Xander ,'Beneath You'
[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
He was also an actor, so it makes sense how much people loved his readings.
Sometimes even the best TV show gets to be a little too much upon watching an entire season at one time, and I imagine that is why many people now find Dickens so tedious.
And some shows, like Alias, are actually so much improved by DVDs. Whcih is odd in its own way.
I'd say J. J. Abrams is the anti-Dickens in that he seems to have no plan at all.
Both times I've read Bleak House, I've done it over a couple of months or more, with other stuff in between, and it really works.
I'd say J. J. Abrams is the anti-Dickens in that he seems to have no plan at all.
t snickers So sadly true.
I suppose I should get back to work. I graded two stacks of quizzes today, but I still have a stack of 60 rough (oh my goodness, so rough and so very painful to read) drafts of 9th grade literary analyses of Lord of the Flies to comment on. And a vocab quiz to write. And also a daily assignment sheet to create. Feh. I really would like a lazy weekend, but I don't think that's happening.
ETA: In terms of episodic masterpieces, they're now reading The Odyssey. Homer's another one who'd be writing for tv and updating his MySpace blog, I think.
You know, Allyson, I was giving you my full attention most of the day. And you see Tim more a lot more often than you see me. Guess I know where I stand. [long-suffering sigh]
...Now I'm glad I stole your notebook! See how you are!
every writer should take a lesson from Dickens.Can't they learn from Stevenson instead? Or someone less mind-numbing?
Of course, I used my last vacation day to spend the day with you.
So. WHATEV.
Dickens was, in many ways, the first celebrity author.Well, I can't really go along with that. For a start, Dickens was after the Romantics.
Most people read Dickens' installments the way people used to watch TV: one episode at a time.
People wrote Dickens' hundreds of letters asking him to spare Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop. Crowds greeted each ship to America bringing new installments, often asking if Little Nell still lived. People sobbed openly about her death. So Tim is a lot like Dickens. Also, neither of them ever worked on Buffy.
Hey, Strega! I'm watching Raising Arizona tonight. So you should stop by Movies later.
OK, I have to say, I love reading teachers discuss. It was awesome fun listening in on my Mom and Kat discuss students and books (despite having nothing to add, it's just great to see people just hitting their stride) and it is again here, reading this.
And the parallels would NEVER have occured to me. So anyway, thank you.
I think we're gonna watch more Wonderfalls tonight. Even though we don't have a training room to exploit. Not that we would use one if we had one.
Just as soon as I stop crying over how mean Allyson is.