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Friday Musin'

19 years ago

Been busy of late. Had a midterm test in Southern Literature today. T'weren't bad, 25 terms, like local color and southwestern humour, and about five pages of writing. I am enjoying this class immensely. We are still covering what's on the syllybi, but that's only takes two of the four hour that is each class. The second two hours are movie time. The instructor says it's her summer class (she has tenure) and summer classes should be fun. So we had changed concentration in mid stream, so to speak. The class will cover the basic stuff, but it is also now a study in the plays of Tennessee Williams. So far we have watched A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. We will be watching others, like Night of the Iguana and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. Will take popcorn and cokes for each one.

The heat and humidity are here. Next week is a holiday and methinks I will move the big boat to a more convenient marina. Wednesday is the fourth of July and Decatur will have a celebrate on the river at Point Malard. If thunderstorms aren't about I will be there about...

Time to go to the local grocery store and see what to pick up to cook. Have a left over steak to go with whatever seafood I can find. Will have a simple salad and a glass of wine. Only one glass 'causin' I'm a-gettin' on the rivah this evenin', raht a-fore sundown. It will still be hot, but the sun won't do any damage at that hour.

It's Friday, and the start of a weekend, so I will leave you with a happy Happy Tune....

Elia

Comments (12)

  • 19 years ago

    What a great class. A little brain food, a fine meal then relaxing on the river sounds idyllic any day. josh

  • 19 years ago

    Some of those movies can provide interesting discussions about how Hollywood takes liberties with the author's original works.

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  • 19 years ago

    Sometimes it hard to distinguish the changes done due to the Hayes code or the script writer taking liberties with the original screen play because of his/her ego. We do discuss the differences, though.

  • 19 years ago

    Michael, you have a lot of interesting films ahead. The Hays Code ran from 1930 until 1968, so many of your movies wouldn't come under that set of guidelines, which were pretty rigid. There are a different set of guidelines nowadays yet somehow even their criteria gets a bit fast and loose sometimes.

    It might be a good thread for you to give a report on each one as you see it. I think it would be interesting.

  • 19 years ago

    ok, I need enlightening, what's the Hays Code?

  • 19 years ago

    The Movie Police.

    It was a film production code begun by the Catholic Legion of Decency that regulated what themes, ideas, and amount of skin could be shown in a movie.

  • 19 years ago

    Oh dear! The Legion of Decency! I remember the thrill of sneaking off to see Never on Sunday at the show that had been given a "C" for Condemned rating by that august body. I expected it to be a really shocking movie & at the age of 11 or 12 I thought it was mostly a snooze. LOL! I later learned that it got the Condemned rating because the Melina Mercuri (sp?) character was a unrepentant prostitute who lived happily ever after in the movie without getting what the church thought should be her just desserts.

  • 19 years ago

    Thank you for linking that for me. The Legion of Decency almost sounds like a name for a bad movie...

    And I learned some more history today - I'm sure the Legion of Decency is turning over in their respective graves given was is in movies now, lol. Those members sure did take themselves way too seriously - one of their rules was not being able to poke fun of anyone who was clergy in a movie.

  • 19 years ago

    Oh I can remember them reading the Legion of Decency ratings at our Sunday masses...that old Catholic guilt they put on us...but most went to see the movies anyways lol.

  • 19 years ago

    "When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives." ~Heinlein

  • 19 years ago

    I'd amend that quote to say that the result is usually guaranteed to life the box office receipts. Forbidden fruit is always sweet.

  • 19 years ago

    Remember the old "Banned in Boston" days too...haven't heard that term in awhile. They must have had their own panel of folks sitting around reading books and watching movies....funny it never seemed to worry the panel members that they were being corrupted...lol And you're right, Andie, it sure made you want too see what all the fuss was about...lol josh

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