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.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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."
Hayden - Feb 03, 2006 6:27:31 am PST #9868 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Strega - Feb 03, 2006 7:16:51 am PST #9869 of 10002
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.
erikaj - Feb 03, 2006 7:47:27 am PST #9870 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
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?
Fred Pete - Feb 03, 2006 7:55:41 am PST #9871 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
It's a fun movie. But like all Hollywood product, not something I'd rely on for the truth about its subject.
erikaj - Feb 03, 2006 7:57:45 am PST #9872 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I know. Just funny...the different versions.
DavidS - Feb 03, 2006 8:19:57 am PST #9873 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Scrappy - Feb 03, 2006 8:30:53 am PST #9874 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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.
erikaj - Feb 03, 2006 8:43:43 am PST #9875 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, she's just amazing. HBO sure can get the good performances, and it's true. I never get the sense that she's reading(slurring) or (stumbles)
Steph L. - Feb 03, 2006 8:44:08 am PST #9876 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm currently reading The Land of Laughs, by Jonathan Carroll.
I love that book!
Dude, YOU recommended it to me, when I was in SF and we were in The Bookstore Of The Hairless Cat (can't remember the actual name of the bookstore -- I want to say "Shadowlands," but that can't be right).
beth b - Feb 03, 2006 9:06:19 am PST #9877 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I've never read anything by Jonathan Carroll, but they sound like my kind of book. should I start with The land of the Laughs ?