iPhone typo. Stoopid iPhone.
Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.
'Safe'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Sean K - Jul 29, 2008 11:45:19 am PDT #9164 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Typo Boy - Jul 29, 2008 11:47:40 am PDT #9165 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
You could have got away with claiming genius instead.
Sean K - Jul 29, 2008 11:51:15 am PDT #9166 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Stoopid iPhone. yeah, it was supposed to be "quite".
Gadget_Girl - Jul 29, 2008 11:59:16 am PDT #9167 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
I think all other drama is undertaught.
amych is my hero!
I love that I get to expose my students to so many different kinds of theatre. The school just keeps trying to force me into a box that I'm not comfortable with.
Here we are getting into a discussion that is perfect for me and I have to go do some things with DH. Sigh...such is my life.
NoiseDesign - Jul 29, 2008 11:59:17 am PDT #9168 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
That's right. Blame the iPhone.
Burrell - Jul 29, 2008 12:02:30 pm PDT #9169 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
What blew my mind was seeing Fishburne in Apocalypse Now and realizing it was him.
Gadget_Girl - Jul 29, 2008 12:05:10 pm PDT #9170 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
"Elements of Persuasion" would make a good Regency romance title. Someone should use it.
I'd read that.
And, I will add, my students get the chance to read Moliere (I teach him to my Intro to Drama babies) as well as Lorca, Churchill, Ibsen, and more. Last year some of my students wanted to give Torvald a "smack down" when we read the final scene of "Dolls House".
Now I have to run. Stupid errands.
Ginger - Jul 29, 2008 12:11:22 pm PDT #9171 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
In an ideal world, high school would teach the foundations of Western thought that inform so much literature. There were many years when the only books a family would have would be Shakespeare and the King James Bible, and they were reliable touchstones for writers who could feel confident people would understand their allusions. It would be a great basis for later study if students started with a good grounding in the Bible as literature, Shakespeare, mythology, the Odyssey, the Iliad and the staples of a classical education. Certainly students should get more exposure to other playwrights, but Shakespeare is bedrock in terms of understanding literature.
Jars - Jul 29, 2008 12:22:19 pm PDT #9172 of 10001
The Family Sox just left my house! Yay for travelling Buffistas, and the most articulate and best behaved three year old I've seen in a long time. Plus, lemon tart.
omnis_audis - Jul 29, 2008 12:26:04 pm PDT #9173 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
OMG love the theater disussion. hello! What about Triumph Of Love from Marivaux? What we can't study French plays?
EARTHQUAKE!Sure, one hits AFTER I leave!
In many ways he was pop culture for his time. In context, being a groundling at a theatre was cheap entertainment. Most people couldn't read, and TV didn't exist, so it was church or theatre.I hear Eddie Izzard doing "Cake or death" for that last bit.
In the class I would be teaching (if I get the job) it'll be all stuff outta a Glecoe text plus Elie Weisel's Night, which is fine, and Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, which kinda bores the fuck out of me. At least it's not The PearlI loved "Night", very heavy. We learned it in 8th grade. M&M, very boring. But Pearl? bad? C'mon. I liked that one.
OK, gotta go. Silly 1st day rehearsal. Making me work.
:: mutters, can't believe I missed an earthquake ::