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accio-victuuri · 3 months

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selfie points, custom red envelope, joint celebration rumors & AU pairings 🧧🎉🎉

happy CNY to all of you! it’s a happy day for the fandom and not even because of candies— but due to fans making so many content as new year gifts. i have personally enjoyed the photos and video edits of AU pairings. you can check this round-up for the links of those posts so you can enjoy all of it 🫶🏼

the best way to start this post is to clown over xz’s CNY selfie. this is usual for zz, posting one during this day and every year, we tend to speculate over it so this is a tradition already. lol. anyway, i wanna explain more on the caption and the exclamation he was using: 龘龘龘龘！

thank you to baidu for explaining and it makes sense now why he used it: 龘 (pronounced as dá, ㄉㄚˊ [7] ) is a Chinese character with the radical dragon, a variant of "龖" , and the meaning of the character refers to the shape of a flying dragon.

dragon fits because it’s the year of the dragon and he also used an emoji for that. his hand was also posed as the claw of a dragon. 🐲

now back to candies related to this selfie...

people are saying that this was taken using his wechat camera and in selfie mode. which, like what we usually cpn, is because he was sending it to someone else. what we got is another leftover selfie. another one is what’s drawn/reflected in his eye? if you’ve been here long enough, you may be familiar with people saying that ZZ will edit his eyes to show something else. there were examples before that were kinda believable but i personally think it’s a stretch. xz is definitely an artist who loves to hide things in his art, which includes his photos so it is probable. i just don’t know how far he will take it. what fans are comparing it to as possible reference are the two: happy camp hand stand or a photo of wyb in SDC 6.

my favorite part tho is the second photo shared. i always feel like if xz is only giving us 2 photos, then it means something. the selfie makes sense— but the other one? i actually expected him to share a photo of food that he is eating. anyway, it’s a winterberry ( one of it’s names ) and is a known means health and longevity, no illness or disaster, suitable for decorating during spring festival it is believed to bring happiness and good luck.

this is seen frequently in relation to ZZ:

One old cpn we have is that WYB gives him this in bouquets for his filming wrap up events knowing that he likes it. maybe not exactly how it looks but what it means. most popular being during OOL. He posted a different bouquet from what was given to him by the crew as per the wrap up bts video 👀 so why? what’s so important? was he trying to make someone happy? that is mostly explained in the last part of this post.

the speculation is he included that because wyb gave it to him. or that he gifted it to WYB, who took a photo of it and sent it back to him so he is sharing as well. wait… where did we get that idea? 🤔

again, another galaxy brain observation… the wall. it’s not the most unique kind of wall and it’s hard to tell in wyb’s video— but this video went on HS today as wyb’s new year greeting. so it kinda makes sense that gg will use that clue. wherever this was taken, probably wyb’s office, that’s where he placed the flowers. mister photographer wyb then took a photo and sent it to zz to show his appreciation for it.

lastly, a tiny clue from yibo-official is the emoji they used for their cny greeting. does it look familiar????

AHHHHHHH! What a coincidence!!!! 👀

to add this “emoji clue” in his photo that includes this hat. this freakin hat that launched a ton of cpn posts. interesting….

NEXT IS YBO’s custom red envelope cover for this year. They also did this last year, which we also clowned over.

black panther is something that in this fandom is widely accepted cpn was made by xz. and it’s still there. the panther looks like he has something that looks like what xz wore and drew before. also those personal connections to wyb like the 85 and skateboard, which i understand is a common yibo element and anyone can just add it. personally, i think xz did the panther on the shoulder only. 🤍

I will lightly discuss the rumor going around cpfs, especially the morning of 2/9 when cpfs have noticed that both zz and wyb have turned off their ip address locator on douyin. this usually means they don’t want people to know where they are. there are rumors that zz’s parents already arrived in Hengdian the night before 2/8 and that wyb + his parents are also going to HD so the whole joint family can spend CNY together ♥️

tho i have to say HD is a populated place, but i feel like most people will have the day off and the two are so careful so they won’t get caught. Treat this as fanfic for now. if this is true, we will clues in the next months. that’s just how turtle cpns go.

-END.

#yizhan #bjyx #there is no science here i’m just clowning like i always do #i miss doing round ups like this #cause it’s been kinda quiet #i’m gonna regret saying that lol

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Formula 1 Hallmark Fest

Hello one and all! We are delighted to announce the Formula 1 Hallmark Fest, aiming to bring winter cheer and cheesy festive feel-good holiday fic to the masses.

What is Hallmark?

Every year, The Hallmark Channel has their annual Countdown to Christmas celebration. As you can imagine from the title, the movies center around Christmas/winter holiday themes. Hallmark Christmas movies are some of the cheesiest, most nostalgia-evoking films you can imagine. Many of them center around small towns and discovering (or rediscovering) the spirit of Christmas, spending time with family and friends, and finding love in the holiday season!

Hallmark Christmas movies are absurd in the best way, making them perfect for fanfic plots.

How to Join

Join our fest Discord

Join the AO3 collection

The Rules

For writers- Minimum word count: 4000 words (and the sky's the limit)

For artists- Minimum art requirements: Lined and colored

Theme: Your work must align with the theme of the fest, that being cheesy heartwarming festive goodness!

Other than that, there are no limits on what you can create! A short, fluffy feel-good fic oozing with tender holiday love? A novel-length fic with an intricate plot and epic highs and lows? A painting of your favorite guys kissing under the mistletoe? A comic centered on holiday misadventures? Your call!

Key Dates:

Important Dates

TBD: Sign-ups close July 15th: Check-in 1 October 15th: Check-in 2 November 25th DECEMBER 14th: Collection submission December 1st 17th!!!: Fic reveals start

Important Links:

Admin: Dees @leclercenjoyer Mods: River @river-ocean, Tracy @apeacebone, Samuel @gearshxft Discord Server: https://discord.gg/GmXyBx3AVC AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/F1_Hallmark_Fest Sign-up form: here Email: [email protected]

FAQ under the cut! 👇

1. Does it have to be AU? Not at all! F1 drivers' lives are already so god damn weird that it lends itself perfectly to the sort of over-the-top nonsense that makes a Hallmark movie truly special.

2. Does it have to be romantic? Absolutely not! Follow your heart <3

3. Does it have to be Christmas specifically? Nope! At their core, Hallmark movies are Christmas movies, but it's not essential. Any winter holiday, or even just winter in general, can fit the bill. (Or I guess summer, for the southern hemisphere?)

4. Can I do art for someone else's fic? Yes! Absolutely! We won't be pairing writers and artists (a la Big Bang) but you are more than welcome to find a writer to work with through our fest discord!

5. What happens if I have to drop out? Nothing! We understand that circumstances can change, and the deadline is long so unexpected situations may arise. If you sign up and find you can't participate, that's fine! Just drop the mods a line, no hard feelings.

6. Does my work have to be completed for me to submit it to the fest? Given the length of the deadline, we would ask that yes, your work should be finished before posting!

7. Do you accept late sign-ups? Sure!

8. Do I have to have an idea when I sign up? No! If the theme of the fest intrigues you but you can't think of what you want to write/draw right off the bat, you're still welcome to sign up! The discord server is the perfect place to workshop ideas with your fellow creatives, and we even have a random plot generator if you need a shot of inspiration.

9. Can I join the Discord server if I'm not participating in the fest? Yes, absolutely! If you just wanna come hang out, share in the vibes and the love and chat with folks, you are more than welcome to! And who knows, perhaps inspiration will strike you!

10. Why is the deadline so long? We decided to get started early to give people lots of time to work on their fics! This way, if people want to write proper longfic, there's plenty of time to get it done!

