The relative utopia of the NYC folk music community in INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS.

A quick note regarding the new Joel and Ethan Coen film, which I saw this past weekend at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood:
The folk music "scene" in New York City circa 1961 (i.e., prior to Bob Dylan's arrival and path to ultimate stardom, which was a tide that lifted boats for the folk genre nationwide) isn't idealized (two memorable moments include a scene involving boxes of unsold record albums and Llewyn Davis' Chicago audition for the seen-it-all-ten-times manager/promoter played by F. Murray Abraham), but the Coens' portrayal is notable for the way the members tend to help others--even those they dislike personally (a marked difference from some sectors of some poetry communities, where certain members feel compelled to put fellow poets down--without, I'm guessing, even bothering to read their work--in order to either score brownie points or remind other poets of the Kings/Kingmakers they once were in halcyon days).

See the film, then feel free to return and comment on this post.

Harve Presnell, stage and screen actor/singer RIP.

Harve Presnell, an accomplished stage, screen and television actor who appeared in films as diverse as THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN (the last of MGM's classic musicals) and FARGO, died in Santa Monica yesterday.

An obituary: http://www.popeater.com/article/actor-harve-presnell-dies-of-cancer-at/552758

Presnell on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696193/