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This site is not devoted to the genre of horror but rather to the practices of the votary. Basically, the votary is a devoted fan. According to current academic thought, horror is any product of Western culture and capitalism. Since I like such products, the title seemed appropriate.\u003Cp\u003EI can be reached at nitaheerk@gmail.com\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default?alt=json-in-script\u0026orderby=published"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default?alt=json-in-script\u0026start-index=26\u0026max-results=25\u0026orderby=published"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"1119"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"25"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-8861284870989496781"},"published":{"$t":"2020-10-24T08:00:00.049-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-10-24T10:22:00.243-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"A-Z Book Review Part 6"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Agatha Christie"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mysteries"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Troubles of Biographers: C is for Christie"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KwdzmVoSqIo\/X3uqY72hwzI\/AAAAAAAAKSg\/h6hkf1e7ERc5SczWfHd1wCl1jzTZKT4DgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/Agatha%2BChristie%2BAutobiography.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"200\" data-original-width=\"135\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KwdzmVoSqIo\/X3uqY72hwzI\/AAAAAAAAKSg\/h6hkf1e7ERc5SczWfHd1wCl1jzTZKT4DgCNcBGAsYHQ\/w206-h306\/Agatha%2BChristie%2BAutobiography.jpg\" width=\"206\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProblem 3: There is no self-explanatory information about a notable event in the biographee's life.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany books attempt to answer \u003Cu\u003Ewhy\u003C\/u\u003E the young women in Salem Village behaved the way they did--why they accused their neighbors of being witches.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere are many theories, from psychological to health-related to economic. And the truth is...\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENobody knows.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe young women never said. One of them many years later gave an official apology to her church, but it is notably bereft of explanation. (There is a separate problem here since the young women  themselves may not have fully understood why they did what they did--but this post will focus on the absence of any personal explanation at all.) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDoes it matter?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESure--to historians!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared from her abandoned car. The kind of news media and social media reaction that we think is exclusive to the 21st century ensued. Christie was eventually discovered in a resort, using her husband's mistress's name. Her family claimed she had amnesia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmnesia is not likely. As I discuss in a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/amnesia-and-repressed-memory-great-plot.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eprior post\u003C\/a\u003E, amnesia usually attends other extremely noticeable physical effects. Christie did not have these. Her behavior was far too organized for amnesia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qR4DeOnl4Xs\/X4zBAqQKAhI\/AAAAAAAAKWw\/kR5Rv-IzEHYY1Zfj9unP2a6E5MB1UMdqQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s600\/Newspaper%2BAmnesia.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"500\" data-original-width=\"600\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qR4DeOnl4Xs\/X4zBAqQKAhI\/AAAAAAAAKWw\/kR5Rv-IzEHYY1Zfj9unP2a6E5MB1UMdqQCNcBGAsYHQ\/w247-h206\/Newspaper%2BAmnesia.jpg\" width=\"247\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe family never altered the \"amnesia\" story.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EChristie never spoke of the event. Ever. In her autobiography, she discusses the breakdown of her marriage. She is honest and fair, almost too much so (a responsible human being, Agatha Christie was ready to bear some of the blame for her marriage's dissolution; her ex-husband, Archie, was not). But she avoids discussing the particular event that made the papers. She even employs her detective novel techniques, leaving things half-said:\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003ESo, after illness, came sorrow, despair, and heartbreak. There is no need to dwell on it. I stood out for a year, hoping he would change. But he did not. So ended my first married life. (340) \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe adds:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003EFrom that time, I suppose, dates my revulsion against the press, my dislike of journalists and of crowds. It was unfair, no doubt, but I think it was natural under the circumstances. I had felt like a fox, hunted, my earths dug up and yelping hounds following me everywhere. (340) \u0026nbsp; \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe phrase \"natural under the circumstances\" is sheer British understatement. Imagine all the rabble-rousing of the online environment paired with physical proximity. The press that hunted for Christie were the stuff that nightmares about paparazzi are made of.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd Christie is likely right: \"There is no need to dwell on it.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExcept--\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe disappearance is part of her life. If one intends to understand the entire life and character of a person, addressing what happened when Christie \"disappeared\" does matter.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_7-1BHEy8Es\/X3uqevqpCoI\/AAAAAAAAKSk\/zooJNUL_3IEsme1Qxr_DH5jh-Lp53qQkACNcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/Agatha%2BChristie%2BA%2BMysterious%2BLife%2BThompson.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1365\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_7-1BHEy8Es\/X3uqevqpCoI\/AAAAAAAAKSk\/zooJNUL_3IEsme1Qxr_DH5jh-Lp53qQkACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Agatha%2BChristie%2BA%2BMysterious%2BLife%2BThompson.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELaurie Thompson's biography \u003Ci\u003EA Mysterious Life\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E attempts an explanation. She begins the chapter about Agatha's disappearance with a narrative, arguing that \"there is a solution [to her disappearance] that clears the tangle from the forest. But it can only do so, in honesty, by acknowledging the dark areas, the ambivalences, the unknowable. Agatha herself barely understood what she had done throughout those eleven days: how, then, can they be rendered except as story? \u003Ci\u003EAll biography is storytelling\u003C\/i\u003E\" (219, my emphasis).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003EThe story? Agatha had a nervous breakdown. Her mother had just died. She was left alone to clear out her family home. Her husband went off to London. When he returned, he informed her that he was divorcing her and marrying someone else. His reason? He didn't like being inconvenienced (practically his own words). In the 1920s, divorce was still a scandal. Agatha attempted to argue with him. In early December 1926, she sent him, his brother, and her secretary letters. She then abandoned her car. She \"escaped\" to a spa in Harrogate where she checked herself in under her husband's mistress's name. When her family tracked her down, they claimed Agatha had amnesia. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThompson tells the story, then analyzes the circumstances as well as Agatha's personality. She asserts, with the support of several character witnesses, that Agatha had no idea that her disappearance would lead to a public outcry:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003EShe always saw the story as a private one, right up to the moment that she was found at the Harrogate Hydro...She was an entirely private person and, even in her right mind, she would never have dreamed that her actions would become public property,.. Thus it was that she believed she could abandon a car over a quarry and cause serious alarm to just one person: her husband. The idea that her behavior might reverberate beyond her own circle would simply not have occurred to her. She was not that kind of person.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OC5gVqax3-c\/X4zCgu8vKBI\/AAAAAAAAKW8\/Fx6P3caQX4grXdcTwj6Wp4Em0bdk4OUPgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s765\/Newspaper%2BColumn%2BAgatha%2BChristie.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"765\" data-original-width=\"615\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OC5gVqax3-c\/X4zCgu8vKBI\/AAAAAAAAKW8\/Fx6P3caQX4grXdcTwj6Wp4Em0bdk4OUPgCNcBGAsYHQ\/w183-h227\/Newspaper%2BColumn%2BAgatha%2BChristie.jpg\" width=\"183\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EIt \u003Cb\u003Ewas\u003C\/b\u003E the Golden Age of Mysteries! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EThompson cogently argues that in fact the case never would have become a \u003Ci\u003Ecause celebre \u003C\/i\u003Eif self-serving Deputy Chief Constable Kenward had not insisted on turning it into one. Another Deputy Chief on the case believed exactly what happened: Agatha was stressed and went away to a spa. But Kenward insisted on turning the matter into a potential murder case, giving interviews to the press and basically making a spectacle of himself. Ah, the seduction of the media's spotlight!\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a columnist at the time stated:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003EShortly after Mrs. Christie had left home a letter from her was received by a brother of Colonel Christie stating that she was in ill health and was going to a Yorkshire spa, which, apparently, is precisely what she did. So all that can be said now is that various people have had a good run for someone else's money. (220)\u003C\/blockquote\u003EI find Thompson's rendering of the event as well as her analysis entirely plausible. It is backed by a plethora of evidence, which Thompson smoothly handles. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pH8bHCN2Pvk\/X4icmUGrj4I\/AAAAAAAAKWU\/NcdZGtAZprMviCNG9m_NpGKIvR6VWX1GwCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1407\/Sad%2BCypress%2BChristie.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1407\" data-original-width=\"845\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pH8bHCN2Pvk\/X4icmUGrj4I\/AAAAAAAAKWU\/NcdZGtAZprMviCNG9m_NpGKIvR6VWX1GwCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Sad%2BCypress%2BChristie.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EI cannot, unfortunately, give Thompson unqualified approval as a biographer. I found her \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2018\/11\/the-problem-with-theory-laura-thompson.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ebook about Edith Thompson \u003C\/a\u003Eweak in the extreme since her theory, in that case, overpowers the available material (ironically, putting theory before evidence is exactly her accusation of Kenward). And I don't entirely approve of the end of \u003Ci\u003EA Mysterious Life \u003C\/i\u003Ewhere Thompson turns her speculations on Max Mallowan, Christie's second husband. Her theories there sound more like gossip than reasonable deductions in the absence of absolute proof.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, outside of biographers such as Thompson, the only other place one can go to figure out Agatha Christie's state of mind when she disappeared in 1926 is her fiction. Of course, this immediately raises the issue discussed in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/the-troubles-of-biographers-is-for.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETroubles of Biographers: A is for Austen\u003C\/a\u003E. Can one truly learn anything about individual authors from their fiction?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the huge caveat \"no, one cannot,\" I will nevertheless argue that Christie's mystery novel \u003Ci\u003ESad Cypress\u003C\/i\u003E comes closest to exploring what she suffered when her marriage dissolved. The main character Eleanor loves her fiance Roddy wildly but is careful not to pressure him with too obvious demonstrations of affection. He is kindly but self-involved and somewhat fastidious. He is the kind of man who holds to Archie's belief: \u003Ci\u003ESomeone has to be unhappy. Why should it be me?\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-m4tw8Ollat0\/X4ic9CZ2P8I\/AAAAAAAAKWg\/e3rQD1pi8iINAZkLxA8NH8bCKYOej4MEwCNcBGAsYHQ\/s857\/Agatha%2BRedgrave.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"857\" data-original-width=\"580\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-m4tw8Ollat0\/X4ic9CZ2P8I\/AAAAAAAAKWg\/e3rQD1pi8iINAZkLxA8NH8bCKYOej4MEwCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Agatha%2BRedgrave.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EWhen Roddy determines to leave Eleanor, she falls into despair accompanied by imagined solutions:\u003Ci\u003E Suppose the other woman died? What if I acted to bring that about?\u003C\/i\u003E She doesn't feel that she will ever be free of her heartache, but one day, she wakes up and she is. She eventually marries another man whom she trusts and with whom she can be herself. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe movie \u003Ci\u003EAgatha \u003C\/i\u003Eprovides a view of Agatha Christie's disappearance that combines the characterizations in \u003Ci\u003ESad Cypress\u003C\/i\u003E with Thompson's interpretation. I highly recommend it. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EChristie, Agatha. \u003Ci\u003EAn Autobiography.\u003C\/i\u003E Dodd, Mead \u0026amp; Company, 1977.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThompson, Laura. \u003Ci\u003EAgatha Christie: A Mysterious Life. \u003C\/i\u003EPegasus, 2018. \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8861284870989496781\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=8861284870989496781","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/8861284870989496781"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/8861284870989496781"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/10\/troubles-of-biographers-c-is-for.html","title":"Troubles of Biographers: C is for Christie"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_7-1BHEy8Es\/X3uqevqpCoI\/AAAAAAAAKSk\/zooJNUL_3IEsme1Qxr_DH5jh-Lp53qQkACNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Agatha%2BChristie%2BA%2BMysterious%2BLife%2BThompson.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-5185295775569464758"},"published":{"$t":"2020-10-19T08:00:00.010-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-10-22T08:17:09.929-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"A-Z Book Review Part 5"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Illustration"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I is for Inhabitant of Maine: Dahlov Ipcar"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-lYvt_eGgnqI\/X1LNLkOc08I\/AAAAAAAAKFw\/nlFu_qyyDtk9HnFeVeJE06HO-wyngol4gCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1920\/Ipcar%2BDahlov%2BLobsterman.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1398\" data-original-width=\"1920\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-lYvt_eGgnqI\/X1LNLkOc08I\/AAAAAAAAKFw\/nlFu_qyyDtk9HnFeVeJE06HO-wyngol4gCNcBGAsYHQ\/w301-h219\/Ipcar%2BDahlov%2BLobsterman.jpg\" width=\"301\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince I am (now) a Mainer, it felt appropriate to review Mainer Dahlov Ipcar's \u003Ci\u003ELobsterman\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe illustration falls into the category of what I refer to as \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2015\/08\/good-manga-art-three-criteria.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"beautiful pauses\"\u003C\/a\u003E rather than \"motion.\" \"Beautiful pauses\" are entirely respectable as an art-form. For one, motion is tremendously difficult to capture. For another, beautiful pauses can be quite evocative. They capture a moment of stillness, beauty, early morning calm.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ci\u003ELobsterman\u003C\/i\u003E likewise falls into the category of picture books that are more about a moment in time rather than a story. Not that there isn't an underlying narrative arc (the boy and his father go out to catch lobsters and return). But the emphasis is on lifestyle and living: the human experience. Although I generally prefer story to all else, many of the highlighted picture books in this list fall into this category.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5185295775569464758\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=5185295775569464758","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/5185295775569464758"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/5185295775569464758"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/10\/i-is-for-inhabitant-of-maine-dahlov.html","title":"I is for Inhabitant of Maine: Dahlov Ipcar"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-3764917460041452551"},"published":{"$t":"2020-10-14T08:00:00.063-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-10-25T23:49:29.037-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Memorable Moments"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Television"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"People Falling Out of Bed is Hilarious"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I don't know why.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003EI am generally speaking not a fan of slapstick. I never enjoyed the Three Stooges. The equivalent in cartoons (Roadrunner, etc.) always had me rooting for the wounded parties.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-udJl-HtbbF4\/X3POppK5kpI\/AAAAAAAAKO8\/taj6tazbLKI-Nja7cVDWoPknyKWftQHrgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s558\/Crystal%2BSkull%2BONeill%2BTealc.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"462\" data-original-width=\"558\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-udJl-HtbbF4\/X3POppK5kpI\/AAAAAAAAKO8\/taj6tazbLKI-Nja7cVDWoPknyKWftQHrgCNcBGAsYHQ\/w172-h142\/Crystal%2BSkull%2BONeill%2BTealc.jpg\" width=\"172\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut people falling out of bed makes me laugh my head off--more than once. I keep laughing even when I've seen the episode multiple times.