#the price of admission

[beautyarchive]

Lucy Liu in the final season of Elementary (2019).

#lucy liu #joan watson #elementary #the price of admission #actress #coffee and laptop

[tragicallyunaesthetic]

what people are fundamentally misunderstanding is that halloween ends is a hilarious movie. is it a good horror movie? no. is it a respectful end to the halloween series? also no. but my god is it funny to watch corey burst into michael’s sewers and start screaming at him in such an insane way that even michael is bewildered and like what is wrong with this guy

#the confusion on Michaels face even tho it’s a mask is worth the price of admission alone #Halloween ends #halloween spoilers #Halloween #michael myers #halloween ends spoilers #horror #mine.

[deadpanwalking]

#“you are not immune to propaganda” problem is some of you have absolutely no fucking immune system

thank you! i'm so sick of being nice about this particular thing. this webbed site is so invested in telling people it's okay if they fall for a little blood libel as a treat

I feel like I'm going insane. That post was well-intentioned and I hope it reaches people who need to see it, but the fact that OP and their friends hung out with fascists for hours before they began to suspect something was off is absolutely fucking wild to me—the dogwhistles wouldn't have even registered if they hadn't walked past a literal synagogue, and they only picked up on those because they recognized the rhetoric as things the Klansmen in their family would say. OP is in their 30s, btw—that level of credulity in an adult is objectively horrifying! If I truly believed every gentile leftist were that susceptible, I'd fucking kill myself.

#the nazis don't fish for white able-bodied people...have you seen the average nazi? lol #they fish for pre-packaged idiots who are too insecure to question orders #people like OP will get taken in and be like oh we ALL got radicalized but that's just not true #(yes‚ i know they didn't technically get taken in but this andcdote is told as a “near miss” when the fact is that it was a palpable hit) #anonymous #assbox #i do think these people should be swept out of any organized activist group along with the dirt they tracked inside #i do think that critical thinking should be the price of admission to activist spaces

[fictionadventurer]

I went into Ruth expecting a dreary read. How could a Victorian "fallen woman" story be anything other than dark and depressing? So I was shocked right from the beginning to find a sweet, gentle, romantic story. The dressmaker's apprentice who sits in the coldest, darkest part of the workroom because that's where there's a panel painted with flowers that remind her of her country home? How could I not adopt her as a favorite character? Ruth's innocent, romantic outlook on life gave us some beautiful descriptions of the scenery of both city and countryside, and my imagination went on overdrive to create very vivid images of the story. Even the love story, which we know is going to go very wrong, starts out sweet, with a kind, charming love interest who only shows flashes of just how wrong his character is going to go.

Even after Ruth's fall, the story is so gentle, putting Ruth among kind people who are willing to risk and sacrifice a lot to help her. And then the story gets almost too gentle--after some initial struggles with depression, Ruth resolves to bear her troubles patiently and work toward virtue, and her sweet, too-innocent character gets flattened out into someone who's just Good. Life just goes on, with things generally going well, and every potential turn toward drama results in someone deciding to be reasonable, which can make the story drag.

But, in a story like this, the lack of drama becomes the plot twist! It is refreshing to see characters who don't always jump to the worst conclusion or take the worst action, who pause and consider the whole story and act like decent human beings.

And in the places when the drama does kick in, it's good drama. Painful drama. It's also (especially in the last section of the story) melodrama. There were sections of the book where I was rolling my eyes at the cookie-cutter Victorian path the story was taking--but then there'd be one line or one moment that would just stab me in the chest because of how beautifully specific it was to this story. Just enough to elevate it from something bland to something unique and fascinating.

