tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post3160983093303423610..comments2023-10-06T08:10:05.853-04:00Comments on Necromancy Never Pays: MaulJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-54350529629183941202011-05-10T08:41:13.836-04:002011-05-10T08:41:13.836-04:00also, Trapunto, since you watched the movie, Elean...also, Trapunto, since you watched the movie, Eleanor would like to say that the "biting some jam" scene is her favorite!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-37701729689973042032011-05-09T13:58:31.909-04:002011-05-09T13:58:31.909-04:00Yes, I meant that we called the Ben Barnes movie &...Yes, I meant that we called the Ben Barnes movie "Dorian Gray Gets Some Tail"! It was pretty funny, but we enjoyed the heck out of it; my daughter and I can gaze at a screen with Ben Barnes on it until our jaws go slack...so yeah, maybe about ten minutes. <br /><br />The musical was called Olivia Twist, and Eleanor played a character named "Doriana Fagin" to show what a mash-up it was.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-2279827830220191492011-05-09T12:43:49.049-04:002011-05-09T12:43:49.049-04:00Lord, I just watched that movie a few weeks ago! D...Lord, I just watched that movie a few weeks ago! Do you mean you called the musical Dorian Gray Gets Some Tail, or the movie with Ben Barnes?--because that is a perfect name for the movie!<br /><br />The pain was too much for my husband after about 10 minutes (he had just read the book), but I watched the whole thing then stayed up until 1 in the morning trawling the internet for the pleasure of an eviscerating review. (I was hoping for one by A.O. Scott, but it appears the film was beneath the Times' notice--probably just as well for Mr. Barnes' career.)<br /><br />Describing the fringed and tasseled Victorian orgies and randomly inserted Edwardian action sequence and crude psychoanalytic and romantic subplots to Der Mann the next day was a lot more fun than actually sitting through them. I wish I could have seen it with you and your bunch!Trapuntohttp://villanegativa.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-78092178104351340162011-05-07T13:23:49.817-04:002011-05-07T13:23:49.817-04:00Trapunto, also--that reminds me of the Ben Barnes/...Trapunto, also--that reminds me of the Ben Barnes/Colin Firth Dorian Gray movie we just watched, because the musical was a combination of Oliver Twist and Dorian Gray--we call it Dorian Gray Gets Some Tail.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-9335303005559916872011-05-07T13:21:48.801-04:002011-05-07T13:21:48.801-04:00Trapunto, yes, I agree; some of the gender stuff w...Trapunto, yes, I agree; some of the gender stuff was unsettlingly along the lines of "the more things change, the more they stay the same."Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-9347214015757890452011-05-06T17:31:08.839-04:002011-05-06T17:31:08.839-04:00Noble task, heroically completed!
I had many of t...Noble task, heroically completed!<br /><br />I had many of the same feelings about Maul, I really enjoyed your review.<br /><br />I was disappointed with the future women. Even thought they were played for laughs, but I *couldn't* believe the qualities discussed be the qualities of celebrity studs. Some of those scenes felt to me (in a way I now can't describe since it's been so long since reading the book) as if they were unconsciously supporting some of the traditionally sexist ideas they were meant to be absurdly commenting upon.Trapuntohttp://villanegativa.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-59191464218573830342011-05-05T08:26:42.456-04:002011-05-05T08:26:42.456-04:00Jenners, it's true that the characters in Maul...Jenners, it's true that the characters in Maul are not what you and I would call well-adjusted. And it's true that what I remember about being a teenager is colored daily by what I see my own teenagers going through. But still, the construction worker passage really captures something of what I used to feel about being in that situation.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-7057352530490355472011-05-04T19:51:22.330-04:002011-05-04T19:51:22.330-04:00Congrats on surviving the musical!
and Maul does...Congrats on surviving the musical! <br /><br />and Maul does sound provocative...too bad it didn't quite hang together. But reading those quotes, either I have forgotten what it was like to be a teen or I was just a more nerdy well-adjusted goodie goodie teen.Jennershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044537551139633301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-56674084634162345422011-05-02T21:08:09.674-04:002011-05-02T21:08:09.674-04:00Jenny, I actually learned a lot. I think I was too...Jenny, I actually learned a lot. I think I was too tired to make my tie to the novel explicit, but it seemed like it was over just as I was learning the rules of the game!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-14751243357240673232011-05-02T21:02:39.017-04:002011-05-02T21:02:39.017-04:00Congratulations on the end of the high school musi...Congratulations on the end of the high school musical! You are the champion of all the musical directors in the world!Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com