghajini dont even have a tiny pistol for protection?' etc.. but then even Bourne movies have such logic defying scenes.
I loved the romantic track… heartbreakingly cute..
Malika permalinkDecember 29, 2008 9:31 pm
In simple Amir khan is bestttttttttttttttt.
us ka koi muqabla nahi kar sakta baki kay khan kuch nahi us kay samnay……
sub pani bhartay hain……
Deepika permalinkDecember 30, 2008 2:06 am
Wonder how so many people liked this movie. It is the worst movie done by Aamir – neither a real thriller nor a true love story – mashed up version of both. To be fair though, Aamir does look hot and he has tried hard for this one. But the direction is completely flawed with too many errors/false exaggerations (which business head drives around town with a motorcade and sends his senior management team to deal with an ad campaign??). The love story between Aamir and Asin also isn't that convincing and stretched too long – the storyline should have stuck to the thriller aspect of it. Totally dissappointed with this movie – a sheer waste of Aamir's potential.
rajashree permalinkDecember 30, 2008 7:09 pm
i hav seen tamil/telugu ghajini….liked it …………amir's one is also good……..everyone should watch…
Sherry permalinkDecember 31, 2008 11:14 am
just waste of money..i had a headache after watching this movie..typical old concept….
Ajnabi permalinkJanuary 1, 2009 11:46 am
I watched memento just now and i can say that Gajini is a very poor copy of Memento.
At least Amir khan should avoid doing such blind remake of Hollywood movie.
Ameya permalinkJanuary 7, 2009 11:46 pm
Don't know how you liked the movie.Though as you rightly said its one's personal choice.I am the only one amongst my family who found it boring to the core.I found the action too silly and the direction too southy if you know what I mean!!!
Well, I can enjoy melodramatic fantasy type movies! 🙂 Actually I am not aware of what you mean by "southy" as I do not understand Tamil and the only Tamil film I have seen is "Sivaji" which I enjoyed even though I did not understand a word. But ofcourse not the kind of film one would remember for long. However the action in Ghajini was superb. The fights are never like seen in Indian cinema before…but as you mentioned, the kind of movies one likes is so personal! 🙂 – Nita.
Ameya permalinkJanuary 8, 2009 11:10 am
By the word southy I meant in the way the movie was directed.Usually South Indian movies have exaggerated stunts or action sequences .Though don't get me wrong there are also very good South Indian movies that stand out. Its like Bollywood where only very few movies actually stand out whereas the others are just slapstick/skin flick/goofy movies that sadly become more popular than the true good movies.The latest being Golmaal Returns which I found to be the worst movie I ever saw in the year 2008.Yet it became a hit!!!!.I found it to be too silly!!!
Luckily I managed to escape Golmal. 🙂 I think it became a hit because people went to see it because they liked the first Golmal. But those I met who had liked the first Golmal said they hated the second one! But about Ghajini, I must mention here that I thought that the action and fight sequences were realistic and well directed. That is one of the reasons I liked Ghajini and being an action movie fan I notice fight scenes very carefully. The actual choreography (if one can call it that) of the fight sequences was very good, more towards Hollywood style. But ofcourse the movie Ghajini itself was not at all realistic and quite ridiculous in parts, particularly the story. – Nita.


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She went back inside the house and when Gray saw her pistol at her side, she said he threatened to kill her, so she raised the gun and fired one shot. "I believe when he threatened to kill me, that's what he was absolutely going to do. That's what he intended to do. Had I not discharged my weapon at that point, I would not be here."
Alexander, however, said she did not aim the gun at her husband. She said she fired into the air intending to scare him away and Gray quickly left the house with his two children. No one was hurt in the incident, but Alexander sits in jail facing a 20-year sentence on three charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Gray admitted to a history of physical abuse. In a previous incident, Alexander said he beat her so severely she ended up in the hospital and he ended up in jail. "He pushed me, choked me, pushed me so hard into the closet that I hit my head against the wall and passed out for a second," Alexander said.
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Through a spokeswoman, State Attorney Angela Corey declined to comment on the case until after the sentencing. Alexander's attorney, Kevin M. Cobbin, is fighting for a new trial and that hearing is tentatively scheduled for next week. If that motion is denied, Alexander will receive a mandatory 20-year sentence with no possibility of parole.
Issue is ... she didn't shoot and kill him. Should have shot him and case closed. It isn't assault it is self defense. When you shoot, you shoot at center mass for the purpose of eliminating the threat ... pure and simple. Otherwise, you open yourself up for trouble!
That this woman faces 20 years behind bars, and a self admitted woman abuser has custody of their daughter is BEYOND ridiculous... This man had been arrested for previously abusing this woman, yet she is somehow the criminal and he is the victim ? The fact that she was even charged with a crime is shameful...Never mind the fact that she was then convicted as well. The judge needs to show compassion on her sentencing date and toss the verdict out as improper. Shame on the DA for even filing charges !
