"Assasination Vacation"
I'm SO getting that one.
My god...he's gonna do the whole speech.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
beekaytee - Jul 19, 2005 11:16:56 am PDT #8389 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2005 11:17:18 am PDT #8390 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
King was also in the TV movie of "The Stand." Just throwing that out there, you know.
King's been in many of his movies. If not all.
Kathy A - Jul 19, 2005 11:17:30 am PDT #8391 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
King was also in the TV movie of "The Stand." Just throwing that out there, you know.
Where he almost outacted Molly Ringwald! (Yes, I have Molly-Ringwald-as-Fran issues, especially since they cast the excellent Gary Sinise as Stu Redman opposite her. Love that miniseries even with that miscasting, though.)
Kathy A - Jul 19, 2005 11:29:45 am PDT #8392 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Grr. I was just looking up that Hermann-narrated Alienist at Amazon, and it looks like it's (a) only available in cassette or downloaded form, and (b) is abridged. I have issues with abridged versions of books I enjoy, ever since I heard the two-tape version of Clancy's Sum of All Fears, which was mangled beyond all recognition.
Nutty - Jul 19, 2005 11:38:57 am PDT #8393 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I have somewhere a tape version of Robert Pinsky's Inferno translation, read by four poets (including Pinsky). Of the four, Seamus Heaney was far and away the best, and Pinsky reading his own words was second-best. The other two were eh. I don't imagine all poets are oriented toward the spoken/performed word in their minds, but I imagine more of them are than there are novelists of this type.
(For me, good performance is signalled primarily by wide variation in pitch -- or anyway, a bad performance is usually signalled by near-monotone. I forgive much for a voice that uses pitch to help convey meaning.)
DavidS - Jul 19, 2005 11:40:09 am PDT #8394 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Where he almost outacted Molly Ringwald!
I'm always a bit befuddled by actors who get worse. She was fine as a teenager. I really noticed it on the short lived sitcom Townies where she was completely blown off the screen by then-newcomers Lauren Graham and Jenna Elfman, each blasting megawatts of snark and charm and Molly...not.
Kate P. - Jul 19, 2005 12:21:04 pm PDT #8395 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I have somewhere a tape version of Robert Pinsky's Inferno translation, read by four poets (including Pinsky). Of the four, Seamus Heaney was far and away the best
I have a CD of Seamus Heaney reading his translation of Beowulf, and it's marvelous. I love, love, love his voice and his style--and his translation, for that matter. I am a Seamus Heaney fangirl!!1!
erikaj - Jul 19, 2005 1:10:34 pm PDT #8396 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
But I find them really charming, Hec. In Molly's defense. It would take quite the charming person to look good next to that.
beekaytee - Jul 19, 2005 2:17:29 pm PDT #8397 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
While it is still true that Molly's wardrobe out acted her in Betsy's Wedding she is still one of my favorite parts of it. Don't get me going on Anthony Lapaglia! oops, too late
I didn't realize the Alienist was abridged, but now that you mention it, the book IS pretty hefty. And while I can understand wanting the real deal, I still seriously recommend it.
beth b - Jul 19, 2005 6:06:48 pm PDT #8398 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I am glad for the two year wait. I think the two years between 5 and 6 was well spent. A tighter book.