Put in the tags the completely finished (whether cancelled or wrapped up on its own terms) TV series that has YOUR perfect ending, however you define that
Please donāt include huge spoilers for the specifics of the endings, and it would also make me happy if people donāt use this to talk about the shows whose endings they hated
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My memory of The Birdcage (1996) is always that it's more dated and more difficult to watch than it actually is. You hear "drag-themed comedy from the 90s based on a musical from the 80s based on a play from the 70s" and you brace yourself just a little, right? But the film has a strong gay perspective, so the fruity fag jokes mostly come off as warmly affectionate. There is a surprising amount of poignancy in Robin Williams' portrayal of Armand, grudgingly agreeing to his beloved son's request that he go back into the closet for an evening ("do me a favor and don't talk to me for a while"). The drag club's staff attempting to redecorate the apartment with stuff straight people might like (a taxidermy moose head, an enormous crucifix, and Playboy magazine) is extremely funny. Albert's histrionics are a point of tension because he does often come off as a stereotypically pathetic/comic figure, but towards the end of the movie he makes it very clear that he's aware of how people see him, and asserts that trying to copy a stoic masculinity he doesn't possess for the sake of social approval would be more pathetic. In the 1983 musical adaptation, they give "Albert" (Albin) the only good song in the whole show, "I Am What I Am", which Gloria Gaynor covered to the delight of gays everywhere. Apparently Nathan Lane wasn't (publicly) out yet in 1996, which is amazing because it means that at one point in this movie you're watching a gay man playing a straight man playing a gay man playing a straight man, in a movie about how it's important to be yourself, an absurdity that does seem to encapsulate the state of gay America in the 90s.
I'm seeing a couple of posts circulating about the gay 90s and this movie. The above is a very good summary, and I think it's worth adding a few other points.
This movie got made because Robin Williams said yes to it (and it's important that Gene Hackman did as well). Williams in the 90s was a mega-star of a type that's not present in the current media environment (maybe Tom Cruise, but I personally think that's echo from his salad days). Even his flops made money on the back end in the video rental market, which also doesn't exist anymore (streaming is different). Hackman was on the other side of his A-list career but still Hollywood nobility if not full royalty.
Playing gay was considered career suicide in the 90s. There had been a number of actors who put lie to that belief stretching back decades, but this was Williams and Hackman (yes, being on screen next to a gay character was enough to get you blacklisted) saying "screw that" and doing it anyway.
Being gay and out was career suicide in the 90s.
Nathan Lane had a really nice gig going for himself. The Lion King put him into the Disney rep company with people like Williams, Bette Midler, and Whoopie Goldberg (check their IMBD list from the 90s--they were making bank at Disney).
Lane didn't come out until several years later (nice summary: https://deadline.com/2024/06/nathan-lane-robin-williams-advice-coming-out-birdcage-1235975010/).
I don't want to imply that this was a Sorkinized moment where everything changed because of one thing, but this was a very important movie that caused real movement in the needle on queer acceptance.
It also proved that there was a market for films with gay characters, which had the knock-on effect of gay filmmakers being able to find distributors of their gay-themed films. Which meant that more people than ever (queer and non-queer) got to see representation on-screen.
As a duck I am stuck with getting movies from the library so thank you for not putting Mifune on the mustache hotties poll because it will take forever to get his films from another county.
Also thank you for not including Errol Flynn (A Constant Disappointment IRL) and Clark Gable (Man Who Refuses To Bathe AND Brush His Teeth).
You have also delivered to me the knowledge of more beautiful mustaches which is *Priceless*. I will share my grapes with you *quack quack*.
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i actually didn't include either of them because i forgot lol. and idk if ducks can stream things but if so, Seven Samurai is available on Tubi!
anyway lets have some bonus mustaches
who is the hottest old movie mustache haver? (part 2)
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Yes-Stabbing Tuesdays* are a go! Feel free to stab some fabric š , some yarn š§¶ , your fandom fave šļø or partake in more⦠metaphorical stabbing, like miniature painting! Because fuck the state of the world - we CREATE.
aka we have a discord where you can parallel play with crafts! (We will not police you, if you hang out while doing not crafts tho, no worries. Just tell us about whatever crafty thing you do next pls? š)
We are starting today @ 1600 (4pm EDT) -- or in a little under an hour from when this posted if you have timestamps -- and will be doing 2000 - 2200 (8pm EDT) next Tues (we alternate, because timezones) and all are welcome, just let me know if you don't yet have the invite link.