There is wrong on so many levels of the case it I am incredulous. The man admitted to a crime, had a restraining order, endangered his children and still is not in jail. The is the sign of the culture in Florida where not only Jim Crow is still alive but oppressive abusive attitudes toward women are accepted. Did they poll the jury? Where can you find the transcript of the case its not in public records?
This is just what i was thinking the supporters of zimmerman are fighting for this law and his rights to stand him groung, so why is there no one from Fox news interviewing her and her family? why is the system keeping her in jail she has the same rights as zimmerman right, see its all about skin color....to bad this would be a great case to show the law is a good law and it works for all people...missed opportunity people..
To play devil's advocate, and trust me, I do not believe that this woman should do a bit of jailtime, however, she had a protective order against him and he was still there? Last I checked, it is automatic jailtime when you violate a protective order. If she allowed him to do so, it is also her fault. He beat her previously bad enough to hospitalize her, yet she still went back? Sorry, you have to learn your lesson at some point. He openly admits that he beats his multiple women, what the heck is wrong with these women?
Juries are very unpredictable. It's always a gamble. She didn't have the dream team.
This case is an example of what should not be acceptable in today's society. I will be praying for Marissa and her family. I hope this exposure to her case helps her get a new trial.
This is NOT RIGHT. WHY doesn't she have the right to DEFEND HERSELF??? Okay – scratch the "Stand Your Ground" statement. She SHOT INTO THE AIR – SHE DIDN'T EVEN SHOOT HIM! This is Turkey spam!!! Something HAS to be done about these double, triple and QUADRUPLE standards in this country! It was SELF-DEFENSE! Something we ALL have a right to! Thank you for hearing me out.
Is there anything about this case that's not yet known? It seems very straight forward. An enraged husband and a wife who needed to defend herself. Above all, the husband is alive and well. So, how much harm did she intend if she never shot at her husband? Did the jury sleep through the deliberation, or were they from another planet?
There is a lot we don't know. I think CNN could have at least gone through the trial documents to see what happened, what evidence was presented to the jury. Instead, this blog is simply a rehashing of her essay that has been posted all over the web.
The husband has a documented history of violence. This should be a warning for people in abusive situations. I know, its never the victims fault but you never know who in the DA office is trying to make a name for themselves
all the story hasn't been outted. If she was able to get away she should have run out the front door or locked herself in the truck. She had the gun at the point and if he broke in the truck she could have shot him, but by going back in with the gun. that changed everything. Should she get 2o years? No, but she did have choices.
Mr Bill Crosby made a comment concerning the Trayvon Martin case that it was not about race, it was about a armed man who no training on the use of a fire arm. Partly true were race came in Zimmerman 911 call his misguided stereotyping of that young man. In this case a life was threaten on her property she did use judgement in the use of the gun, she did not discharge it killing another individual. It just seem strange certain people use whatever means to tear our families apart, there are two children without a mother. As for the acuser I will just say this Willie Lynch symdrone.
The Stand Your Ground Law should protect Marissa Alexander, she didnt kill her abusive husband, she tried to frighten him away...this man admitted his abuse and his threats to kill her, it should not matter he later recanted his story that supported hers...you can tell by his cooperation and then change of story he is a selfish man and a lier who will say what best benefits him, his testimony should be thrown out. This women is facing 20 years with no possibility of parol for firing a warning shot in the air to frighten away someone who threatened her life...When is it ok to stand your ground? When your dead?
Forgot to point out the double standard practiced by the NAACP. They say that the stand your ground law should be banned in the Tryvon Martin case where the shooter is White or Hispanic and then they back the law when the shooter is black. You can't have it both ways...you are either for the law or against the law. The case in Jacksonville was different since the woman was flashing the gun hours before she shot her husband
CNN should help Marissa Alexander. It's not always enough to just air the story. Anderson, sometimes you have to help them, because nobody else can, or will. This is the most ridiculous case of abuse of the system, I have ever seen. She should be free, and her husband should be in jail. Until you aired the story, I had not heard anything about it. WHY? Please help this woman and keep her story in the news. She was railroaded and someone must be held accountable for this misguided effort at justice. She didn't even shoot her husband and it was self defense. Please don't let her go to prison. This is so wrong. And yes, being black, and a woman, I feel, had everything to do with her conviction. PLEASE DON"T LET FLORIDA GET AWAY WITH THIS>
More than anything, what I do NOT get, is how is firing your weapon, into the air, as a means of defense, a 20 year sentence? Ignoring all things in the case, if she and her husband just got into a fight and she fired a weapon into the air? The law just says, the two of you have opposing arguments and therefore the person taking the more "extreme" option is guilty AND its going to cost you 20 years? 20 years!!!!!!!! People accidentally kill people... these people are dead, and yet they go free? Oj was cleared of all murder charges, and then somehow found civilly guilty and therefore had to pay money for a crime he didn't commit!? what the heck is going on!?
