"It takes lots of gumption to walk into a play party or into a dungeon. There's all these people in leather and all this stuff going on,"
She's not wrong.
Excuse me? Who gave you permission to exist?
Cordelia ,'Beneath You'
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.
Steph L. - Jun 22, 2005 8:04:12 am PDT #9772 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
DavidS - Jun 22, 2005 8:06:08 am PDT #9773 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I was totally going to link that article. Though more in the vein of "this is regular front-of-section human interest story here in SF." Note the Non-Judginess!
Allyson - Jun 22, 2005 11:54:09 am PDT #9774 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
PatK - Jun 22, 2005 12:31:36 pm PDT #9775 of 10001
"I so wanna storm out on you right now, but if I stand up, I'll fall." --Jaye
Allyson, I just wanna say, that was a damn fine article. It addresses everything that draws me to the Rebecca character, and explains to the critics who in my eyes are missing the point, why she's played the way she is by Rachel, and why it's such a great performance.
Instead of fuming at my screen and yelling, I'm gonna point all the negative people to your article. Thanks for being so articulate. I'm in it for her journey, too. Big fan of journeys, I am.
joe boucher - Jun 22, 2005 1:07:49 pm PDT #9776 of 10001
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
"Web finds Paul useful because he's beyond reproach," explains Minear. "He's sort of like the Exley character, but not so easily corruptible."
I had to read that a couple times before I realized he was still talking about L.A. Confidential. I thought he meant the author Frederick Exley (A Fan's Notes), who was eminently corruptible, whose corruption was central to what little fame he had, and I was very confused. But not anymore. At least not about that.
DavidS - Jun 22, 2005 1:10:04 pm PDT #9777 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"She's Eve Arden," says Tim. I'm not sure how the lady who played the principal in Grease and Grease 2 is useful to Web, unless he needs someone to make frequent announcements preceded by a xylophone intro.
Dude, you're Eve Arden. She's the old time Hollywood queen of the deadpan snark. Actually Kristen might be a little more Eve Arden. You're more like the lovechild of Rosalind Russell and James Cagney.
§ ita § - Jun 22, 2005 1:20:25 pm PDT #9778 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
(Allyson, you've spelled "cubicle" as "cubical" in the article)
Scrappy - Jun 22, 2005 1:21:52 pm PDT #9779 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Allyson is totally Eve Arden. Snarky, smart, observant.
Oh, and GREAT article.
AnthonyDe - Jun 22, 2005 1:29:00 pm PDT #9780 of 10001
A One that isn't cold, is scarcely A One at all.
"If anybody's anybody, I'm Han. And you're, you're Chewbacca."
DavidS - Jun 22, 2005 1:29:48 pm PDT #9781 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Eve was quite the babe in her youth.
Allyson is totally Eve Arden. Snarky, smart, observant.
What about the rage? That's where I had to go to Cagney.