The Miracle Worker

We're taking a short break from covering Christmas movies by talking about Arthur Penn's The Miracle Worker. Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke are tremendous as the battling teacher and student. Both won Oscars as Bancroft's Anne Sullivan teaches manners and ASL to Duke's deaf and blind Helen Keller. The real Keller was intelligent, stubborn, ferocious and---disabilities or not---also a bit of a jerk. Sullivan pushes back though and DOESN'T have the patience of Job. This is a hard job, especially during their epic 9-minute battle in the dining room. The Miracle Worker is a movie about making connections and they eventually do that...as do we by comparing this difficult girl to our beloved dogs. Forgive us, it's what we know best. So put on some dark glasses and resist the urge to grab food right off people's plates as our 554th water pump of Have You Ever Seen analyzes this biopic about 2 extraordinary women. Sparkplug Coffee is extraordinary too. They will give our listeners a onetime 20% discount if said listeners will use our "HYES" promo code. Go to "sparkplug.coffee/hyes". We like feedback. Let us know what you think with an x-tweet (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis) or an email ([email protected]). You can also comment on our YouTube page (@hyesellis), but also feel free to rate, subscribe, like and review us there or on your podcast app.