She hasn't been sentenced to 20 years. That's the maximum for the type of felony she committed.
20 years with no possibility of parole is the mandatory sentence. Mandatory is not the same as maximum. The judge only has several choices, toss the verdict out as improper seeing as the jury only took 12 minutes, grant permission to her to appeal and allow her to go free on PR bond, declare a mistrial and set a new trial date.
No, it's not the*maximum*, it's the *minimum*. The sentencing judge judge *has* to give her at least 20 years, without possibility of parole. .That's what "mandatory minimum" means.
It's about race AND gender. I am curious as to what the jury makeup was. I say that because with his record there is the greater likelihood that he intended to continue to attack her, that she did feel her life was in danger. The fact that she discharged the weapon into the celing or wall instead of him doubly gives the impression on self preservation. How in the world is she being charged when the killer of Trayvon Martin could not even get arrested for the longest! The men who crafted the Stand Your Ground law will get the message when men start getting shot to death by their wives for physically abusive behavior and start collecting those insurance policies! The women may even say "Go ahead and make my day"!
This is a perfect example of things gone wrong! She feared for her life. I pray for this woman that justice will be done! You Anderson has brougth it to light now, America stand up!
Goes to show how the law works different for some people.
This is an example of when the law doesn't protect the people its supposed to. It protects the angry vigilante types and that is not standing your ground. That is trying to be a superhero.


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Soul Rising: In Pursuit of the South's Most Excellent 5.9s
I'm not a badass trad climber. Actually, I don't own a single cam, tri-cam, nut tool or gear sling. My rack consists of 15 quickdraws and, when I'm pumped and cruxing, I grab them.
I fall. I project. I redpoint. I'm a sport climber.
After repeating this cycle for years, I was bored and frustrated. I warmed up on the same routes every day, then hopped on my project only to make incremental progress. It was time for something new. When I expressed my frustrations to a friend, he said, "Do something different. Why don't you go climb trad 5.9? I hear the South has some of the best."
Though I wasn't immediately sold on the idea, I thought it might help me get out of my rut. When I mentioned it to my Salt Lake City-based trad-climber friend Brittany Griffith, she quickly asked, "Do you even know how to trad climb?"
She had a point. Soon, my pride took over, and I felt like proving it to her and, more so, myself that I could do it. I took a week off work to explore this new ground, and perhaps find a whole new me. Following a well established climbing tradition, I embarked on a road trip to search for the best 5.8 to 5.10 trad lines in the Southeast, figuring I might as well start with the cream of the crop.
Despite never having placed a cam, I wasn't nervous. No biggie, I thought. 5.9. I can climb 5.9 all day long.
Fast forward to the trip's end. Five people, two cars, 1,200 miles, one camera, four fast-food stops, one overpriced dinner, 36 beers, and the discovery that trad climbing was not what I expected. I overcammed all my pro; futilely banged a nut tool against stuck gear and smashed my knuckles; wore slings like Rambo; body humped a bulge (on toprope); got scared on 5.8; got scared on 5.7; swore off climbing; rekindled my love of climbing; and redpointed the most satisfying intermediate climbs I've ever done.
OK, rewind. We were in the car, and Pete Eiland was taking my friend from the Red River Gorge Dario Ventura and I through the Hickory Nut Gorge in North Carolina. We drove past trinket stores, bed-and-breakfasts, copious apple stands and markets that sell the local soda Dr. Enuf ("Enuf is Enough!").
Pete and his wife, Natasha, live in Brevard for its close proximity to many of North Carolina's best trad-climbing areas. He is passionate about trad—gritty yet self-effacing and polite. As the day's dedicated guide, he downshifted the Subi every time we'd pass an important landmark, like where Last of the Mohicans or Dirty Dancing were filmed. When we drove past Whitesides, one of the most feared crags in the Southeast for its hard, committing routes, his voice shrank to a whisper, as if the cliff were a monster that might awaken.
The air was cool and crisp, and the sky electric blue. The weather forecast for our road trip predicted five flawless November days. A good omen.
We wheeled into the Rumbling Bald parking lot, right behind our friends Pat Goodman and Jessa Goebel, who have been climbing together in North Carolina for years.
"Welcome to the Bald," Pete said, as we skidded to a halt in the dirt.
Rumbling Bald is gneiss, with pumpy yet technical climbing on splitter cracks and flakes. The Bald's easy access, year-round climbing and perfect rock with good trad routes, a few sport climbs and plentiful bouldering have made this a popular destination. In the early 1990s, the area was closed for a few years due to access issues with neighboring landowners, but by the late 1990s, the crag reopened thanks to land purchases by the Carolina Climbers' Coalition and favorable management plans by Hickory Nut Gorge State Park.
The Bald has been a hub for North Carolina climbing personalities since the early 1970s. Local legends and pioneers such as Jeep Gaskin, Bruce Burgess, Grover Cable, Don Hunley and Sean and Shane Cobourn were among the first to develop routes here.