I often had the thought that this book could be about a third of its length without losing anything--yet it should also be just as long as it was. If the story cut all its repetitive musings about Ruth's regret, and used that space to develop the side characters and and show the plot instead of telling us about it, it would be a much deeper story. I found myself wishing Gaskell had reworked this one later in her career--the way that North and South was a more skillful reworking of the issues explored in Mary Barton. In a way, she sort of did in Wives and Daughters, with the story of Molly the quiet innocent getting tangled up in the intrigues surrounding her headstrong, flirtatious stepsister Cynthia serving as a more layered, personality-flipped version of the story where headstrong, sheltered Jemima gets tangled in the story of quiet, sweet Ruth and her past romantic intrigues. (The doctor at the end of the story also feels like a proto-Mr. Gibson).

Yet I'm still fascinated by the themes specific to this story. Contrary to expectation, this "fallen woman" story isn't about sex, or gender, or how unfairly women are treated (though it does touch on that in the end). It's about sin. It's not questioning why Ruth's behavior is considered a sin or looking to dismantle the society saying that it's a sin. It comes from the Christian perspective of saying that sin is real and harms people--so how are we going to deal with that?

The story shows lots of people struggling with temptation, failing, and dealing with the consequences (or harming others with the consequences). Sin is always a case of either not caring enough to do the more difficult, good thing, or a case of "the ends justify the means", where people rationalize their bad behavior as something necessary in this specific case. It always leads to harm, but some people--and some sins--suffer greater consequences in the eyes of the world, whether or not they deserve it. I wish the story had developed and resolved this theme better in places, but the raw material there is fascinating food for thought.

This book is Gaskell at her preachiest, but also Gaskell at her kindest. It explores deep, difficult issues in a very loving way. As a story, there are ways it could be better, but I'm very glad I read it. Perhaps I'm making a point to be kinder to it because I know it's the type of story that today's readers tend to judge harshly. But amid my issues with the story, there are some lovely images, some great messages, and some wonderful characters that going to be living in my heart for a long time.

#elizabeth gaskell #ruth #(i should find out if there's a subtitle for this book because it'd be nice to have a less-generic tag for it) #this should have been like four separate posts #but i spent long enough rambling through this so i'm leaving it as is #as a book i'd say it just barely makes four stars #it's a story that i like better when i'm not reading #because there is a lot of food for thought #the story itself has a lot of great points when you're not trudging through the latest chapter of 'an entire year passed' #the imagination can distill it into the best parts and there's a lot that's vivid #also the pro-life thing! #how did i forget that? #the moment that mr. benson said 'you're confusing the sin with the consequences' i'm like 'slap that on a pro-life sticker! #the fact that the baby is always treated as a good! #that alone is worth the price of admission

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

I'm finally going to see Dune part the second this evening but as a long desert movie enjoyer I'm still miffed that movies refuse to give us intermissions back

#blease. can't a girl run to the bathroom in peace? #give me intermissions and entr'acte music again or give me death #wasn't half the point originally to boost snack sales anyway? like?? with snack prices higher than admission this seems like a no-brainer #from a business standpoint who gives a shit if sleepy or terminally lame people shuffle out halfway through? you already got their ticket $

[danggirlronpa]

Do you have any wlw fanfic recommendations? Like, favorite fanfics that really explores the relationships/character, could be angsty, could be fluffy, could be toxic doomed yuri, could be any catagory of fics! Not just limited to couples, could be polycules too. You don't have to answer if you don't want to too btw! I just thought it would be interesting to see what your favorites were & I'm always looking for more wlw fics! <3

Anon, I truly do wish I had some recs to give you. But a funny story about looking for F/F fics,

#i will say the dr wlw zine is worth the price of admission for the soniyoko and fukasaba fics Alone #but actually id love if YOUD recommend fics to ME #my one go to is always toxicpineapple. the dr fic writer of all time #asks #anon #talk to the mod #there are many fanfics that live in my own head. but i just simply dont have the time to parse through the 8 filters it takes #to get to the 2000 actual f/f specific fics #i really am sorry i dont have an actual rec list for you ):

[messifangirl]

Not bragging but he looked right at me so 💁🏻‍♀️

My luck at trying to see Messi varies. He came with Argentina to NJ once and I went in 2015 but he was hurt and didn’t play. I flew to a Copa game in California in 2016 and he was hurt and didn’t play. Then in 2017 he came to NJ again for a Barcelona summer tour so I got to see him play a half but realized I was gonna have to fly to Barcelona if I really wanted to see him lol. So later that year I went and he got hurt about 52 minutes in.

