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The Beast that Bothers

#i adore this

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*to clarify, the concert and movie recordings are ONLY based on the recordings. No visuals.

#2010 london cast recording my beloved <3 #also partial to dyhtps from the 2012 film; and one day more and the epilogue from the staged concert #when i saw the staged concert live in 2019 i managed to get john owen-jones and earl carpenter as jvj and javert like 2010 london #AND went on my 18th birthday #les miserables

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But never let me die without a struggle and without acclaim

#when i tell you i gasped when i saw that you finished this #this is AMAZING #the expressions are so on point #also i swear that’s blood not a tear coming from achilles? (unless it’s the light) and i LOVE that choice #classical studies #iliadblogging

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Unfortunately, Gilgamesh was too cool. He oppressed the people of Uruk, taking their lunch money and getting real friendly with all their moms. And so the people cried out to the gods for deliverance. "Save us," they said. "Gilgamesh is much bigger and hotter than us and we cannot stop him."

The gods heard their pleas and sent Bigfoot to kick Gilgamesh's ass. However, the gods overlooked one very important fact, which is that they were both bisexual.

#classical studies

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saw a poll about dry/humid heat and like OBVIOUSLY everyone preferred dry heat but. would love to know what everyone considers to be “too hot”

me personally it’s a hard cutoff at 75°F. don’t need anything more than that thank you 🫶🫶🫶

#mid 20s (celsius) is perfect. up to mid 30s if all i’m doing is sunbathing or swimming #highest temp i’ve ever experienced was marrakech in august. it was 47 degrees. it gave me an awful headache for the plane back home

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typical classicist experience: translating latin in the middle of the night

#it’s long as well #was hoping to find an english translation just to save myself the effort but apparently writing an essay and a half isn’t enough #i must also t r a n s l a t e

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so greek tragedy consisted primarily of plays written and performed in the fifth century bce and set in the heroic bronze age c. the twelfth century bce... i would love to see a contemporary production of tragedies mimic that kind of temporal distance with costumes and sets that recall high medieval western europe or the dying byzantine empire actually. i'm reading rn about the effect of production design for ancient plays that aspires to some level of historical accuracy to the ancient world and production design that uses contemporary dress, and it would be so interesting to see something that tried to replicate the historical and chronological positionality of fifth-century audiences in relation to what they were seeing on stage.

#this would be so cool #classical studies

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Enjolras is banned from IKEA for repetitively stacking furniture to form impromptu barricades

#les miserables

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his name is "loud is his bark." if you even care

#!!!! #classical studies

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@catilinas about your tags: the parallel between sacrificing M. Gratidianus on the tomb of Q. Catulus and sacrificing Q. Hortensius on the tomb of C. Antonius is even better if we remember that Q. Hortensius (son of Lutatia) is the grandson of Q. Catulus. And that Brutus and Hortensius were avenging Cicero on Antony's brother.

#casually going insane #classical studies

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this is the best album release of all time because where else are you going to get unironic takes like this and then even get a few hundred people to agree with it

#the sheer volume of unironic ‘if you don’t like this album you’re just too stupid to understand it. that’s not queen taytay’s fault’ #is ASTOUNDING #across sites as well. on tumblr. on ig. on fb. (which i regrettably have to use for uni social life) it’s everywhere #i am not a tswift music hater #but swifties swearing on every god that exists that these new songs are works of a ‘genius lyricist’ is laughable at best #‘touch me while your bros play grand theft auto’ #‘and my friends all smelled like weed or little babies’ / ‘you smoked and then ate seven bars of chocolate’ #‘we declared charlie puth should be a bigger artist’ #and yet the response is always ‘if you think it’s bad then you’re stupid and YOU are a bad person for not supporting her with her new album’ #also i noticed that ​the swiftie arguments made - in both content and tone - are also strikingly similar to ****-Girlies™️ #maybe it’s something in the tumblr water

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#that’s one hell of a feat #les miserables

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May have girlbossed a little too close to the sun but yay! Backgrounds!

#S C R E A M #i LOVE watching your progression with this wolfy #(siren call luring me back to iliad brainrot when i’m meant to be focusing on a project about egypt but oh well) #classical studies #iliadblogging

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les mis but it's Hadley and Ramin as everyone

#i love this art style #also the connections between the enjolras and grantaire panels and valjean and javert panels is so good #les miserables

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@period-dramallama I had to...

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#modern history

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My name is Odysseus of Ithaca, you killed my men, prepare to be blind

#classical studies

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Malvolio’s Revolve

The joy of Shakespeare is that even if you see the same play dozens of times, each production is its own, unique experience.

Having said that… there are certain bits of stage business that often crop up in numerous productions. One of my favorites is Malvolio’s revolve.

Just for fun, here are various examples of Malvolio’s revolve that have been captured on film. (If the gifs don’t work, check out my original post here.)

Alec Guinness in the 1970 ITV Saturday Night Theatre production  does the classic dubious, self-conscious revolve, although Sir Toby and his gang are safely behind a hedge and don’t have to hide.

Nicholas Pennell in this 1986 filmed production at the Stratford Festival of Canada executes a confident and rarely-seen double revolve, forcing his peanut gallery to duck out of sight.

In this filmed version of the Renaissance Theatre Company’s 1988 production, Richard Briers executes a very slow , dubious revolve that is notable for being counter-clockwise. In my experience, most Malvolios revolve in a clockwise direction.

Finally, this Stratford Festival production milks the revolve for all it’s worth, with Tom Rooney’s Malvolio turning at just the right speed to miss Sir Andrew’s desperate dash across the stage.

Some productions choose to have Malvolio turn the letter around, rather than himself. Others either blow past the line without acknowledging its comedic gag potential, or cut it in its entirety. All are valid choices, but honestly… why look a gift gag in the mouth?

#i LOVE the revolve gag #shakespeare