The history of developing this and other key crags is rich and few are better at retelling it than Harrison Shull, photographer and North Carolina guidebook author who spent 20-plus years climbing and establishing routes here. While researching his guidebook to North Carolina, Shull interviewed Gaskins, who was so well spoken that you might think he scratched for hours on pen and paper, yet he rattled insightful aphorisms off the top of his head.
"If you have depth to your soul and insights into life's lessons and you didn't get them from risk, then congratulations, but I can't relate," Gaskins said to Shull in one interview. "Climbing can be deltoids or it can be Zen; it can be runout or short, safe falls; it can be skies filled with lightning or crisp air ahead of mares' tails. It is never standing in a grocery line."
Eventually, by the 1980s, more new-school visionaries like Doug Reed, Tim Fisher (who later purchased and helped preserve the climbing area Moore's Wall) and Porter Jarrard contributed routes to Rumbling Bald. Hanging Chains (5.12b), thought to be the hardest climb in North Carolina at the time, was ascended in a tag team, yo-yo style, and was a breach in tradition.
"This is one of the few, very few, North Carolina 'transition areas,'" said Pat, meaning that locals today have accepted top-down establishment and equipping here.
Upon local recommendation, my first objective was Frosted Flake (5.9+) at the southwest-facing Cereal Buttress. One of the first climbs to be established here, the left-facing flake is a stunning feature in gray gneiss, accentuated by faint white horizontal stripes.
"You gonna lead that?" Dario asked as I racked cams.
"Uh, yeah," I said, "but first I'll do Granola," a 5.7 to the left of Frosted Flake. I climbed to the top of a boulder beneath the route and mounted the tiny, slopey crimps leading up to a roof. If, for whatever reason, you blew these crimps you would trundle 20 feet to the ground. This vision flashed through my head as I reached an undercling in the roof. I hesitated, but remembered I was on a 5.7. I pulled it together and finished the route.
Jessa, Pat and Pete styled Frosted Flake, climbing inside the crack, like good trad climbers. Dario and I geared up and, like good sport climbers, liebacked the whole thing.
"Whitney, here's what you need to do," Dario said. "Get on a climb, place a few pieces, and just take a whip. When your gear holds, you won't be scurred anymore."
I wasn't scared, I assured him, merely hesitant.
"On 5.9?" he said. "Haven't you climbed 5.14?" He paused. "You're joking, right?"
Day two felt like the first day I'd ever climbed. In the parking lot for Looking Glass, Pat stood next to his van, absorbed in the mechanical motion of organizing his rack.
I packed and unpacked my quickdraws and counted my energy bars to look as if I was also doing something important.
"You ready?" Pat said flatly.
"Oh, yeah," I said, shoving my harness, which I'd just pulled out, back into my pack.
He locked the car and we headed down the trail toward the Looking Glass ultra-classic Tits and Beer (5.9).
A New Mexico native, Pat has lived in North Carolina the last nine years, establishing testpieces at crags across the state, including Looking Glass. An old, stubborn soul in a young, sturdy body, he has a dark sense of humor. He wears a backwards baseball cap over his disheveled hair, and his face is square, a bit gruff and unshaven.
He turned and looked at me, his bright blue eyes squinting in the sun. "Exciting," he said, smiling. "That's how I'd describe the climbing here."
We continued hiking and fell into a rhythmic pace.
"Here's a story," Pat said. "Pascal Robert and Arno Ilgner were climbing the Glass Menagerie [5.13a] back in the early 1980s when they noticed some of the few bolts looked bad. So they went back to replace those, hanging on the old ones to drill the new ones."
Above a roof pitch was more technical climbing, and they added some bolts there on rappel.
"It started a huff among a few locals," Pat said. "Eventually, Pascal went back up, led the pitch and took out those one or two bolts with his hands and finished the climb with a huge runout. Like, 'It's not such a big deal, but who wants to climb it now?'"
The leaves crunched under our feet as we hit the end of the path leading to the base of Looking Glass. The daunting 650-foot granite wall bulged out, smooth and shapely as a marble.
This was not a typical day of cragging for me, and I felt ashamed, as though I had been approaching rock climbing too narrow-mindedly. The mental landscapes of a sport climber and a trad climber are at opposite sides of a wide valley, and I was lost somewhere in the middle.
People were climbing at Looking Glass well before the birth of sport climbing. The rock lends itself to meandering routes with horizontal placements, marginal gear and knee-knocking runouts. In the mid-1960s Bob Watts, Steve Longnecker and Bob Gillespie established The Nose (5.8), perhaps one of the best-known, and now most popular, climbs on the Glass if not in North Carolina.
Other Looking Glass highlights include a visit by Henry Barber in the 1970s, when he stunned locals with the first free ascents of Out to Lunch (5.11a) and Cornflake Crack (5.11a), climbed back to back. There is also Jeep Gaskins and John Borstelman's Grade IV masterpiece, Glass Menagerie, established in 1980, and freed at 5.13a in 1995 by Pascal Robert, Arno Ilgner and Kris Kline.