#f1 fic fest #f1 hallmark fest #f1 rpf

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chaos0pikachu · 1 year

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hey hi, what was that hashtag about? i dont understand, whats happening

Oh the #BOCDoYourWork? I'ma just post some screenshots from twitter to sum it up:

So the basic gist is that Pond, Mile, Apo, and Bible all attended an event called Red Sea International Film Festival. I want to reiterate here that this is actually a pretty big deal. The RSIFF is a pretty notable film festival on the circuit other filmmakers and celebs like Spike Lee, Sharon Stone, Guy Ritche and Priyanka Chopra all attended. And those are just names American's will recognize, a lot of international talent also made an appearance to discuss their films and filmmaking in general along with screenings of various films including some Oscar entries for the upcoming Oscar season.

It's a dope film event and a great networking opportunity for Pond, Mile, Apo, and Bible.

So apparently Build had an event as well at the same time, BuildxLancome was the hashtag. I'm not fully sure what the event entailed, I honestly do not keep up with the actors individual activities (I only know about the RSIFF b/c I keep up with cinema both for work purposes and personal hobbyist interest). I know Build has a collab or something with Lancome which to my known is a makeup brand/company. It trended as well - something like 1 million tweets - which is great!

Build fans are upset and claiming BOC is showing "favoritism" towards Mile and Apo (idk why Bible is exempt from this and all my speculation is uncharitable lmao) and not "treating Build well" as shown in the above screenshots. Specifically BOC's instagram posted two messages: one regarding the RSIFF and one regarding Build's individual event:

According to stans this is blanent mistreatement against Build, passive aggressive and even dismissive!

(It's important to put as many victimizing adjectives you can when you want to push the narrative that your fave is being mistreating ya know?)

You can read the full open letter here from some Build stans cause I'm not posting all that lol but imo there's a FUCKTON of projection going on there.

Personally, I think it's a lot of loud wrong people being loud and wrong but confidently so. It's hilarious to me because it's clear 1. people don't understand how PR and management work (especially since it's a lot of Americans what the fuck do any of y'all know about how the Thai entertainment industry works??) and 2. it follows a pattern I've seen in countless fandoms where fans wanna victimize their fave who are getting beaten down, or controlled or mistreated by a nebulous "They". I am a good 89% sure if Build, or Bible, or Mile, or Apo (since I've seen stans of all these people say they're all being mistreated by BOC at one point or another yet they're all being favorited by BOC as well too! Schrodinger's mistreatment!) left BOC and went to another company stans would still say they were "mistreated".

Why do I think this? Because I've seen it happen! See Louis Tomlinson who left his original management and label after 1D and his stans still say he's being mistreated.

Because ultimately this sort of hyper para-social behavior isn't about actually discussing legitimate structural mistreatment within the entertainment industry, because it's hyper individualistic and conspiratorial, it's about being a "protector" of the fave in question. It's about being "different" from the sheeple fans who just accept that all is good~ and by being a "protector" you are different, you are closer to your fave, you are special. This is the line of thinking that can slip into conspiracy thinking that you see with celebs like Benedict Cumberbatch - who has a contingent of fans who are CONVINCED his wife is an evil blood sucking harpy and maybe Yakuza gang member/sex trafficked and god they just have to save him from his fake marriage! Also his kids are fake too - but also a lot with Kpop stars, BTS members are constantly being placed under the "victim of BigHit/Hype" narrative.

Aside from the para-social nature of it all this also gives people something to "fight for" and a "purpose" which feels good. Throw in a community that echoes the same sentiments and you have a power keg of cranky ass, overly confident stans who think their very rich and well connected adult faves are being mistreated~~ and harass whoever the source of their ire is.

Is BOC perfect? Lol no but notice how it's only the four most popular actors under the company, the ones with the most notoriety, the most connections, the most demand, that are being "mistreated" and not actors like Perth, or Barcode, or Jeff. Ya know, actors with less pull and clout? Not to mention this also goes against what the actors have said themselves about BOC/Pond at numerous times but that doesn't matter because it doesn't fit the victim/protector narrative. Or that they've talked about their own individual goals and views on fame, the spotlight, etc that don't 100% 1:1 match with stan expectations and wants. These people aren't real, they're avatars for fantasy projections.

But anyway that's what you missed on glee

#be on cloud #stans are fucking weird and i said what i said #chaos pikachu speaks

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Fucking right!! Okay, I usually try to avoid talking about this, but fuck it, I have to say, I have heard this show, and it is absolutely amazing. One of the very best I’ve heard, from anyone, ever. No, I didn’t see every single show at the Fringe, but I cannot imagine this one did not deserve that award. Of almost 40 (it’s high 30s at the moment, anyway, and I’m still waiting for a couple more NextUp streams to happen) Edinburgh 2023 shows I have heard, and then given ratings in a spreadsheet, Ahir Shah’s was the only show that I gave a 9.75. And that’s only because I went into this rating thing by telling myself I won’t give any show a 10 unless it’s literally as good as the best comedy show I’ve ever heard by anyone. And, okay, it did not quite equal Daniel Kitson’s Where Once Was Wonder. But God, it was fucking good.

That’s why I was surprised to not have read more about it. Because I have been meticulously reading every post on a comedy message board about the 2023 Edinburgh Festival, and there was a lot of talk about a lot of shows, some of which I’ve familiar with and many of which I’m not, but almost no mention of Ahir Shah.

I couldn’t tell if this was a weird oversight on everyone else’s part, or if it’s a sign that I just don’t know enough about comedy. I mean, I haven’t heard a lot of the shows they were talking about, so I guess it’s possible, I thought, that all those were somehow even better than this, and I just think Ahir Shah’s is the best because I don’t know what’s really good. But I have seen and heard a lot of other stand-up comedy shows, by many people in many years (to be fair, I have actually seen in person only a few comedy shows, I mainly mean I’ve seen and heard recordings of a lot of them, and I realize that’s different from being in the room, so that may mitigate whether I can use the claim of “I’ve seen and heard a lot of comedy shows” to give me any cred in knowing about comedy), and Ahir Shah’s Ends is one of the best I’ve ever heard. Including being better than some shows I’ve heard that have previously won the main Edinburgh award, under whatever title it had at the time. So the point is… look, the comedy judges agree with me! They gave the award to the whole festival to the same person who won the top grade in my spreadsheet rankings! I do know what I’m talking about!

I realize it’s a bit hypocritical of me to accept this as a sign that I know what I’m talking about, when at other times I’ve disagreed with comedy award picks, and that makes me say, “Giving out awards for something as subjective as comedy is ridiculous, that one didn’t deserve that award, why do those few people get to say who’s the best?” But when the show that I thought was the best actually wins, I say, “See, this official panel has officially declared that I am correct.” I’ve written plenty before about how I got into comedy as a coping mechanism to deal with a reduction of sports in my life, and this is one instance where the parallel seems obvious, because right now, I feel a lot like my sports team just won. It’s fucking great.

Anyway, seriously, I really think Ahir Shah deserves this and I hope his career only gets better from here, though it’s been on a strong trajectory for a while anyway. I’ve only seen one previous stand-up show by him, which I thought was also brilliant, though not as good at the 2023 one. That one was Dots, his 2019 Edinburgh show that was filmed for HBO in 2021.

I saw that one at the very beginning of 2023, which was a good time for it, I think. I was in a really rough place at the end of 2022/beginning of 2023, not that things are going very well now, but I’ve been sort of steadily climbing out of that absolute breakdown since January. And in January, watching that Ahir Shah special did help. There a bit in there where he says he went off his anti-depressants – “And doing that,” he said, “it turns out is a pro-depressant” – and then he went back on them after having a mental health crisis, and that didn’t make everything better, but it helped. And that is pretty well exactly what I did – I went off antidepressants in 2021 because I thought they weren’t helping, and then in late 2022/early 2023, I was wondering why I couldn’t function and I broke up with my girlfriend because I was so miserable I thought I didn't deserve her, and that absolutely shattered me and I wanted to die for the first time in a few years.

