They could be. But maybe they just have more money than sense. Actually, I had to laugh at them because when I was a teenager, I thought I'd grow up, move away and meet some.
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
erikaj - Oct 14, 2008 2:23:43 pm PDT #1594 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!
Barb - Oct 14, 2008 2:46:26 pm PDT #1595 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
It was funny reading the Jezebel blog because they found the Eurotrash nomads to be Freaky and Threatening.
The amctv.com open thread was the same way. It was like "Don's totally getting grifted, man," with equal parts of "OMG, Naked Don!"
Whereas I was all luxuriating in their Felliniesque decadence.
Clearly, these folks have also never read big, glittery roman à clefs ala Judith Krantz or Jacqueline Susann.
DavidS - Oct 14, 2008 3:01:10 pm PDT #1596 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The other odd take in the blogs is presuming it's all a dream sequence of some kind.
Clearly they have not been watching their Fellini and Antonioni. Their heads would explode if they saw Last Year at Marienbad. Or possibly they would expire from ennui.
Hayden - Oct 14, 2008 3:03:19 pm PDT #1597 of 11998
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Yeah, I was going to note that Faulkner isn't the type to reveal the murderer on the last page.
Funny, I wrote a post saying the same thing and then deleted it. Yeah, the last paragraphs of The Sound And The Fury are beautiful, but not exactly revelatory. At least, any more revelatory than the rest of the book.
Barb - Oct 14, 2008 3:06:32 pm PDT #1598 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
The other odd take in the blogs is presuming it's all a dream sequence of some kind.
Yeah, I saw that and was all, WTF?!? They think this is Dallas?
Or possibly they would expire from ennui.
Or just be really, really bored, man.
::pries tongue from cheek::
erikaj - Oct 14, 2008 3:09:12 pm PDT #1599 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, it felt like one. But that's not the same.
sj - Oct 14, 2008 3:19:47 pm PDT #1600 of 11998
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm not sure they are all that innocent. I think their mention of having been in Don's wallet will come back later.
Barb - Oct 14, 2008 3:25:23 pm PDT #1601 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
I'm not sure they are all that innocent. I think their mention of having been in Don's wallet will come back later.
Oh Lord, I just had interesting visions of them showing up in the NY 'burbs
amych - Oct 14, 2008 3:39:36 pm PDT #1602 of 11998
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Oh Lord, I just had interesting visions of them showing up in the NY 'burbs
I think I saw that in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show. There was wackiness.
SailAweigh - Oct 14, 2008 4:00:30 pm PDT #1603 of 11998
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
But maybe they just have more money than sense.
I'm still trying to decode some of the stuff dealing with that. Don asked at dinner if they were well-off and got silence. That could either mean they refused to answer because it was considered a crass question or they didn't have a good answer because they're all a big pile of mooches. But then Joy said they move around for tax purposes. I haven't figured that one out yet, doubt I will as my knowledge of tax law is nil.