Recent developments have included occasional retro-bolts to protect blank faces, but the ground-up ethic and minimal protection are still respected at Looking Glass and everywhere in North Carolina.
At the base we traversed a slab over to a hollowed-out bowl where Tits and Beer begins. The guidebook says it "provides the easiest way to the top of the Sun Wall," and that it used to be known as the "world's hardest 5.8."
Pat handed me a small rack, and I climbed out right to a set of anchors, the only bolts on the route. On the second pitch, Pat moved up a water runnel and through a series of the wall's quintessential "eyebrows"—horizontal slits the size of pasta bowls that line the rock like ladder rungs. Eventually, he surmounted a bulge and soon I heard a distant call that he was off belay. The rope pulled taut and I started climbing. I felt insecure and shoved my hip against one side of the water groove, shaking my head at my ridiculous technique. Then I approached the "crux," a slopey section you have to high step and stem.
When I first started climbing, I thought that trad climbing was something you do when you get too old and weak to sport climb. I grunted and wrestled with the water runnel, eventually arriving at the anchor—feeling completely spent. The next pitch traversed left for 30 feet, then worked up through Michelin Man bulges with insecure horizontal placements. I watched Pat traverse, laugh nervously, then mantel and disappear.
When it was my turn, I climbed out and heel-hooked, then hopped off my left foot. It felt awkward and I was somehow stuck, my right leg and half of my body beached on the bulge and the rest dangling like a rag doll. I body humped the bulge using my left leg as a pumping lever, until I was actually lying on it. 5.9! I was getting pissed! Padding around for a foothold so I could press out the mantel, I thought about the times I said trad climbing was for has-beens with "sport climbing is neither" bumper stickers on their station wagons.
After topping out and rapping off Tits and Beer, we had roughly one hour to do the first two pitches of Hyperbola (5.10a R), with a classic left-facing lieback flake sweeping down the giant granite face like a J. It was just a few hundred yards to the left of our route. As we approached the climb, we met Jessa, Dario and Keith Ladzinski hiking over from Looking Glass's North Sides, one of the steepest walls here. I belayed Pat as he tiptoed up the 5.8 R first pitch. But even Pat, who has redpointed 5.13R/X on gear, lamented that he was a bit scared. It felt good to know that, no matter who you are, no one is above feeling a flutter of fear when faced with a pendulum fall on a runout friction slab.
"Greyhound, please."
The waitress stared at Keith with a dumbfounded look. "Vodka and grapefruit juice," he explained. We were in Asheville, North Carolina, ordering drinks while Dario, son of Miguel Ventura of the famed Miguel's Pizza in the Red River Gorge, talked about his new favorite rap song, "Raise Up." It was midnight, and we were all smoked from traveling, driving and sleeping on floors for the last three days. Soon the talk turned to tomorrow's adventure at Linville Gorge.
"Well, Groover at Laurel Knob is pretty quintessential North Carolina climbing, but Dopey Duck, you can't hardly miss," said Pete.
"I've been waiting to climb Dopey Duck all my life," Jessa said.
"All your life?" Dario asked. "Since you were zero?"
"All my climbing life," Jessa clarified with a curling smile. Jessa, dark-haired, dark-eyed and of Polish descent, jokes about her "people," drinks Budweiser because it is the "King of Beers" and cusses a lot. But at home, she has a garden and secretly thinks puppies are irresistible.
"I hear it's pumpy," Jessa said.
"I can do pumpy," I said.
"Yeah, Whitney, because you're a sport climber," Jessa said.
We ordered another round as conversation shifted to a video of the bolted Proper Soul (5.14a) in the New River Gorge being climbed on gear.
"The cameraman taking the photos was hanging on a bolt two feet away," grumbled Pat. "Look at the photos. There are draws hanging all over the route. If he freaked out in the middle of a crux he could have just reached over and clipped a draw."
"But he didn't," I said.
"I'm not taking away from his ascent, don't get me wrong. What he did was badass. But the way it was hyped up as R/X with all the gear clearly on there." Pat paused and took a swig. "I'm just saying."
"This is going to be the best day of my climbing life," Jessa said. That morning we had hiked the 45 minutes to Shortoff Mountain in the Linville Gorge to climb Dopey Duck.
Linville Gorge, the wildest area we'd visited thus far, is a 14-mile slash of rhododendron and steep gneiss buttresses. Known as the Grand Canyon of the East, the Linville Gorge is 21 miles from the closest town. The upper tier of the Gorge was dark and charred after two fires, in 2002 and 2007, wiped out the vegetation. Beyond the devastation, a vista of green rolling hills and distant blue mountains extends to infinity.
Dopey Duck was amazing: well-protected horizontal ladder rungs that were pumpy and as fun as sport climbing.
"That was badass!" Jessa said, atop the third pitch. She laughed at herself, her eyes squinting "The best!"
