Penelope - Review - A Beautifully Straightforward Adventure Pilot

The idea of youth escaping into a large section of woods so as to start life anew is a plot device not at all unexplored prior, seen in films as recently as 2013’s "The Kings of Summer," while literature will always have "My Side of the Mountain. "In "Penelope, "the concept gets the episodic treatment, but if the premiere is any indicator, this is one project with the potential to captivate in its own unique way. Mel Eslyn ("Biosphere"), head of Duplass Brothers Productions and frequent colla...

Penelope etymology

Penelope fem. proper name, name of the faithful wife in the "Odyssey," from Greek Pēnelopē, Pēnelopeia, which is perhaps related to pēne "thread on the bobbin," from pēnos "web," cognate with Latin pannus "cloth garment" (see pane (n.)). But Beekes suggests rather a connection with pēnelops "duck or wild goose with colored neck." Used in English as the type of the virtuous wife (1580) as it was in Latin.From etymonline.comrelatedly:pane (n.)mid-13c., "garment, cloak, mantle; a part of a ga...

Frank and Penelope

The Boondock Saints actor Sean Patrick Flanery’s feature film debut as a director, Frank & Penelope, is a callback to the rebellious outlaw attitude […] The post Frank & Penelope first appeared on Film Threat.

All the Kings Men, by Robert Penn Warren (Harcourt) - The Pulitzer Prizes

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