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1.\u003Ci\u003E Stargate SG-1\u003C\/i\u003E, \"Crystal Skull\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDaniel is apparently lost. O'Neill and the rest of the SG-1 team is suffering from\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZjcaQ4PenRg\/X3POvGvfAnI\/AAAAAAAAKPA\/p2THgk5Be8UYMAQ5SLrpMZL0zhu_bdoowCNcBGAsYHQ\/s674\/Crystal%2BSkull%2BONeill%2BTealc%2BDaniel.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"455\" data-original-width=\"674\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZjcaQ4PenRg\/X3POvGvfAnI\/AAAAAAAAKPA\/p2THgk5Be8UYMAQ5SLrpMZL0zhu_bdoowCNcBGAsYHQ\/w172-h116\/Crystal%2BSkull%2BONeill%2BTealc%2BDaniel.jpg\" width=\"172\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E radiation poisoning. Only Teal'c is doing fine. O'Neill tries to get out of bed in the infirmary to go find Daniel and--\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELands on the floor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeal'c hauls him up and resets him on the bed.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI laugh \u003Ci\u003Eevery single time\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2. \u003Ci\u003EBoston Legal\u003C\/i\u003E, \"Gone\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oxdMkIhPV9I\/X3PO2IufxqI\/AAAAAAAAKPE\/Lqm8AYPtIt8f8ud1ybY-sbOzXadFIW-CgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s861\/Alan%2BDenny%2BNight%2BTerrors.JPG\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"656\" data-original-width=\"861\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oxdMkIhPV9I\/X3PO2IufxqI\/AAAAAAAAKPE\/Lqm8AYPtIt8f8ud1ybY-sbOzXadFIW-CgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Alan%2BDenny%2BNight%2BTerrors.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlan is suffering from night terrors. Denny, who sleeps like a log, agrees to sleep beside him. Because Denny sleeps like a log, they tie their legs together. Alan tries to get out of bed to go to the bathroom (hey, he is a 44-year-old man!) and falls over.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThen Denny rolls over and Alan falls again.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThen they start arguing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is hilarious.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe only conclusion I can form is that the suddenness of the fall (NOT the Coyote hovering in mid-air) provokes my response. Come to think of it, I find John Cleese's sudden collapses in \u003Ci\u003EFawlty Towers \u003C\/i\u003Ewhen he can't remember people's names also hilarious.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn all cases, all the actors exhibit perfect comedic timing. And they collapse like marionettes let off their strings--they don't brace themselves, which is impressive. \u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3764917460041452551\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=3764917460041452551","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/3764917460041452551"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/3764917460041452551"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/people-falling-out-of-bed-is-hilarious.html","title":"People Falling Out of Bed is Hilarious"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oxdMkIhPV9I\/X3PO2IufxqI\/AAAAAAAAKPE\/Lqm8AYPtIt8f8ud1ybY-sbOzXadFIW-CgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Alan%2BDenny%2BNight%2BTerrors.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-6821310248716488243"},"published":{"$t":"2020-10-09T08:00:00.108-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-10-18T18:53:20.124-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"A-Z Book Review Part 6"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Books"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Troubles of Biographers: B is for Bigger Than Life"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PlEuDSl1dkg\/X3M5Y0wwE-I\/AAAAAAAAKOk\/_okvKg73nmA7EHe_9RlY2hAS62meh9eQQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s247\/Burroughs%2BTarzan.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"247\" data-original-width=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PlEuDSl1dkg\/X3M5Y0wwE-I\/AAAAAAAAKOk\/_okvKg73nmA7EHe_9RlY2hAS62meh9eQQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/Burroughs%2BTarzan.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPROBLEM 2: Is the best biography the one that covers a person's entire life? Or one that focuses on a seminal event?\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn the one hand, focusing on the person's entire life gives readers context as well as all the uneven bits (the parts that don't match up to the legend). After all, does one concentrate on Admiral Byrd's success in Antarctica or the controversy surrounding the North Pole into which he was reluctantly pulled? \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn the other hand, sometimes focusing on a seminal event can provide deeper insight into a person's life than a cursory overview.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI address this problem to an extent in my post on \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2016\/09\/j-edgar-odd-biopic.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EJ. Edgar \u003C\/i\u003E(the film)\u003C\/a\u003E. As with \u003Ci\u003EInvictus\u003C\/i\u003E about Nelson Mandela, Eastwood's film about Hoover focuses on a particular event (early) in Hoover's career. I argue that unlike with \u003Ci\u003EInvictus\u003C\/i\u003E and Mandela, the event chosen for \u003Ci\u003EJ. Edgar\u003C\/i\u003E doesn't really fit the man.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, even \u003Ci\u003EJ. Edgar\u003C\/i\u003E does a fairly good job providing insight into a complex man's personality.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"B\" biographies were particularly useful here! So many \"B\" last-name personalities are known for a singular event\/connection: Barnum (circus), Burroughs (Tarzan), Bly (travel around the world), Admiral Byrd (Antarctica), Bryon (his affair with his cousin--no, wait, his poetry--well, one of those), and so on.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oQkM-DIzzBE\/X3M5Mrp0nDI\/AAAAAAAAKOg\/3csYyjyfjdg926nCzcrBARRiwDzDMIhegCNcBGAsYHQ\/s600\/Tarzan%2BForever.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"393\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oQkM-DIzzBE\/X3M5Mrp0nDI\/AAAAAAAAKOg\/3csYyjyfjdg926nCzcrBARRiwDzDMIhegCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Tarzan%2BForever.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBiography: \u003Ci\u003ETarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Creator of Tarzan\u003C\/i\u003E by John Taliaferro\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe book quite impressively retains its single focus. This is made easier by the fact that Burroughs, to a degree, and other people, to a much larger degree, defined Burroughs's life as being all about Tarzan. This is the man who named his ranch in California Tarzana (though he and his family only lived there five years). The book additionally provides insight into being a writer in the age of pulp magazines and, that exception to all rules, the burdens of a \u003Cb\u003Erich\u003C\/b\u003E pulp writer--though Burroughs lost a great deal of his money to various investments, some of which paid off and many which did not. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaliaferro is a fine biographer. He admires Burroughs (all biographers, I will contend, fall in love with their biographees) but he thankfully doesn't justify some of Burroughs's more distasteful opinions. He also doesn't resort to the \"but everybody thought that back then!\" argument, which is patently false in many cases (plenty of people in the early twentieth century were opposed to eugenics--though it is true that many political figures of the time \u003Cu\u003Eon both sides of the political aisle\u003C\/u\u003E were enamored with the idea).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn the other hand--and this I especially appreciate--Taliaferro doesn't reduce Burroughs to \"just\" his political or scientific ideas. He presents Burroughs as a fully complex human being who was surprisingly self-effacing, good friends with his children, and an astute literary businessman (despite the failed investments), especially when it came to dealing with editors and the Hollywood of the day. Burroughs's opinions also changed over time; he was capable (not everyone is) of adjusting his attitudes based on actual experience.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Or7BZqr3cFs\/X3M70mS53MI\/AAAAAAAAKOw\/mz3PVu4R64c7IWOOdkZqiZRmzInr_ooBACNcBGAsYHQ\/s499\/Edgar%2BRice%2BBurroughs%2BNon%2BTarzan%2BBook.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"499\" data-original-width=\"316\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Or7BZqr3cFs\/X3M70mS53MI\/AAAAAAAAKOw\/mz3PVu4R64c7IWOOdkZqiZRmzInr_ooBACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Edgar%2BRice%2BBurroughs%2BNon%2BTarzan%2BBook.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBest of all, Taliaferro doesn't apologize for enjoying Burroughs's adventures. Literary biographers sometimes tie themselves into knots when it comes to liking \"unpopular\" writers (literary circles are as susceptible to \"popularity\" trends as high school cliques). Burroughs may have suffered from a desire to produce something other than Tarzan. Taliaferro doesn't demand the same result.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETarzan remains at the center of the book because to a large extent, Tarzan remained the center of Burroughs's life, partly by necessity, partly by choice. I was reminded of Arthur Conan Doyle's struggles against his ongoing bond with Sherlock Holmes--though Burroughs seems to have acceded to his inevitable legacy with far more good-natured humor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETaliaferro, John. \u003Ci\u003ETarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Creator of Tarzan\u003C\/i\u003E. Scribner, 1999. \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6821310248716488243\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=6821310248716488243","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/6821310248716488243"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/6821310248716488243"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/10\/problems-with-biographies-b-is-for.html","title":"The Troubles of Biographers: B is for Bigger Than Life"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PlEuDSl1dkg\/X3M5Y0wwE-I\/AAAAAAAAKOk\/_okvKg73nmA7EHe_9RlY2hAS62meh9eQQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Burroughs%2BTarzan.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-2458388534519165216"},"published":{"$t":"2020-10-04T08:00:00.033-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-10-04T08:00:00.378-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bones"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Science-Fiction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Star Trek"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Television"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Spock Turns Into Bones (Temperance)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Az13Nel0y_I\/XxnSp-96C_I\/AAAAAAAAJ2E\/a2D-5QaWJbEhFSw8-bzrKhilriIp5faOACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Spock%2Band%2Bthe%2BOther%2BBones.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"982\" data-original-width=\"1500\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Az13Nel0y_I\/XxnSp-96C_I\/AAAAAAAAJ2E\/a2D-5QaWJbEhFSw8-bzrKhilriIp5faOACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Spock%2Band%2Bthe%2BOther%2BBones.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EIn the season 3 episode \"That Which Survives\" Spock suddenly turns into Bones, meaning forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf course, he always was rather like her (or she was always rather like him). But in \"That Which Survives\" he becomes not only dry and logical but the foil for a number of humorous and sarcastic exchanges. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhen Scotty exclaims, \"That's impossible! Nothing can do that!\" about the ship being flung away from the planet, Spock replies, \"Mr. Scott, since we are here, your statement is not only illogical but unworthy of  of refutation.\" That last line is pure Temperance. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-h4LQIPzgcCk\/XxnPK8i7-bI\/AAAAAAAAJ1o\/T8Q8wuvOZKssQfo4T90lD0Dt9Ub4E3b1ACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Brennan%2BLab%2BBones.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"800\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-h4LQIPzgcCk\/XxnPK8i7-bI\/AAAAAAAAJ1o\/T8Q8wuvOZKssQfo4T90lD0Dt9Ub4E3b1ACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Brennan%2BLab%2BBones.jpg\" width=\"227\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWhen Scotty tries to tell Spock that the ship \"feels\" wrong, Spock replies with an apparent lack of interest. However, he immediately begins to perform scans of his own. Like Temperance, he uses a \"non-scientific\" statement to inspire future research. Spock does reiterate later, \"I suggest you refrain from any further subjective descriptions.\" \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause of course, like Temperance, Spock also continually corrects people's imprecise data. He always has done this but he seems to do it more than usual in this episode--it could be a coping mechanism regarding a stressful situation. It certainly is a coping mechanism for Temperance! (Of course, Spock would never admit it.) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6PAae7J8RQs\/XyQksueXy3I\/AAAAAAAAJ5k\/0H_IrtVtA3s8md8SIChN4GiHTahBHRZ-QCNcBGAsYHQ\/s604\/Literal%2BSpock.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"458\" data-original-width=\"604\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6PAae7J8RQs\/XyQksueXy3I\/AAAAAAAAJ5k\/0H_IrtVtA3s8md8SIChN4GiHTahBHRZ-QCNcBGAsYHQ\/w247-h187\/Literal%2BSpock.JPG\" width=\"247\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd Spock--like Temperance--becomes quite literal, which he actually isn't so much in earlier seasons. When the ship bounces around on its special effects string, Uhuru asks Spock, \"Are you alright? What happened?\" He replies, \"I'm alright. The occipital area of my head seems to have impacted with the arm of the chair.\" She gives him a curious stare.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn addition, Spock--like Temperance--is awarded the ultimate compliment of being a standard bearer: \"A planet even Spock can't explain!\"  \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EActually, throughout all of Season 3, Spock gets more and more geeky: he goes off on explanatory expositions of scientific phenomenon, eschews \"supernatural explanations,\" and expresses his \"fascination\" more often. I felt like I was watching the birth of geek-dom! Fascinating! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf course, fans will know that Spock does turn into Bones (McCoy) eventually.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-LGxedFDL9F8\/X2QY1Fq37uI\/AAAAAAAAKIw\/JnFLiAOyTPA8x1wpqWP_OexsaG-TFryCACNcBGAsYHQ\/s512\/Search%2Bfor%2BSpock%2BMcCoy%2BBones.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"232\" data-original-width=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-LGxedFDL9F8\/X2QY1Fq37uI\/AAAAAAAAKIw\/JnFLiAOyTPA8x1wpqWP_OexsaG-TFryCACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Search%2Bfor%2BSpock%2BMcCoy%2BBones.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2458388534519165216\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=2458388534519165216","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/2458388534519165216"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/2458388534519165216"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/spock-turns-into-bones.html","title":"Spock Turns Into Bones (Temperance)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Az13Nel0y_I\/XxnSp-96C_I\/AAAAAAAAJ2E\/a2D-5QaWJbEhFSw8-bzrKhilriIp5faOACNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Spock%2Band%2Bthe%2BOther%2BBones.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-2211220388149955021"},"published":{"$t":"2020-09-29T08:00:00.176-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-10-24T10:23:23.220-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"A-Z Book Review Part 6"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Austen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Books"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Troubles of Biographers: A is for Austen"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EI recently reached \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/h-is-for-highly-productive-kevin-hawkes.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"H\"\u003C\/a\u003E in my review of picture books, A-Z list 5. I will continue to review picture books, all the way to Z!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cu\u003EIn the meantime, I am beginning a new A-Z list focused on \u003Cb\u003Ebiographies\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NvSIiqXzbEU\/X10as_Ub96I\/AAAAAAAAKGw\/r6g3E99qhHoS3MNIHvOKqvX18Lx3-v-IgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s725\/Biographies%2BCartoon.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"219\" data-original-width=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NvSIiqXzbEU\/X10as_Ub96I\/AAAAAAAAKGw\/r6g3E99qhHoS3MNIHvOKqvX18Lx3-v-IgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Biographies%2BCartoon.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBiographies are a subset of non-fiction about which I have mixed feelings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E I often want to like them more than I do. I find some of them fatally flawed--and some downright boring. Is the biography boring due to the biographee (it's a word!)? Or the author's approach? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach review will tackle a problem with biographies (taking a person's life into our hands) alongside, usually, a particular biography. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPROBLEM 1:\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cb\u003EInsisting on direct correlations between personality\/achievements and biographical material is fun but ultimately, weak reasoning.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBiographers get to know their biographees very well. And it is tempting, as it is for the rest of us in our own lives, to insist that an uncovered fact has enormous bearing on the biographee's personality and achievements.