Day four at the T-Wall. We had driven from Asheville to Chattanooga the night before, gotten up early and hiked in to one of the best trad and sport crags in the South. Compared to the adventuresome climbing in North Carolina, the T-Wall, I thought, should feel like a day at the spa.
"Looks like we're sun-bathing today," Keith said. It was the middle of November and we were sweating in shorts and T-shirts.
The T-Wall sits like a golden crown high above the Tennessee River. Routes stack together like books here. Rob Robinson spearheaded development in the early 1980s, and was called "the bus driver of hard trad climbing in Tennessee" by Harrison Shull for his 5.13 gear routes of the late 1980s.
We warmed up in the sun, and then moved left to Finger Lockin' Good (5.10c). I was finally feeling comfortable with my gear placements, and my mind had steadied. I could just focus on the climbing.
We geared up and dispatched In Pursuit of Excellence (5.9), a perfect left-facing corner, and then next to it, Finagle (5.9), a less aesthetic route but one with good movement and exposure.
Further right, we looked at Super Nova (5.13), an infamous, rarely repeated roof with a cryptic crux. Robinson's first ascent of Super Nova in 1986 earned him an invitation to the Great Debate: the famous summit held by the American Alpine Club that same year to discuss top-down versus ground-up ethics.
We climbed until the sun hung low in the sky, suspended as if strung from wire. Dark orange light splayed off the mountaintop, casting a fiery glow on the rock.
We ate barbeque at Shuford's, washing down turkey legs and Polish sausage with massive quantities of sweet tea. Tomorrow, the final day of our road trip, we would visit Sunset.
Sunset is one of the Southeast's oldest climbing areas, but its history extends beyond climbing. Civil War placards offer details of the war once waged on the nearby Chickamauga National Battlefield. Bullet Southern sandstone with west-facing exposure, Sunset sits on the west brow of Lookout Mountain, just 15 minutes away from downtown Chattanooga.
"Where are these baller routes?" Dario asked. We'd walked down the trail only to find a broken cliff line. Our friend had told us that the climbs were just at the bottom of the trail, but, like hospitality, sandbagging is a Southern virtue.
We continued down the trail, and soon arrived at the main bluff. We decided to do Pancake Flake, a detached sheet of rock that is hard as nails and swallows big gear. I surprised myself by walking a number 4 cam up the route until there was only one fixed pin between me and the ground.
In retrospect, I find it strange, but also encouraging that, in that moment, I was completely comfortable.
After a fun but short day of climbing, we stood atop the wall, peering out at the miles of rivers and valleys that extended brightly before us. It was the perfect vantage point to watch who was coming and leaving. I imagined Civil War soldiers on lookout at our perch, letting the history come alive in my mind.
To be honest, I had been scared to trad climb. Moments like almost crapping myself on a 5.9 and later drinking beer on a tailgate laughing about it are my own little triumphs to relish. I never found the best 5.9 in my abridged tour of the Southeast, but in stringing together each crag—each unique place with its distinct personality, rock types and style—I felt as though I got to play a leading role in the story of what it means to be a Southern climber.
As we drove away, I asked Dario if climbing eight, only eight, classic Southeastern trad routes had been worth the trip.
"Does a trad climber shit in the woods?" he replied.
Whitney Boland , based in New York, is glad she found trad climbing … before she got too old to do it.


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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Light and Chunky Clam Dip
From the Kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Dips and spreads were all the rage in the 60's and the 70's. Cookbooks had whole sections devoted to them and during the holiday season you'd be hard pressed to find a magazine that didn't feature them. The dips were not gourmet affairs and nearly all of them had a base of sour cream and mayonnaise. They were calorie laden and as bad for you as they were delicious. As times and tastes changed, the rich and creamy dips seemed to disappear, replaced, instead, with ubiquitous bowls of salsa or more exotic fare from the Mediterranean or Middle East. If, however, you looked really carefully, you'd find at least some of the golden oldies tucked safely in the fridge away from prying eyes. They hadn't gone away, they had been lightened. I'm not at all sure that's a good thing. As I look at the chemical feast that are food is becoming, I sometimes question the approach we are taking to eat in a more healthy way. That, however, is a topic for another day. Now, before I drift too far afield, I want to share this recipe with those of you who still enjoy the classic dips. It come from from America's Test Kitchen and it is awfully nice. Here's the recipe.
Light and Chunky Clam Dip...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite, courtesy of Cook's Illustrated
4 strips bacon (about 4 ounces), cut into 1/4-inch pieces
3/4 cup light sour cream
3/4 cup light mayonnaise
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 (6-1/2-oz. each) cans minced clams, drained
2 medium scallions, sliced thin
Pinch cayenne pepper
1) Fry bacon in small skillet over medium heat until crisp, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from skillet and drain on paper towels.
