Guest Post: Perks of Being a Wallflower Review

Recently we sent Taylor, a fan from our facebook page, to a screening of The Perks of Being a Wallflower in DC. Here is her review:

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower blew my mind… in an overwhelmingly good way. The indie music obsession, the getting high at parties, the unrequited love and the feelings of teen-angst really pulled me in. Maybe it was because I knew those feelings; I have felt the twinge of being an awkward human at that age. (Who hasn’t?)

I really think the genius of this movie comes from the vulnerability of Charlie, the main character, played by Logan Lerman. Sure, Emma Watson is a babe who shines in a role that isn’t Hermoine, but Lerman is the real star. He opens up to his friends in a way that makes him transcendent of the typical high school hierarchy.

Lerman may get bullied in the movie once or twice, but its not the incessant bullying so many other teen coming of age stories portray. Lerman’s character truly belongs in their “Island of Misfit Toys” friend group that takes him in as one of their own. He plays the socially awkward, mentally unstable kid in such an endearing way that I wanted to take him to a party and introduce him to all my friends. There are moments of sadness in the movie, sure. But there are also moments of victory so big that its worth wading through the sad and complicated emotions to land on the other side of this great film.

Overall this movie is heartbreakingly wonderful and I couldn’t recommend it highly enough. Then again, I am a sucker for troubled youth and indie music.

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Thank you Taylor for the great review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. For those who wish to sign up for future screenings, make sure to follow us on our facebook page, FaceBook.com/ClotureClub!

Perks of Being a Wallflower Trailer

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Million Hit Giveaway – Day 3 – The 201 Bar

Our friends at the 201 Bar, formally known as Lounge 201, has given us a gift certificate, valued at $40, to spend at their bar/restaurant. Perfect timing for their grand opening on Friday!

Instructions

To join the raffle for this gift certificate, we ask you to TWEET

“@ClotureClub #Giveaway”

and we’ll randomly draw from the list. Easy tweet for a gift certificate!

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@clotureclub #giveaway for $40 gift certificate? #dontmindifido

— C M (@DCLion) September 19, 2012

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Member of the Week: Tim Huelskamp

Tim Huelskamp, Congressman representing Kansas’s 1st district

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From the Sunflower state, Timothy Alan Huelskamp was born and raised on his family farm in Fowler, Kansas. Growing up he learned how to raise cattle, corn, wheat, milo and soybeans and he was very active in 4-H and Future Farmers of America.

He went on to attend the College of Sante Fe and received a B.A. in social science in 1991. In 1995 he obtained a PH. D in political science and agriculture policy from American University. While at school in DC, he meet his wife Angela. Soon after graduation, Mr Huelskamp and his wife moved back to Kansas to start a family. They have adopted four children, two of which are from Hati.

Tim’s first foray into politics was a successful election to the Kansas Senate. When he was sworn in 1996, he was the youngest Senator elected in Kansas within the past twenty years. Congressman Huelskamp served in the state Senate until 2008, when he decided to run for the House of Representatives. He ran in Kansas’ first district a seat vacated by Rep-Jerry Moran’s, who ran for U.S. Senate. defeated Democrat Alan Jilka by an overwhelming margin of 73% (142,281) to 24% (44,068).

In 2010, 90 new Members joined the House of Representatives. With this huge influx of new Members, Huelskamp joined the Republican Study Committee’s (formerly the Conservative Action Team) Tea Party Caucus.

His main interest while in Congress is the national debt. His past experience as Budget and Legislative Analyst for the state of New Mexico, Mr. Huelskamp has been a pitbull on the Budget committee under Chairman Paul Ryan.

Mr. Huelskamp has traded jabs with the likes of Warren Buffett and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner over this issue. In February Congressman Huelskamp attacked Geithner linking Obama’s administration policies to the financial failure in Greece. Geithner replied the Congressman has an “adolescent perspective on how to think about the economic policy”.

He has no opposition for his 2012 race, so we are assured that Mr. Huelskamp will be around for another Congress to continue his outspokenness. And for that he is our Member of the Week.

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