At 06:46 30/04/2006, you wrote:
Bjarne, you've been given many good suggestions. The first 17th Century
program I ever saw was one of the earliest Masterpiece Theater (BBC)
productions. It was "The First Churchills." This was before I had interest
in costuming, so I don't know if the costumes are
" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> The Broadway Theatre Archive has DVDs of stage plays--from a variety of
> theaters--from an old TV series. That, they say, is why the images tend
> to be
I wrote:
> >There are a number of reasons for Magdalen's supposed link to prostitution
> >(which, interestingly, does not exist in the Eastern Orthodox Christian
> >church's view of Magdalen, who is highly revered). But yes, there are
> >similarities in the stories, and apparently some cross-fert
At 03:45 PM 4/25/2006, you wrote:
There are a number of reasons for Magdalen's supposed link to prostitution
(which, interestingly, does not exist in the Eastern Orthodox Christian
church's view of Magdalen, who is highly revered). But yes, there are
similarities in the stories, and apparently
You folks are a wealth of knowledge and best of all-you share!
Thanks.
Susan
"My treasures do not clink together or glitter, they gleam in the sun
and neigh in the night."
Bedouin proverb
On Apr 26, 2006, at 11:41 AM, Susan B. Farmer wrote:
Quoting Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Quoting Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
THANKS!
Amazing what one can find, if you know where and how to look, isn't it?!
I've done a lot with google image search (and museum searches, etc.)
over the last few years. All I wanted was a Color Copy of Davenport
.
Susan (the Other One
Quoting Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
THANKS!
Amazing what one can find, if you know where and how to look, isn't it?!
and if you go here
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/v/veronese/religio1/
there are about a half-dozen detail shots from the painting
Susan
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Susan Farme
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My Sister-in-law had seen her on previous visits and said she was more
fascinated with the large painting at the other end of the room with
all it's details.
Any idea what that painting was?
-E House
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In a message dated 4/26/2006 11:07:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ya gotta love the Internet. I believe that it's Veronese's Wedding at
Cana.
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Well, it's
THANKS!
Amazing what one can find, if you know where and how to look, isn't it?!
Susan
"Slow down. The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel
too fast and you miss all you are traveling for". - "Ride the Dark
Trail" by Louis L'Amour
On Apr 26, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Susan B. Farmer
In a message dated 4/26/2006 11:07:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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http://www.wga.hu/art/v/veronese/religio1/cana.jpg
Now THAT'S a wedding!
Ann Wass
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Ya gotta love the Internet. I believe that it's Veronese's Wedding at
Cana.
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Well, it's certainly more populated than the Mona Lisa. If only
In a message dated 4/26/2006 11:07:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ya gotta love the Internet. I believe that it's Veronese's Wedding at
Cana.
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Well, it's certainly more populated than the Mona Lisa. If only something
were blowing u
Quoting Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Sorry- I don't know the name.
It is huge- 8 feet by 10 feet, maybe ? and shows a feast with many
people at the table. There are hounds under the table. The
tablecloth is a tapestry type with many details. The background shows
people on balconi
Sorry- I don't know the name.
It is huge- 8 feet by 10 feet, maybe ? and shows a feast with many
people at the table. There are hounds under the table. The tablecloth
is a tapestry type with many details. The background shows people on
balconies and other details beyond the feast scene. We
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I feel that way about Van Gogh.
Fran
And I haven'
In a message dated 4/25/2006 11:45:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My Sister-in-law had seen her on previous visits and said she was more
fascinated with the large painting at the other end of the room with
all it's details.
Don't leave us hanging--what painting
,
besides they were much more bright and positive. Rembrandt is two dark and
serious to my taste...
Bjarne
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Hi Fran,
Much obliged, that i will do.
Manny thanks
Bjarne
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Have you seen it in person?
I seriously doubt that seeing it in person would change my opinion about it.
It would give me a better view of LdV's technical skill with a paint brush,
but not much--there are some very detailed photos out there, and I don't
have to d
In a message dated 4/26/2006 12:14:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I feel that way about Van Gogh.
Fran
**
Fran! Oh no! Too bad! Oh well.
I saw the exhibit in DC a while back. The colors were amazing. Those
paintings of lavender irises in mint gr
In a message dated 4/25/2006 11:22:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have, and I didn't think it was worth fighting the crush of people
standing around it. Also it was so dark as to make it hard to see. The time
spent working my way towards the painting and figh
I feel that way about Van Gogh.
Fran
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In a message dated 4/25/2006 8:33:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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I know that Picasso is considered fine art. I still don't like
it. It simply doesn't appeal to me.
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I saw the Mona Lisa this past summer. The crowds were very distracting
to being able to see her and appreciate her.
