We watched 'Big Eyes' last night

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The photo has nothing to do with the text but shows another of our village friends in front of the Melbourne Cup poster. We subscribed to Netflix a while ago then forgot all about it. We don’t really watch a lot of television. However, we’re decided to try to watch a few more movies since we’re paying for the privilege. Last night’s movie was Big Eyes which tells the story of Margaret Keane (1927-2022), an American artist whose second husband, Walter Keane, claimed as his own. As the paintings of, mostly, doe-eyed children, became more popular, the deception became more and more entrenched, and Margaret was forced to keep producing paintings which Walter claimed were done by him. When she wanted to stop the deception, she was threatened by Walter and eventually fled to Hawaii with her daughter. After becoming a Jehovah’s Witness, she found the courage to sue Walter, winning the court case and proving herself to be the artist. Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz played the leads and were both nominated for several awards. We enjoyed the movie and the story sticks closely to the facts which I liked. I was reminded of one of my Mum’s sayings which was ‘Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive.’