Everything is fresh and new! And freaky!
It's a fresh, crisp spring day. The air is cool and clear. It's the beginning of a new week. Boscoe's and Gray-ham's blogs have cool new looks. The Cachinnator has a new cachinnation photo. Forky is starting rehearsal on a new show. Even little old A-Dub has changed her blog's look to incorporate new, fresher colors!
So why is this morning such a tremendous drag? Why could A-Dub barely drag herself out of bed this morning to face this stunning new day? Why is A-Dub referring to herself in the third person?
I don't know. But there you have it. Even two new myspace friends this morning couldn't make me crack a smile! Nothing could... until I received my Turner Classic Movies newsletter this morning. My friends, on May 22, TCM is airing Tod Browning's classic pre-code cult favorite, Freaks. If you like camp, shocks, and the avant-garde, this is one of the best movies of all timeThe cast is made up of real side-show performers from 1930s carnival acts, yet the film somehow retains a real sensitivity. While exploiting the actors for shock value, it also humanizes them and sympathizes with them. It's just... really, really good. This is definitely tivo-worthy material. Check it out!
So why is this morning such a tremendous drag? Why could A-Dub barely drag herself out of bed this morning to face this stunning new day? Why is A-Dub referring to herself in the third person?
I don't know. But there you have it. Even two new myspace friends this morning couldn't make me crack a smile! Nothing could... until I received my Turner Classic Movies newsletter this morning. My friends, on May 22, TCM is airing Tod Browning's classic pre-code cult favorite, Freaks. If you like camp, shocks, and the avant-garde, this is one of the best movies of all timeThe cast is made up of real side-show performers from 1930s carnival acts, yet the film somehow retains a real sensitivity. While exploiting the actors for shock value, it also humanizes them and sympathizes with them. It's just... really, really good. This is definitely tivo-worthy material. Check it out!
"We'll Make Her One of Us!" From the gibbering mouths of these weird creatures came this frenzied cry... no wonder she cringed in horror... this beautiful woman who dared toy with the love of one of them!
posted by AmberO at Sleeping is for Sissies at 11:00 AM
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Hi A-Dub! I'm digging the new chocolate colored background. It just says...chocolate. And that is never a bad thing!
Is that the actual tag line for the movie?
According to imdb, it's one of them. The others are:
"Can a full grown woman truly love a MIDGET ?"
"The Strangest... The Most Startling Human Story Ever Screened... Are You Afraid To Believe What Your Eyes See?"
and
"The Love Story of a SIREN, a GIANT, and a DWARF!"
I love old movies. This one looks a little freaky...but I could TiVo it. Sirens, giants & dwarfs OH MY!
Thanks for the nice transish...
You might add 'Ozma of Oz' (book 3) to your list after 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. It'll make your reading of 'Wicked' a little more, well, enjoyable.
To make it even MORE enjoyable, don't read 'Wicked' at all. Just read the first three Oz books in order (they're QUICK reads). 'The Marvelous Land of Oz' (book 2) is Baum's BRILLIANT critique of the feminist movement of the day. Not saying I AGREE with him, but the allegory is so totally under the radar that most people don't even realize it's there. After book 2, all the Oz books just become fairy tales.
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