I was sure I was jinxed 😂

I flew to Barcelona again, this time w @ciiromessi and @purpleyulin and FINALLY got to see him play a full game and even score a goal against Atletico which 🤯

The Paris years aren’t worth mentioning lol

Figured I would have to fly to Miami to see him again but wouldn’t you know it the semi finals for the league cup were in Philadelphia 🙌🏼

I won’t tell you how much I paid for these tickets but it was worth every penny to see him play again 💕

#lionel messi #the goat #inter miami #I love him so #can’t tell you how stupid I looked just grinning at him the whole entire time #he practiced free kicks before the game while everyone else practiced shooting #Two hit the crossbar and the third deflected off the post and into the goal #even seeing that was worth the price of admission

[feydfuckernation]

Lion every day i find something new we have in common i LOVE dan stevens lmao

he was so good in the guest!! i’m fake bc i haven’t watched legion or downton abbey akdjshs but i have seen vamps (2012) which is 👌 and i highly recommend if you haven’t seen it 😂

that is because we have TASTE 😌

in all seriousness tho i literally CANNOT recommend legion enough. i've always been partial to x-men ever since i was a kid and i genuinely think legion is, for many reasons, one of the best marvel productions out there. it's stunning and weird and it's one of my favourite tv shows of all time. i recommend going into it as blind as you can to really get the full experience.

as for downton abbey i was actually surprised at how much i enjoyed it! i only really watched the first three seasons because i was there for dan more than anything else, but i honestly got really invested in it and i actually really enjoyed my time with it! it's one of the few things me and my grandmother can actually agree on and when the first movie came out i actually convinced my mom to come see it with me and we had a really fun time.

#also if you haven't read the script for the guest it is SO fun omg #i'm so mad they have a fully fledged script AND soundtrack for the sequel and it's just out there collecting dust #answered #ALSO IF ORGOT TO MENTION IT BUT HOLY SHIT VAMPS LMAO WHAT A THROWBACK #worth the price of admission just to see dan stevens cut off sigourney weaver's head with a chainsaw #12/10 the movie ever of all time #summercohenroberts #dan stevens

[qvincvnx]

making up a guy to get mad at but "what if someone didn't know" you simply have to though

#this is the PRICE OF ADMISSION for knowing the name of anyone who was active in the 30s and 40s. IT'S THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO KNOW!!!!

[prezs]

bought and then refunded one of the most awful dating sims i've ever played. to commemorate its memory as i get my money back, please enjoy this screenshot that made me choke on my water and then laugh so hard it literally hurt

#personal #also please know this came out of fucking no where she just ran into the road crying and got creamed by a car #i would say it was worth the price of admission but i wanted my 20 bucks back

[dearly]

“Culture is not your friend. Culture is for other peoples’ convenience and the convenience of various institutions, churches, companies, tax collection schemes, what have you. It is not your friend. It insults you. It disempowers you. It uses and abuses you. None of us are well-treated by culture.” -- Terence McKenna

#i probably would have disagreed with this 20 years ago #but the cultural hegemony these days is so blatant it's hard not feel this way #terence mckenna #words about life #words of wisdom #everything that is out there that might have started as an artistic endeavour #but packaged and marketed into oblivion #i mean just look at tumblr #why the f do we now have weird ass lives #and sponsored content #where is the underground? nowhere because it can't afford the price of admission into the cultural sphere #sigh

[alwaysbethewest]

