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#and the STAIRCASE SCENE
thegothicalice · 1 month
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A little library nook📚 Antique clock body with a Victorian-inspired vibe; wood, cardstock, scrapbook paper, faux plants, premade resin frames & chandelier.
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justarandombrit · 4 months
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Owen "Spent four years pretending to be dead, whilst secretly concocting an elaborate plot to take revenge on his ex boyfriend by gradually dismantling every principal he has ever believed in, thus making his entire life purpose obsolete" Carvour: Here's some advice, Curt. It's called moving on.
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huariqueje · 1 year
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Cat at the top of a Dark Staircase   -   Arend Hendriks .
Dutch ,  1901-1951
Etching , 28 x 19,5 cm.  
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ough.
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neuxue · 8 months
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me: *slaps roof of sentence* this bad boy can fit so many subordinate clauses in it!
sentence in question: *collapses at the slightest touch like a fucking jenga tower, adverbs clattering down all over the floor, nouns lying broken and bleeding, impaled on verbs they were never meant to touch,*
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mizusjawline · 3 months
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My GOD the Grand Staircase is terrifying!
(The Back Stage ep 4 - Stage Machinery)
The first appearance of a staircase in Takarazuka was in 1927, in Japan's first revue show "Mon Paris". This first staircase had only 16 steps. In 1957, when "Mon Paris" was restaged, the wooden staircase had grown to 30 steps. And in 1958, it reached all the way to the ceiling of the stage, and they changed it to a system with electrical effects. In 1973, it evolved to a frame using light metals to help with the weight.
The current Grand Staircase is 4.42 meters tall, 7 meters deep, 14.6 meters wide in the front and 10.9 meters wide in the back. There are 26 steps. The steps are 23 cm deep. The 10th step from the bottom is where the spotlight lights up the stars.
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ronavorona · 9 months
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dolokhoded · 10 months
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my one season 4 complaint is Where The Fuck Was Aneesa
#never have i ever#i really wish her and fabiola had stayed together them not working out didn't rlly serve any purpose to the plot for the new season#fabiola's new relationship was barely rlaborated upon. as expected.#and aneesa was basically written out she was barely even part of the group#plus that scene of them at the staircase talking about fab's robotics team. they still have so much chemistry and they were literally just#talking about robotics#i understand she's not a major character and she can't have a separate plotline to herself but she wasn't even involved in anyone else's#her and fabiola were cute together and she would've at least been part of the plot if they were still dating#allison was barely a character what was the point of writing some random new partner for fabiola when she already had a perfectly good#love interest#it just doesn't make sense to me. whi decided it would be a good idea for them to break up#was it just an opportunity to shove in a nonbinary character who had no personality and was just there as someone's s/o and call it#representation#cause there are Many better ways to have nonbinary rep than this#but ofc mindy kaling wouldn't give a shit about this.#n e ways for this support my nonbinary aneesa hc . it's real.#fabiola torres#aneesa qureshi#OR AT THE VERY LEAST SHE SHOULD'VE GOTTEN WITH PAXTON. SHE HAD THAT NICE HOT JOCK LINE AT THE END OF SEASON 3#im fabneesa 4 life but i would honestly be haply with her dating paxton. they're both cool and they'd be fun together. and she deserves a#nice hot jock boyfriend.
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smytherines · 18 days
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Overly long staircase scene acting analysis because I'm autistic
Watched the staircase scene again, because this is my life now. But I just cannot get over how incredible Joey Richter is in this scene. Every beat is absolutely heartbreaking. The anger and hurt in his voice as he yells "I'm going to single-handedly dismantle everything you've ever believed in," the way his voice breaks.
During the reprise he does a stunning job of "guy trying to be cold and intimidating but is actually incredibly sad and unbelievably angry." The way Owen says "a world without agencies, a world without spies, a world without secrets" with so much quiet contempt for the thing that ruined his life.
Maybe the best piece of acting in the entire show is when Curt steps up into Owen's gun and says "the feelings we had for each other." And Owen looks pained, he looks wistful for a second. His gun lowers to Curt's heart and his hand repositions like he's really struggling with what he believes he has to do. The thing he's been wanting to do for four years. But he just can't manage to pull the trigger, despite having ample opportunity to do so.
When Curt finally shoots his gun out of his hand and aims the gun at his head, the way Joey Richter plays Owen just feels incredibly sad. To me it reads as Owen, not being able to kill Curt, thinking Curt wouldn't be able to kill him either, and realizing too late that he was wrong about that. There's a kind of incredulous disappointment in his voice as he says "so what are you doing?"
I know I get ridiculous with my Owen Carvour headcanon, but this one scene just gives SO much insight into his character and motivations, without outright telling you pretty much anything. That's partially clever writing, but its also just Joey Richter absolutely killing this role, making Owen feel like a real person with real anguish and doubt and anger. Its spectacular.