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aKHJJbCBaYk\/X10a_Hw4LKI\/AAAAAAAAKG4\/hsuNhoNWb80NIXdbx-j5ZGZtfhjOhYyugCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1200\/Jane%2BAusten%2BPortrait.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aKHJJbCBaYk\/X10a_Hw4LKI\/AAAAAAAAKG4\/hsuNhoNWb80NIXdbx-j5ZGZtfhjOhYyugCNcBGAsYHQ\/w164-h164\/Jane%2BAusten%2BPortrait.jpg\" width=\"164\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EExcept, of course, that it may not.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeveral biographies of Jane Austen make this mistake. Every personal experience, the biographers claim, \u003Cu\u003Emust\u003C\/u\u003E inform her novels! Years ago, I encountered an exceedingly condescending biography in which the female biographer insisted that when Austen wrote \u003Ci\u003EMansfield Park\u003C\/i\u003E, she was trying very, very hard to \"be a good girl.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother (female) biographer was equally shocked that Austen could create a fictional scandal surrounding a play when she and her family put on plays at Steventon!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe argument that a writer's writing \u003Cu\u003Emust\u003C\/u\u003E reflect her personal experiences falls to pieces when one realizes how much Austen left out of her novels. She was, in fact, surrounded by people who indulged in scandals, tug-of-wars over the same woman, financial disputes, accusations of government corruption, possible adultery, an arrest for shoplifting and subsequent trial, death from a carriage accident, multiple deaths from childbirth, military sea battles, a possible spy (truly!), political fall-out from the French Revolution, the rise and defeat of Napoleon, and family infighting. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pQhh1-iBGgw\/X10j8TsjUiI\/AAAAAAAAKHQ\/GN0WnTlgAes9LK9kgm-4dSGwcW4oq5xYACNcBGAsYHQ\/s206\/Books%2Babout%2BJane%2BAusten.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"152\" data-original-width=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pQhh1-iBGgw\/X10j8TsjUiI\/AAAAAAAAKHQ\/GN0WnTlgAes9LK9kgm-4dSGwcW4oq5xYACNcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/Books%2Babout%2BJane%2BAusten.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd okay, the family infighting made it into her books. But Richard Jenkyns is correct when he argues that Austen willingly and artistically restricted herself to a \"fine brush of ivory\" in order to create novels with precise artistic visions. She was, in fact, motivated by creative desires. \"My answer [to the criticism that Jane Austen lost her way],\" Jenkyns writes about \u003Ci\u003EMansfield Park\u003C\/i\u003E, \"is that she simply chose to write a different kind of book\" (108). William Deresiewicz likewise defends Austen as an artist, pointing out that with \u003Ci\u003EMansfield Park\u003C\/i\u003E, she pushed herself beyond the relatively easy \u003Ci\u003EPride \u0026amp; Prejudice\u003C\/i\u003E, which is arguably Austen at her freshest and most witty, to do something different and difficult.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs Claire Tomalin writes, \"[Austen] was too inventive and too interested in the techniques of fiction to settle in any one mode\" (157). \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ELxVSaWeXsM\/X10cI4Z_TiI\/AAAAAAAAKHE\/u4_IbxA8NbAiV67XYzl9sPOX3DTpNf5ZACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1191\/Austen%2BTomalin.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1191\" data-original-width=\"771\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ELxVSaWeXsM\/X10cI4Z_TiI\/AAAAAAAAKHE\/u4_IbxA8NbAiV67XYzl9sPOX3DTpNf5ZACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Austen%2BTomalin.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EClaire Tomalin's biography \u003Ci\u003EJane Austen: A Life\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E does a notable job recognizing possible influences on Jane Austen while also judiciously allowing, \u003Ci\u003EThis is an artist. Her thought process may not work as literally as EVENT = OUTCOME\u003C\/i\u003E. Even when Tomalin speculates, she retains an objective tone.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor instance, she points out the gap in time between when Austen wrote her first three novels (age 20 for \u003Ci\u003EPride \u0026amp; Prejudice\u003C\/i\u003E) and when they were published (age 37 for \u003Ci\u003EPride \u0026amp; Prejudice\u003C\/i\u003E), adding, \"You can have fun speculating whether she was nineteen or twenty-one, or thirty-five when she wrote a particular passage, but proving anything is like trying to carve a solid shape out of jelly\" (156).\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis willingness to say, \"I don't know,\" to allow for gaps in our knowledge of an individual, is enormously refreshing. Tomalin even willingly combats the automatic assumption that Elizabeth Bennet \u003Cb\u003Eis\u003C\/b\u003E Jane Austen. To Tomalin, Elizabeth is Jane's \u003Ci\u003Ecreation\u003C\/i\u003E. There is a difference. \"She did not draw from life,\" Tomalin states emphatically, \"or write down the stories of her friends and families...The world of her imagination was separate and distinct from the world she inhabited\" (170).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is not to say that Austen the writer wasn't affected by life--like many writers, she closely observed the world around her. And her apparent 10-year gap in writing was likely the impact of leaving Steventon for Bath, a move--as Tomalin convincingly illustrates--Austen did not favor. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy only dissension from Tomalin is when she queries why Jane Austen was not friendlier with a neighbor who appears to have shared her interests and wit. Keep in mind, Tomalin occupies a god-like position here, able to peer into letters and diary entries of the Austen family's contemporaries from a removal of several generations. But interests and wit do not equate to tone or personality or even sincerity. And Jane Austen, I would argue, was not one to make friends with a \"gloss\" of behavior.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOtherwise, Tomalin does a superb job presenting Jane Austen's life and her work with only occasional excursions into assertions that a single event resulted in a single outcome--and even there, Tomalin nobly checks herself.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWorks\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeresiewicz, William. \u003Ci\u003EA Jane Austen Education\u003C\/i\u003E. Penguin, 2011.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJenkyns, Richard. \u003Ci\u003EA Fine Brush of Ivory\u003C\/i\u003E. Oxford University Press, 2004.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETomalin, Claire. \u003Ci\u003EJane Austen: A Life\u003C\/i\u003E. 1997. Vintage, 1999.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2211220388149955021\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=2211220388149955021","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/2211220388149955021"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/2211220388149955021"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/the-troubles-of-biographers-is-for.html","title":"The Troubles of Biographers: A is for Austen"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NvSIiqXzbEU\/X10as_Ub96I\/AAAAAAAAKGw\/r6g3E99qhHoS3MNIHvOKqvX18Lx3-v-IgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Biographies%2BCartoon.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-4000395434314302121"},"published":{"$t":"2020-09-24T08:00:00.045-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-09-24T08:16:59.431-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"A-Z Book Review Part 5"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Illustration"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"H is for Highly Productive: Kevin Hawkes \u0026 Trina Schart Hyman"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nTp4shZvDQI\/X1bUhcF7dvI\/AAAAAAAAKGA\/kuKN6X0PB1ADkXYfe--DJpre0JeaoB3RgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/Hawkes%2BBook.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1821\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nTp4shZvDQI\/X1bUhcF7dvI\/AAAAAAAAKGA\/kuKN6X0PB1ADkXYfe--DJpre0JeaoB3RgCNcBGAsYHQ\/w182-h205\/Hawkes%2BBook.jpg\" width=\"182\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn illustrator whom I know personally is \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinhawkes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EKevin Hawkes\u003C\/a\u003E. Like Trina Schart Hyman (below), he illustrates his own work, others' works, picture books \u003Ci\u003Eand\u003C\/i\u003E chapter books. Also like Hyman, his work covers multiples genres, many with a magical, sometimes otherworldly theme or aura. His illustrations are as warm and insightful as the man himself. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe book \u003Ci\u003EMe, All Alone, at the End of the World\u003C\/i\u003E is dedicated to my parents.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cxl4cN97hzc\/X1bV3wF8pcI\/AAAAAAAAKGI\/hH7UKWOFfDkgSTdfls_hVK12hvAEIJRBQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s500\/First%2BCricket%2Band%2BLadybug%2BComic.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"395\" data-original-width=\"500\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cxl4cN97hzc\/X1bV3wF8pcI\/AAAAAAAAKGI\/hH7UKWOFfDkgSTdfls_hVK12hvAEIJRBQCNcBGAsYHQ\/w205-h162\/First%2BCricket%2Band%2BLadybug%2BComic.jpg\" width=\"205\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETrina Schart Hyman (1939-2004) illustrated everything from novels to picture  books to magazines. She was one of the starting founders\/directors of \u003Ci\u003ECricket Magazine\u003C\/i\u003E, which I adored as a child. The humorous ongoing conversations between the various insects,  including Cricket and Ladybug, began as her work. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI will return to  Trina Schart Hyman when I review fairy tales\/folklore. I have to give  her credit here for the number of books she illustrated in all genres,  from American history to contemporary drama: \u003Ci\u003ECaddie Woodlawn, Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? Jane Wishing... \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--n-XNzX9M2I\/X2qSUS5XenI\/AAAAAAAAKJE\/I2koFZ0-uz0CGIj8w82u9EtJtgzb5VWygCNcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/Tight%2BTimes%2BHazen%2BHyman.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1228\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--n-XNzX9M2I\/X2qSUS5XenI\/AAAAAAAAKJE\/I2koFZ0-uz0CGIj8w82u9EtJtgzb5VWygCNcBGAsYHQ\/w222-h134\/Tight%2BTimes%2BHazen%2BHyman.jpg\" width=\"222\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThat's not a phone he's playing with--\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003Ethe book was published in 1979.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETight Times\u003C\/i\u003E by Barbara Shook Hazen, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman is about a family struggling financially. The events, including the father losing his job, are all seen from the viewpoint of the boy. He wants a dog. He gets a cat. He names it, \"Dog.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPerfect. And real.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-x6SuFiRqnYw\/X2qSg3HHDFI\/AAAAAAAAKJI\/2jRYFBcGvGon90dv9ip8wiURJ5CLR9E1ACNcBGAsYHQ\/s2016\/Tight%2BTimes%2BHazen%2BHyman%2B2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1332\" data-original-width=\"2016\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-x6SuFiRqnYw\/X2qSg3HHDFI\/AAAAAAAAKJI\/2jRYFBcGvGon90dv9ip8wiURJ5CLR9E1ACNcBGAsYHQ\/w220-h145\/Tight%2BTimes%2BHazen%2BHyman%2B2.jpg\" width=\"220\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4000395434314302121\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=4000395434314302121","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/4000395434314302121"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/4000395434314302121"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/h-is-for-highly-productive-kevin-hawkes.html","title":"H is for Highly Productive: Kevin Hawkes \u0026 Trina Schart Hyman"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-2835434782571511297"},"published":{"$t":"2020-09-19T08:00:00.020-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-10-19T21:46:39.596-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Science-Fiction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Star Trek"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Television"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Impressive TOS Episode: Plato's Stepchildren"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PCXVJtVU-tA\/XyQe7x8OWqI\/AAAAAAAAJ44\/li-oU8FHHMEP0HF1aKR-2TExqvOhkzO5wCNcBGAsYHQ\/s730\/Shatner%2BDunn.JPG\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"579\" data-original-width=\"730\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PCXVJtVU-tA\/XyQe7x8OWqI\/AAAAAAAAJ44\/li-oU8FHHMEP0HF1aKR-2TExqvOhkzO5wCNcBGAsYHQ\/w288-h229\/Shatner%2BDunn.JPG\" width=\"288\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe amazing thing about \"Plato's Stepchildren\" is how Michael Dunn as Alexander inspires everyone to perform at their best. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E And it is a good reminder that television, like theater, does involve others. In a particular \u003Ci\u003ENumb3rs \u003C\/i\u003Eepisode commentary, Rob Morrow mutters a caustic remark about not-so-great directors who arrive on set and simply phone in the job. In an interview, Judi Dench comments that she has a hard time watching herself on television and in movies because the film performance is finished\/done. In theater, every night is different. For the actors, performance is something that happens in the moment as part of a team\/crew\/cast.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough the result of film is a seemingly frozen moment in time, the actual process of creation involves interactive performances: actors with a camera; actors with directors; actors with each other. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E In \"Plato's Stepchildren,\" Shatner comes into his own as Kirk: he is diplomatic, gentle, wise, direct and never patronizing with Alexander. In one scene, he slumps beside Alexander on a bench and presents his case. It is quite effective. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5YykLOs-_AQ\/XyQfcYMckjI\/AAAAAAAAJ5A\/thGzYcrpahA7fmt2LKbXKMmijoI4tLxpACNcBGAsYHQ\/s737\/Angry%2BSpock.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"619\" data-original-width=\"737\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5YykLOs-_AQ\/XyQfcYMckjI\/AAAAAAAAJ5A\/thGzYcrpahA7fmt2LKbXKMmijoI4tLxpACNcBGAsYHQ\/w262-h220\/Angry%2BSpock.JPG\" width=\"262\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003ENimoy as Spock is a tightly wound mass of fury at his humiliation. Kelley combines McCoy's know-how with his inherent tenderheartedness. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E The episode is also tightly scripted--and quite painful to watch. The \"antics\" of Spock, Kirk, and McCoy are not funny, in large part because of Alexander's horror. The audience takes its cues from him--\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Because Michael Dunn does dominate that episode. And the others meet him more than half-way. "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2835434782571511297\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=2835434782571511297","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/2835434782571511297"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/2835434782571511297"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/impressive-tos-episode-platos.html","title":"Impressive TOS Episode: Plato's Stepchildren"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-1204811140556458663"},"published":{"$t":"2020-09-14T08:00:00.007-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-09-14T16:33:03.355-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"A-Z Book Review Part 5"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Illustration"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"G is for Gaggles and Garlands in Children's Books"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_xuNgtoe5Fw\/XwoX-RchMBI\/AAAAAAAAJwg\/yoRaMMGh38YKc4aatctgRzfZn7mkZJhFQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Millions%2Bof%2BCats%2BCover.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"263\" data-original-width=\"380\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_xuNgtoe5Fw\/XwoX-RchMBI\/AAAAAAAAJwg\/yoRaMMGh38YKc4aatctgRzfZn7mkZJhFQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Millions%2Bof%2BCats%2BCover.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ESpeaking of \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/best-lines-about-cats.html\"\u003Ecats...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(And a group of cats is called a clowder.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWanda Gag's book \u003Ci\u003EMillions of Cats\u003C\/i\u003E, a Newbery Honor winner (that's correct: \u003Cb\u003ENewbery\u003C\/b\u003E, not Caldecott), is unique. It fits quite nicely with previous Caldecott winners, however, as well as \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/f-is-forfondness-and-kids-are-strange.html\"\u003EGladwell's comments about \"stickiness.\"\u003C\/a\u003E That is, it has a rough, almost off-the-cuff feel, simple black and white pictures with hardly any color, and what appears to be handwritten text. The book has a folkloric, verbal quality. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-LdaB-3ySkUQ\/XwoZp8jkJlI\/AAAAAAAAJws\/jbuo7ud13FcySsKDAfo7k9z2d06sejeyQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/St%2BGeorge%2BDragon%2BText.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"720\" data-original-width=\"1280\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-LdaB-3ySkUQ\/XwoZp8jkJlI\/AAAAAAAAJws\/jbuo7ud13FcySsKDAfo7k9z2d06sejeyQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/St%2BGeorge%2BDragon%2BText.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EAwesome image! Daunting text. \u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EIt's a great book, but it makes me wonder what happened between \u003Ci\u003EMillions of Cats\u003C\/i\u003E (1962) and Keats' \u003Ci\u003EA Snowy Day\u003C\/i\u003E (1963, possibly my favorite Caldecott winner of all time) and \u003Ci\u003ESt. George and the Dragon\u003C\/i\u003E (1985). Don't get me wrong: there have been good winners since the 1960s plus I am a huge fan of Trina Schart Hyman (and will discuss her next for \"H\"), but the last book should never have won a picture book awards thingamajiggy. No child would ever voluntarily read it. I won't read it, and I'm an adult (too much exposition--I look at the amazing illustrations instead).