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#anyway i think i'm having this feeling lately like #not on an intellectual level but on an emotional one #a part of me feels like writing and posting fic pays the price of admission to fandom #i know that is NOT right but i feel a little lost without writing i guess #but at the same time the last couple times i've opened a wip to even think about working on it #i find that i hate my own writing #🙃 #so i think i feel like i have nothing to contribute at the moment #even though i would never look at another person's fandom participation in the same way #i hesitate to even post this but i'm trying to do the whole leaning into vulnerability thing I GUESS #okay bye

[fictionadventurer]

Because the beautiful photo set of Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle didn't include images of the chapel, you get my terrible cell phone pics!

The first image is a glimpse through a window that lets you see the high altar--confirmation that these fairies are Roman Catholic! The tabernacle actually contains a relic of the True Cross that was given to Colleen Moore by a friend.

The second image is a full view from the side, which gives a much better look at the insane artistry involved.

#pretty #miniatures #catholic things #unfortunately i couldn't gaze forever or remember too many details #i tried to rush through because i was traveling with men #this also reminded me that her historical dollhouses were just down the road #but alas! the males consider art a dirty word! #(also the admission price was insane) #but at least i got to see this! it was so lovely!

[power-chords]

American Fiction was outstanding by the way. I am not an unbiased party; "writers writing about writing" and "fucked up family who loves each other but can't communicate" are my catnip and kryptonite, respectively. But it's so, so good and I would happily watch it again in the theater (which I am going to force my mother to do with me because the lead character is, like her, the sole writer in a family full of doctors). If this is Cord Jefferson's first film I can't wait to see what he'll do next. Please please please go see this movie, I want nothing more than for it to be a runaway hit at the box office.

P.S. Sterling K. Brown stole absolutely every scene he was in which is incredible if you are sharing a screen with Jeffrey fucking Wright (who was also, as always, a pure delight to watch). And John Ortiz is a leading man TO ME.

#john ortiz having a stroke while jeffrey wright yells FUCK on a conference call was on its own worth the price of admission

[pittsburghbeautiful]

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[its-not-a-pen]

fifth generation film recs!! it’s a longer list than i usually compile (and i’ve still got more i wish i could include), but i hope this is a good resource as you look for films to watch

THE CONTEXT

the red detachment of women (1961) - third gen

two stage sisters (1964) - third gen

the last emperor (1987) - for a sense of the international film scene these directors were entering into (also director bertolucci apparently consulted a number of fifth gen directors about the cultural revolution while making the film)

the king of masks (1996) - fourth gen

EARLY FILMS

yellow earth (1984) - zhang yimou was the cinematographer for this one! (chen kaige directed)

the black cannon incident (1985)

dislocation (1986)

the big parade (1986) - i haven’t actually watched this one yet but it’s considered an important early work

red sorghum (1987)

ju dou (1990)

life on a string (1991)

raise the red lantern (1991)

farewell my concubine (1993)

to live (1994)

not one less (1999)

the road home (1999)

LATER FILMS

the emperor and the assassin (1998)

happy times (2000)

hero (2002)

together (2002)

house of flying daggers (2004)

curse of the golden flower (2006)

the founding of a republic (2009)

a woman, a gun, and a noodle shop (2009) - an adaptation of blood simple (1984), which i would recommend you watch first

sacrifice (2010) - a reimagining of the orphan of zhao, which i recommend you’re familiar with first

coming home (2014)

legend of the demon cat (2017)

shadow (2018)

the battle at lake changjin (2021) - also haven’t gotten around to watching this one, but like i know i ought to

BONUS FILMS

code name: cugar (1989) - it’s bad

the great wall (2016) - also bad. BUT it’s got pedro pascal

hope there are some films here you like!

WOW that was fast! Thank you so much this is such a great list!

#ask #film recs #chinese film #lmao i have seen the great wall and it is indeed god awful and pedro pascal is totally worth the price of admission