Nov. 4th, 2012

Neil Gaiman

Nov. 4th, 2012 08:00 am
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“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose.”

-- Neil Gaiman

I don't know if I feel quite that intimately about my books. I am pretty promiscuous, and I usually love the one that I am with. But, yeah, I don't like picking favorites, either.
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Rita Hayworth, Gilda (1946)

Gilda is a 1946 American black-and-white film noir directed by Charles Vidor. It stars Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth in her signature role as the ultimate femme fatale. The film was noted for cinematographer Rudolph Mate's lush photography, costume designer Jean Louis' wardrobe for Hayworth (particularly for the dance numbers), and choreographer Jack Cole's staging of "Put the Blame on Mame" and "Amado Mio", sung by Anita Ellis

The Plot and Videos )
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Actor and outspoken liberal John Cusack is developing a movie about conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, Cusack's production company said Friday.

The working title is "Rush," Cusack's New Crime Productions confirmed, offering no other details.

Hollywood director Betty Thomas, who's set to work on the film, said the production company is putting finishing touches on a script that will star the actor. Production is set for next year, Thomas said.


-- ONTD

That should be interesting. I hope Cusack tries to play it fair, because Limbaugh is extreme enough without having to purposely execute a hatchet job on the man. Limbaugh parodies himself. You merely have to hold up the mirror to nature.
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In which Emmanuel Goldstein expounds on the relatively fixed historical dynamics of the High, the Middle, and the wretched Low.

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The aims of these three groups are entirely irreconcilable. The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle is to change places with the High. The aim of the Low, when they have an aim - for it is an abiding characteristic of the Low that they are too much crushed by drudgery to be more than intermittently conscious of anything outside their daily lives - is to abolish all distinctions and create a society in which all men are created equal. Thus throughout history a struggle which is the same in its main outlines recurs over and over again. For long periods the High seem to be securely in power, but sooner or later there always comes a moment when they lose either their belief in themselves, or their capacity to govern efficiently, or both. They are then overthrown by the Middle, who enlist the Low on their side by pretending to them that they are fighting for liberty and justice. As soon as they have reached their objective, the Middle thrust the Low back into their old position of servitude, and themselves become the High. Presently a new Middle group splits off from one of the other groups, or from both of them, and the struggle begins over again. Of the three groups, only the Low are never even temporarily successful in achieving their aims.

-- “1984” by George Orwell

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Having recognized this historical pattern, of course, opens the door to seizing on the pattern and exploiting it.
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Since I was up and awake during the small hours of the dark and stormy morning, praying for Coco's safe return to the fold, I began Neil Gaiman's "American Gods". I had high hopes for the novel, but after the first ten pages, I don't think I am going to be able to finish it. Although this is ostensibly a grown-up book, it feels to me like Gaiman would be more comfortable sticking to children's fare, as he seems more comfortable talking at their level, and the narrative is just not engaging my imagination. Regardless, I want to give the book at least fifty pages to light my fire, before I have to plunk down some cash at the Kindle Store. Funny thing, he is a writer whose life I like to follow on the Internet through his blogs, but it does not look like I am ever going to become one of his readers. Well, sometimes the chemistry is simply not there.

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