2) Whisk sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce together in a medium bowl. Stir in minced clams, scallions, and bacon. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Cover and chill for at least an hour. Refrigerated dip can be kept for up to 2 days. Yield: 2 cups.
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28 comments :
- Mary | Deep South Dish said...
Dips have never gone out of vogue in this house and homemade is at least my way to go!! I've never thought to do a clam dip though - interesting!
- November 3, 2010 at 2:12 AM
- hobby baker Kelly said...
I'll bet my hubby would love this! Looks like a cross between his favorite chowder and a nice creamy dip. Mmmm.
- November 3, 2010 at 2:20 AM
- Diane said...
I often make dips for when I have the neighbours around for aperitifs. I don't think I have ever seen tinned clams here, but I can easily use fresh ones which are relatively cheap in France. Diane
- November 3, 2010 at 3:23 AM
- giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•. said...
Buongiorno Mary :)
comè oggi il tempo da te ?
Buona giornata :))
- November 3, 2010 at 3:30 AM
- Flavia Galasso said...
thank you for sharing this dip...have a nice day!!!Ciao
- November 3, 2010 at 4:16 AM
- cocoa and coconut said...
This would be so lovely!
- November 3, 2010 at 4:28 AM
- Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen said...
I wish I had had this recipe for a party we attended recently when we were asked to bring a dip. I haven't had clam dip in years and love it. We ended up taking onion dip with blue cheese.
Your presentation on the big clam shell is lovely.
- November 3, 2010 at 7:11 AM
- Pam said...
This is one great dip for sure! Thanks for sharing!
- November 3, 2010 at 7:27 AM
- Lea Ann said...
I have some shell dishes just like that and do believe they need to be filled with this delicious sounding dip. Another bookmarked.
- November 3, 2010 at 7:39 AM
- Carol said...
That looks excellent!
- November 3, 2010 at 7:39 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
I'm one who is concerned about what goes into a "light" food offering and don't get me started on any margarine on the market!! I'll be interested to hear more of your views on the subject!!
- November 3, 2010 at 7:59 AM
- Unknown said...
I don't care if it's bad for you.. I love creamy rich dips!! Clam dip is in my top 5! I love the presentation :)
- November 3, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- Deana Sidney said...
You are so right, I remember clam dips at parties and it is now all but forgotten in the party repertoire. Time to put it back into rotation with this great recipe!
- November 3, 2010 at 9:13 AM
- Jeannie said...
That photo of your clam dip is very tempting!
- November 3, 2010 at 9:21 AM
- Unknown said...
I sure do love the classics! I will make this...looks too good!
Thanks Mary!
- November 3, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- StephenC said...
I will continue to proselytize for chowder clams (available at most fish mongers) as a product incredibly superior to canned clams.
- November 3, 2010 at 12:08 PM
- Eileen said...
Sounds wonderful! I make my grandmother's warm crab dip recipe and while it's fat laden, all the ingredients are REAL, which is more important to me. Not to mention, the dip is divine ~ there's never a drop left.
- November 3, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- Faith said...
I actually don't think I've ever had clam dip! It sounds wonderful though, very flavorful!
- November 3, 2010 at 2:46 PM
- Unknown said...
Clam dip???I love this!
- November 3, 2010 at 2:57 PM
- Angie's Recipes said...
Mary, this is one excellent dip! I love both the recipe and the photo.
- November 3, 2010 at 4:01 PM
- La Bella Cooks said...
My mother used to make clam dip when I was a child for all of our big family dinners. I haven't had it in years and this recipe brings back such fun memories.
- November 3, 2010 at 5:04 PM
- Debbie said...
I love dips, especially clam dips. Such a good appetizer and yours looks delicious!
- November 3, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Bakericious said...
looks very creamy!
- November 3, 2010 at 6:04 PM
- Monet said...
Clam dips must have been before my time...I don't remember them! But I am eager to try making this. My husband and I love creamy dips...and we love clams!
- November 3, 2010 at 6:46 PM
- Mags @ the Other Side of 50 said...
I still break out the classics from the 70's and 80's around the holidays. They're tried and true and everyone loves them. It seems that when I try to make something new, they get all weirded out and want their "cheese ball" or their "crockpot meatballs."
This looks fabulous, by the way.
- November 3, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- A SPICY PERSPECTIVE said...
Yum! I don't think I've ever tried clam dip!
- November 3, 2010 at 10:35 PM
- Krista said...
Oooh. I've never had clam dip, but I love everything about this recipe. It looks wonderful! I'm definitely bookmarking this one. Thanks, Mary!
- November 3, 2010 at 10:54 PM
- Maxx said...
Oh my, This looks delicious. Always enjoyed clam chowder but never as a dip. I will be trying this soon!