*because we have to get all the stabbing out before No Stabbing Wednesdays** obviously.
why is there both a Wrangel and a Wrangell island in the same general arctic/russia/alaska area? (the Wrangel not be confused with Wrangell and vice versa on their wikipedia pages is in fact hilarious tho)
I mean, they're both named after the same person who was in fact important there, but one of them added an l?!? ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
(also also while I'm pretty sure Shadowhunters meant the Wrangell one because it's in the US and has people to be demon-bait, the Wrangel one's a way worse place to have to try and hide a Nephilim outpost so I'm gonna imagine they shove annoying people in a Russian nature reserve where they literally can't be seen by people at all or they'll get in so much trouble š š š )
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Pod-togetherĀ is a fandom fest where writers and podficcers create togetherāthe writer creating text specifically intended for audio, and the podficcer creating the audio. If that sounds fun to you,Ā sign-ups are open until June 13th!Ā You can find instructions to sign up, rules, and FAQ at the dreamwidth site linked in our bio.
Sign-ups come in two flavors. If you would like the mods to match you with someone with similar fandom interests, sign up for Matchmaker Sign-Ups. If you would like to sign up with a partner, we also have Group Sign-Ups.
Writing is due July 26th, and podfic is due August 23rd. The minimum length for pod-together projects is 1000 words or 10 minutes of audio.
This is our 16th year running this challenge, and participants usually have a ton of fun and create amazing stuff, with everything from the typical style of fannish stories to submissions with filk, poetry, found footage/audio drama, sound effects, massive multi-voice collaborations, full-cast musicals, immersive soundscapes, playable games, and multiple languages.
If youāre on the fence and have questions, or want to try to scout a group before signing up, we have a section of our Discord open just for that. You can find a link to the Discord in the sign-up post on our dreamwidth!
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I am, like many people in the tag, hoping to start writing again as a primary goal for @the-wip-project's Summer Writing.
BUT
I need something slightly more specific than "just write something again pls" so I can have some accountability (and something to talk about) as both of those have been helpful when I've written more consistently in the past.
Wordcount goals have never worked for me, largely because I'm a rolling-edit-as-I-work kind of person so they're not terribly accurate as a 'what did I do today?' measurement to show my brain when it's dysfunctional, so I'm definitely going with habit building.
June: 20min a day/3 days a week
July: 30min a day/4 days a week
August: 45min/5 days
Bonus goal 1: finish one prompt!ficlet or coda!ficlet per week
Bonus goal 2: plan a project list for this fall for finishing WIPs on AO3
The goal for today specifically was to figure out my goals! So this post counts as a success! YAY š
I grew up with the 1997 Peter SĆs cover (bottom right) and looking back it is soooo 90s I kinda love it. That font and hatch shading, right off of the wall of an organic coffeehouse. Charles Wallace looks kinda derped though.
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āI want you to do this with me for one month. One month. Write 10 observations a week and by the end of four weeks, you will have an answer. Because when someone writes about the rustic gutter and the water pouring through it onto the muddy grass, the real pours into the room. And itās thrilling. Weāre all enlivened by it. We donāt have to find more than the rustic gutter and the muddy grass and the pouring cold water.ā
ā Marie Howe, Boston Universityās 2016 Theopoetics ConferenceĀ (via mothersofmyheart)
I ask my students every week to write 10 observations of the actual world. Itās very hard for them.
Ms. Tippett:
Really?
Ms. Howe:
They really find it hard.
Ms. Tippett:
What do you mean? What is the assignment? 10 observations of their actual world?
Ms. Howe:
Just tell me what you saw this morning like in two lines. I saw a water glass on a brown tablecloth, and the light came through it in three places. No metaphor. And to resist metaphor is very difficult because you have to actually endure the thing itself, which hurts us for some reason.
Ms. Tippett:
It does.
Ms. Howe:
It hurts us.
Ms. Tippett:
You naming something.
Ms. Howe:
We want to say, āIt was like this; it was like that.ā We want to look away. And to be with a glass of water or to be with anything ā and then they say, āWell, thereās nothing important enough.ā And thatās whole thing. Itās the point.
Ms. Howe:
Itās the this, right?
Ms. Howe:
Right, the this, whatever. And then they say, āOh, I saw a lot of people who really wantā ā and, āNo, no, no. No abstractions, no interpretations.ā But then this amazing thing happens, Krista. The fourth week or so, they come in and clinkety, clank, clank, clank, onto the table pours all this stuff. And it so thrilling. I mean, it is thrilling. Everybody can feel it. Everyone is just like, āWow.ā The slice of apple, and then that gleam of the knife, and the sound of the trashcan closing, and the maple tree outside, and the blue jay. I mean, it almost comes clanking into the room. And itās just amazing.
Ms. Tippett:
In some basic level, what theyāve done is just engage with their senses.
Ms. Howe:
Yeah, and have been present out of their minds and just noticing whatās around them, which is ā we donāt do. And again, not to compare it to anything. Theyāre not allowed. And thatās very hard for them. And then on the fifth or sixth week, I say, āOK, use metaphors.ā And they donāt want to. They donāt know how. Theyāre like, āWhy would I? Why would I compare that to anything when itās itself?ā Exactly. Good question.
So then you think, why the necessity of a metaphor? Why do you have to use a metaphor now? Not just to do it to avoid it, but to do it to make it more there. And itās very interesting.
The words and silences we live by. The rituals that sustain us. The poetry of ordinary time.