I’d been thinking for a while anyway about going back on medication – I wrote a whole long post at the time about this, in which I repeatedly said “I’m going back on antidepressants because Ahir Shah told me to”, but then also repeatedly said that I’m reducing it to that to be kind of amusing, obviously that is not literally the main factor, no one should take medical advice from comedians. But also, it did kind of give me the push I needed, seeing someone else say there is a way back even if you’ve gotten this bad, just because you stopped them once doesn’t mean you can’t start them again, going off anti-depressants is a pro-depressant that can be undone. And that wasn’t the main factor in my decision to do it, but it was kind of the last factor, the thing that gave me the final push I needed and I did actually call my doctor the morning after I watched that show. If I hadn't seen that Ahir Shah show, I would still have gone back on medication, but not as soon as I did. It would have taken me longer to make that phone call, and I'm glad I didn't end up waiting.

I’m actually not back on anti-depressants. I met with my doctor and talked about what happened and she suggested that my main problem is the extreme anxiety, and if I could curb that I’d be better at functioning and less depressed, so I’m now on anti-anxiety pills. I started taking those very night, alongside like four different vitamins plus iron pills, and I can actually credit Ahir Shah with that too. Because in his show Dots, he talked about going back on anti-depressants and starting to feel better, and he complained that he has to take a whole stupid fucking cocktail of pills every night because his body doesn’t just produce the right stuff naturally and it turns out that you have to get enough iron and shit like that or your body doesn’t function and you’re miserable.

And I thought of my prescription for iron pills that had been sitting in my drawer for nearly 18 months, ever since I had blood work done that said I was severely anemic and should take iron about it, and I’d just never bothered to do so because, I don’t know, I dislike taking meds and I wasn’t functional enough to take care of that and it felt like it was stupid to think something like that would help. Like taking supplements is something happy functional people to who know how to take care of themselves properly, and that's not for me. That line in Ahir Shah’s show did help, hearing that it is normal for someone my age (he’s almost exactly my age, to within a couple of months) to have to take supplements for physical stuff as well as mental health meds, even if we're cynical about it, and if that’s what our bodies need then we should just do it even if it’s annoying, and if I want to then every night I can take my cocktail of pills while rolling my eyes about how annoying it is to take my stupid little pills for my stupid little physical and mental health, and I can think of Ahir Shah being annoyed about it too but doing it anyway. And I do that now. I started taking iron and some other vitamins where I'd been found deficient, as well as these anti-anxiety things. I’ve been doing it since January, and I do occasionally think of Ahir Shah when I take my cocktail of pills. But it helps. Like I said, not everything’s fine now. I still feel pretty fucking bad a lot. But I’m no longer absolutely exhausted all the time. And I no longer want to die.

Last week, I had blood work done for the first time since a couple years ago, when it said I was severely anemic, and then they prescribed me iron but I didn’t start taking it until nearly 18 months later. The previous four or five times that I’ve had blood work done before that, it’s also come back as low iron, once in the anemic range, but not in the severely anemic range until the most recent time. Well, the second most recent time. Because the most recent time was last week, and I got my results back yesterday, and for the first time since my early twenties, it did not say low iron at all! In fact, it was fine! They specifically said every test they did on my blood said it’s fine! My health anxiety has been abated! That’s something I’ll be able to think about for months when I lie in bed at night panicking that I have cancer. It’s fine, I started taking pills and now my blood is fine.

Okay, this post has veered wildly off topic, even by my standards. I know I tend to jump around in focus on these posts, but I don’t think I’m usually this bad. I just really wanted to explain why I have thought about Ahir Shah weirdly often in the last year. Because he often comes into my head at night, when I go to take pills, and the cynic in me immediately wants to think “this is stupid and annoying and won’t work and why am I bothering trying to do something stupid like this as though it will help anything?”, and I think of Ahir Shah saying he also finds it stupid, but he got over that and did it anyway.

The show Dots was about recovery from a mental health breakdown, about finding a way to be functional despite justified cynicism, to want to get out of bed in the morning even though everything is absolutely shit. It was also about family and culture and stars and the different life paths people choose and being the child of immigrants and the mysteries of the universe and religion and all kinds of beautiful things woven together. It’s a really lovely show and everyone should watch it. I can’t share his 2023 show, but if anyone wants to see Dots (his 2019 show filmed in 2021), send me a message and I’ll share a link with you.

So, knowing how much I’d loved Dots, I was really excited to hear his 2023 show, Ends. And it wasn’t just because of Dots. I’ve seen Ahir Shah on TV, more and more in the last couple of years, and I really like him. I first heard of him when I saw him on The Mash Report, where he was great. Lately, he’s been turning up on other stuff, and I feel like he’s been tailor-made to be everything I specifically like in a panel show guest. It’s this perfect blend of cynicism and competitiveness, sardonic detachment but also what seems like a genuine excitement to be there, and getting really into it whenever there’s something to prove or win. He’s been a central figure in my favourite episode of QI, and at least one of my favourite episodes of Catsdown, from the last couple of years. And God, I would love him to be on Taskmaster.

Basically, his 2023 show was all the best parts of Ahir Shah, all the things I specifically love and all the things that are objectively great as far as comedy can ever be objectively anything, and he chose some excellent themes and topics and wove material around it with beautiful care. He had stuff to say, stuff that really mattered, and he told it in a way that made sense and was funny and brilliant. The word “funny” is important there – I know I’m getting lost in some flowery words about it being beautiful and important, so I want to clarify that it was also fucking funny. Funnier than Dots, I think. Dots I remember for the themes and I know I laughed a bit; Ends I remember for the themes but I also think of for how it made me laugh out loud repeatedly. And it made me cry, I will say, at the end. And that's what you want in a comedy show, right? It's the only stand-up show from 2023 that’s made me cry, so well done on that, Ahir.

I just think he’s amazing, I love that he’s got this recognition, I hope he gets lots more opportunities (Taskmaster, Taskmaster, Taskmaster, please). Also, just wondering, why hasn’t Ahir Shah been on The Bugle yet? I realize that’s not exactly the sort of huge high-profile booking that he maybe wants or deserves (Taskmaster, Taskmaster, Taskmaster, I think Sam Campbell should be the start of a trend where the winner of this award automatically gets a spot on the next Taskmaster), but he doesn’t have a high enough profile yet to be too big for The Bugle, and he’d be fantastic on there. He was so good on The Mash Report, shooting the shit with Nish Kumar about current affairs, I’d love to hear him do that again but in a longer form than the five or so minutes his segments got on TV, and also with Andy Zaltzman there.

On the subject of The Mash Report, there’s a line in this show Ends where Ahir Shah says Hindu South Asians live in Britain in massive numbers, but a lot of people don’t realize just how many of them there are, “Because our entire cultural output consists of my mate Nish.” Ahir Shah’s Ends is one of my favourite stand-up comedy hours I’ve ever heard, and another one of my top favourites is Nish Kumar’s Your Power Your Control, which finally aired on TV for the first time yesterday (I haven’t found a recording of it yet, I’m expecting it to go up in one of my usual spots soon, but if anyone has already found it somewhere… if you could send me a link, I would give you in exchange my eternal gratitude and also any stand-up I have that you might want). So while there might not be a lot of British South Asians doing cultural output (to be clear, I am aware that there are more than literally two of them, and so is Ahir Shah, he was using hyperbole for comic effect), the ones who are out there are fucking killing it. Also, happy birthday, Nish Kumar! Happy award winning, Ahir Shah! And happy feeling like my sports team just won to me!