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhen did slick productions with lots of words take the place of illustration\/word combinations?\u0026nbsp; "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1204811140556458663\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=1204811140556458663","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/1204811140556458663"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/1204811140556458663"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/g-is-for-gaggle-and-garlands-in.html","title":"G is for Gaggles and Garlands in Children's Books"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_xuNgtoe5Fw\/XwoX-RchMBI\/AAAAAAAAJwg\/yoRaMMGh38YKc4aatctgRzfZn7mkZJhFQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Millions%2Bof%2BCats%2BCover.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-4492269681448397808"},"published":{"$t":"2020-09-09T08:00:00.006-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-09-10T09:43:02.494-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Star Trek"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Superheroes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"And Then There's the Problem of Superheroes"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ww2jPGFHw_k\/XxBVwRHlq7I\/AAAAAAAAJyE\/qnK7gUsQVYUIp3aVFZf0c8cAerql9CP4QCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Star%2BTrek%2BOK%2BCorral.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"530\" data-original-width=\"700\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ww2jPGFHw_k\/XxBVwRHlq7I\/AAAAAAAAJyE\/qnK7gUsQVYUIp3aVFZf0c8cAerql9CP4QCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Star%2BTrek%2BOK%2BCorral.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EIt \u003Cb\u003Eis\u003C\/b\u003E a fantastic scene.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EIn the third season of \u003Ci\u003EStar Trek: The Original Series\u003C\/i\u003E, the writers got incredibly lazy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI don't just mean \"Spock's Brain,\" which is totally giggle-worthy. I mean how often the writers solve a problem by having Spock step in.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe is \u003Cb\u003Ethe\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cb\u003Esuperhero\u003C\/b\u003E of the third season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf I were Shatner, I would have been understandably annoyed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESomeone needs to get the ship back from the far reaches of space--oh, Spock will mind meld with Kollos and make it happen; someone needs to figure out how to use the anti-asteroid machine on the planet--Spock will make a series of unbelievably intuitive leaps to fix the problem; someone needs to calm everybody's nerves so they don't get shot up by bullets--oooh, mind meld again!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn \u003Ci\u003EThe Nitpicker's Guides\u003C\/i\u003E, Phil Farrand begins to end summaries in Season 3 with the phrase \"Thankfully, Spock...\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E It's a great example of how giving viewers too much of what they think they want is not necessarily a good idea. People loved Spock--okay, in this episode Spock single-handedly saves Mrs. Jones's kitten from a tree while simultaneously mind-melding with terrorists during Pon Farr.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-eWjUl6HQgt8\/XxBV0KUFtdI\/AAAAAAAAJyM\/hRCKT676m84SEmlMnzM1AmmbgxPDCOWbgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Q%2BWho%2BStewart.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"710\" data-original-width=\"958\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-eWjUl6HQgt8\/XxBV0KUFtdI\/AAAAAAAAJyM\/hRCKT676m84SEmlMnzM1AmmbgxPDCOWbgCNcBGAsYHQ\/w256-h190\/Q%2BWho%2BStewart.jpg\" width=\"256\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EAfter a while, it loses its appeal--and makes one appreciate the willingness of Patrick Stewart to appear weak. \"Q Who?\" is often commended as one of the most powerful TNG episodes of all time, precisely because Captain Picard begs for help when he realizes the Enterprise is utterly out of its depth.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGive our heroes weaknesses--we will love them a little more. "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4492269681448397808\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=4492269681448397808","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/4492269681448397808"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/4492269681448397808"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/and-then-theres-problem-of-superheroes.html","title":"And Then There's the Problem of Superheroes"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ww2jPGFHw_k\/XxBVwRHlq7I\/AAAAAAAAJyE\/qnK7gUsQVYUIp3aVFZf0c8cAerql9CP4QCNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Star%2BTrek%2BOK%2BCorral.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-4295297981841498545"},"published":{"$t":"2020-09-04T08:00:00.003-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-09-14T08:22:48.303-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Archetypes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Great Sitcom Moments"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Every Childhood has an Arnold"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zDH67po-Y2g\/XwpELZeEwZI\/AAAAAAAAJxw\/QSZiar6LQI8X5v9U8zy27wXBAYHtIL3IACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Opie%2Band%2BArnold.JPG\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"648\" data-original-width=\"750\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zDH67po-Y2g\/XwpELZeEwZI\/AAAAAAAAJxw\/QSZiar6LQI8X5v9U8zy27wXBAYHtIL3IACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Opie%2Band%2BArnold.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIn \u003Ci\u003EAndy Griffith\u003C\/i\u003E, Opie has a friend, Arnold. Arnold is \u003Cu\u003Ethat\u003C\/u\u003E kid--the kid who, without being actually bad, always seems to cause chaos whenever he comes around. He also is the kid who brings up stressful topics, like where babies come from.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EImportant point: Arnold stresses out the adults in Opie's life. \u003Cu\u003EBut Opie doesn't mind him at all\u003C\/u\u003E. Arnold isn't a bully, and he may not be obviously disruptive--and yet--\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn one episode, Andy says to Aunt Bee, \"Isn't it a little early in the day for Arnold?\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEvery mother and father seems to think that their child has an Arnold--which brings up the question: Does \u003Cb\u003Eany\u003C\/b\u003E parent think, \"My child IS Arnold?\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HhiRa_9TAJo\/XwpC-4ewbOI\/AAAAAAAAJxk\/Bml2bMVLTe8iyQGudxZt55GlsIFeIodjACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Tim%2BTaylor%2Band%2BSons.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"574\" data-original-width=\"765\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HhiRa_9TAJo\/XwpC-4ewbOI\/AAAAAAAAJxk\/Bml2bMVLTe8iyQGudxZt55GlsIFeIodjACNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/Tim%2BTaylor%2Band%2BSons.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThe only living or fictional parent I can think of who admits to having an Arnold in the household is Tim Allen as Mike Baxter and Tim Taylor. In one episode, he states, \"Don't let the kid next to you get you into trouble.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Did that work for you?\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"I \u003Ci\u003Ewas\u003C\/i\u003E the kid next to me,\" he replies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003ESheldon Golomb\/Collins, who played Arnold, grew up to be a dentist.\u0026nbsp; "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4295297981841498545\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=4295297981841498545","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/4295297981841498545"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/4295297981841498545"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/every-childhood-has-arnold.html","title":"Every Childhood has an Arnold"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zDH67po-Y2g\/XwpELZeEwZI\/AAAAAAAAJxw\/QSZiar6LQI8X5v9U8zy27wXBAYHtIL3IACNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Opie%2Band%2BArnold.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-6874754261455345515"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-30T08:00:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-30T08:30:37.935-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Music"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Musicals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sitcoms"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Discipline in the Genre of Choice and Another 80's Video"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Pqas_j7jkuI\/Xwoy3w8v_nI\/AAAAAAAAJw4\/LKbCz0hLwesnbU7oeh8dJWbQHn04wAQwgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Andy%2BGriffith%2BDance.JPG\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"615\" data-original-width=\"1005\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Pqas_j7jkuI\/Xwoy3w8v_nI\/AAAAAAAAJw4\/LKbCz0hLwesnbU7oeh8dJWbQHn04wAQwgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Andy%2BGriffith%2BDance.JPG\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIn an \u003Ci\u003EAndy Griffith\u003C\/i\u003E episode \"The Senior Play \" Helen Crump allows the teens to plan their own production. Their play involves rock n' roll dancing. The principal of the school objects. He considers the dancing degenerate and cancels the senior play.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHelen Crump protests. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oH6dzpUxX6A\/Xwoy7TCnjuI\/AAAAAAAAJw8\/cDr1beATbU4nwPKh69Ls11aTmkOkYfhjACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Dance%2B2.JPG\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"650\" data-original-width=\"933\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oH6dzpUxX6A\/Xwoy7TCnjuI\/AAAAAAAAJw8\/cDr1beATbU4nwPKh69Ls11aTmkOkYfhjACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Dance%2B2.JPG\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EShe asks the principal to sit through another dress rehearsal. This time, the kids announce a dance from \"your generation\" (the principal's generation) or the \"good old days.\" They then perform the Charleston complete with flappers and sheiks.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe point--an entirely valid point, by the way--is that the principal's parents saw \u003Ci\u003Ehis\u003C\/i\u003E generation as degenerate (read \u003Ci\u003ECheaper by the Dozen\u003C\/i\u003E for the father's reactions to his daughters' bobbed hair, slimmer bathing suits, and panty-hose).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rtvJj7aPKCI\/Xwoy_L_H3TI\/AAAAAAAAJxA\/QNp87CtLgasPRsDMQs4bDCQNI5mgg2QmACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Helen%2BCrump.JPG\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"690\" data-original-width=\"923\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rtvJj7aPKCI\/Xwoy_L_H3TI\/AAAAAAAAJxA\/QNp87CtLgasPRsDMQs4bDCQNI5mgg2QmACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Helen%2BCrump.JPG\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThe episode then gets a little preachy as Helen Crump pleads that the teens--who planned the play in the first place--be allowed to express themselves. The speech falls into the \"poor teens need to be pandered to during their troubled years!\" category (the episode aired in 1966; the musical \u003Ci\u003EGrease\u003C\/i\u003E--the ultimate celebration of teen self-indulgence--came out in 1971).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe speech barely works and only (sort of) because Aneta Corsaut, who plays Helen Crump, is a skilled actress and something of\u0026nbsp; a force of nature.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8B07eLS5GmY\/XwozB2sg3wI\/AAAAAAAAJxE\/pIELtaPdTCoK17ZLbG3uyM3Cw7IJYRN2ACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Dance%2B2B.JPG\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"483\" data-original-width=\"901\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8B07eLS5GmY\/XwozB2sg3wI\/AAAAAAAAJxE\/pIELtaPdTCoK17ZLbG3uyM3Cw7IJYRN2ACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Dance%2B2B.JPG\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E1920s dance--compare to the mish-mash in the first image.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EHere's the problem (and I am speaking as a rock 'n roll fan): the rock 'n roll dance is far less disciplined and exhibits far less talent than the 1920s Charleston. The difference is huge. Although Andy and Howard apparently enjoy the rock 'n roll dance more, it is, frankly, boring while the 1920s production is not.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'm a huge believer that one judges a thing by what it is--not by what it isn't. In this sense, I agree with Helen. Why shouldn't the teens do something contemporary (to them)?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI \u003Cb\u003Ealso\u003C\/b\u003E believe that the thing being done should be done as well as \u003Ci\u003Eits\u003C\/i\u003E genre and style allow for. Rock 'n roll has produced amazing artists. I consider \"You Can't Always Get What You Want\" one of the finest artistic productions of the 20th century. And it was produced by people with talent, who worked hard (however stupidly they lived their lives).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYoung people may wish to express themselves. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be held to standards of discipline and excellence in the genre\/style of choice.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Beat It\" was respected--and still is--for a reason (as one commentator mentions, it's impressive when the lead singer is a better dancer than his \"chorus line\"--though all these guys are talented).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oRdxUFDoQe0\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6874754261455345515\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=6874754261455345515","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/6874754261455345515"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/6874754261455345515"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/discipline-in-genre-of-choice.html","title":"Discipline in the Genre of Choice and Another 80's Video"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Pqas_j7jkuI\/Xwoy3w8v_nI\/AAAAAAAAJw4\/LKbCz0hLwesnbU7oeh8dJWbQHn04wAQwgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Andy%2BGriffith%2BDance.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-7894369358122518112"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-29T08:55:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-31T10:27:37.113-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Contemporary Life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Politics"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"LEGOs and Why Twitter is Full of Unpleasant People"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z7_byeG5tBg\/X0j9e1eM1PI\/AAAAAAAAKAk\/XGIkN4vgPzgPRR89nVWLrYDhUFZZA7U3wCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1422\/Netherlands%2BLegoland.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"800\" data-original-width=\"1422\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z7_byeG5tBg\/X0j9e1eM1PI\/AAAAAAAAKAk\/XGIkN4vgPzgPRR89nVWLrYDhUFZZA7U3wCNcBGAsYHQ\/w262-h147\/Netherlands%2BLegoland.jpg\" width=\"262\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EDuring the Republican Convention, Ivanka Trump spoke about her son building a replica of the White House out of Legos.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn yet \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/03\/the-left-abandoned-women-long-time-ago.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eanother example\u003C\/a\u003E of how leftists pointlessly disparage conservative women, Twitter went nuts, proclaiming that since she once told a story about building Trump Towers out of Legos, she must be lying about her son building the White House out of Legos.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/althouse.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/how-dumb-is-it-to-attack-ivankas-story.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6xfLwz63OO4\/X0j9vCyJDpI\/AAAAAAAAKA0\/9zMEOOzJPBoL-KdpoVs2cCcPI9MX6mZewCNcBGAsYHQ\/s613\/Trump%2Band%2BJoseph.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"471\" data-original-width=\"613\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6xfLwz63OO4\/X0j9vCyJDpI\/AAAAAAAAKA0\/9zMEOOzJPBoL-KdpoVs2cCcPI9MX6mZewCNcBGAsYHQ\/w201-h155\/Trump%2Band%2BJoseph.JPG\" width=\"201\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/althouse.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/how-dumb-is-it-to-attack-ivankas-story.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAlthouse\u003C\/a\u003E immediately and correctly calls them all idiots, and she posted the latest trending picture of Trump. I don't usually post political pictures on my blog, but I thought this was one of the nicer pictures I've seen of Trump, so here it is. (I am well-aware that posting such a picture signals support--I don't actually care for Trump all that much, but the picture suggests that I do. Well, guess what, leftists? Reasonable, intelligent, commonsensical independents are getting tired of you and your high school, petty-minded, cruel, negative, self-indulgent, sneering, absence-of-anything-constructive, can-only-tear-others-down, mean-spirited bullying. So if the picture signals support: GOOD!) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthouse points out that lots of people can build a White House out of Legos. It ain't that big a deal. \"They sell \u003Ci\u003Ekits\u003C\/i\u003E.\" (She even has a link.) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat struck me, however, was the weird insistence that only one person in a family is allowed to build things with Legos.