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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

G'night Nilly! i should have gone to bed a half hour ago, but then I downloaded Chris Isaac's Two Hearts and have been listening to it over and over because it's so lovely.

So you did something that was nice and relaxing for you? On occasion, it can be just as refreching as sleep.

I TAed a class who really didn't want to be there (if you had to sit in a class on 9am on a Monday (our weeks start Sundays), wouldn't you?), and argue with the people from the class that was supposed to take place there later that I need to finish my lesson before they can enter the room. You would have been much better at that than me.

were entertained in the parkinglot by an old guy who was a copy boy in Wisconsin when the Ed Gein story broke

An aquaintance of mine (that I lost touch with years ago) said that he and a friend were once biking outside Chicago when a very off-putting guy crossed their path and said he had something he wanted to show them. They got spooked and left rather than going to his home, fortunately. He couldn't be sure, because this happened years before the news stories broke and he was a kid at the time, but given the time, place, and physical description of the guy he thinks it was probably John Wayne Gacy. He may have avoided becoming one of the victims by a hair. t shudder

Okay. The next thing you develop should be about baby kitties who catch rainbows. I worry.

Hey, Wonderfalls was sweet and quirky and almost all the deaths were of natural causes. Tim took a break from the grim between Angel and the current project.