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You Remind Me of the Babe…
I blame Timothy Dalton… and David Bowie. Definitely Harrison Ford and Charles Dance and Richard Chamberlain and Leslie Howard. And quite possibly James Spader, though I keep wavering on that one – I’m just not sure if he’s her father … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, masculinities, Romance
Tagged Buffy, Cleopatra, Dirty Dancing, fantasy, jane eyre, Jareth, Labyrinth, Little Women, masculinities, movies, Pygmalion, Rebecca, shipping, star wars, The Thorn Birds, Valentine's Day
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Worth the nod?
The Golden Globes will start later this evening, and the balloting phase for the Academy Awards has been over for two days. That gives me a limited window to speculate on who I think will at least get Oscar nods … Continue reading
Posted in Academy Awards, Culture
Tagged fantasy, movies, nominees, oscars, predictions, star wars
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Why do bridges in Star Wars never have railings?
THE FOLLOWING THINK-PIECE IS FULL OF SPOILERS FOR STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS. YOU REALLY SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SEE IT BY NOW. READ AT YOUR OWN PERIL. OR, BETTER YET, JUST TRY WALKING ACROSS A BRIDGE TOWARDS A MAN … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, Culture, Musings, The Empire Strikes Back
Tagged character death, christmas, fantasy, force awakens, Han Solo, harrison ford, heroism, indiana jones, kylo ren, movies, Princess Leia, rant, Rhett Butler, spoilers, star wars
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“There’s No Getting Away From It If You’re Irish”: Gender, The Irish Diaspora, and Gone With The Wind
It might be the most famous rejection in literary history. Aware too late that she has made a horrible mistake for the past dozen years, Scarlett O’Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler runs through the mist to tell Rhett that she loves … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Gender, Gone With The Wind, Irish Diaspora, Land, masculinities, The Empire Strikes Back
Tagged American Civil War, crisis of masculinity, ethnicity, feminism, frankly my dear, Gerald O'Hara, Gone With The Wind, Han Solo, Irish Catholicism, irish diaspora, literature, manliness, Margaret Mitchell, masculinities, Princess Leia, Reconstruction, Rhett Butler, Scarlett O'Hara, star wars, Tara, The Empire Strikes Back
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Bookiness – A Positively Final Appearance (1999) by Sir Alec Guinness
A Positively Final Appearance by Alec Guinness My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you only know Sir Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, then you’re missing a bit. A lot, actually. Things like Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence … Continue reading
Posted in Book Recs
Tagged 1990s, actors, London, memoirs, movies, obi-wan, Sir Alec Guinness, star wars
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Mid-Atlantic Musings 