Apparently Little Women was reimagined as a pulp fiction novel, I’m guessing in the 50’s when smut got big. I’ll do some research, but for now I just really enjoy this cover.
Original post by cdame2of
After a lot of thinking, er no, feeling, I’ve decided to take back what I said in class about Little Women.
I love it. It’s timeless and warm, comforting like an old country song. Upon finishing the book, I realized that I had spoken too soon. When I dished out my less than glowing opinion of the book, I was only at the tip of the iceberg (about page 150). Then I tumbled into it. Instead of going out Friday night, I stayed in and devoured it.
It can be trite, idyllic and sometimes nauseatingly sweet like an episode of Leave it to Beaver, or Full House when the music starts to play at the end and someone has learned a lesson — but those things don’t make it any less wonderful than so many readers have discovered since its publication. When I finished the last page, I was 10 again (but […]
Original post by cdame2of
After a lot of thinking, er no, feeling, I’ve decided to take back what I said in class about Little Women.
I love it. It’s timeless and warm, comforting like an old country song. Upon finishing the book, I realized that I had spoken too soon. When I dished out my less than glowing opinion of the book, I was only at the tip of the iceberg (about page 150). Then I tumbled into it. Instead of going out Friday night, I stayed in and devoured it.
It can be trite, idyllic and sometimes nauseatingly sweet like an episode of Leave it to Beaver, or Full House when the music starts to play at the end and someone has learned a lesson — but those things don’t make it any less wonderful than so many readers have discovered since its publication. When I finished the last page, I was 10 again (but […]
Original post by cdame2of
The protagonist of Miller’s Crossing, Tom, harkons back to Hammet’s Ned Beaumont, the cynical idealist that keeps his friends close and his enemies closer.
It would appear that just as much as his gambling habits, Tom’s hat is an equally important element of his identity. And though he says that a man chasing his hat is foolish, he is constantly chasing something, if not an identity. Like most gangster flicks, Tom lives in a world where nothing is certain and change could come at the drop of a hat (or a gust of wind). Friendship, character, and hell, I ain’t afraid to say it; ethics are constantly in jeopardy, and Tom continually has to makes choices of whether of not to chase them, or let them blow away.
Appearing to be emotionally detached from just about everything, I think he does care. Even in his line of work, he cares about honor, […]
Original post by cdame2of
The protagonist of Miller’s Crossing, Tom, harkons back to Hammet’s Ned Beaumont, the cynical idealist that keeps his friends close and his enemies closer.Â
It would appear that just as much as his gambling habits, Tom’s hat is an equally important element of his identity. And though he says that a man chasing his hat is foolish, he is constantly chasing something, if not an identity. Like most gangster flicks, Tom lives in a world where nothing is certain and change could come at the drop of a hat (or a gust of wind). Friendship, character, and hell, I ain’t afraid to say it; ethics are constantly in jeopardy, and Tom continually has to makes choices of whether of not to chase them, or let them blow away.
Appearing to be emotionally detached from just about everything, I think he does care. Even in his line of work, he cares about honor, […]
Original post by cdame2of
Culture has ever evolved, and ever it evolves. Temporal circumstances seem to fuel this constant evolution of culture. We saw scientific advancement fuel the Enlightenment, and we saw the Enlightenment fuel Romanticism. We saw segregation fuel the Harlem Renaissance, and we saw the Civil Rights movement fuel integration. We saw war fuel existentialism, and we saw existentialism fuel postmodernism. This summer we’ve been studying culture as it is fueled by New Media.
The creation of the computer was as revolutionary as the light bulb, the printing press, the pen and the cosmos. With its light-speed capabilities came an explosion of usable time that would have otherwise been wasted on calculating, page riffling, walking or talking. The computer also provided a new and infinitely faceted means of creativity. The creation of the World Wide Web then sparked a revolution of accessibility compounded upon speed and creativity. And with the conception of […]
Original post by humanisticmystic
I like to look these movies up on IMDB after I view them, so of course I did for this one. It perplexed me that Beth was made younger than Amy, and my original theory was that they wanted a younger character to die to make it more “heartwrenching.” After looking at the trivia for the movie however, the rest of the class was right (or Dr. Campbell, I can’t remember who suggested this) and Beth was made younger because of the availability of the actress.
I became interested in why this occured, so I found this nifty page on Wikipedia about the studio system.
It is interesting to note that Margaret O’Brien, who played Beth, was only really known for being a child actress. She wasn’t even named Margaret, her first name was Angela. She took the name Margaret after her first major role, as was expected […]
Original post by khusband
Just a shameless plug for my online portfolio
www.serenae.com
Original post by arynna
Permit me a moment of film geekdom, in which I ramble on (probably at length) about how incredibly awesome I think George Cukor is. Together, he and Howard Hawks directed most of my favorite Golden Age movies. There is, I suppose, a rather important difference between a director being a brilliant director and a director with a continuous output of much-loved films, but then again, the two often coincide as well.
So, the awesomeness of George Cukor. Firstly, a list of his films that I feel licensed to comment upon, being as I’ve seen them: A Bill of Divorcement, Dinner at Eight, Little Women, Camille, The Philadelphia Story, Gaslight, Adam’s Rib, A Star is Born, Pat and Mike, My Fair Lady. Also, unfortunately for him, Cukor was slated to direct and then kicked off both Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz (1939 could not have been a […]
Original post by anniek
I keep going back to Engelbart’s assertion that computers shouldn’t be easy to use. Do I agree with it? I know I don’t believe that computers should be difficult to use just for the sake of being difficult, but they shouldn’t be easy either. I think the debate is slightly oversimplified, because the real question isn’t whether computers should be easy or hard to use. The real question is if the things we do with computers should be simple or complex. It is possible that if computers are too easy to use, we won’t think of doing (or be able to do) more complicated things with them. But do you think that’s really true? Is “easy” synonymous with “simple”?
I think computers need to be complex. And yes, they need to be difficult to use, to a certain extent. It is only when we are being constantly challenged that we reach […]
Original post by arynna