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIvanka Trump obviously likes Legos. In case anybody hasn't been paying attention, lots of people like Legos. The Netherlands likes Legos (see LegoLand above). Mythbusters liked Legos and built a big Lego ball. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4_IjbEQo3Ko\/X0kGjUAKTGI\/AAAAAAAAKBM\/etdnOeo1dQEhDgs7xymqAPs-eu7-25IigCNcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/Lego%2BBall%2BGrant%2BEt%2BAl.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1151\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4_IjbEQo3Ko\/X0kGjUAKTGI\/AAAAAAAAKBM\/etdnOeo1dQEhDgs7xymqAPs-eu7-25IigCNcBGAsYHQ\/w262-h147\/Lego%2BBall%2BGrant%2BEt%2BAl.jpg\" width=\"262\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EChance to say: RIP, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/grant-imahara-dead-mythbusters-host-was-49-1303101\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGrant\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003EMy brothers like Legos. When I was growing up, my brothers played a game where they built planes out of Legos, then sent the planes down a string that stretched the length of our playroom. The planes that survived mostly intact at the bottom won.\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd I built things out of Legos too! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApparently, according to unpleasant people on Twitter, if one person in a family likes Legos and builds things out of Legos, nobody else in the family is allowed to. (Cancel culture, anyone?)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDoesn't it make more sense that Ivanka has a rather endearing hobby? She's 38, a decade younger than me. She is well within the generation of Lego obsession. I find it entirely believable that she would transfer her love of Legos to her child. It's the go-to gift! The go-to Christmas present!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd if the kid enjoys it, all the better.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince I rarely post about politics (so this may be one of only a few I'll post before November 2020), I decided to clarify. I dislike petty humorlessness wherever it appears. I don't care for the mean-spiritedness of the left (and I heartily dislike its own lack of policing), but I also can't much stand the humorless how-dare-you-criticize-the-Great-Man posturing on the right (I mostly think that since Tulsi Gabbard and Andrew Yang were hounded out of the primaries by their own party, the right at least has something \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/althouse.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/the-democratic-agenda-to-me-right-now.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Econstructive to offer, no matter how fluffy\u003C\/a\u003E). In truth, I found these \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/althouse.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/one-would-think-that-after-what-right.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETweets about Barron\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; fairly hilarious in a 1980s John Cusack way.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, generally speaking, I think it best to leave the kids alone (and that statement is aimed at \u003Cb\u003Eeverybody, and just so you know, when it comes to ethics, it doesn't matter what the other side did first or last\u003C\/b\u003E).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7894369358122518112\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=7894369358122518112","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/7894369358122518112"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/7894369358122518112"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/legos-and-why-twitter-is-full-of-stupid.html","title":"LEGOs and Why Twitter is Full of Unpleasant People"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-3802141453671242360"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-29T08:02:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-29T09:01:49.602-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eugene"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Interview with a Translator"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A New Edogawa Translation by Eugene Woodbury: Interview with a Translator, Part I"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y4dIcDY_GMQ\/Xz-_sXoRB1I\/AAAAAAAAJ88\/vZU39z4uXxUXq9mukv9KiElbLNKoO3ucwCNcBGAsYHQ\/s600\/bronzedevil.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"400\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y4dIcDY_GMQ\/Xz-_sXoRB1I\/AAAAAAAAJ88\/vZU39z4uXxUXq9mukv9KiElbLNKoO3ucwCNcBGAsYHQ\/w256-h384\/bronzedevil.jpg\" width=\"256\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe Bronze Devil\u003C\/i\u003E by Ranpo Edogawa, translated by Eugene Woodbury, is \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenewoodbury.com\/bronze\/index.html\"\u003Enow gearing into action! \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E In longstanding tradition, \u003Ci\u003EInterview with a Translator\u003C\/i\u003E returns:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cu\u003E1. As you mention in the introduction to \u003Ci\u003EThe Bronze Devil\u003C\/i\u003E, there are multiple clues in the novel that the events are taking place post-war (despite no direct references to the Occupation)—from the empty lots to the orphaned children to the backstory of some characters. What was Edogawa’s opinion of World War II? \u003Ci\u003EThe Bronze Devil\u003C\/i\u003E has a youthful, energetic, and optimistic feel. Is that attitude exclusive to Edogawa? In any way reflective of a general attitude at the time?\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #1b1a1a;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cb\u003EI haven’t studied Edogawa enough to know what he thought about the war itself. One of his stories was banned by government censors but he remained active in his local neighborhood organization (he wasn’t a rabble rouser). He mostly wrote under a pseudonym during the war years and set aside his franchise Boy Detectives Club and Detective Akechi series. He was obviously taking a wait-and-see attitude.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E The years immediately following the war were hard ones. The economy had literally burned to the ground. The “Reverse Course” starting in 1947 put the idealistic objectives of the Occupation on hold and focused on the economy. This included fiscal austerity measures to counter skyrocketing inflation. The effects were brutal in the short term but laid the foundation for Japan’s future economic growth.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--VdM3STu8C4\/Xz_BcPRtHwI\/AAAAAAAAJ9M\/hEkAEsAISgctdSQuz4-J2sFU1nQw9iyeQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s2000\/Boys%2BOccupation%2BJapan%2BPostwar.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1513\" data-original-width=\"2000\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--VdM3STu8C4\/Xz_BcPRtHwI\/AAAAAAAAJ9M\/hEkAEsAISgctdSQuz4-J2sFU1nQw9iyeQCNcBGAsYHQ\/w262-h198\/Boys%2BOccupation%2BJapan%2BPostwar.jpg\" width=\"262\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EIn 1948, Japanese voters rejected plans to continue down the planned economy route—inspired by socialist-leaning New Deal bureaucrats in the Occupation—and voted in a slate of free-market economic conservatives, who have pretty much remained in power ever since. By the end of the decade, Japan’s economy had returned positive growth, even before the outbreak of the Korean War gave it a huge boost.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E So in 1949, the year \u003Ci\u003EThe Bronze Devil\u003C\/i\u003E was published, things were looking up. This change in attitude is reflected in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/eugenewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2015\/06\/showa-drama.html\"\u003Ethe “Showa drama” genre\u003C\/a\u003E. The Showa drama takes place during the reign of Emperor Hirohito (1926-1989), with a focus on the post-war years. I am a big sucker for feel-good Showa dramas, in which the upward arc of the story parallels the economic recovery of Japan after WWII. \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3802141453671242360\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=3802141453671242360","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/3802141453671242360"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/3802141453671242360"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/a-new-edogawa-translation-by-eugene.html","title":"A New Edogawa Translation by Eugene Woodbury: Interview with a Translator, Part I"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-4402039816053554962"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-29T08:01:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-29T09:02:19.050-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eugene"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Interview with a Translator"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Bronze Devil: Interview with a Translator, Part II"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sg1mPaTJqmg\/X0OtSznN8vI\/AAAAAAAAJ_k\/lBm-_qeZ2WQRJXMJU6lNdcyUFOrr5qvYwCNcBGAsYHQ\/s600\/Bronze%2BDevil%2BCover.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"400\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sg1mPaTJqmg\/X0OtSznN8vI\/AAAAAAAAJ_k\/lBm-_qeZ2WQRJXMJU6lNdcyUFOrr5qvYwCNcBGAsYHQ\/w105-h158\/Bronze%2BDevil%2BCover.jpg\" width=\"105\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenewoodbury.com\/bronze\/index.html\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe Bronze Devil\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E2. A gr\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eeat many idioms in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenewoodbury.com\/bronze\/index.html\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe Bronze Devil\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E—as well as the antics of some of the  characters—evok\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cu\u003Ee ma\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cu\u003Egicians a\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cu\u003End the cir\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cu\u003Ecus. Are magicians as popular in  Japan as they are in America? Do some \u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cu\u003Emagicians get more attention than  others? That is, does Japanese culture extol the David Copperfield  approach (big elaborate tricks) or the classic stage magician (rabbits  out of hats) or the sleight of hand magician (card tricks) or all of  them? What about Penn \u0026amp; Teller—or are Penn \u0026amp; Teller a little too  ironic\/cynical?\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003EI’ve observed that Japanese don’t do the whole \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/eugenewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2018\/05\/laughing-matters.html  \"\u003E“dripping with irony” thing\u003C\/a\u003E.  It’s sand in the gears of a culture that depends so much on going with  the flow. So I’d say the Penn \u0026amp; Teller approach is probably a bit  too knowing and cynical. I do recall an episode of a police procedural  in which the murder victim is a magician who had the audacity to reveal  the secrets of other magicians.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-s3byCqqGrhs\/Xz_BiiYWTFI\/AAAAAAAAJ9Q\/xNQHkX6a84ck5GnKHpiDAw9nO-gPZcoKACNcBGAsYHQ\/s700\/Japanese%2BMagician%2BCyril%2BTakayama.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"556\" data-original-width=\"700\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-s3byCqqGrhs\/Xz_BiiYWTFI\/AAAAAAAAJ9Q\/xNQHkX6a84ck5GnKHpiDAw9nO-gPZcoKACNcBGAsYHQ\/w210-h166\/Japanese%2BMagician%2BCyril%2BTakayama.jpg\" width=\"210\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyril_Takayama\"\u003ECyril Takayama\u003C\/a\u003E: Japanese-American\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003Emagician: American background \u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003Emeets cultural Japan. Kate thinks he'd \u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003Emake a good Fiend in the movies! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIn  my limited Japanese television-watching experience, I haven’t seen many  David Copperfield types. More old-school vaudeville-style magicians.  Rabbits out of hats and simple sleight of hand and lots of banter. But  the performances always seem to me as more variety show material than  the main event.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003EThat said, Edogawa’s stories very often center around elaborate David  Copperfield tricks rather than “traditional” crimes. Stage and circus  magic acts figure into many of his novels, where the crime is solved by  figuring out the trick, not whodunit. A big part of \u003Ci\u003EDoctor Magic\u003C\/i\u003E  (1956), for example, consists of Edogawa explaining several stage magic  and circus acts. I was familiar with the “tricks.” Though his readers  probably were not.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECyril Takayama r\u003Cb\u003Eeminds me of a certain personality type you see a lot on \u003Ci\u003ENHK World\u003C\/i\u003E. The  foreign hosts (varying in Japanese extraction from zero to one hundred  percent) walk that fine line between being extroverted enough to attract  a crowd and stand out in it but not so much that they become  intimidating. It's the art of being comfortably foreign. If you can  master it, it's a good gig to have.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4402039816053554962\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=4402039816053554962","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/4402039816053554962"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/4402039816053554962"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/the-bronze-devil-interview-with.html","title":"The Bronze Devil: Interview with a Translator, Part II"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-1782554042039685640"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-29T08:00:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-29T09:00:01.341-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eugene"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Interview with a Translator"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Bronze Devil: Interview with a Translator, Part III"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-X7FV2LJFIjQ\/Xz_InjzC2FI\/AAAAAAAAJ9g\/h06GKG2IGoIc8hzBbpOXRwHqFUnIqKFJgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s600\/bronzedevil.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"400\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-X7FV2LJFIjQ\/Xz_InjzC2FI\/AAAAAAAAJ9g\/h06GKG2IGoIc8hzBbpOXRwHqFUnIqKFJgCNcBGAsYHQ\/w105-h158\/bronzedevil.jpg\" width=\"105\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/eugenewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/the-bronze-devil.html\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe Bronze Devil\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cu\u003E3. Edogawa often breaks the fourth wall (Dear Reader). This is common to a great deal of manga, in which even a somewhat self-contained story will include a tiny note from the mangaka, off to the side in a panel, about how the character feels about being a character in a manga. Of course, these types of asides are also fairly typical of a certain era and genre, such as E. Nesbit’s children’s fiction. Do Japanese authors break the fourth wall more often than western authors? Is it an ongoing staple of the fiction? Or does its popularity rise and fall as it does in the West? \u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tSVBV6Cp6XQ\/Xz_JCUp3zHI\/AAAAAAAAJ9o\/DBCHkIdZJF4jidLsZWVTZD2di32qALLRwCNcBGAsYHQ\/s317\/Bakuman.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"317\" data-original-width=\"225\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tSVBV6Cp6XQ\/Xz_JCUp3zHI\/AAAAAAAAJ9o\/DBCHkIdZJF4jidLsZWVTZD2di32qALLRwCNcBGAsYHQ\/w144-h203\/Bakuman.jpg\" width=\"144\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESerialized fiction like manga and light novels are still popular in Japan. By its very nature, serialized fiction creates an ongoing relationship between the writer and the reader. In the manga and anime \u003Ca href=\" https:\/\/eugenewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2018\/11\/bakuman-review.html \"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EBakuman\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, about the creation and publication of a manga series, the manga artists constantly receive feedback from their readers, on whom their careers depend. I think this encourages the manga artist to engage in ongoing interactions with the audience. Social media long before the Internet.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThough in terms of Japanese authors in general, I don’t know if they break the fourth wall more often than western authors.\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E4. The chapter title for Chapter 6 is “Strange, Weird, and Bizarre.” The words have similar meanings in English but different connotations. That is, each word evokes different emotions and imagery. How important is connotation in Japanese? Connotation can rely heavily on cultural “insider” status, so a word like “slob” can mean something very different (and negative) to Greg’s mother in \u003Ci\u003EDharma and Greg\u003C\/i\u003E as opposed to Dharma’s parents. Does connotation carry such impact in Japanese fiction? Non-fiction?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/u\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe Japanese expression in the chapter title is kiki-kaikai (奇々怪々), which is\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003Ed\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eefined in the dictionary as: “very strange, fantastic, amazing, bizarre, freakish.” I covered all the bases. Though I think “strange, weird, and bizarre” is a good way of summing up the sense of the phrase. \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xbtXgXP-N1g\/Xz_Jrq6EfLI\/AAAAAAAAJ9w\/9wXzhNddiNYxS9XbKmilZxHS0Xinf2Y5QCNcBGAsYHQ\/s798\/Japanese%2BHonorifics.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"443\" data-original-width=\"798\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xbtXgXP-N1g\/Xz_Jrq6EfLI\/AAAAAAAAJ9w\/9wXzhNddiNYxS9XbKmilZxHS0Xinf2Y5QCNcBGAsYHQ\/w262-h146\/Japanese%2BHonorifics.jpg\" width=\"262\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBroadly speaking, I’d say there is more denotation in English and more connotation in Japanese (although there’s plenty of both in both). So much meaning in Japanese r\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eides on the social context and the social status of the speaker relative to the setting and to the audience.