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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."
I'm currently reading The Land of Laughs, by Jonathan Carroll. I'm enjoying it, and reading along I'm getting more and more of an X-Files feel (or maybe a David Lynch feel -- just a sort of Things Are Not As They Seen vibe to it), and then -- the DOG TALKS ?!? That's exactly the point where I fell asleep last night, and I woke up at 3 a.m. and had to re-read that passage to make sure I hadn't dreamed it.
Now I need the rest of the day to fly by so I can go home and keep reading.
Does anyone know of a really good Calamity Jane bio? Because watching the fictional one on Deadwood has got me curious, and I don't wanna read a bunch of cocksuckers.
Can't recommend any bios, but Doris Day made a movie based on her life, called (not surprisingly) Calamity Jane. It's a pleasant enough musical with a few great moments (like "Secret Love"). And lesbian subtext.
There was an article on Slate or Salon a few months ago discussing a bio about Calamity Jane. You could try searching archives at both.
The Land of Laughs is one of my favorite Carroll books. Talking dogs are sort of his trademark. And yeah, there is a Lynchian feel. You never know whether the next thing that happens will be lovely and magical, or nightmarish. Or a little bit of both.
Right, Fred...I remember now, from Celluloid Closet. Stupid brain...trying to picture Doris Day spitting, drunk, belligerent and cursing. At least I amuse myself, right?
It's a fun movie. But like all Hollywood product, not something I'd rely on for the truth about its subject.
I know. Just funny...the different versions.
I'm currently reading The Land of Laughs, by Jonathan Carroll.
I love that book! And yeah, as Strega notes, not only is that particular surprising thing a recurring motif, but it's typical of his genius ability to get you sucked into a real world setting and then bend it until you're getting a prickly sensation on the back of your neck. He does eerie and creepy exceptionally well.
Isn't the actress who plays her good, Erika? She nails the drunkenness (whch is so hard to act believably) and and she also does the anger/vulnerability combo really well.