Went on a date last night and boy it sucked. No one wants to stay. Wasn't even a one night stand but still.
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literally nobody asked for it, but here's my list of saltburn essays that i've slowly been drafting over the course of the last week which WILL be required reading for anybody trying to engage with me about this movie. my very personal saltburn 101 syllabus just dropped
A Wolf in Deer's Clothing: Saltburn's Attempt at Innocence
an examination of party costumes and our character's last attempts to masquerade as something they're not: felix—an angel, all-forgiving and all-knowing, something to be worshiped; and oliver—a prey animal, prey to class-divide, prey to saltburn, prey to felix.
thoughts about oliver specifically are loosely organized in my #bambi tag
A Midsummer Night's Mare: Farleigh Start as the Ultimate Victim of Saltburn
a farleigh character study, about the ways he was mistreated and manipulated at saltburn, about fighting to stay alive and the scars left behind by knowing when to give in
alternatively titled "QuickStart", may be adapted into a conclusive essay specifically focusing on oliver and farleigh's relationship
The Eye of the Beholder: On Saltburn's Voyeurism & Violence [working title]
how wealth and class pushes the catton's toward the volatile reality of being able to look, but not touch. on desire and the lack thereof, and portraying yourself as an object to be desired
may end up as two separate essays on wealth and aestheticism but i'm pushing toward a conclusive essay about the intersection of the two, which i feel is at the heart of saltburn
alternatively titled "Poor Man's Pudding: A Melvillian Approach to Saltburn's Class", again, may be adapted into it's own essay
Gender-Fluid: A Study in Sexuality and Saltburn's Desire to be Dry
a deep dive into the bodily fluids of saltburn and how oliver upsets the standard of men who are just so lovely and dry. on the creative choice to lean into the messy wetness of sex and desire and the audience's instinct toward repulsion
a celebration of the grotesque and an examination of why we would label it as such
least developed of the four, heavily inspired by @charnelpit's lovely post about the fluids in saltburn
if anybody is actually interested in any of these, i can work toward something closer to a finished piece instead of just bullet points and quotes in a google doc, but mostly this is so i can share my very brief takes on a multitude of themes in saltburn that have been haunting me
edit for people seeing this in the future: all posts about my essays are being organized into my #saltburn 101 tag if you’re interested in following these through to development!
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"Why do you like Sabo so much?"
It's the noble boy born into wealth recognizing his privilege and choosing to turn his back on an easy life to fight for those with nothing.
It's the man with disfiguring scars not letting his pain define him and how he lives.
It's the man who treasures the bonds forged by calloused hands and bloody knuckles more than anything in the world.
It's the man who decided not to forgive a family who abused, neglected, manipulated and used him just because they were family.
It's the man who wanted to experience the world so he could write stories about his adventures.
It's the man who craved freedom more than water, but when he was given a drop of that freedom, chose to forfeit it and chain himself to an army so that others may also one day be free.
It's the man who could have had everything easy but had everything hard instead, had everything he loved torn away from him, and still fights.
It's the man who has nightmares about his brother's death every single night but still manages to smile.
It's the man who hates himself but still gets up every morning.
It's the man who hurts but doesn't want anyone else to hurt.
It's the man willing to fall into despair and depravity to help end an 800 year long oppressive government.
It's the man who bloodies his hands and doesn't mind being labeled a monster so long as good can come of it.
It's the man who feels too much and not enough all at once.
It's the man who was offered water but instead ate dirt because what makes him so special?
It's the man who hurts. And hurts. And hurts. But he still moves forward. He still tries hard to do the right thing, even if it gets his hands dirty.
I love Sabo because I want to be that kind of person, the kind of person who isn't afraid of discomfort if it means standing up for people, because I was born with privilege and the only thing it's good for is using it to protect the underprivileged. I want to be the kind of person I can be proud of.
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can i be fr for a minute?? sending abuse to people online for holding different views than you is not activism and in fact actively hurts your cause. most people are not extreme in their viewpoints, you can give them a new perspective if you're willing to spend some time explaining shit. if someone is saying something you disagree with and you rush in there to condescend to them and call them disgusting and subhuman and dont even TRY to explain calmly why their views are harmful, they're going to shut you out instantly and double down on their views.
most people are simply genuinely ignorant to the issues they're talking about - they just pick their views up from the news and the world around them and express opinions because that's what every person does. if you run in there and tell them they're scum for it, what then? if someone does that to you, are you going to think "maybe i should do some research" or are you going to think "this person is an asshole, im blocking them." a lot of you think you're activists and then refuse to do any kind of actual WORK to support your cause.
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