Beatrice Straight won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for a single scene in “Network.”
After her husband, played by William Holden, admits to being “infatuated” and “obsessed” with Faye Dunaway — which is fair — he eventually admits he’s in love with her. As Straight explodes at her philandering husband, listing his marital violations — “building a home, raising a family” — she includes an oft-unspoken quality of long-term love: “all the senseless violence that we have inflicted on each other.” Love hurts. The longer it lasts, the easier it ain’t.
Early last season the Knicks lost five games in a row.