The Catholic Weekly 2 August 2020

catholicweekly.com.au 20 2, August, 2020 ENTERTAINMENT ACROSS 4. Oil cuts put eye-specialist out (7) 8. Ran hop without parents (6) 9. Detains as substitute (7) 10. ...outcast giving father hair back (6) 11. The United Nations still are rough (6) 12. The ancients for example (8) 18. The sentinel should be a good time-keeper (8) 20. Postscript on vehicle for vagrants (6) 21. Be absorbed at the end of June - then arise (6) 22. Reveals I am to get the strap back (7) 23. Asks an American state to change (6) 24. Father’s hours for recreation (7) Quick Crossword answers also fit the large grid CROSSWORD DOWN 1. Elizabeth the Second goes with splendour to ruined city (7) 2. Overburden the newspaper world with work (7) 3. Is the girl able to go to the country? (6) 5. 100 in search of victory (8) 6. Refuse strewn about for baby animals (6) 7. He could be on thin ice, of course (6) 13. A bit of intelligence needed in fresh “Times” trouble (4,4) 14. It will create quite an effect when I am a reporter (7) 15. Anger, even if it does smell sweet (7) 16. Article on law-breaking in part of Russia (6) 17. Deed by mischievous child leads to collision (6) 19. Fight doctor in outer garment (6) CRYPTIC CLUES QUICK CLUES SOLUTION FOR LAST WEEK ACROSS 4. Own (7) 8. Make callous (6) 9. Everlasting (7) 10. Uselessly (2,4) 11. Maintenance (6) 12. Burden (8) 18. Unrelenting (8) 20. Steal (6) 21. Contradict (6) 22. Escape (7) 23. Deny (6) 24. Striped (7) DOWN 1. Wither (7) 2. Fissure (7) 3. Instrumentality (6) 5. Explosion (8) 6. Hit (6) 7. Sailors (6) 13. Unsaddled (8) 14. Thin (7) 15. Apart (7) 16. Menace (6) 17. Tell (6) 19. Impede (6) 15,761 QUICK Across 1 Transparent; 9 Odd; 10 Ill-gotten; 11 Knave; 13 Chortle; 14 Errata; 16 Escort; 18 Pageant; 19 Freak; 20 Nonentity; 21 Ban; 22 Refrigerate. Down 2 Rid; 3 Naive; 4 Palace; 5 Riotous; 6 Not at home; 7 Book-keeping; 8 Undertaking; 12 Arrogance; 15 Trainer; 17 String; 19 Foyer; 21 Bet. CRYPTIC Across 1 Nothing to do; 9 Act; 10 Scoundrel; 11 Entry; 13 Largely; 14 Awaken; 16 Impish; 18 Dislike; 19 Regal; 20 Near thing; 21 Spa; 22 Release date. Down 2 Oft; 3 Husky; 4 Noodle; 5 Tantrum; 6 Darkening; 7 Game-wardens; 8 Play the lead; 12 Translate; 15 Epistle; 17 Remiss; 19 Rigid; 21 Sit. SAINTS OF THEWEEK From an aristo Cow rides a slow boat bound for milking THEMINIMALIST poetic glo- ry that is First Cow (A24) com- bines a sharp examination of capitalism and entrepreneur- ship with a sympathetic look at outsiders. The drama combines his- tory that you may not have known about with insights that remain unchanged since the 19th Century. Foremost among these is the truth, universally acknowl- edged, that everyone loves a good doughnut. The confections here are called “oily cakes,” and they make all the pioneers who bite into them think of being back home, no matter where their former home might have been. The historical details are sound, and there are no ele- ments precluding viewing by older adolescents. The film, however, is re- flective, meaning, slow. In fact, it might be said to unfold at mule-drawn canal-boat speed. The journey is meant to be savoured. Director Kelly Reichardt, a specialist in this type of ma- terial, co-wrote the screen- play with Jonathan Raymond, working fromRaymond’s 2012 novel The Half-Life . The specific setting is Ore- gon’s Umpqua River region, woodsy and wild, where the principal work consists of beaver-trapping that utilises exploited Native American la- bour. Maryland-born Cookie Fi- gowitz (John Magaro) never quite fits in with his group of thuggish trappers and leaves his awful job as their camp cook at his first opportunity. He runs across King Lu (Orion Lee), who himself is on the run from a group of Rus- sians. They’re initially together simply for survival. But King has ambitions to capitalise on Cookie’s culinary talent. “This is all still new,” he observes. “Doesn’t seem new to me. Seems old,” Cookie re- plies. “Everything’s old if you look at it that way. History hasn’t come here yet. This time, may- be we can be ready for it. We can take it on its own terms.” Opportunity arrives on a raft in the form of the terri- tory’s first cow, owned by an imperious British fur trader who calls himself Chief Factor (Toby Jones). He lives in plastered, per- fumed luxury while all his neighbours eke out their exist- ences in crude shacks. Cookie has long been dis- gusted with the only carbohy- drates available – the tasteless mixture of flour and water known as hardtack. With milk, he can make fluffy cakes to sell. So the two attempt to build their fortune with clandestine nighttime milking. For a long time, Chief Factor doesn’t de- tect this, thinking his cow is just a poor producer. Discussions of morality – building an enterprise using the asset of a callous rich man – form the heart of the film’s dialogue. Cookie shrugs, “Some peo- ple can’t imagine being stolen from.” “We have to take what we can when the taking is good,” King concludes. Their honeyed and spiced cakes, buoyed by King’s sales pitch claiming they contain an “ancient Chinese secret,” are such an immediate success that even Chief Factor enjoys them. Reichardt doesn’t so much provide a conclusion as a meditation on the predatory nature of capitalism. This may only constitute a tiny episode in the long story of how the West was suppos- edly won. But it’s an appealing look into the plight of the mar- ginalised toiling in the harsh- est of environments. The film contains mature themes and fleeting crude lan- guage. A-III – adults. Parents strongly cautioned. Some ma- terial may be inappropriate for children under 13. - CNS ¾ ¾ Kurt Jensen FIRST COW Find the career you deserve catholicjobsonline.com.au SEE OUR LATEST JOBS Lydia’s name is tak- en from her place of origin, Thyatira in the province of Lydia (now Turkey). Paul’s first convert in Philippi, Lydia is mentioned once in the Bible: Acts 16:13- 15. Luke calls her “a dealer in purple cloth” and “a worship- per of God.”After listening to Paul, she and her household were baptised. One of the few women in Luke to speak, she says to Paul and his compan- ions, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home.” Luke adds that “she prevailed on us.” This patron saint of dyers may have been a merchant in luxury goods or a former slave working in a textile guild, but her household’s income could support guests. The patron saint of eucharistic devotion, Peter Julian began adult life, like his father, as a cutler. But he became a priest of the French Alpine Diocese of Grenoble in 1834. In 1839, he left diocesan service to become a Marist priest and eventually became provincial of his congregation at Lyons. But, after making a pilgrimage in 1851, he understood that Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, to whom he was utterly devoted, had no specific religious institute. Subsequently, he founded the Congregation of the Priests of the Most Blessed Sacra- ment and the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, an order of sisters, both devoted to perpetual adoration. S treaming Lydia First Century Feast: 3 August Peter Julian Eymard 1811 - 1868 Feast: 2 August Different: the movie poster for First Cow. PHOTO: CNS/A24 This may only constitute a tiny ep- isode in the long story of how the West was supposedly won. But it’s an appealing look into the plight of the marginalised toiling in the harshest of environments.” STREAMING ON AMAZON