Fiction, Film & Power: Tutorial: The Talented Mr. Ripley (novel)
The Talented Mr. Ripley - identity, real/fake - visual/surveillance - marketing, selling yourself - deviant behaviour - art, desire - ease, industrial - DG: aristocracy, "old" money (TR believes less vulnerable & more enabled; not as subject to criticism) --> TR wants to be DG & DG wants to be someone else (get away from $$$) - exaggerate part of themselves while trying to be genuine - USA for DG is restrictive, he would become one of many where in Europe he is more individual - USA for TR he is...
[Light. Piercing, head-splitting, eye-stabbing light coming in through a window. That's Ripley's first groggy thought as he wakes up in Paradisa with a hangover worse than the Black Death, in his estimations at least. Have recorded, journal, the sounds of a groggy groan as he drags himself into a sitting position and blinks, confused around the room] Oh there's friendship for you. You treat the lads to a night out and they repay you by buggerin' off and leavin' you in some flea-bitten B & B in...
Christ, is anyone courteous anymore? Every other line of dialog of The Talented Mr. Ripley was either interrupted by Sinbad barking, Dino yelling at Sinbad for barking, a bag of chips being crumpled, or my dad asking me why I looked really pissed off. Cause you just know how easy that movie is to follow to begin with! aprighaev Too bad it's such a long movie; it looks like I'm going to be IMDbing the gaps instead of re-watching. OMG JACK DAVENPORT WAS PETER? THE GUY WHO PRETTY MUCH HOOKED...
It's over. My sisters' two weeks of school holiday are over and are not coming back. *muah* It was... how do I say it without sounding too facepalm-ed... an adventure of the third kind. Yes, that sums it up pretty good. ^^ On the Monday two weeks ago I was going to the office, suspecting no evil, and WHAM! Suddenly I got two devils sitting in the room next too me. "Uh, hi, we're going to stay here till the holiday is over." Nooooooo! *headdesk* I love my sisters, I really do, but that was too much...
Okay, it's been... a super long time since I posted icons. So I made some. And I still need to do the interest icons I promised after my lyrics meme. Hehe. I'll do them within 2 weeks, I promess. Someone on a message board requested that I made some Avril Lavigne icons, so that's why she's in a Broadway only post. It's fun. Well, I hope you enjoy them! [37] Spring Awakening (& Cast) [11] Avril Lavigne [05] Idina Menzel [18] Cast Recording covers [15] Rent (Stage version) [15] Alice Ripley & Emily...
