It was '30s, because Mickey Rooney was only around 10 or so when it was filmed. (My first Cagney film was Yankee Doodle Dandy, so his gangster films were a big surprise to me!)
My food is problematic.
River ,'The Message'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Kathy A - Jun 17, 2008 10:44:04 am PDT #6372 of 28370
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Kathy A - Jun 17, 2008 10:46:11 am PDT #6373 of 28370
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
ALSO, YOU ARE TOO OLD TO PLAY HAMLET. ALSO, ENOUGH WITH THE FUCKING MIRRORS.
Hee! ITA, Jessica. I saw that Hamlet at the Music Box Theatre and boy, did it draaaaag. I was so ready for Fortinbras to invade by the end.
Toddson - Jun 17, 2008 10:46:18 am PDT #6374 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
he he ... I saw Ian McKellan doing that production of Richard III live at the Kennedy Center.
amych - Jun 17, 2008 10:46:23 am PDT #6375 of 28370
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I keep hoping someday someone will do a production of it where the majority of the story is treated like a horror movie. I think it could be very creepy, if approached properly.
Why am I imagining a prominent place for Mr. Gaiman in creating this?
Frankenbuddha - Jun 17, 2008 10:46:32 am PDT #6376 of 28370
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I keep hoping someday someone will do a production of it where the majority of the story is treated like a horror movie. I think it could be very creepy, if approached properly.
I've seen footage of a stage production that took this tack. I think it was done by someone in the UK during the 80s (but possibly the 70s).
Frankenbuddha - Jun 17, 2008 10:47:26 am PDT #6377 of 28370
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Why am I imagining a prominent place for Mr. Gaiman in creating this?
Because Tim Burton didn't occur to you first?
Toddson - Jun 17, 2008 10:47:30 am PDT #6378 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'm trying to imagine a goth version of Midsummer Night's Dream ....
sj - Jun 17, 2008 10:47:50 am PDT #6379 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I keep hoping someday someone will do a production of it where the majority of the story is treated like a horror movie. I think it could be very creepy, if approached properly.
Yes. The fairies are treated far too lightly in the productions I have seen. Midsummer Night's Dream is my favorite Shakespeare play.
Jessica - Jun 17, 2008 10:49:02 am PDT #6380 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Why am I imagining a prominent place for Mr. Gaiman in creating this?
Because he kind of already did it in Sandman?
amych - Jun 17, 2008 10:49:41 am PDT #6381 of 28370
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Because he kind of already did it in Sandman?
Well, sure. But... live!