Federation President Barry Fife wants you to know that the future of ballroom dancing is very serious indeed, Plei.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Allyson - Mar 19, 2005 9:56:30 pm PST #5302 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
SailAweigh - Mar 19, 2005 9:57:53 pm PST #5303 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
have almost no chemistry with each other
That was a problem. I just liked the humor. That movie and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert are two of the best movies to come out of Australia that I've seen.
P.M. Marc - Mar 19, 2005 9:58:01 pm PST #5304 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I always thought Juliet was a wuss, no matter whose version you saw, inlcuding the original Shakespeare.
I've seen one version of it that didn't make me want to claw my own eyes out and/or just spork the hell out of R & J, and that's the 1994 British TV version with Geraldine Somerville and Jonathan Firth, who both kicked so much ass in the roles that I was able to overcome my dislike of the actual play.
SailAweigh - Mar 19, 2005 9:59:16 pm PST #5305 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
1994 British TV version with Geraldine Somerville and Jonathan Firth, who both kicked so much ass in the roles that I was able to overcome my dislike of the actual play.
Takes notes.
I'll have to check it out. I always feel a little disloyal to Bill, not liking R & J.
Kat - Mar 19, 2005 9:59:45 pm PST #5306 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I always thought Juliet was a wuss, no matter whose version you saw, inlcuding the original Shakespeare.
Actually no. Having read and taught the play more than I've ever wanted to, I've had more opportunity to think about than I've ever meant.
Romeo is the character who vacillates and can't decide. It's Juliet who goes through a pretty radical transformation from very obedient daughter to the instigator and plan maker. It is she who forces action forward.
P.M. Marc - Mar 19, 2005 9:59:54 pm PST #5307 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Federation President Barry Fife wants you to know that the future of ballroom dancing is very serious indeed, Plei.
Y'know, it just occurs to me as I choke on my own laughter here that Strictly Ballroom and Wonderfalls have a similar sort of tone, at least in my head.
Kat - Mar 19, 2005 10:03:02 pm PST #5308 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
And, R&J is my least favorite of his plays. It's so pointless and stupid and crappy.
Currently, though, there's a great adaptation (as opposed to conceptuatlization) of the play being performed at the Autry, called "Kino and Theresa." It's placed in the context of a 17th century Peublo and the Spanish.
Also, instead of looking at the idea of identity and communal obligation versus personal freedom, I'm thinking about teaching it next time as a play about responses to violence instead. A more entertaining lens at least.
SailAweigh - Mar 19, 2005 10:05:56 pm PST #5309 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
It's so pointless and stupid and crappy.
I think that's my main problem. I just think how stupid and paint *everyone* with a coating of stupid, whether they are or not.
Allyson - Mar 19, 2005 10:06:17 pm PST #5310 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It did. Fingerpainted whimsical cynicism. Sort of like riding a carousel, except instead of horses, you realize your legs are wrapped around a side of beef from a slaughter house while that crazy funhouse music plays. That expression on your face right before the silly grin turns to horrified disbelief is sort of wonderfallian, I think.
Though, it's possible I should finish this cigarette and go to bed.
Nilly - Mar 19, 2005 10:07:32 pm PST #5311 of 10001
Swouncing
Though, it's possible I should finish this cigarette and go to bed.
So I finished my lesson just in time to tell you good night, then?