Nothing like a little Charlie Chan while away the evening. No extremely convoluted conclusions for the solution, but a fun mystery anyway. I am at a loss as to just how much to say about the movie, since I don't care to ruin it for the casual reader/movie goer.
Work was unexceptional today, and I managed to get to the gym and do a bit of cardio and read a bit of Tocqueville while doing so. The fun quote from our favorite frenchie: "In America, any vice likely to pollute the purity of morals and destroy the bond of matrimony is treated with a severity unknown anywhere else in the world." (p. 732, Vol. Two, Part III, Chapter 18)
Even with the married people in the minority, the same seems to still be pertinent today. In truth, it is hard to say which lags behind, law or culture. While married couples are now a minority when it comes to people living together, the law still favors them. In other instances, the opposite is true, where a change in law forced an acceptance (which will hopefully lead to change) in culture, even if it was far from open-armed.
I seem to have moved onto blathering somewhat aimlessly, so I will discontinue typing, and, though it is too late for another movie, I am sure something can be found to entertain me.
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