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EConsider all the consternation that occurs in romances about whether to atta\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003Ec\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eh an honorific to a name. Or to address someone using a first or a last name.  And when it comes to expletives, the same exact word can be translated quite differently depending on whether a child or adult is speaking and who they are speaking to and whether honorifics are involved.\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cu\u003E5. Is another Edogawa translation coming?\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003EFor now, I’m working on\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenewoodbury.com\/moon\/index.html \"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EHills of Silver Ruins, a Pitch Black Moon\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003EAt over 1600 pages, it’s going to take a while. I may return to Edogawa after that.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThanks for the interview! Explore \u003Ci\u003EThe Bronze Devil\u003C\/i\u003E more \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/eugenewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/the-bronze-devil.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenewoodbury.com\/bronze\/index.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #161515;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1782554042039685640\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=1782554042039685640","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/1782554042039685640"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/1782554042039685640"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/bronze-devil-interview-with-translator.html","title":"The Bronze Devil: Interview with a Translator, Part III"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-3750367780099692082"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-17T08:00:00.009-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-19T08:57:03.449-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Acting Is a Job"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Contemporary Life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Movies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Television"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Culture Comes From Individuals"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YjgemmPiC0c\/XzaNq9xwrpI\/AAAAAAAAJ6o\/9BiWQSJfjqY14GAS0IgU9mjBMkFzNOsNwCNcBGAsYHQ\/s698\/People%2Bin%2BHistory.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"380\" data-original-width=\"698\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YjgemmPiC0c\/XzaNq9xwrpI\/AAAAAAAAJ6o\/9BiWQSJfjqY14GAS0IgU9mjBMkFzNOsNwCNcBGAsYHQ\/w350-h190\/People%2Bin%2BHistory.jpg\" width=\"294\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EGraphs I created for \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/katepapers.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/thesisintroduction.html\"\u003Emy thesis\u003C\/a\u003E--I argue \u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003Eagainst the middle view.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite some current political thought, culture is the product of \u003Cu\u003Eindividuals\u003C\/u\u003E.  That isn't a political position. It is reality. Whether we like it or  not, we are born into individual bodies with individual minds (in fact, in a perfect world with lots of funding, every individual would receive an individual health work-up since even our bacteria is not all the  same).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShows, genres, movies, franchises attract particular and specific  writers and directors, crew members and cast members. Together, they  create a work with a certain aura\/theme\/look.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9i2tyj2HI7U\/XzaOtxw3_ZI\/AAAAAAAAJ6w\/TCZZxC8uNLwPTEknvrZGeJg0egnQ7K9vACNcBGAsYHQ\/s740\/TOS%2BCast%2B2009%2BCast.gif\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"740\" data-original-width=\"515\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9i2tyj2HI7U\/XzaOtxw3_ZI\/AAAAAAAAJ6w\/TCZZxC8uNLwPTEknvrZGeJg0egnQ7K9vACNcBGAsYHQ\/w282-h405\/TOS%2BCast%2B2009%2BCast.gif\" width=\"263\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EInterestingly  enough, sometimes those writers, directors, etc. move on to other shows  but rarely en masse; no matter how many of them move together, the new arrangement of people will result in a show  with a different aura\/theme\/look than the previous show.\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs  Hollywood has discovered, you can't simply recreate an aura\/theme\/look  by pulling together all the supposedly similar elements. Recent Star  Trek will never be able to recreate original Star Trek, no matter how  many of the same elements are slotted into place. A group of individuals  did something: it can never be done quite the same way again.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI'm not going to argue here whether one is better than the other--merely, \u003Cu\u003Eit is not the same\u003C\/u\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGenres and shows and franchises gain auras, which extends  to the types of scripts that get submitted, the actors who get hired,  the ideas that get encouraged. Some of this can be deliberate--the sort  of top-down determinations that get social alarmists all alarmed  (mostly, as far as I can tell, because \u003Cb\u003Ethey \u003C\/b\u003Earen't in charge of the top-down determinations)--but a lot of these decisions come from everyday decisions made by \u003Cu\u003Eindividuals\u003C\/u\u003E involved in an artistic enterprise.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-U2JuWy2KpjQ\/XzaPVApzu8I\/AAAAAAAAJ68\/7aN9h7jPxkYqSw9oFLWmoQr8G7fe8-Q7ACNcBGAsYHQ\/s600\/Dench%2BBranagh.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"428\" data-original-width=\"600\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-U2JuWy2KpjQ\/XzaPVApzu8I\/AAAAAAAAJ68\/7aN9h7jPxkYqSw9oFLWmoQr8G7fe8-Q7ACNcBGAsYHQ\/w315-h225\/Dench%2BBranagh.jpg\" width=\"260\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EI saw this version of \u003Ci\u003ECorialanus\u003C\/i\u003E live. Still don't\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003Eget the plot but wow! these scenes were amazing.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EJudi Dench famously dislikes watching herself on film (though she went to see herself in the Bond films since her husband and daughter were fans). The reason: film is static; it's one performance kept forever. On stage, every performance every night is different. The theater experience is not just the actors and crew but the audience: a unique experience each time. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI can attest to this: one of the best theater experiences I've ever had was seeing an off-Broadway production of \u003Ci\u003EInto the Woods\u003C\/i\u003E as a college student. The audience was perfect. Everyone was excited but respectful. The energy was fantastic. People cheered, sighed, applauded, laughed... Afterwards, even the cast said, rather wonderingly--it was Utah--\"This is one of the best audiences we've ever had.\" \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Asa_zesuoMQ\/XzaQrSt2NcI\/AAAAAAAAJ7E\/kVLD8x7drJMx9qCb2B_hROUfETPMQP_8wCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1200\/Princess%2BBride%2BBehind%2Bthe%2BScenes.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"797\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Asa_zesuoMQ\/XzaQrSt2NcI\/AAAAAAAAJ7E\/kVLD8x7drJMx9qCb2B_hROUfETPMQP_8wCNcBGAsYHQ\/w328-h218\/Princess%2BBride%2BBehind%2Bthe%2BScenes.jpg\" width=\"292\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe right people came together in the right way:\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003Eperfection!\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEven though film productions don't create the same individuals-joined-together experience as the theater--for one, film scenes are rarely filmed in order--it is useful to remember that the experience of filming a scene is also carried out by individuals. There's a reason that Christian Bale (inappropriately though understandably) lost his cool when a crew member traipsed across the set during filming. And there's a reason that Hugh Jackman stopped in the middle of a stage performance and instructed an audience member to shut off his or her cell phone. Over-the-top reactions maybe but they get to the heart of the matter:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECulture is about individuals. \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EI\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E am doing something here. \u003Ci\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3750367780099692082\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=3750367780099692082","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/3750367780099692082"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/3750367780099692082"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/culture-comes-from-individuals.html","title":"Culture Comes From Individuals"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-8547583424931271887"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-12T08:00:00.004-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-12T09:02:32.669-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Animals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Movies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Best Lines About Cats"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":" \u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-T13vu4ocpO4\/XwoJNzunNSI\/AAAAAAAAJwM\/REBJcUEqjNsce06i6kbEaFlsUOq-pnlXACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/That%2BDarn%2BCat%2BPoster.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"500\" data-original-width=\"338\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-T13vu4ocpO4\/XwoJNzunNSI\/AAAAAAAAJwM\/REBJcUEqjNsce06i6kbEaFlsUOq-pnlXACNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/That%2BDarn%2BCat%2BPoster.jpg\" width=\"135\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIt's summer, so I watched \u003Ci\u003EThat Darn Cat\u003C\/i\u003E again--the real version with Dean Jones and Hayley Mills.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt has \u003Cu\u003Efantastic\u003C\/u\u003E lines about cats:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. \u003Cb\u003E\"Oh, it's nothing,\" \u003C\/b\u003EAgent Kelso says about being scratched. \u003Cb\u003E\"It's probably just an artery.\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. \u003Cb\u003E\"We shall proceed with the paw-printing!\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-hurw80ot-Pc\/XwoJxhV5NeI\/AAAAAAAAJwU\/AfV6pNoHzLAksXpT-AxN3S_9-ZGwvW5FgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/That%2BDarn%2BCat%2BDean%2BJones.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"615\" data-original-width=\"407\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-hurw80ot-Pc\/XwoJxhV5NeI\/AAAAAAAAJwU\/AfV6pNoHzLAksXpT-AxN3S_9-ZGwvW5FgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/That%2BDarn%2BCat%2BDean%2BJones.jpg\" width=\"211\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E3. \u003Cb\u003E\"How do you follow a cat? They go through fences and culverts. They climb trees and phone poles.\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003EI \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Elove\u003C\/b\u003E \u003C\/span\u003Ethis line. The FBI agent who delivers it is so matter-of-fact. Not, \"Are you crazy?!\" Just a poetic description of cat behavior. It is followed by an equally poetic response: \u003Cb\u003E\"Wither he goest, you will go.\" \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E4. Patty to Kelso, \u003Cb\u003E\"You can save the hypocrisy. He knows you don't like him.\"\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E5. To Kelso's protest, \"He certainly can't understand what I'm\u0026nbsp; saying, can he?\" Patty responds, \u003Cb\u003E\"Not everything, of course. He's just a cat. \u003Ci\u003EMostly \u003C\/i\u003Eeverything.\"\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E6. The hilarious scene where Kelso temporarily thinks DC is speaking to him through the radio. \u003Cb\u003E\"Be patient...Say that again? Let's just try and pull ourselves together.\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-UlQwANbFG-k\/XwoHGfiISvI\/AAAAAAAAJv4\/CXVVXK1sTRQZs-VvIizHCl02EHsnpZccQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Full%2BFigure%2BShot%2BDC.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"479\" data-original-width=\"640\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-UlQwANbFG-k\/XwoHGfiISvI\/AAAAAAAAJv4\/CXVVXK1sTRQZs-VvIizHCl02EHsnpZccQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/Full%2BFigure%2BShot%2BDC.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E7.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cb\u003E \"I'm sorry but the cat's going out now. I've got to follow.\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E8.\u0026nbsp; Irritated Ingrid: \u003Cb\u003E\"That cat's about as helpless as the U.S. Marine Corps.\" \u003C\/b\u003E(In the books, the \u003Cu\u003Eolder\u003C\/u\u003E sister is DC's protector and apologist.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E9. Patty about DC: \u003Cb\u003E\"He's really diabolically clever.\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5PP_dt9qvAk\/XwoG-aLt0xI\/AAAAAAAAJvw\/pdYRyeojl6wbJlurMTExq8L9K1zKoQawQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/That%2BDarn%2BCat%2BKelso.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"768\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5PP_dt9qvAk\/XwoG-aLt0xI\/AAAAAAAAJvw\/pdYRyeojl6wbJlurMTExq8L9K1zKoQawQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/That%2BDarn%2BCat%2BKelso.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E10. Villain: \u003Cb\u003E\"The cat's bugged.\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E11. Kelso, trying to explain away the bug: \u003Cb\u003E\"What is he going to be dragging home next?!\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E12. And of course, DC trips the villain down the stairs. \u003Cb\u003E\"That darn cat!\" \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8547583424931271887\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=8547583424931271887","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/8547583424931271887"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/8547583424931271887"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/best-lines-about-cats.html","title":"Best Lines About Cats"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-T13vu4ocpO4\/XwoJNzunNSI\/AAAAAAAAJwM\/REBJcUEqjNsce06i6kbEaFlsUOq-pnlXACNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/That%2BDarn%2BCat%2BPoster.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-9164475475795366780"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-07T08:00:00.011-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-07T12:32:48.553-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"History"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Music"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Memory Lane: \"Take on Me\""},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"float: right; margin-left: 2em;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/djV11Xbc914\" width=\"300\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EI absolutely adored A-ha's \"Take on Me\" MTV video when I was younger.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is still fairly classic--for one, it's a great song and led me to discover that A-ha is \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A-ha\"\u003Estill around\u003C\/a\u003E--no longer technically together but the band lasted a surprisingly long time and the musicians are still doing musical stuff.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwo, the video has an actual story with an actual arc.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThree, the story--while a product of its time period (\u003Ci\u003ETron\u003C\/i\u003E meets the ubiquitous cafe of \u003Ci\u003EBack to the Future\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003ETerminator\u003C\/i\u003E plus the undying classical milieu of graphic novels)--is entirely comprehensible without inside knowledge. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn comparison, I also recently watched the\u0026nbsp; unchanging Cyndi Lauper in \"Time after Time.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"float: left; margin-right: 2em;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VdQY7BusJNU\" width=\"300\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EFantastic song. Amazing artiste. But the video--which \u003Cb\u003Eis\u003C\/b\u003E a story--seems entirely dependent on character context, the kind of video about which\u0026nbsp; my friends (back in the day) would have said, \"Oh, you've got to watch it over and over to get all the clues about their relationship!\" (Keep in mind: these videos were \u003Cb\u003Every\u003C\/b\u003E popular.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EKind of like watching Meatloaf's videos (and I'm a HUGE Meatloaf fan) where I feel like I need cliff-notes. (\u003Ci\u003EWhere exactly are they? Is this the same couple from \"Dashboard Light\"? When did they meet?\u003C\/i\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the 1980s world of story videos, A-ha's video still stands out.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI should mention: at least both these videos \u003Cb\u003Etell stories\u003C\/b\u003E--they're not some artistic rendering of someone's soul (\u003Ci\u003EOh, why don't you get me?\u003C\/i\u003E), which renderings are supposedly valuable simply because of the artists' reputations.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1980s artists worked really hard to be entertaining.