My Sister-in-law had seen her on previous visits and said she was more
fascinated with the large painting at the other end of the room with
all it's details. No one was looking
I don't think the Mona Lisa is really all that great a painting!
***
Have you seen it in person?
I have, and I didn't think it was worth fighting the crush of people
standing around it. Also it was so dark as to make it hard to see. The time
spent working my way towards the p
In a message dated 4/25/2006 9:51:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't think the Mona Lisa is really all that great a painting!
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Have you seen it in person?
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In a message dated 4/25/2006 8:33:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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I know that Picasso is considered fine art. I still don't like
it. It simply doesn't appeal to me.
What a strange statement, since he paints in many different styles during
Along these lines, I have something to get off my chest:
I don't think the Mona Lisa is really all that great a painting!
Whew. There. I feel much better now.
-E House
(Also, eyebrowlessness is a huge pet peeve of mine.)
Well I believe Leonardo da Vinci would agree with you, he never was
sat
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Absolutely. But some stuff gets canonized that probably never was very
good, either because it's early, or because it's "art."
Along these lines, I have something to get off my chest:
I don't think the Mona Lisa is really
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In a message dated 4/25/2006 5:24:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Sometimes, the entertainment
In a message dated 4/25/2006 7:04:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The Broadway Theatre Archive
**
Yeswell worth checking out...even the "bad" productions. I remember when
"School for Scandal" aired. I was in college then and all my design teach
The Broadway Theatre Archive has DVDs of stage plays--from a variety of
theaters--from an old TV series. That, they say, is why the images tend
to be rather fuzzy. The quality of the performances is all over the
map. There is a very good "Tartuffe," an awful "School for Scandal," a
good "The
In a message dated 4/25/2006 5:24:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sometimes, the entertainment of previous days survives as entertainment as
well as art, just because it's GOOD.
*
Why is it assumed that art is not entertaining? Weird.
_
And some of us still see it as entertainment--I found The Pickwick
Papers to be one of the funniest books I ever read, and Sam Weller is
quite possibly my favorite book character of all time. There are parts
of that book that made me positively roar with laughter, and others that
made me cry.
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**
Hopefully, every once in a while, ther
In a message dated 4/25/2006 3:07:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
becomes evident in the art as well, when you look at paintings of
Magdalen in her wilderness-hermit phase.
Doncha love those George De la Tour paintings??? So beautiful.
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Interesting - Mary Magdalene also has the association of being a
> penitent wandering in the desert for many years, and long hair is one
> of her identifiers! There was a lot of confusion between the Marys,
> so I guess Mary of Egypt is where t
> Um, *that* was a throwaway line, and meant to amuse. This is Mary of
> Egypt:
>
> http://www.wga.hu/html/m/memling/3mature1/17rein4.html
> (right side)
>
> See, no implications for costume study there.
Interesting - Mary Magdalene also has the association of being a
penitent wandering in th
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Robin wrote]
> > I rather wish that Dan Brown had picked a saint who wasn't quite so
> > central to costume study. Say, Mary of Egypt.
>
> Except Dan Brown didn't make the "choice".
Um, *that* was a throwaway line, and meant to amuse. This is M
Robin wrote:
>I rather wish that Dan Brown had picked a saint who wasn't quite so
>central to costume study. Say, Mary of Egypt.
I can just see it now.
0 Chris Laning
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> And working in the other direction, often the clothing is part of our clue
> to identification. This is a large part of that lecture. So part of my
> answer to someone who wants to try to read an image of Mary as being
> Magdalen has to do with how we use the clothing symbols to make the
> distin
In a message dated 4/25/2006 9:48:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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I think you mean Pierrot - Poirot is Agatha Christie's Belgian detective!
*
Oops.and HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25/04/2006 13:48 >>> wrote
>... or the sad love lorn character [Poirot]...
I think you mean Pierrot - Poirot is Agatha Christie's Belgian detective!
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In a message dated 4/25/2006 9:28:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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And, I believe also in various forms of Japanese theater, yes?
**
Most definitely! And Indian and Tai, Bali, Indonesiaetc...etc...
Notice how all these, and the Greek
In a message dated 4/25/2006 8:55:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This relates to theatre. Since Greek theatre [and no doubt before] the
costume is a symbol.
And, I believe also in various forms of Japanese theater, yes?
Ann Wass
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In a message dated 4/25/2006 4:21:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And working in the other direction, often the clothing is part of our clue
to identification.
This relates to theatre. Since Greek theatre [and no doubt before] the
costume i
In a message dated 4/25/2006 4:02:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Pick any public trial - no matter what the jury ultimately says, we
all have our own opinion on the guilt or innocence of the defendant.