And it's wild because Curt Mega is also really fucking good in this scene, but kind of in different ways? His delivery doesn't subvert what we know about Agent Mega, it reinforces it. Curt has been grieving for four years. He fell apart after Owen's "death," his alcohol use turning into a full-on disorder, making him incapable of doing the one thing he loves, the thing he feels he does best. And actor Curt Mega does an incredible job at conveying all of that without even saying a word. Curt's stance, the way he braces against the staircase just kind of numb with the realization that Owen is alive, the anger and resentment that he mourned Owen for so long only for him to be out there doing evil schemes. It's all played perfectly.
As an Owen Carvour defender I have issues with what agent Mega does here that are mostly subtextual, so I'm gonna stick to the acting choices within the actual text of the show:
The thing that stands out the most about Joey Richter's performance to me is the little vocal breaks and how raw the line deliveries are, but what stands out to me about Curt Mega's performance is his body language and facial expressions, which are just pitch perfect from start to finish.
Our guy is speedrunning the five stages of grief on that staircase.
First is denial and anger, kinda wrapped up in one package- denying that Owen has the upper hand, there's something about the stance here that feels like he's planting himself with a false confidence, like he doesn't want Owen to know how scared and overwhelmed and sad he is about this. How angry he is that his life fell apart mourning someone who isn't even dead.
Then bargaining- when Curt is pleading with Owen, telling him that he's sure the agencies can pull some strings and get him pardoned if he agrees to give up Chimera. It's hard to describe the expressions & body language in a way that doesn't sound kinda weird, but there's a flash on Curt's face that reads to me like "if you give up Chimera maybe there's a chance for us," which is of course cut off by Owen's anger. There's a desperation, and even a little hint of optimism- it isn't too late to fix this.
Then depression- the expressions here are just heartbreaking, as Owen pontificates Curt is just slowly unraveling, leaning back into the staircase his face just crumbles. Like every word Owen says is physically hurting him. Like he's realizing slowly that there is no going back, that the time they shared & the feelings they had aren't going to be enough. Actor Curt Mega makes so many interesting acting choices here that say so much more than you could say through dialogue alone. The way Curt steps into the gun very much feels like he is accepting that baring his heart to Owen could get him killed, and that it's worth the risk to try (damn, just gave myself more empathy for agent mega here)
And then- acceptance. After Curt has his big moment of vulnerability, appealing to Owen's memories of their time together, and Owen rejects him by telling him to move on, Curt accepts that he has to kill Owen. It reads to me like he isn't doing it to save the world (or at least not exclusively for that) he's doing it to save himself. To remove the spectre of Owen that has been haunting him for the last four years. That as long as Owen is alive he will be haunting Curt.
(As an Owen Carvour defender I have to point out that Owen is *disarmed* at this point, so I personally have a whole big rant I could make but this shit is too long already)
Again it's weird to describe someone's facial expressions and body language, but all of the emotions you can infer from this scene are down to just great acting. Two really good actors doing a well-written scene spectacularly. As good as the rest of the show is- and its very good- this scene is why there's still an active fanbase for a comedy spy parody musical, still making art and writing fanfiction and doing edits and memes about the relationship between Owen Carvour and Agent Curt Mega nearly eight years later.
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personinthepalace · 1 year
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The rule here is that each member of the agency only takes one biscuit at a time in a strict rotation. Keeps it fair, keeps it orderly. Nicking two in times of stress just isn’t done. - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
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kairithemang0 · 2 days
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The brainrot is real I read “stainless” as “staircase” what is happening to my brain
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krash-and-co · 2 months
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tss lockwood I love you so much btw
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justarandombrit · 20 days
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If I ever zone out and look like I'm staring into nothing, mentally I am here
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huariqueje · 1 year
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The Staircase (portrait)  -   Thomas Broomé
Swedish, b. 1971 -
Acrylic on canvas,   100 x 90 cm. The Staircase (portrait)
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chaoscomeswithin · 18 days
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Something that I really like about Spies Are Forever is talking about the staircase scene with other people.
What does Curt choice means for you? Does it make sense that he shoots? Does it work? Why? Do you think it ends well Curt arc? And what about part 7, do you watch it? Do you think he has moved on? Is it a satisfying ending for you?
And what about Owen. Why did he choose to create the spy surveillance network? Was he brainwashed? Did he hate Curt that much? What did he think when he fall as he was seeing Curt leave? What did his words truly mean at the staircase scene? Would he had been able to shoot Curt? What was his last thought?
And the good thing is that everyone has a different reading. People like spies are forever, but everyone finds an answer that works (or doesn't) for them. I think that's awesome, and that's what art's all about
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awesometothe3rd · 8 days
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"I did all of this for Kat, and she's not even here."
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