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From InMind (an outstanding article by Dr. Theresa DiDonato from a few years ago):
If your citizenship comes with the responsibility – and privilege – of voting, then every few years you face an interesting challenge. Who will you vote for? Whether you choose to support an incumbent, a celebrated war hero, an experienced government official, or a new face on the political scene, psychologists are incredibly curious about the process by which you come to that decision. There is reason to believe that, coming from a thoughtful and prepared voter, your ballot will reflect an objective assessment of candidate qualifications. You may, for example, use the time before an election to analyze debates, weigh social policies, and scrutinize performance records. With a wealth of political information at the tip of your fingers, only careful, deliberative thinking will contribute to your final decision…right?
Recent research in political psychology tells us that conscious deliberation is only part of the story when it comes to the voter-decision process. Information about candidates is further gathered using no mental effort, through processes operating completely outside of our awareness. Visual cues, for example, such as physical appearance, are instrumental in shaping our impressions of political candidates. Consider the case of Richard Nixon, a United States' presidential hopeful back in September of 1960. Coming off of a hospital visit and sporting a five-o'clock shadow, Nixon participated in the first-ever televised presidential debate against John F. Kennedy, whose recent return from sunny California left him well-rested and tan. There is reason to believe that Nixon's arguments were superior: radio listeners thought he won the debate. The estimated 70 million TV viewers, however, overwhelmingly preferred Kennedy. Visual information, i.e. Kennedy's clean-cut confidence versus Nixon's haggard appearance, is presumed to have influenced the TV viewers, ultimately shaping their global impressions of both candidates (Kraus, 1988).
Fast forward almost fifty years and researchers are just beginning to understand how physical appearance, particularly facial appearance, factors into voter choice. Nixon's and Kennedy's facial expression may certainly have evoked emotional reactions from television viewers during that critical debate. Accordingly, research suggests that feelings, like warmth or happiness, in response to a candidate's facial gestures can influence voters' attitudes and subsequent decisions (Sullivan & Masters, 1988). Of particular interest to social-cognitive researchers who study person-perception is how the mind translates facial appearance into beliefs about a candidate's suitability for office. We now know that in the instant we see a person's face, an array of fast and implicit cognitive processes take place. In that split second, we unconsciously construct ideas about a person's personality (Bar, Neta & Linz, 2006). We may think a person is kind, strict, or honest, based only on his appearance. As you might imagine, because we make these personality inferences so easily, they can have important implications for a political candidate seeking election. Indeed, early research had found that a candidate's photograph can communicate a clear image of his "congressional demeanor," and fitness for office, affecting his voter appeal (Rosenberg, Bohan, McCafferty, & Harris, 1986). But what is it exactly about a politician's face that influences his popularity? And which trait inferences matter when it comes to our voting decisions?
As most politicians know, people generally favor familiar faces over unfamiliar faces. What they may not be aware of is people also tend to prefer faces that are similar to their own. Such an idea is firmly grounded in evolutionary theory. Our faces tend to be similar to our family members' faces, and we also generally share genetic material with them. The evolutionary perspective argues that we are fundamentally wired to protect and spread our genes, so it makes sense that we might be biologically-biased to prefer similar faces. Is this preference sufficiently ingrained so that we might actually prefer candidates who resemble us?
Bailenson, Iyengar, Yee, and Collins (in press) used a creative method to test this idea. Building on their previous work (Bailenson, Garland, Iyengar, & Yee, 2006), they examined the influence of facial similarity on voting behavior by actually manipulating the degree of facial similarity between participants and candidates. How? By digitally morphing images of participants' faces with photographs of current candidates! Essentially, they screened out participants with glasses and facial hair, and used only high-quality photographs. They then used a computer program to morph, or blend, participants' faces into the faces of real-life United States' politicians, such as Hillary Clinton. Participants were unaware of the image modifications.
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His mother, Jo Ann Burkholder, played a voice mail last month for me that Jeremy had left in 2011; she kept saving it on her phone so it wouldn't get deleted. I had just filmed her near the tree dedicated in Jeremy's honor at the park to pair with the story I was writing about him.
I always try to convey to the people I interview how appreciative I am of their time and their willingness to open up about a variety of topics. But I don't think I can thank Jo Ann and her family enough for the complex but fulfilling experience I had writing Jeremy's story.
The family let us attend and photograph the tree dedication during the summer. I shed some tears as songs by Simon & Garfunkel and fun. played while the tree was planted in dirt mixed with some of Jeremy's ashes.
The story stayed in my notebook for several months until early November; we decided to publish the story as Veterans Day approached. I spent several more hours re-interviewing Jo Ann; Jeremy's father, Steve; and his uncle, Jeff.
Then we decided to hold the story until the weekend after Veterans Day so I had enough time to talk to the Army and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs about Jeremy's military and health records.
Their comments were limited because of privacy laws, but Jo Ann and I discussed Jeremy's medical records, which referenced his alcohol and cannabis dependence, heroin and cocaine abuse, depression, mild traumatic brain injury and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
I learned that Jeremy was in the VA system, but he still died way too young. The family's goal and my goal in writing the story was to encourage veterans, especially younger veterans, to get the help they need and not feel so alone in the struggles they experience after returning home.
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