And it does not change any facts about what they were wearing.
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Robin wrote,
(Sample question: How can I be sure that such-and-so-image of the
Madonna
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > (Sample question: How can I be sure that such-and-so-image of the
> > Madonna and Child isn't really Mary Magdalen and her baby by Jesus?)
>
> Sample answer - what difference does it make when you're
> discussing the clothing? I'm guessing y
very well done!
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In a message dated 4/24/2006 7:52:39 A.M. Eastern
Robin wrote,
> (Sample question: How can I be sure that such-and-so-image of the
> Madonna and Child isn't really Mary Magdalen and her baby by Jesus?)
Sample answer - what difference does it make when you're discussing
the clothing? I'm guessing your lecture is to help sort out the real
clo
In a message dated 4/24/2006 7:43:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But I also don't think cultural survival is purely a Darwinian matter
of "survival of the fittest."
Depends on that constitutes "fittest" but I get your point. Things
At 03:11 AM 4/24/2006, you wrote:
Why else would Hollywood have the balls to make the new Titanic movie that
is comming out this summer...the one where they find Jack Dawson's body
frozen in a block of ice at the bottom of the North Atlantic, bring him to
the surface, thaw him out and he's perf
In a message dated 4/24/2006 3:33:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As a
>>person who teaches costume history to college students,
**
When teaching the actual history of costume, movies can indeed be a pain in
the ass. But if you're teaching desig
I don't think being old is the ONLY reason Dickens is revered!
Oh, Dickens is good, but his works were popular literature in his time.
Whereas the later James Joyce gets revered as ART, but not much read
otherwise. Probably people deciding it was porn was the only reason
anyone bought it w
I'm not saying that all books or films are equally good, by a long shot.
But I also don't think cultural survival is purely a Darwinian matter
of "survival of the fittest."
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/24/2006 6:58:30 P.M. East
In a message dated 4/24/2006 6:58:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But it still seems a little
ironic. The same with music--opera used to be popular entertainment.
*
C'mon Fran! You're acting like everything starts out on a equal footing! NOT!
In a message dated 4/24/2006 6:58:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Then later, just because they're old, they
get canonized in English Lit classes as ART.
I don't think being old is the ONLY reason Dickens is revered!
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Hopefully, every once in a while, there's some ART!
The line between entertainment and art is extremely flexible, unless
there's so much art you can't possibly view it as entertainment.
With novels, it's like Charles Dickens, and many other authors, are one
generation's
I don't think it's a question of looking down on people. As a person
who teaches costume history to college students, I'm more frustrated
than anything. Yes, I'm willing to teach anyone who's interested enough
to sign up for my classes, regardless of the origin of their interest or
what m
ius Merlyn Britannicus
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:21:09 -0700
Sorry, I meant you _don't
In a message dated 4/24/2006 4:14:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Nor does it mean
that I see films as anything but entertainment.
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Hopefully, every once in a while, there's some ART!
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I think that clothing
history has for the most part been taught as a straight survey course,
but this is a disservice to the field and to the students.
When I was simultaneously studying history, clothing design, and textile
arts, I didn't even bother taking the "History of Costume" course gi
Which wouldn't be a problem in the history classroom, if it weren't for
the fact that the time spent on it is time not spent teaching and
learning about real history (including good and reliable sources). And
it wouldn't be a problem in the world at large if it weren't for the
fact that bei
At 10:19 AM -0700 4/24/06, Lavolta Press wrote:
I don't think it's a question of looking down on people.
I agree -- it isn't at all about looking down on people. (If I had
such contempt for people, I wouldn't believe them capable of not
believing things just because they saw it in a movie, an
Lavolta Press wrote:
I assume you do have the routine of giving the lecture and then allowing
X fixed minutes at the end for questions, encouraging any really
detailed ones to be postponed to conversation with you during one of
your standard office hours?
They're encouraged to ask questions
At 7:55 PM -0700 4/23/06, Lavolta Press wrote:
I don't even want to think about what church historians and
Renaissance historians are going to go through when the Da Vinci
Code movie comes out. There are going to be an awful lot of people
who will think it's entirely factual.
So what? There a
Sorry, I meant you _don't_ have to be a history nerd to be skeptical of
advertising. Or even a science nerd.
Fran
Lavolta Press wrote:
kelly grant wrote:
I think most modern people have both a healthy skeptism about
advertising, and an awareness that fiction (including films) is not
rea
AMEN!
Kathleen
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>
> In a message dated 4/24/2006 6:12:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTE
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I don't even want to think about what church historians and Renaissance
historians are going to go through when the Da Vinci Code movie comes out.
