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It's the scene where Tootsie's character on the soap is supposed to have a kiss with the douche doctor, and instead she hit him over the head with a clipboard and tells him off for being a sexist jerk. It's awesome, and I have a craving for it. And I can't find it!
Dear Yulegoat
Oct. 19th, 2014 03:25 pmDON'T PANIC.
This is a very long letter with lots of stuff, but DO NOT PANIC. I'm actually fairly easy to please; I am very rarely disappointed with a ficathon story. I write long and detailed Dear Author letters because I find such things helpful when I'm writing for other people; if you are like me, here you go! If your style is different and a detailed letter makes you feel hemmed-in, feel free to do what works for you.
The most important thing for me in a fic is that the characters are well-written and recognizably themselves. Even when I don't like a character, I don't go in for character-bashing. If nothing else, if the rest of this letter is too much or my kinks just don't fit yours, just concentrate on writing a good story with everyone in character and good spelling and grammar and I will almost certainly love what you come up with.
One thing: I do have an embarrassment squick, which makes humor kind of hit-or-miss sometimes. The kind of humor where someone does something embarrassing and the audience is laughing at them makes me uncomfortable because I identify too much with the person getting laughed at, so instead of being funny it is squicky. On the other hand, the kind of humor where the audience is laughing with the characters I really enjoy.
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This is a very long letter with lots of stuff, but DO NOT PANIC. I'm actually fairly easy to please; I am very rarely disappointed with a ficathon story. I write long and detailed Dear Author letters because I find such things helpful when I'm writing for other people; if you are like me, here you go! If your style is different and a detailed letter makes you feel hemmed-in, feel free to do what works for you.
The most important thing for me in a fic is that the characters are well-written and recognizably themselves. Even when I don't like a character, I don't go in for character-bashing. If nothing else, if the rest of this letter is too much or my kinks just don't fit yours, just concentrate on writing a good story with everyone in character and good spelling and grammar and I will almost certainly love what you come up with.
One thing: I do have an embarrassment squick, which makes humor kind of hit-or-miss sometimes. The kind of humor where someone does something embarrassing and the audience is laughing at them makes me uncomfortable because I identify too much with the person getting laughed at, so instead of being funny it is squicky. On the other hand, the kind of humor where the audience is laughing with the characters I really enjoy.
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Aug. 17th, 2014 09:34 pmI'm watching Rio Grande, one of the greatest Westerns ever made. But there is something really ironic that was not intended to be so. John Wayne's character's estranged wife, played by Maureen O'Hara, comes to visit because Reasons. She's a Southerner, John Wayne is a US Army colonel. Fifteen years ago, he was a captain during the Civil War, and in the march down the Shenendoah, he gave the order to torch his wife's family plantation. There is a lot of angsting about this from all sides (the general who sent him to do it and is now still his commander, the sergeant who was the one who actually held the torch, etc., etc.) At one point the general wonders what history will make of their actions in Shenendoah.
Well ... not much, actually. The destruction was fairly limited, and civilian casualties were low. Southerners gripe about it, but actual historians and everyone who isn't from the US South go meh.
What doesn't get a "meh", what people care about and shake their heads over, is the persecution and destruction of Native Americans who were forced from their homes and either killed or confined to reservations (i.e. the worst land available that nobody else even wanted). You know, the stuff that's the action plot in this movie, that everybody's taking for granted as the right thing to do.
(Also, I think it's hilarious that the movie takes place somewhere between 1877-1879 (depending on which Shenendoah campaign they're referencing), and at one point an Irish guy requests that old great song, Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men), which wasn't written until 1916 ...)
Still, it is a very good movie. John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara are at their best, the supporting cast is excellent, the script has a lot of great bits, and the cinematography is gorgeous.
Well ... not much, actually. The destruction was fairly limited, and civilian casualties were low. Southerners gripe about it, but actual historians and everyone who isn't from the US South go meh.
What doesn't get a "meh", what people care about and shake their heads over, is the persecution and destruction of Native Americans who were forced from their homes and either killed or confined to reservations (i.e. the worst land available that nobody else even wanted). You know, the stuff that's the action plot in this movie, that everybody's taking for granted as the right thing to do.
(Also, I think it's hilarious that the movie takes place somewhere between 1877-1879 (depending on which Shenendoah campaign they're referencing), and at one point an Irish guy requests that old great song, Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men), which wasn't written until 1916 ...)
Still, it is a very good movie. John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara are at their best, the supporting cast is excellent, the script has a lot of great bits, and the cinematography is gorgeous.
Wikipedia is lying to me.
Aug. 10th, 2014 08:19 pmA while back I got bit by a plot bunny (rabid critters, I know) about classic movie star Cyd Charisse being a Vulcan stranded on Earth. Which plot bunny I am now writing in fits and starts.
And obviously, the background information we have on her will have to be massaged to fit. But Wikipedia is lying to me. It says she was born in 1922 and joined the Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo at age 14. Which would be 1936, for those of you who have basic arithmetic skills.
The problem is that Wikipedia also tells me that the Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo was not formed until 1938.
I am choosing to believe that Cyd Charisse was 16 when she joined the Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo the year it formed, as that fits better with the timeline of my story.
And obviously, the background information we have on her will have to be massaged to fit. But Wikipedia is lying to me. It says she was born in 1922 and joined the Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo at age 14. Which would be 1936, for those of you who have basic arithmetic skills.
The problem is that Wikipedia also tells me that the Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo was not formed until 1938.
I am choosing to believe that Cyd Charisse was 16 when she joined the Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo the year it formed, as that fits better with the timeline of my story.
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Creepy stuff in Old Hollywood Movies
Aug. 3rd, 2014 10:12 pmWatching "There's No Business Like Show Business." Donald O'Connor just took Marilyn Monroe out for a date and was pressing for a goodnight kiss, and she gave textbook "this is how to say no when a guy's making you uncomfortable and you don't want to actually firmly say "no" for one reason or another. He ends up getting his kiss by grabbing her, basically.
Standard musical plotting, what does the hero do after a date? He sings a song! What song does he sing in this particular musical, after being pushy and icky? "A man chases a girl until she catches him." With Marilyn singing the occasional interjections.
Standard musical plotting, what does the hero do after a date? He sings a song! What song does he sing in this particular musical, after being pushy and icky? "A man chases a girl until she catches him." With Marilyn singing the occasional interjections.
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Dec. 12th, 2013 12:24 amI just watched the end of The Bandwagon on TCM. And noticed that when Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire are singing the line in "That's Entertainment" that goes "It's the art that appeals to the heart!" and she puts her hand (presumably) where her heart is supposed to be? She doesn't put her hand on her chest, she puts it on her side. Just about where a Vulcan's heart would be, no? So now I want Hollywood RPF fic where Cyd Charisse, the glamorous, dignified, and reserved* Hollywood star is a Vulcan stranded on Earth.
*Her biggest role was reprising Greta Garbo's role in Silk Stockings, which was a remake of Ninotchka. And another one of her big roles was in Singin' In the Rain, in which she was the mysterious brunette in the Broadway Melody sequence (you may remember her in a green dress dancing with Gene Kelly?)
*Her biggest role was reprising Greta Garbo's role in Silk Stockings, which was a remake of Ninotchka. And another one of her big roles was in Singin' In the Rain, in which she was the mysterious brunette in the Broadway Melody sequence (you may remember her in a green dress dancing with Gene Kelly?)