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/9164475475795366780\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=9164475475795366780","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/9164475475795366780"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/9164475475795366780"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/memory-lane-take-on-me.html","title":"Memory Lane: \"Take on Me\""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/djV11Xbc914\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-6440358829558695441"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-02T08:00:00.009-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-06T09:29:40.419-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"A-Z Book Review Part 5"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Illustration"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"F is for Fondness (and Kids are Freaky)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-60iJBoC6pAE\/Xwmy8SqiybI\/AAAAAAAAJvQ\/i4OUKCr-O0UhwTNZhfN21jJYfV00-iR4QCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Corduroy%2BCover.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"294\" data-original-width=\"330\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-60iJBoC6pAE\/Xwmy8SqiybI\/AAAAAAAAJvQ\/i4OUKCr-O0UhwTNZhfN21jJYfV00-iR4QCNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/Corduroy%2BCover.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EFor \"F,\" I chose Don Freeman of \u003Ci\u003ECorduroy\u003C\/i\u003E fame.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI remembered \u003Ci\u003ECorduroy\u003C\/i\u003E so vividly in my own head, I was a little surprised to discover (1) the story is incredibly simple; (2) the book did not win the Caldecott. (The book was voted into the Teachers' Top 100 and in the top 100 by a \u003Ci\u003ESchool Library Journal\u003C\/i\u003E poll.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERegarding simplicity, I was reminded of Malcolm Gladwell's comments on \u003Ci\u003ESesame Street\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003EBlue's Clues\u003C\/i\u003E in his chapter about \"stickiness\" in \u003Ci\u003EThe Tipping Point\u003C\/i\u003E, which non-fiction book I recommend.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-i5AaAYkiK8Q\/Xwm0BmOBqbI\/AAAAAAAAJvY\/aFVNAzZcs9UT-676UGyiXgNd1D46DISHQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Blues%2BClues.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"445\" data-original-width=\"245\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-i5AaAYkiK8Q\/Xwm0BmOBqbI\/AAAAAAAAJvY\/aFVNAzZcs9UT-676UGyiXgNd1D46DISHQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Blues%2BClues.jpg\" width=\"176\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EGladwell makes the point that although adults like \u003Ci\u003ESesame Street\u003C\/i\u003E, little kids prefer\u003Ci\u003E Blue's Clues\u003C\/i\u003E. Adults find \u003Ci\u003EBlue's Clues\u003C\/i\u003E mind-numbing. But little kids will gravitate towards it, in part because it \u003Cb\u003Edoesn't\u003C\/b\u003E require constant attention, an observation that completely refutes the idea that kids who watch television are brain-dead automatons. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn other words, there is a difference between what attracts adults and what attracts kids.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn the universe of Venn diagrams, there is overlap, but the divide is important to remember. Many adults like \u003Ci\u003EFrozen\u003C\/i\u003E (I'm one of those who prefers \u003Ci\u003ETangled\u003C\/i\u003E--not that the movies have to be compared but they came out at the same time and were compared). However, even adults who like the movie are often utterly bewildered by the fascination of their little girls. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EScreeds have been written trying to explain that fascination. Eh. It just is. (The first time you witness two little girls arguing about which of their moms is Elsa--while wearing Elsa dresses and claiming the privilege of \u003Ci\u003Ebeing\u003C\/i\u003E Elsa--you confine the entire topic to the mind-heap of \"kids are freaky\" and move on.)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4n0Fbztnx4o\/Xwm0SiAnWoI\/AAAAAAAAJvk\/pMSUyCw1_8QuQPHW4xPU6yttHY03zGnTQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Corduroy%2BIllustration.png\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"486\" data-original-width=\"737\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4n0Fbztnx4o\/Xwm0SiAnWoI\/AAAAAAAAJvk\/pMSUyCw1_8QuQPHW4xPU6yttHY03zGnTQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Corduroy%2BIllustration.png\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIn any case, \u003Ci\u003ECorduroy\u003C\/i\u003E is a lovely book--however, I wasn't initially able to recapture whatever it was about the book that utterly enchanted me when I was young.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe second time I went through it, I decided my fond memories were connected to the idea-- wonderfully captured in \u003Ci\u003EFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler--\u003C\/i\u003Eof being awake and mobile in a department store\/place-with-stuff at night (weirdly enough, that is the one thing I remember about the strange, Greek myth-inspired 1980s movie \u003Ci\u003EMannequin\u003C\/i\u003E.)\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd I was fascinated by escalators.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThough--maybe it was something else. Kids are kids.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ECorduroy\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Cb\u003Eis\u003C\/b\u003E a lovely book. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6440358829558695441\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=6440358829558695441","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/6440358829558695441"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/6440358829558695441"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/f-is-forfondness-and-kids-are-strange.html","title":"F is for Fondness (and Kids are Freaky)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-60iJBoC6pAE\/Xwmy8SqiybI\/AAAAAAAAJvQ\/i4OUKCr-O0UhwTNZhfN21jJYfV00-iR4QCNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Corduroy%2BCover.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-111030458071937265"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-28T08:00:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-09-14T08:37:00.533-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Movies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Shakespeare"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Worth of Taming of the Shrew"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xsaPpcIz6QM\/Xu5PgukCURI\/AAAAAAAAJsU\/hnOdhAEGuzMHixYMflYGKidUXZTrApQQQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Shakespeare%2BRetold%2BTaming.JPG\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"705\" data-original-width=\"1278\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xsaPpcIz6QM\/Xu5PgukCURI\/AAAAAAAAJsU\/hnOdhAEGuzMHixYMflYGKidUXZTrApQQQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Shakespeare%2BRetold%2BTaming.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ERe-post from 2005\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E* * *\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn one of my undergrad classes, the issue of sexism in Shakespeare came up. We had just gone to see \u003Ci\u003ETaming of The Shrew\u003C\/i\u003E, and the class was divided into those who thought it might be sexist but hey, women can be jerks too; those who thought it was totally sexist; and the professor who thought that it wasn't sexist at all. (He was a huge Shakespeare fan and basically saw Shakespeare as a modern, thoroughly unspoiled liberal writer who could do no wrong—no sexism, no racism, no \"isms\" at all!) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI thought everyone was nuts, which may be typical for an undergrad but not very helpful. I can articulate better now what I thought then, so I will. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat I thought was (1) the play we had seen stank; (2) so, it's sexist--so what are you going to do about it?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EConcerning (2), I don't think anyone in the course \u003Cb\u003E(at that time)\u003C\/b\u003E was gunning for censorship. I think, if the issue had been pressed, education would have been promoted as an answer. That is: every production of \u003Ci\u003ETaming of the Shrew\u003C\/i\u003E should begin with an apology from the director and actors; it should end with a discussion led by a women's group, and the program should be embellished with essays by concerned professors who are afraid that the audience will, by watching the play, assume that wife-beating is okay.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-J09AnYyacl0\/Xu5MpBQh7rI\/AAAAAAAAJr4\/zchjYi_0_-M8tiFMNuq9MGtlHUKDbU8rgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Taming%2Bof%2BShrew%2BPoster.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"390\" data-original-width=\"255\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-J09AnYyacl0\/Xu5MpBQh7rI\/AAAAAAAAJr4\/zchjYi_0_-M8tiFMNuq9MGtlHUKDbU8rgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Taming%2Bof%2BShrew%2BPoster.jpg\" width=\"209\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EI'm not particularly opposed to apologies, discussions or essays, but they all so miss the point.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe most classic version of \u003Ci\u003ETaming of the Shrew\u003C\/i\u003E [not necessarily my favorite; my favorite is Shakespeare Retold's version with Henderson and Sewell] is Zeffirelli's Richard Burton\/Elizabeth Taylor production, \u003Cu\u003Eand it is magnificent\u003C\/u\u003E. It is magnificent for several reasons. First, the play is allowed to speak for itself. I don't mean that interpretation isn't involved--Zeffirelli's hand is omnipresent--but there's no attempt to create an application to our modern day.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe play that I saw as an undergrad, the one that stank, made such an attempt. Instead of being a beer-guzzling, larger than life, obnoxious, funny and ultimately chauvinistic nutcase, Petruchio was portrayed as a mild-mannered, sweet, well-meaning bleeding heart. Yeah, right. The relationship between Petruchio and Catarina was mended when Catarina realized that Petruchio was just trying to save her cultural embarrassment; it's all a game, honey, play along. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-q801mJz97Rk\/Xu5OcjqPm3I\/AAAAAAAAJsI\/lBMxXbFjLfMQobMHsv_Vx6tf4gjtIZzEQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Taylor%2BTaming%2Bof%2Bthe%2BShrew.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"354\" data-original-width=\"236\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-q801mJz97Rk\/Xu5OcjqPm3I\/AAAAAAAAJsI\/lBMxXbFjLfMQobMHsv_Vx6tf4gjtIZzEQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Taylor%2BTaming%2Bof%2Bthe%2BShrew.jpg\" width=\"213\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EElizabeth Taylor was criticized for not\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003Ebeing a true Shakespearan actor. Whatever.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EShe turns this scene into a demand rather than\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003Esupplication through sheer force of personality.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EIn the Zeffirelli version, Petruchio and Catarina have got so much chutzpah, sexual come hitherness and physical energy, they would probably kill anybody else they married (this was also true of Burton and Taylor). This Petruchio, unlike the (ironically) \u003Ci\u003Eappallingly chauvinistic\u003C\/i\u003E Petruchio of the \"modern interpretation,\" is never sure of Catarina. They will keep fighting until the day they die, and they will love every minute of it. And yeah, it freaks out most of us but as Joan Armatrading pointed out (possibly also ironically), some people are into that sort of thing. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe second reason Zeffirelli's \u003Ci\u003ETaming of the Shrew\u003C\/i\u003E is amazing is the last scene. I'm not a huge Elizabeth Taylor fan, but when she sweeps into the banquet hall, hauling her sister by one ear and the newly married widow by the other, she takes the room and the screen by storm. And then she gives the speech—THE speech—the chauvinistic speech about a woman's place. And it is a thing of beauty. It is gorgeous. You sit there, thinking, \"An ordinary, mortal, money-making playwright wrote this.\" Not a word wrong. The speech flows. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhich is the final wonderful thing about Zeffirelli's production: \u003Cb\u003Eit lets Shakespeare sing\u003C\/b\u003E. The cinematography is plush and colorful; the scenes are full of extras; the pace is hyperactive and alongside all this are the words, those stunning words that explain Shakespeare's reputation down the ages. Yeah, the man could descend to bad writing, but when his verse was good, \u003Ci\u003Eoh my\u003C\/i\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Fj83nsQJNC4\/Xu5PclqJ-BI\/AAAAAAAAJsQ\/x1YOYQnlEtIo66KUlPx42YDlkxk3dGksQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Leno%2BAllen%2BLast%2BMan%2BStanding.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Fj83nsQJNC4\/Xu5PclqJ-BI\/AAAAAAAAJsQ\/x1YOYQnlEtIo66KUlPx42YDlkxk3dGksQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Leno%2BAllen%2BLast%2BMan%2BStanding.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E[2020 tangent:] What is so sad about all the social justice people who kill art--even my readily offended classmates from many years ago--is that they are so busy focusing on message, they miss not only content but the sheer exuberance of caring about something for the sake of its beauty or wittiness or poetry. I recently watched \u003Ci\u003EFord v. Ferrari\u003C\/i\u003E. It was way too long for me and seemed a tad uneven though it was totally worth watching for Damon and Bale. The thing that struck me most was the power of \u003Ci\u003Ehobby\u003C\/i\u003E. It's the element that underscores \u003Ci\u003ELast Man Standing\u003C\/i\u003E and makes it more than about politics--and it is the element that literal-minded \"let's expurgate everything!\" types will never understand as they embroil themselves more and more in the mindset of petty politics.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECar guys have fun."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/111030458071937265\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=111030458071937265","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/111030458071937265"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/111030458071937265"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/the-worth-of-taming-of-shrew.html","title":"The Worth of \u003Cem\u003ETaming of the Shrew\u003C\/em\u003E"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xsaPpcIz6QM\/Xu5PgukCURI\/AAAAAAAAJsU\/hnOdhAEGuzMHixYMflYGKidUXZTrApQQQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Shakespeare%2BRetold%2BTaming.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-3276632479329896659"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-23T08:00:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-23T12:17:50.831-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Religion"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Another Reason I Detest Doomsdaying"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003EPerhaps the magnitude of the [degrading claims] gave the [leaders] second thoughts...One man, for one, concluded that, despite all the flaws of the court's procedures, which he always acknowledged, the sheer volume of [degrading claims] demonstrated just how important the...task was. As [he] explained in print and [on Twitter], those [claims] showed the [corrupt party] was laying a plot for \"rotting out the [correct way of thinking] in this country.\" In its place, [the corrupt party] could substitute \"perhaps a more gross [outrage] than ever the world saw before.\" Given the scale of the immediate crisis, it scarcely mattered that, by the man's interpretation [of expert opinions], which he was sharing at the time, the [end of the world] would probably begin in five years.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VHbFoNwtbjg\/Xu_x4pDcvgI\/AAAAAAAAJtA\/rwDuVb1OWYk0a3hZWJLti7OUPyZ6N67_gCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/End%2Bof%2Bthe%2BWorld%2B2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"867\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VHbFoNwtbjg\/Xu_x4pDcvgI\/AAAAAAAAJtA\/rwDuVb1OWYk0a3hZWJLti7OUPyZ6N67_gCNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/End%2Bof%2Bthe%2BWorld%2B2.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-goudVOjhPmo\/Xu_x0PjZ1qI\/AAAAAAAAJs8\/cEyqxm4mcugbRJd2IUuG6A2S2I7yHCU3gCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/End%2Bof%2Bthe%2BWorld%2B1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"829\" data-original-width=\"1100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-goudVOjhPmo\/Xu_x0PjZ1qI\/AAAAAAAAJs8\/cEyqxm4mcugbRJd2IUuG6A2S2I7yHCU3gCNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/End%2Bof%2Bthe%2BWorld%2B1.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ESo who is being described here--who is the passage about? Is it Trump going after the woke generation? Is the woke generation going after, well, everybody? Is it someone from the right? From the left? Is it the news?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's Cotton Mather, getting upset about witches.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe point: the language that THE END OF TIMES IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! And THAT GROUP IS RESPONSIBLE! And EVERYBODY WHO DOESN'T AGREE IS GOING TO MY VERSION OF HELL! has been around for a \u003Cb\u003Every\u003C\/b\u003E long time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt gets trotted out pretty much all the time. I grew up hearing it (not at home) from religious people \u003Cb\u003Eand\u003C\/b\u003E secular people. It was a kind of tepid, upstate New York, middle-class bourgeois \"I'm going to college next year\" version of how bad everything was and subsequently easily disregarded.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PbVJytFBIS0\/Xu_yGLtvKgI\/AAAAAAAAJtQ\/hperU0gCiecEcC5AsINSqkEdlo9p5z64ACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/End%2Bof%2Bthe%2BWorld%2B3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"183\" data-original-width=\"275\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PbVJytFBIS0\/Xu_yGLtvKgI\/AAAAAAAAJtQ\/hperU0gCiecEcC5AsINSqkEdlo9p5z64ACNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/End%2Bof%2Bthe%2BWorld%2B3.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIt can become more passionate and determined. Interestingly enough, it tends to build up not necessarily at the height of a culture's dominance but as that dominance begins to disintegrate.