God, I needed this. Some comedians have been disappointing me lately, made me feel a bit cynical about comedy, I needed a win. You know when you find out your sports team is maybe not the sports team you thought they were, maybe your sports team actually kind of sucks, and then you get disheartened and lose faith in humanity? And then you need to counter that with something heartening, like one of your good sports teams getting a bit win? Am I stretching the metaphor too far? Can I make it more obvious if I say that when Ahir Shah talked in Ends about how he was about to get married... just, please, Ahir, I hope she's within a reasonable number of years close to your age, and please try to limit any cheating on her to at least less than three full years, okay? Please? Please be cool, I need my faith in humanity restored (disclaimer: do not take medical advice or faith in humanity from comedians, I know, I know, you're not supposed to do that, but still, surely "keep the affairs to under 3 years" isn't that high a bar).

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Bones and All - Review (Spoiler Free)

So I’ve taken a couple days to really process what I’ve seen and now I’m ready to talk about Bones and All!

I love horror, and I love Chalament so a horror film with Chalamet? Sign me the fuck up! I was really excited to see this movie. Like couldn't wait for the release excited, so I started looking up festivals that were playing it to see if I could go to one and see it early excited. I got lucky and found one near-ish bought tix and was counting down the days to see it. And my screening had a Q&A with Luca, a bunch of the cast and the composers (pic below) ! The movie was also getting overwhelmingly positive reviews , so all of this combined with my anticipation should have set me up to really love this film right? Right??

Unfortunately, no.... No. It did not. I did not enjoy this film. I really wish I did, and maybe I’ll like it more after a second viewing, but my initial thought was “what the fuck did I just watch”

See there’s a big difference between hearing a movie is about cannibalism and seeing a movie about cannibalism. If its unclear to anyone reading this , they are definitely straight up killing people and eating people in this movie. And there are many, many close-up shots of characters eating hunks of flesh off a recently deceased or still living body. To be fair, to sum the movie up to just being about cannibalism is incredibly reductive. More broadly its really supposed to be a love story about finding someone who loves and accepts you as you are and how that can change your life, but I'll talk more about that that later.

Putting the cannibalism of it all aside... I will say that because its a Luca Guadagnino film, predictablity the film is beautifully made. There is something so arresting about the contrast of such a beautiful film with such violent subject matter. Also because it's Luca, he can get incredible composers like Trent and Atticus to make a fantastic score on a small budget. And again, because its Luca, and he’s able to get some of the best actors in the world to work for him on a small budget. The performances in this movie are all top notch. Not a single weak link. Mark Rylance plays a really creepy, almost endearing, older man that takes an incredible turn. Timmy is classic Chalamet in this; vulnerable, charismatic, a little awkward at times, incredibly sexy in others, emotional and ultimately utterly devastating. Taylor Russell is just stunning. The camera freaking loves her and she has this uniqueness about her, unlike any other actress I’ve seen lately. Like a quiet power, a kind of commanding meekness? I don’t know how to describe it. It was giving me strong early J-law winters bone era vibes.

Back to the romance bit. My main issue with this film is the Taylor and Timmy pairing. I just did not get romantic chemistry between these characters. The movie doesn't give you much time to see it blossom, we're just meant to believe that it happened and it's like "oh they're in love now". There was more chemistry between Timmy’s character and another character in the middle of the story than there was between these two, and I think that is one of the reasons the movie didn’t work for me as a whole. If the movie is really about finding solace and through love and connection despite your flaws, then audience really needs to buy the romance. Because cannibalism is a one hell of a flaw to overlook. But I wasn't invested in their romantic relationship at all. I would have been more, dare I say sympathetic to them eating people lol and down to ship it even if I was. But since I wasn’t invested I was left feeling like "uhhhh is no one going to arrest them??? They're dangerous!!"

I will definitely be going to see it again when its officially released in theaters, but as of now I am left scratching my head. What is everyone else is seeing that I am missing? This should have been right up my alley so I went in expecting to be fed, but I left feeling famished.

5/10

#movies #movie review #moviereview #bones and all #luca guadagnino #timothee chalamet #timmy chalamet #taylor russell #mark rylance #trent reznor #atticus ross

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'In recent days, an interview with the Irish actor Andrew Scott on the red carpet of the BAFTAs has gone viral : a BBC journalist - icon of real journalism, the Messi of public television, the example that every good university lifts to the max for his students who dream of working in the media— he asks if he knows Barry Keoghan well, and how he reacted to seeing his final scene in Saltburn . Scott, a polite professional, gets away with it as best he can, visibly uncomfortable. The question is completely inappropriate at the outset because Andrew Scott was nominated for the BAFTA for his leading role in All Of Us Strangers , which has nothing to do with the film by Emmerald Fennell . And because, faced with such an insensibly yellow question, worthy of the latest copy of La Cuore and not of British public television, it is necessary to question whether they would have asked the same to an actor who is not openly homosexual. I can't imagine, what do I know, Brad Pitt , questioned about the explicitly naked scenes of Michael Fassbender in Shame .

The lack, in itself, is historic. But the hour is especially poignant when the spotlight is on the credit for which Scott stepped on the red carpet: his lead in the film All Of Us Strangers , which hit the big screen this Friday. Andrew Haigh 's film caused a furor during the festival season , and unfortunately it has been diluted to the point where only a few nominations remain at the British Academy Awards - the only ones that, whether or not, had to bet on it for its national production. And the contempt is incomprehensible in the face of the wonderful work that Haigh has created.

Andrew Scott — for many, Fleabag 's Hot Priest , and for others who hang on to the visionary badge, Sherlock 's talented Moriarty — is joined by Paul Mescal — if, by now, you don't know him yet, don't I know what you're doing with your cinephile lives—, Claire Foy — God Save — and Jaime Bell — the Billy Elliot we all fell in love with — to tell the metaphorical and fanciful story of a young homosexual (Scott) who, on the day who returns to his childhood home, discovers to his surprise that his late parents (Foy and Bell) seem to still be alive. Enough to dialogue with them, live with them, and even stay there for dinner. All while trying to manage a passionate love affair and sex with his lonely neighbor (Mescal). It is worth not divulging more secrets of the film, because its brilliant dance between the limits of fantasy and reality , dream and coherence, magic and everyday life , is one of the distinctive marks of a film which, under the premise of a love story, investigates a theme that has been explored a thousand times: the acceptance of one's identity starting with sexual orientation.

The journey of Scott's character is not too different from what the cinema has brought us multiple times. The LGBTIQ+ problem often goes through introspection into the past, into childhood, into the relationship - tempestuous or not - with parents in a turbulent time for the group - the 80s, in the midst of the AIDS epidemic . It is an exhaustively explored topic, but that does not make it any less interesting or worthy of further exploration. Especially if the patina that covers it plays so well with genre, with the constraints of cinema, with blurred boundaries and mystery. Haigh manages to turn an LGTBIQ+ drama into a delightfully delicate story that straddles science fiction and romance . All driven by a direction that makes the hair stand on end both when it plays with the terrifying tension - there are moments when they almost drink from the horror cinema - and when it does it with the emotion at the flower of the skin - with a care for delicacy that makes you feel part of an intimacy to which you should not have a window. And nothing works without the direction, but above all without the interpretations of its four protagonists.

Scott is the undisputed MVP. What many - and here, let's not miss the pedantic medallion - we had already sensed when he gave life to the schizophrenic and exaggerated evil counterpoint of Benedict Cumberbatch 's Sherlock Holmes , here takes on another dimension. The actor shows that the American Academy, and the Golden Globes, and the other awards that claim to be important, have ignored one of the most valuable performances of this last year . A work of absolute precision of a character made of halftones, which, with a slight movement of an eyebrow or a lip, composes an emotion radically different from the previous one. A restful, minimal interpretation, which includes thousands of stories and memories in a slight change practically imperceptible at the time, but which adds up to a global calculation of dominated melancholy. Their exaggerated, bandarra and tortured counterpoint is provided by Mescal, with whom they not only share a great mastery of art, but also a sulfurous chemistry , the kind that pierces the screen. It is certainly not the best role found in the already enviable career of the young Irishman. But the duo culminates the film in an emotional climax that leaves you breathless.

