42 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 

RESPECT, AN ISRAELI 
THRILLER AND MORE 
Respect, a bio-pic about the 
late Aretha Franklin, opens in 
theaters Aug. 13. 
Aretha, of course, grew 
up in Detroit. After living in 
New York and Los Angeles, 
she returned to the Detroit-
area in 1982 and lived in the 
area (Bloomfield Hills and 
Riverfront Towers in Detroit) 
until her death in 2018, age 
76.
Marc Maron, 57, has a 
large supporting role as 
Jerry Wexler (1917-2008), 
a legendary producer and 
record company execu-
tive (Atlantic Records) who 
made Franklin a star after 
she signed with his compa-
ny in 1966.

It appears that the film 
does not go past the 1970s. 
By 1980, Franklin’s career 
was in a slump, and it was 
revived with the help of Clive 
Davis, now 89, the (Jewish) 
head of Arista Records. Both 
Wexler and Davis are in the 
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 
(as is Aretha, of course). 
Aretha’s huge hit, “You 
Make Me Feel Like a Natural 
Woman” (1967), is sung in the 
film. The music is by Carole 
King, now 79. The lyrics 

were by her first husband, 
Gerry Goffin (1939-2014). It 
has always intrigued me that 
a man wrote the “Natural 
Woman” lyrics.
The Maple Theater in 
Bloomfield Hills will begin 
showing the film on a “regu-
lar” schedule Aug. 13. But, on 
Aug. 12, they will host a one-
day “special” with a Q&A fol-
lowing the film with Jennifer 
Hudson (Aretha Franklin), 
Marlon Wayans (Ted White) 
and Liesl Tommy (director) 
and a moderator, broadcast 
live from Harlem via Fathom 
network.
Hit & Run is the first 
Israeli series created for 
Netflix. All the actors, 
except one American, are 
Israeli and Jewish. The 
nine-episode series follows 
a tour guide (Lior Raz, 49) 
investigating the mysterious 
death of his wife. It began 
streaming Aug. 6.

Jonah Hill, 37, who already 
has several tattoos, just got 
a big tattoo that says “Body 
Love.” Hill, who is often quite 
portly, has experienced a lot 
of “body shaming” and his 
tattoo is a “body-positive” 
push-back against such 
shaming. He posted pics 
(Aug. 1) of his body art on 
Instagram. Actresses Zoe 
Kravitz, 32, and Natasha 
Lyonne, 42, tweeted support. 
The Instagram tattoo pics 
also reveal that he has also 
dyed his hair very blonde. I’d 
call it California surfer blond. 
He’s also dyed his full beard 
and mustache the same 
color (that’s not easy to do).
Not sure what that dye 
job is all about. Maybe he’s 
planning an anti-body sham-
ing, everybody-goes-to-the-
beach movie? The beach, we 
all know, is ground zero for 
body shaming. 

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Marc Maron

they’re really making a differ-
ence in people’s lives. 
“Basically, I went from work-
ing one-on-one to help change 
lives, to working with organi-
zations who help change lives,
” 
Wunderlich said.
Beyond working and teaching 
Zentangle classes, Wunderlich 
also has a background in 
music — she plays the oboe 
and English horn and has been 
part of the Detroit Medical 
Orchestra since 2014. She’s also 
dabbled in painting, jewelry 
making, metal stamping and 
candle making. She often uses 
her interests interchangeably, 
bringing a therapeutic approach 
to everything she does. 

COLLAGING THERAPY
“
Anyone can benefit from inten-
tional wellness intervention,
” 
said Wunderlich, who has even 
been trained as a SoulCollage 
Facilitator, yet another out-of-

the-box therapeutic method. 
In the collaging process, a 
person creates cards with imag-
es that speak to them. They 
then decide what message, if 
any, the picture is giving to 
them. They label them, for 
example, “inner child” or “inner 
critic.
” People can ask their dif-
ferent cards questions or about 
dilemmas they’re facing and 
answer with the voice of the 
card. 
“You’re basically giving voice 
to a particular perspective 
within yourself,
” Wunderlich 
explained. “The process can 
also help channel memories. If a 
person chooses, it can be a very 
self-reflective exercise.
” 
The greatest barrier 
Wunderlich says that she 
comes across is when people 
balk and complain, “I can’t do 
that, I’m not creative.
” That 
makes her frustrated and sad. 
She responds: “I can prove you 

wrong in 30 minutes.
”
And she does. Wunderlich 
explained, “To be human is 
to be creative. We’ve created a 
mentality that creative means 
talented, but it’s not accurate. 
Being creative is being willing 
to take risks … and if some-
one is afraid to take risks with 
a pen on a 3x3 inch piece 
of paper that no one has to 

see again, how do we expect 
people to take risks when it 
does matter like in science or 
engineering?” 

For more information on Zentangle, 

visit the official Zentangle website at 

zentangle.com, or Wunderlich’s website: 

wunderrec.com. Wunderlich can be con-

tacted via email at samm@ 

wunderrec.com or (248) 629-0002.

CREATIVE THERAPY continued from page 40

Zectangles are the art of “purposeful doodling.”

RINA HENNES SABES