There are going to be an awful lot of people who will think it's entirel
kelly grant wrote:
I think most modern people have both a healthy skeptism about
advertising, and an awareness that fiction (including films) is not
reality.
I would have to disagree with you on the 'most modern people' part of
your statement. I think that history nerds, of which I am a pr
In a message dated 4/24/2006 7:52:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD4OnHCRd_4
Hysterical!
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But ice floats!
*
Yeahbut Jack's so full of crap, he sinks.
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In a message dated 4/24/2006 6:12:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Why else would Hollywood have the balls to make the new Titanic movie that
is comming out this summer...the one where they find Jack Dawson's body
frozen in a block of ice at the bottom of the North
Sharon Krossa wrote:
-- that is, instead of screaming "If you use this movie as a source of
historical information, you're a fool", they whisper seductively "Honest,
really, we're not making this up -- believe us".
Because the problem isn't that films are inaccurate -- the problem is when
a
y, April 24, 2006 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Historical Films: fact vs. fiction
Why else would Hollywood have the balls to make the new Titanic movie that
is comming out this summer...the one where they find Jack Dawson's body
frozen in a block of ice at the bottom of the North Atlantic
Same trailer, but not the same site...thank Christ! it's a fake...
Kelly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD4OnHCRd_4
You mean the fake trailer? These are clips from previous movies (I
definitely spotted a Romeo and Juliet shot) and mention of the "warm
liquid
goo phase" comes from the first Aus
Lavolta Press wrote:
So what? There are a great many fields which you and I know little
about, which are no more or less important than history, and which we
probably have many "misconceptions" about.
And if you're going to teach you need to be able to deal with people not
knowing everythi
At least they had some imagination in not calling this "The Thing III"!
Kathleen
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> > I think
Why else would Hollywood have the balls to make the new Titanic movie that
> is comming out this summer...the one where they find Jack Dawson's body
> frozen in a block of ice at the bottom of the North Atlantic, bring him to
> the surface, thaw him out and he's perfectly healthy! I saw the traile
But ice floats!
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> I think most modern people have both a healthy skeptism about
I don't even want to think about what church historians and Renaissance
historians are going to go through when the Da Vinci Code movie comes out.
There are going to be an awful lot of people who will think it's entirely
factual.
Susan
That is already the case. I live & work in/near Edinb
n as a kid, I
was appalled.
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In a message dated 4/23/2006 7:46:07 P.M. Eastern Sta
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Susan Carroll-Clark wrote:
> I don't even want to think about what church historians and
> Renaissance historians are going to go through when the Da Vinci Code
> movie comes out. There are going to be an awful lot of people who
> will think it's entirely factual.
I'm alrea
I don't even want to think about what church historians and Renaissance
historians are going to go through when the Da Vinci Code movie comes
out. There are going to be an awful lot of people who will think it's
entirely factual.
So what? There are a great many fields which you and I know
In a message dated 4/23/2006 7:46:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But if more movie goers didn't use movies as if they were reliable
sources of history...
**
If only they would not use them as a reliable source of anything. Many
people REALLY
Greetings--
Lavolta Press wrote:
Let's face it, history is neither particularly valued nor particularly
job-getting in our society.
Tell me about it. PhD in history. Now working as a project manager (a
job I love, by the way--and doing the doctorate was great prep work!)
My bet is that most
One of the best examples of this is perhaps the best King Arthur movie
ever made, the immortal "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." The more you
know about Arthurian legend and medieval history, the funnier it
gets--although it's pretty funny even without a jot of knowledge about
either.
Sus
The problem, as I said, "is when audiences believe what they see in
films". The solution to that is to try to get more people to understand
the nature of films -- such as that they are inevitably inaccurate --
and thus the appropriate and inappropriate uses of films, and to stop
using them in
I had never before heard about TFWNSNBU, so didn't know if it was
superstition or a critique. :-)
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Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:20 PM
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Subject: [h-cost] Historical Film
At 3:34 PM -0700 4/23/06, Lavolta Press wrote:
Because the problem isn't that films are inaccurate -- the problem
is when audiences believe what they see in films.
On the other hand, the benefit is that films, novels, and other
forms of fiction have gotten many people interested in historical
s
Because the problem isn't that films are inaccurate -- the problem is
when audiences believe what they see in films.
On the other hand, the benefit is that films, novels, and other forms of
fiction have gotten many people interested in historical subjects who
might well not have given them a
Greetings--
Sharon L. Krossa wrote:
Which, again, is why I prefer films such as A Knight's Tale and
Shakespeare in Love, which include enough truly obvious anachronisms
(such as modern rock music, psychiatrist jokes, modern coffee mugs,
etc.), and attitude, to essentially scream out "If you us
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