Scott, however, breathes life into a character with the inexorable help of his parents. Foy and Bell are the true secondaries ; two characters who give meaning to the supporting actor who names the award categories. Both of these characters build Scott's main character almost more than his performance. It is in the conversations, the shared memories, the reactions, the displays of affection, understanding and, above all, incomprehension, that we understand the problems that the protagonist draws. A child orphaned not only of parents, but also of a normal, constructive childhood , which has allowed him to accept himself in every way. Conversations that were never had and that are now finally having, and that push the protagonist to a truth that until now he could not live with.

However, All Of Us Strangers is still a reflection on life, identity, family and mental health. A clichéd and excessive mess in the hands of a talent inferior to Andrew Haigh , who has drawn a deeply emotional work, visually full of layers of meaning, and disturbing in the best of senses. One of those films you keep thinking about for days, weeks, and months after watching it. Of those that, even now, cause you to know something in your heart. Of those who ridicule the homophobic questions of journalists on a red carpet in which it is more than clear that stories like those narrated by All Of Us Strangers continue to be , fortunately or unfortunately, more necessary and significant than ever.'

#BAFTA #Barry Keoghan #Saltburn #All of Us Strangers #Andrew Scott #Paul Mescal #Claire Foy #Jamie Bell #Andrew Haigh #Hot Priest #Fleabag #Moriarty #Benedict Cumberbatch #Sherlock #LGBTIQ+

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2024 Sundance Film Festival Buzz

We made it! We are finally at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

We are about four days into the festival which runs from January 18th to the 28th. Even though it is early in the festival, there is already a lot of buzz. In case you don’t know what I mean by that, buzz refers to what everyone is talking about, what they are all excited about, and what they are all thinking about! This could be about the films, the different events, the celebrities, etc.

No matter where you go you hear buzz. People are talking buzz on buses, in ticket lines, at restaurants, coffee shops, and basically anywhere you can think of.

Many films are getting a good amount of buzz with some even getting picked up by major studios and streaming services.

On January 19th Variety posted that one of the first festival sales had occurred. This was the Netflix purchase of the documentary, Ibelin. This film is about a Norwegian gamer, Mats Steen, who at 25 years old died of a degenerative muscle disease. His parents, sad because they felt their son did not have many friends due to his illness, learned through condolences from Mats’ fellow gamers that he had friends from all around the world.

Channel 4 News San Antonio also announced that Hit Man was bought by Netflix as well. The rom-com film, directed by native Texan Richard Linklater, was inspired by a true story about a man that goes undercover as a hit man. Things soon become complicated as a potential client is a woman in distress.

I have also heard some buzz about Freaky Tales by multiple people on buses and in lines, etc. Basically, they are saying that the film is not living up to all the hype that it was given. After initially reading about this film, I really wanted to see it but couldn’t seem to procure a ticket for it. However, when I went in person to waitlist for the film, I was lucky enough to be gifted a ticket for it. After seeing it, although I did enjoy it, I unfortunately tend to agree with this buzz that the hype surrounding Freaky Tales seems to have been unjustified.

I also heard a lot of buzz about DiDi, Presence, and Krazy House.

For DiDi they stated it is a great film and a must watch at Sundance this year. I am hoping I still have a shot at getting a ticket for it.

For Presence, the buzz is that it is also a great film, but it is so scary that it is causing some people to have to walk out of the theater. I have not seen this one yet and I am not sure if I am up to being scared like that.

I have seen Krazy House, and I do agree that it is a great film. It is so funny and there is never a dull moment even during the violent killings. They land perfect jokes that make everyone laugh.

Before the premiere of the Greatest Night in Pop at the Eccles, everyone was very excited to see the film. There was a lot of good buzz leading up to it and it did not disappoint. Afterwards there was a Q&A session that included the director, Bao Nguyen, producer, Julia Nottingham, as well as Lionel Ritchie. It was cool. One of the questions asked was how Dan Aykroyd qualified to be in the group. You just have to remember he was one of the Blues Brothers.

In addition to hearing buzz, I have also seen buzz posted online. One item that I found interesting involves the discreet transportation arrangements for celebrities. I saw this on ABC4 Salt Lake City. In this report it explains how some celebrities try to maintain their privacy when arriving at the Sundance Film Festival. They do this by flying into Heber Valley airport which only accepts small private planes. By flying into Heber Valley, celebrities can avoid the paparazzi. It is worth noting that the number of arrivals increases during Sundance from ten to fifty a day. Tight airport security helps keep VIP arrivals under wraps. One can only imagine who is on these flights. As much as I would love to get a glimpse of them now and again, I can understand they want to maintain some privacy. As Wendy Swann who is one of the transportation providers stated in the article, “They’re normal, everyday people that have a job to do, like everyone else.”

That’s all the buzz I have! Until next time!

Ryan McCormick

#sundance #sundance2024 #filmfestival #independent #sundancebuzz

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Essay Prep

I want my essay to be informed by a multitude of sources as to not stunt the scope of the essay and to instead get an understanding of the topic from different perspectives. I'm getting a list of quotes together so that I can build the essay around them and build upon my loose plan. My information comes from: one book, one article, two Youtube videos and one interview.

I had a read through 'The Pitch' chapter of 'Animation Writing and Development' by Jean Ann Wright to find some quotes for the essay:

'Start your series pitch with title, genre, and brief concept.' p310

'Remember that companies always need good, new material. Call once a month, but don’t be a pest!' p309

'Some experts recommend that intriguing pitches be kept under two minutes and that the whole meeting be kept to ten or fifteen minutes maximum.' p310

'Rehearse your pitch, but don’t memorize it.' p310

'Do not pitch individual scenes in a story. Tease, tantalize, leave the executives wanting more.' p310

'The average length [of a pitch bible] is five to ten pages.' p310

'During the pitch, don’t give the executives any reason to say “no.”' p310

'If there is more than one executive, some experts advise that you pitch mainly to one person.' p311

'Don’t give too much information. The more you say about a project, the more reasons someone might find to reject it.' p311

'An idea that a development executive just gives away is an idea that she wants to buy. Fight for what’s important to you, but be willing to make changes.' p311

'Projects get sold most often through long-term relationships.' p312

'even if someone accepts your idea for a show, it could still mean losing ownership of your creations and your story might be changed beyond recognition.'

'if you are established in someway [...] you will have some leverage and will be taken more seriously.'

'A pitch consists of a log line, a two page, a bible and extras.'

'technology might help us bypass the pitching process altogether and reach the audience directly'

'recommend visiting film markets like MIPCOM or film festivals and mingling with the crowd to learn more'

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'If you're not able to properly sell your idea and win over the hearts of the network executives, it's not gonna get picked up and developed.'

'If you ever have to pitch a show just be open for changes'

'Who, how and why are you characters?'

'I would highly recommend looking at other show bibles online for inspiration and how they should be formatted.'

'Everyone in Hollywood has a story of being turned down by everyone and then finding the right home for their idea.'

youtube

What is the Great World your show is set in?

What is the Theme of your show?

What are you passionate about?

What do you believe in?

Why Watch Every Week?

Genre?

What are the Parents of your show?

What's the Unsolvable Question for the Hero?

What's the Core Wound of the Hero?