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-mZNTivrohVg\/Xu_yJADmzBI\/AAAAAAAAJtY\/anJ6I2uWOLY2thwgXndBP5afhnXB1NeiQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/End%2Bof%2Bthe%2BWorld%2B4.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"576\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-mZNTivrohVg\/Xu_yJADmzBI\/AAAAAAAAJtY\/anJ6I2uWOLY2thwgXndBP5afhnXB1NeiQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/End%2Bof%2Bthe%2BWorld%2B4.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIn \u003Ci\u003EHot Protestants\u003C\/i\u003E, Michael Winship makes an argument that is echoed in other books about Salem but is especially well-stated in his fascinating analysis: \u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003EThe Salem disaster is often treated as the defining expression of American puritanism. But it was an expression of American puritanism in its fevered death throes, after it had been thrown in to a disastrous terrifying imperial war and the old brakes on witch-hunts had been removed, both by powers beyond puritanism's control.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003EWith Salem, the conviction rate of witches in New England rose from 25 percent to 100 percent. The magistrates were not true believers. They were political animals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf course, Cotton Mather was a true believer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe end of everything did not arrive 5 years later. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3276632479329896659\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=3276632479329896659","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/3276632479329896659"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/3276632479329896659"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/another-reason-i-detest-doomsdaying.html","title":"Another Reason I Detest Doomsdaying"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VHbFoNwtbjg\/Xu_x4pDcvgI\/AAAAAAAAJtA\/rwDuVb1OWYk0a3hZWJLti7OUPyZ6N67_gCNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/End%2Bof%2Bthe%2BWorld%2B2.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-6394797001538646112"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-21T08:00:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-21T08:42:42.822-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sitcoms"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Television"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bloopers of Bloopers and Red Hair"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-R_miqZOnKEI\/XuUFuQFCW0I\/AAAAAAAAJpA\/s1dpoBkoPcUt6aUBBnwo7aV_6wrWKetCACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Mike%2BEd%2BLast%2BMan.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1067\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-R_miqZOnKEI\/XuUFuQFCW0I\/AAAAAAAAJpA\/s1dpoBkoPcUt6aUBBnwo7aV_6wrWKetCACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Mike%2BEd%2BLast%2BMan.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ESometimes I'm reading bloopers on Amazon videos, and I think, \"But that's not a mistake.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESure, there's stuff like, \"You can see the cameramen reflected in the window\" or \"Obviously, the 'yard' in the sit-com is a carpet.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut occasionally, the \"mistakes\" are either poetic license or not mistakes at all.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn one \u003Ci\u003ELast Man Standing\u003C\/i\u003E episode, Mike gets on Ed's case about his treatment of employees. He says something along the lines of, \"You had employees work that day.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"It was a Thursday.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"It was Thanksgiving!\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EThis was supposedly a blooper because the episode aired \u003Cu\u003Ebefore\u003C\/u\u003E Thanksgiving. But the first time I saw the episode, I never assumed that Mike was referring to \u003Cb\u003Ethat\u003C\/b\u003E year's Thanksgiving. I thought he was calling on some past year's Thanksgiving to make his point.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-mKocjdt3OZQ\/XuUG-mZo_2I\/AAAAAAAAJpQ\/1CwsRdrTkpUwCoQvlbC3WL8pw46tGzRrACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Opie%2BAndy%2BAunt%2BBee.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"333\" data-original-width=\"500\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-mKocjdt3OZQ\/XuUG-mZo_2I\/AAAAAAAAJpQ\/1CwsRdrTkpUwCoQvlbC3WL8pw46tGzRrACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Opie%2BAndy%2BAunt%2BBee.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThe weirdest so-called blooper was the critic who got snarky about when \u003Ci\u003EThe Andy Griffith Show\u003C\/i\u003E went from black \u0026amp; white to color and, wow, look, red-haired Opie has a dark-haired father! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUh, hullo, dark-haired parents do have red-headed kids--and red-headed parents have dark-haired children. I checked my mundane knowledge (my mother's mom had red-hair; my parents have dark hair; one of my brothers is sandy-blond but grows a red beard). Here is what I discovered from \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/howtobearedhead.com\/the-big-question-will-you-have-a-redhead-baby\/\"\u003E\"The Big Question: Will You Have a Red-Headed Baby?\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003EIf only one parent has the locks but the other is a carrier, the baby’s chances are 50\/50. If neither of you are red but you both are carriers, you have a one in four chance of a fiery-haired child. And, sorry to say, if only one parent is not a carrier (even though the other is), you’ve got no shot...Even though you might not be a redhead yourself, studies estimate that 25 percent of Caucasian Americans carry the ginger gene, so if you fall into this category you might end up with a redheaded baby when you’re least expecting it.  \u003C\/blockquote\u003EBy the way, we never see Opie's mom.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMy main thought when I read that \"blooper\": Didn't the critic know \u003Cb\u003Eany\u003C\/b\u003E families with redheads?\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBack to bloopers, I do a kick out of all the car guys who make corrections to dialog in \u003Ci\u003EHome Improvement\u003C\/i\u003E--it seems to be out of love for the discipline rather than a desire to \"show up\" the writers. "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6394797001538646112\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=6394797001538646112","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/6394797001538646112"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/6394797001538646112"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/bloopers-of-bloopers.html","title":"Bloopers of Bloopers and Red Hair"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-R_miqZOnKEI\/XuUFuQFCW0I\/AAAAAAAAJpA\/s1dpoBkoPcUt6aUBBnwo7aV_6wrWKetCACNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Mike%2BEd%2BLast%2BMan.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-6512891461881881364"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-16T08:00:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-22T10:54:13.734-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Star Trek"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Television"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Shatner as Kirk Deserves Applause"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-x7UJjIxNyPk\/XtxGF7Z05kI\/AAAAAAAAJog\/9xJkXo8BW30oE-aselkCVIxHT3z_f5EigCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Kirk%2BSpock%2BMirror%2BMirror.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"230\" data-original-width=\"430\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-x7UJjIxNyPk\/XtxGF7Z05kI\/AAAAAAAAJog\/9xJkXo8BW30oE-aselkCVIxHT3z_f5EigCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Kirk%2BSpock%2BMirror%2BMirror.JPG\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EI'm not going to discuss which captain is best. Hey, I like them all!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI do think William Shatner as Kirk doesn't always get the recognition he deserves.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'm not referring to the \u003Cb\u003Etype\u003C\/b\u003E of captain he represents. So many arguments about the \"best captain\" seem to revolve around Picard's diplomatic style versus Kirk's in-the-action style. Again, I feel no need to rank them.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'm referring, rather, to Shatner's understanding of Kirk. There is a great scene in \"Mirror, Mirror,\" \u003Ci\u003EThe Original Series\u003C\/i\u003E, Season 2. Kirk and several members of the original Enterprise have transported onto an alternate \"mirror\" Enterprise. This mirror Enterprise is about to eradicate the population of a planet. The course of action is, of course, repulsive to Kirk, but he can't simply declare his disgust. He has to protect himself and his fellow crew members--to get them back to \u003Ci\u003Etheir\u003C\/i\u003E Enterprise.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-W504SZxOS1M\/XtxFyJwv_lI\/AAAAAAAAJoQ\/NiKtldZG8HwCrEaZF5Iv-sB_vsflEdNJACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Shatner%2BKirk%2BMirror%2BMirror.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"728\" data-original-width=\"814\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-W504SZxOS1M\/XtxFyJwv_lI\/AAAAAAAAJoQ\/NiKtldZG8HwCrEaZF5Iv-sB_vsflEdNJACNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Shatner%2BKirk%2BMirror%2BMirror.JPG\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EHe goes to the bridge. Mirror Sulu asks if he wants to fire on the planet. Mirror Spock, looking very dapper in a goatee, is standing nearby.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"No,\" Kirk says very, very quietly.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is such an impressive choice. He doesn't bellow or strut his stuff. He doesn't wave his arms about. In terms of sheer angry bombast, he can't really win; this is a practically piratical crew that will take him to pieces at the slightest hint of weakness.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"No,\" he says, and his emphatic quiet tone carries far more weight than any argument. In the context, it is very nearly a threat.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EShatner as Kirk made a lot of choices along these lines. He deserves credit for all of them.\u0026nbsp; "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6512891461881881364\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=6512891461881881364","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/6512891461881881364"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/6512891461881881364"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/shatner-as-kirk-deserves-applause.html","title":"Shatner as Kirk Deserves Applause"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-x7UJjIxNyPk\/XtxGF7Z05kI\/AAAAAAAAJog\/9xJkXo8BW30oE-aselkCVIxHT3z_f5EigCNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Kirk%2BSpock%2BMirror%2BMirror.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-6747728290353217081"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-11T08:00:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-11T08:10:10.089-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"A-Z Book Review Part 5"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Illustration"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"E is for Eastman and Eccentricity"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--mVKBaHQ66o\/Xtquul5kq2I\/AAAAAAAAJnM\/OvOBGDypNcQZW5s9f05X7ktuSOQHZvOUQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Eastman%2BGo%2BDog%2BGo.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"175\" data-original-width=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--mVKBaHQ66o\/Xtquul5kq2I\/AAAAAAAAJnM\/OvOBGDypNcQZW5s9f05X7ktuSOQHZvOUQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Eastman%2BGo%2BDog%2BGo.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EOr, rather, caprice.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI had a difficult time with \"E\" because all the authors that came to mind were chapter-book authors, as opposed to picture book authors\/illustrators.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-wz1rEkS4dNk\/Xtquw9CQ2EI\/AAAAAAAAJnQ\/--SMCk7wXm42_p7J5MTJ5i_mgA82_x6vACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Are%2BYou%2BMy%2BMother.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"300\" data-original-width=\"221\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-wz1rEkS4dNk\/Xtquw9CQ2EI\/AAAAAAAAJnQ\/--SMCk7wXm42_p7J5MTJ5i_mgA82_x6vACNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/Are%2BYou%2BMy%2BMother.jpg\" width=\"147\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EP.D. Eastman, who published from the 1950s through the 1970s, deserves to be commended for his work--and here is his \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pdeastmanbooks.com\/books\/\"\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E. He was in fact a protege of Dr. Seuss and a cartoonist in his own right.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd yet, I cannot remember being drawn to a single one of his books as a child.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI recognize them. And I probably read them. But they interested me not a whit.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--4-Azk2PKIM\/Xtq0MkXMwHI\/AAAAAAAAJns\/OQwNR1ZLx7gvCLmlfekcnt8Y6eN8emuOACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Enright%2BIllustrator.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1024\" data-original-width=\"883\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--4-Azk2PKIM\/Xtq0MkXMwHI\/AAAAAAAAJns\/OQwNR1ZLx7gvCLmlfekcnt8Y6eN8emuOACNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/Enright%2BIllustrator.jpg\" width=\"171\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt brings up an interesting possibility: that children already have intensely personal, non-socially-induced likes and dislikes from the get-go. And that is rather astonishing!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4cq7z7ujOAI\/Xtqy8W3ziRI\/AAAAAAAAJng\/5N_MSYvA3nITNhCOwKjxSJNnHu75JpmAACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Mrs%2BBeggs%2Band%2Bthe%2BWizard.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"279\" data-original-width=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4cq7z7ujOAI\/Xtqy8W3ziRI\/AAAAAAAAJng\/5N_MSYvA3nITNhCOwKjxSJNnHu75JpmAACNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Mrs%2BBeggs%2Band%2Bthe%2BWizard.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EI was drawn to Elizabeth Enright's drawings as early as I can remember. I became a fan of Trina Schart Hyman as soon as I figured out who she was. I adored Mercer Mayer's monster\/magical books--so much so that I tracked down \u003Ci\u003EMrs. Beggs and the Wizard\u003C\/i\u003E years later. I didn't care for Maurice Sendak despite my mother being a tremendous fan. However, I greatly admire Sendak's \u003Ci\u003EWhere the Wild Things Are\u003C\/i\u003E. Dr. Seuss books were in our house (and I will discuss them in a later post) but eh...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-LOWxDCLnO1Q\/Xtq152RBSoI\/AAAAAAAAJn4\/xVBiVurrURoyobv0ye5MPm2QZI0or2bKQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Cicely%2BMary%2BBarker.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"512\" data-original-width=\"361\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-LOWxDCLnO1Q\/Xtq152RBSoI\/AAAAAAAAJn4\/xVBiVurrURoyobv0ye5MPm2QZI0or2bKQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/Cicely%2BMary%2BBarker.jpg\" width=\"140\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EOkay, it is lovely.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EI was a huge fan of Cicely Mary Barker--and still have a couple of \u003Ci\u003EFlower Fairies\u003C\/i\u003E books--which kind of surprises me now.\u0026nbsp; I didn't really get Quentin Blake or Edward Gorey completely but they stuck in my head, and I find them drop-dead hilarious as an adult. I was over the moon in love with the cover of Lloyd Alexander's \u003Ci\u003EThe Book of Three\u003C\/i\u003E and frankly read the book for its cover the first time (I went on to collect the series). This was my Luke Skywalker phase.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI didn't much like the 1970s covers for the Narnia books, but I like them now, and the collection I own \u003Cb\u003Eis\u003C\/b\u003E the 1970s collection. I \u003Cu\u003Ealways\u003C\/u\u003E adored Pauline Baynes' illustrations and still consider them to be without compare.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECharles Mikolaycak,  Jan Pienkowski--there's a reason I'm doing a separate list for fairy tale illustrators\/writers! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-AfBcipmhFpY\/XtqyxXBMBPI\/AAAAAAAAJnc\/FD2WPTyx2SEmd7VBvlGcFO5P5D7bwuBZwCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Book%2Bof%2BThree%2BAlexander.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"407\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-AfBcipmhFpY\/XtqyxXBMBPI\/AAAAAAAAJnc\/FD2WPTyx2SEmd7VBvlGcFO5P5D7bwuBZwCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Book%2Bof%2BThree%2BAlexander.jpg\" width=\"217\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6747728290353217081\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=9721761\u0026postID=6747728290353217081","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/6747728290353217081"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/9721761\/posts\/default\/6747728290353217081"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/katewoodbury.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/e-is-for-eastman-and-eccentricity.html","title":"E is for Eastman and Eccentricity"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Katherine Woodbury"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14364517253667798449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-D4lO09dBTUc\/XJofW58HDsI\/AAAAAAAAHlo\/upwndz9HgH8ffN65SvbwACDUqBsnJXB7gCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/Kate%2BBy%2BEve%2BHart.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--mVKBaHQ66o\/Xtquul5kq2I\/AAAAAAAAJnM\/OvOBGDypNcQZW5s9f05X7ktuSOQHZvOUQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Eastman%2BGo%2BDog%2BGo.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});