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'A good idea will get you right in the door, and then together lets figure it out and make a great TV show'

'If you just have an idea and you don't have an agent and you don't have any connection then I would team up with a production company'

'There are [production companies] that won't even talk to you if an agent hasn't sent you over'

'I don't think your port of first call should necessarily be the network[...] it is better to approach an established production company, somebody that you know, that you like, that's in the business and go in with them'

Interview Quotes:

'For debut shorts, exploring open funding opportunities, such as local BFI hubs, seems essential'

'I believe animators, as a community, should engage more in networking, promoting and sharing their work at various festivals and attending as many as possible'

'In my experience with Open Funds, having a substantial amount of developed work and illustrations has proved helpful'

'I've come to realise the importance of confidently presenting my own idea and staying true to it'

'Once you've produced a short film, vigorously promote it across multiple platforms and submit it to as many festivals as possible'

'Maximise your networking opportunities'

'establishing these connections serves as a gateway to potential funders and other essential support'

'there is no catch all rule for [pitch] bibles'

Here's the Spongebob pitch bible I referenced in my essay.

Reference Details:

Film Courage (2018) "9 Questions Television Writers Must Answer When Developing A Television Show by Peter Russell" Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_1JEz24kPA [Accessed December 24th 2023] In-text citation (Film Courage, 2018)

Hillenburg, S.M. (1997) "SpongeBob Bible", Available at: https://archive.org/details/520748698-sponge-bob-bible-1997_202108/page/n55/mode/2up [Accessed December 26th 2023] In-text citation (Hillenburg, 1997)

Ismail, A. (2017) "Pitching and Selling an Animated Series", Ebal Studios, Available at: https://www.ebalstudios.com/blog/pitching-and-selling-an-animated-series [Accessed December 24th 2023] In-text citation (Ismail, 2017)

Producers Guild of America (2015) "10 Questions You Always Wanted to Ask a Network Head | Tips for New Producers" Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQiep5f9nyU [Accessed December 24th 2023] In-text citation (Producers Guild of America, 2015)

Scott, T.W. (2023) "How to Pitch a Show" Interviewed via email by Thomas Adam Berry, 6th December In-text citation (Scott, 2023)

TheOdd1sout (2022) "Pitching a Show" Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW_-zpKU-cU&t=313s [Accessed December 24th 2023] In-text citation (TheOdd1sout, 2022)

Wright, J.A. (2005) "Animation Writing and Development", 2013 edition, Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Focal Press In-text citation (Wright, 2005, p309)

I won't get the chance to use the majority of these quotations in my essay but all of them provide an insight into the world of pitching.

#Youtube

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Personal Philosophy

Wow. I did not realize how little I knew about tourism, culture, travel habits and even worldly events that have affected tourism and travel since the beginning of time. I enjoyed gaining so much knowledge about why people travel and what motivates them to do so. This class has taught me so much about what to look for when traveling and what I should and shouldn't do while being a tourist.

In my opinion, and after watching the films and reading the articles, travel is different for everyone. There are so so many reasons why someone could choose to travel. Whether it be out of plain curiosity, adventure, religion, work, volunteering, boredom, etc. Like Reese Witherspoon in Wild, who travels to help her with her grief and Ben Affleck in Argo who traveled and risked his life for people he didn't even know. My personal philosophy on travel after this class is that travel is beneficial in order to learn about and accept the world that is unknown to you. I think even before this class I have always wanted to travel on the basis of just seeing what it looks like in foreign places and the people that are different from me. I feel a little bit like I have been trapped in a bubble my whole life, not having traveled very much outside of the country. I know what I am used to and not much more. I enjoyed reading the Philosophy of Travel PDF that explained many of the different opinions of philosophers around the world. I agree most with this quote, "We seek to satisfy many ends when traveling. Policy should show awareness that travel is more than merely getting from A to B." I think traveling can satisfy an itch in our brains that we didn't even know was there.

I was tested when asked what I would do in certain tourism situations. I am motivated now to take in more when I travel. To understand the culture and the natural life around me without trying to change it or conform to what I know. I am more aware of the things that are changing tourism for the worse. The movies such as Our Blue Planet and Seaspiricy showed the affects of plastic consumption, overfishing, and tourists negative impact on animals natural habitats. I will change the way I use plastic and be aware of where my food is coming from before I buy it. SDG's are also a new thing that I learned that I think will be important to me going forward. To be aware of what I can do to change the world of tourism and to help it be sustainable in the future is something I will keep in mind when traveling. Working towards goals to maintain and create tourist regulations so that tourism doesn't continue to destruct these beautiful destinations will be extremely important in our future. Fyre Festival proved that certain events can change people's perspective on a once desirable destination spot. The same goes for Deep Horizons, because the oil spill has still not been fully recovered in the Gulf of Mexico, which can deter people from traveling there, which can hurt a tourist city financially.

This class and these movies/articles have motivated me to travel for reasons more than just vacationing. I have realized how little I am aware of things happening on my planet and how much someone can have an impact just by taking small actions. For example, researching a foreign area before volunteering or traveling there. I will continue to look for movies, documentaries and articles on how to be a good tourist.

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Slow Dancing During Burning December (18/12/22)

It’s been exactly 4 weeks since I last wrote an article. It feels so good to finally just sit and have a me-time after what I’ve been doing the last 4 weeks. I have so much and I don’t know how can I put it into words well but I’d try.

The last 4 weeks for real feel like the climax of my 2022. It’s like the seeds I’ve been planning throughout the year finally came through.

After the Water Festival trip, there was so much to catch up on. First the Kita Sama project, I missed the 2 volunteer orientations, No choice, I was in Thailand. Coming back, Debby asked me to facilitate a session. The funny thing is I couldn’t understand Bahasa at all. Yeah, Debby assisted at the end. It was a nice experience to facilitate a cross-country orientation like this though.

At the workplace, I felt like my motivation grew thinner and thinner day by day. I received news that one member resigned at the end of the year and an intern ended her internship. It is what it is.

Preparing for the True Colors project is the most tiring part during the 2nd half of November. It’s a post-workshop project implemented by me and Cambodian participants. Yeah, it was nice, and I was finally able to put my skills to use again. But it was tiring regardless. I had to handle social media campaigns and I research, synthesize, boost, and designed... all by myself. There was a lot of preparation leading up to the workshop day though. I felt like a university student again. It’s not that big of a project though as I’ve handled many larger-scale projects at work, but it is definitely much more fulfilling doing what I like and having full control.

Finally, there came the most intensive 9 days of my life this year from December 3rd-11th. Prior to that, the Chaktomuk Short Film festival happened. I don’t want to mention it again as it was a big nothing of an event.

the December 3rd & 4th are True Colors workshop days. I mean no matter how small scale the project is, it was still tiring to me regardless. The scariest part was the number of participants. The day is near, and the confirmed participants are still below 20. I had no choice but to call them. Long story short, there were only 12 participants coming out of the 30 selected. I was also quite worried about the session as I was the one who invited 2 of the 4 speakers. Luckily, all went well. I got to witness how a workshop is organized. A small but new experience for me. There were some tensions between the participants at the beginning of the course but by the end of the workshop. There was like an invisible bond between them. They even hung out after that. It was a tiring but so fulfilling experience.

I went to work for a day on December 5th before going to the workshop venue in the evening. I ditched a project at the workshop just for the summit. The Hyatt Regency was definitely fancy. My roommate is another Cambodian participant.

it felt different from the regional workshop as it was my 2nd time for the YSEALI event. I went there full of anxiety. The welcome dinner was at the ballroom. Luckily, I sat there and there were other participants coming in. As we started talking, all those anxiety was slowly gone. Each and every story was so unique and inspiring. It reminded me of why I was there in the first place.

The next few days were intense. It went in a blink of an eye. We went clubbing until 3AM on the 2nd night. Whatever, I felt like it wasn’t as tiring as it was during the regional workshop. Maybe because I was in my own city and it was my 2nd time around.

At one point, I had to accept that I can’t talk to all 150 people. That’s the thing about big summits. We meet a lot, a lot of people, but how many people do we get to know deeper or keep in touch with? I didn’t do anything remarkable. I didn’t even network much.

The crowd of people was definitely older though like in the late 20s or early 30s. Everyone was so professional and networking and I felt like a fraud or an imposter the whole time.

The theme also wasn’t given much as it’s in the theme of Economic Empowerment. It was still nice regardless. I met someone and we have kept in touch until now. It was nice but a different experience from the regional workshop.

I wish I could rest after the summit but nope. I had an hour of sleep before going back home to bring the books to set up the booth at the national book fair. The weekend at bookfair reminded me of how determined I was as a kid. The enthusiasm is kind of gone. There were fewer people than in 2019. We made a good fortune regardless.

The tiring week is gone, but then I had to submit 2 reports for the 2 projects from the regional workshop. It was tiring but we did it. and now yesterday I went to a gathering in the morning, a movie date in the afternoon and a wedding reception at night. I used all my social battery I fear. Until this moment, I could finally have time to reflect back on what happened.

I’m still processing though but I’m grateful for the things that happened. I guess this is the last article of this year. I’m glad it ended on a kind interesting note. My next article would be on my year-end reflection I think. Good byee

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Jean smarts children

#JEAN SMARTS CHILDREN PROFESSIONAL#

#JEAN SMARTS CHILDREN SERIES#

#JEAN SMARTS CHILDREN TV#

Smart was later cast in a leading role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom Designing Women, in which she starred from 1986 to 1991. After beginning her career in regional theater in the Pacific Northwest, she appeared on Broadway in 1981 as Marlene Dietrich in the biographical play Piaf. “Our favorite thing in the world,” she says, “is to make each other laugh, and make other people laugh.Jean Elizabeth Smart (born September 13, 1951) is an American actress. And her Hacks co-star Einbinder always gets her going. And as the three of them are finding their new normal as a family, Smart is finding new ways to laugh.

#JEAN SMARTS CHILDREN TV#

I mean, I’m gonna have my children, obviously, but they have their own lives.” Her older son, Connor, is interested in film and TV sound editing, her younger just got accepted to a great high school. “I just assumed we would grow old together, and now I feel like I’m just going to grow old alone. Losing her husband “was so shocking on so many levels,” she says. “A million years ago, I had two separate psychics tell me I was gonna live to be 98, so I’ve decided I’m going to live to 98. “What are you, nuts?” She says old age was foretold to her, sort of.

#JEAN SMARTS CHILDREN PROFESSIONAL#

So now that she’s hitting her professional prime, what else is good about being 70? “Ha ha! Nothing!” She cackles. “I felt like the universe was rewarding me for being true to myself.”

#JEAN SMARTS CHILDREN SERIES#

About 24 hours later, she was asked to audition for the juicy role of a crime matriarch in the second season of Fargo, the gritty FX TV series inspired by Joel and Ethan Coen’s hit 1996 movie. So after much deliberation, she decided to pull out. The deal put her on hold for over a year and a half, and production still hadn't begun. “I wasn’t getting offered things or auditions.” She took on a role she wasn't crazy about for a comedy pilot. “Then I went through a little dry spell,” she says. The two were married for 34 years, until Gilliland passed away suddenly last March.įollowing five successful seasons on Designing Women, Smart made the most of the next two decades, winning Emmys for a recurring guest role on Frasier and as a regular on Samantha Who? and nabbing Emmy nominations for her role on 24. So the producers said, ‘Will you come back whenever there’s a critic here? You got the audience going!’” She and Gilliland wed in 1987, at her co-star Dixie Carter’s rose garden in Hollywood. It was not a great play, but I’m a good laugher. “He would riff on something to the point where I was gasping for air, you know? He had that kind of mind.” She asked him for help with a crossword puzzle he invited her to see a play he was doing, “and I went to see it three times. Smart met her husband, actor Richard Gilliland, when he played Potts’ character’s boyfriend on the show. She recalls how she and her co-stars ( Dixie Carter, Delta Burke and Annie Potts) “would get weird questions from reporters, like, ‘Oh boy, what’s it like with four women on a set together?’ I finally said to one guy, ‘Would you ask the guys on Barney Miller that question?’” “There really wasn’t a show like that,” Smart says of the series about strong Southern belles running their own interior design firm. She thrived in the spotlight, performing in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, regional theater and on Broadway, then was off to Hollywood, where she secured guest spots and short-lived series roles-until she broke out playing sweet-but-scattered Charlene Frazier from 1986 to 1991 on the hit sitcom Designing Women. But drawn to the stage during her senior year of high school, she decided to major in drama at the University of Washington. Smart initially saw herself pursuing a service career, perhaps in nursing, social work or veterinary medicine. Her mother, Kathleen, was a homemaker and a seamstress who would make beautiful clothes for her kids her father, Douglas, worked as a high school history teacher and took on extra jobs selling encyclopedias door-to-door, painting houses and teaching night school. Her parents, who served in World War II, were both funny and taught her a strong work ethic.

#Jean smarts children

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reflections-in-a-critical-eye · 3 years

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BTS Documentaries and Ethics

The purpose of music documentaries is usually to put a spotlight on a particular artist, band or major event, with an aim to cast a light into the behind the scenes. It can be intimate, offering fans a glimpse into the thoughts of their favorite artists. It can be expository, which is the main category of music documentaries, like No Direction Home, Gaga: Five Foot Two, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, or it can take other shapes in order to tell a story differently than what is the norm, like Scorsese's Rolling Thunder Revue, a mockumentary that used footage from Renaldo and Clara, a film shot by Bob Dylan in the 70s while on tour, slightly altering some facts which would be caught on only by hardcore fans. Another example, which is a favorite of mine, would be 20.000 Days on Earth, which was a musical-documentary which portrayed a fictional day in the life of Nick Cave.

Turning to BTS now, their documentaries are expository, focusing on their tours, beginning with 2017. Burn the Stage is frankly quite relevant as compared to others as it was also the first one released. It's relevance is in showing the band on tour and also how they work. Not only that, it revealed on camera something which is absolutely normal, that is disagreement and honestly, it made it all more real. Not only that, it worked in terms of a documentary structure, that glimpse of conflict. Besides that, it showed some hardships and hard truths about the effect of such a tour and what a hectic work schedule can do to an individual. It's interesting to note that in the BTS case the purpose of a music documentary it's not the usual one. Fans don't really need to wait for it in order to find out more about the band, since BTS has had an online presence ever since the beginning, exposing part of their work life as much as they could. Either way, Burn the Stage had all the elements of a classic on the road documentary that managed to offer information that was not usually revealed up until then. I will not delve too much into the rest of the releases, as they're not at the same standard and over the years, not only it became a bit repetitive, it did not offer a ''realness'' like in the first one, a lot of footage was recycled, as it was used for other DVDs.

What my focus is on today is the question of ethics in documentary practices and I will talk about what was shown in Burn the Stage, specifically the parts of Jungkook getting sick, as this is an issue that was talked about a lot with many divisive opinions. My point stands for all similar instances in the BTS documentaries.

Documentary ethics is a very vast topic of discussion and a very complicated one, to say the least. A filmmaker has to think about what is considered to be necessary to get a story, how close can they get, is it ok to film some things, what impact it has on its subject, is it too intrusive? Or who benefits from it all? A filmmaker may say it benefits the subject or a certain community, depending on the topic, but it also benefits the filmmaker, as they can make money out of it, get some prestige if the documentary is part of film festivals, receives awards or it's shown on a major tv network. Or simply, money out of sold DVDs. There can be differences between what a filmmaker thinks and deems to be right, his subject and his audience. The first two can negotiate the lines of what is acceptable and come to an agreement and in some cases, a filmmaker spends years documenting, showing the subject what they have, what is their direction, getting their approval, while still maintaining artistic autonomy. It cannot be said the same thing when it comes to the audience, as there can be differences between what they think it's (un)ethical and the filmmaker's own position. I recommend this article that tackles this subject and the interesting part was the one that answered the question if the subject is to be treated differently, depending if they are average people of famous people:

“We say this to everyone at the beginning, we say you’re going to see this film before it’s done. You can see it when it can still be changed. We’re going to try to convince you that we need you in this movie; that it’s important for the story that it’s good for society in general to tell this story, and why your part of it is so important. At the end of the day, if I can’t convince you we’ll take you out of the movie.”

Quinn then went on to explain that the rules that apply to an average person, might not apply to someone who is already famous.

“If they’re already famous, they already have agency in the world,” Quinn said. “We want to get the facts right of course, and if it’s really something that bothers you or that you’re not happy with, you’re going to be listened to. But at the end of the day it has to be my decision.”

This doesn't mean there is a complete disregard towards someone just because they are famous, but the lines are drawn a bit differently when someone is a public figure and has consented to being filmed and appear in a documentary.

Now, how do all these ethical questions work on that particular part in Burn the Stage? When it comes to a documentary, in the best case scenario, the subjects consent to being filmed, they sign a contract. If there's something that should definitely not be seen, that part does not end up in the final cut or simply, not being filmed. As an audience, we have the outsider's point of view, which means we cannot possibly know what kind of discussions or agreements have taken place. The logical option is to understand that in that particular moment when Jungkook was sick, he more likely had not even payed attention to the camera as being intrusive. Not just because of the state he was in, but also because the camera is always there, ever since the beginning. If, after the entire situation, he would want that footage to not be included, he could have had the option to say so, but since that was not the case, we can assume that he consented to it. Of course we could come up with a bunch of scenarios, but that is too much speculation about information that we are simply not privy to so there's no point in going into that direction.

As I mentioned above, the way in which an audience perceives something shown in the documentary could be different than what was the filmmaker's intent, or in this case, also Big Hit. Before I proceed I would like to mention that when it comes to such situations we have to ask ourselves: is it gratuitous or it's there to reflect a reality? The purpose of the documentary was to show life on tour. It means that in such a work environment and given their profession, accidents can happen, people can get sick. It's not uncommon. And if the point is to show reality, then it makes sense that the decision was to film and include that particular situation. But why is there such a strong reaction to it? Is it because of the emotional connection fans have with the person being filmed? This is one answer and it's to be expected (I'm not judging it). Would this reaction be the same if the documentary was about a random average person? We should ask ourselves that, especially when we question intent because it's only fair that the audience as well can be aware of their own bias or preconceived notions.

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5, 11, 13, 14, 25! No pressure to answer all- whatever you feel like 😘

Thank you! This is a late reply but here goes!

5. favourite song in your native language?

I can't pick a favourite, but I will pick a favourite from today:

https://youtu.be/2SiWMD0nKFQ

96 is about a pair of teenagers who fall for each other, and then separate due to the most heartbreakingly ordinary circumstances of life. They meet again at their class reunion fifteen years later; she's married, he's single; they realize with admirable speed that they've never quite moved on from each other. They spend one night together before she has to take her flight back home. (Tamil is great with love stories, but you know what we love more? Unfulfilled love stories, romances torn apart, incomplete yearning.)

I have never entirely managed to get this song out of my head. Lines like மாறாது காதல் மன்றாடும் போதும் மாற்று கருத்தில் மோதும் மாளாத ஊடல், (Maaraathu kaadhal, mandradum pothum maatru karathil mothum/maalaatha oodal) I mean!! The sheer imagery and alliterative beauty of it! (tr: an unchanging love; one that pleads on the one hand and argues on the other; an endless passion). It's about as perfect a marriage as can be of deeply profound and poetic lyrics, and gorgeous music, all in service of two people who live separate lives fuelled by the same emotion, the same backbeat.

11. favourite native writer/poet?

Because I am very basic it would have to be Bharathiyar, who about a hundred years before I was born wrote the most feminist, ardently woman-loving literature and poetry. Much of it is still a part of popular culture today. Did he romanticize and raise up his ideal woman in literature in a way he rarely managed to in real life (his wife Chellamma, for example, suffered a lot because of his choices)? Yes. Is his writing ridiculously romantic, and still a template today for how we write about women? Also yes. He wrote about a woman's eyes being so arresting they were like the rays of the sun and the moon commingled, about her beauty being so singular that it was like looking at the starlight in the darkest night sky. COME ON.

13. does your country (or family) have any specific superstitions or traditions that might seem strange to outsiders?

Washing one's feet after we come home, especially around Hungry Ghost festival, because there are so many offerings around and you don't want to inadvertently "bring" someone home with you because you got too close to their offerings. I don't really know how this got started. But if you want to talk weird syncretic tradition that I'm not sure anyone else in another country would get, it's that one.

From my home country? Turning girls or women who died young into goddesses. There is one in my mother's home village; she jumped into a well shortly after giving birth, and was elevated into a patron goddess, the sort you maintain in your altar at home. (This tradition is hauntingly rendered in the movie Karnan, which I absolutely recommend as one of the best Tamil movies in recent times.)

14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV?

Complicated question! I think of the movies as catering to men and TV as catering to women. TV serials are bad so we won't talk about them further. I used to watch a lot of movies, but I've gotten increasingly exhausted by the male-centred masala movies, so I'm going to talk about movies that are decidedly not masala.

In contemporary cinema, I love many of the New Wave movies. Jigarthanda, for one, was darkly comic and incredibly funny. I was both distressed and mesmerised by Karnan (hands-down the best pre-interval sequence in decades). Pa. Ranjith is making some of the best films now, I think, with a solidly anti-caste bent that centres marginalized - often Dalit peoples - in his narratives.

We think of progress as linear, but in the fifties or sixties Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal depicted the story of a woman whose entire life is turned upside down after she accepts a lift from a man during a rainy evening. He picks her up, assaults her and drops her home. For him it's just Tuesday; for her, life as she knows it is effectively over. Despite several challenges, she goes on to become professionally successful, only to be acquainted with her rapist again and deal with the complex, roiling emotions that she has suppressed for decades.

(My Tamil teacher from high school would like me to remind everyone that this is an ending redone for the movie; in the original short story by Jayakanthan, the girl's mother, upon seeing her dishevelled and distressed, sits her on a chair. In a revolutionary ritual of absolution, the mother pours a bucket of water over her daughter's head, repeating to her daughter that she has done no wrong and committed no sin, and should lead life as she was meant to.)

My other favourite from this earlier era of movies - and sadly one that is challenging to find - is Aval Appadithaan (1978), about a very relatable and cynical woman who hates men, and the men around her - one, her employer, a cad who uses and abuses women; and his friend who is deeply infatuated with her. It's in black and white, and there's no true narrative except for the conversations between the three actors. The surprise here for anyone who is remotely familiar with Kollywood is that the two men are played by actors who would later become superstars of Tamil cinema - the cad, played by Rajinikanth, the lover, by Kamal Hassan, and it's a privilege to watch them riff off of each other with astounding frankness about sex, love and relationships. Is the content sort of dated and distressing to listen to? Yes. Does it still infuriate me to hear the exchange at the end between Bhuvana and the woman Kamal Haasan eventually marries, who says quite sheepishly, "Feminism? Oh, I don't quite know anything about all that." God, so much. C. Rudhraiyya, the genius behind this film, directed only one other movie; I think of him as someone whose arrival in cinema was deeply mistimed. He would have been a Wong Kar Wai sort of director in a different era, if we had at all learned to appreciate his vision.

25. would you like to come from another place, be born in another country?

Not at all. The lack of belonging anywhere at all is its own country to me and one I'm happy to belong to.

#nationality meme #of all the gin joints in the world #thefeastandthefast

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