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Post by nana on Oct 21, 2021 17:03:50 GMT -5
I wonder if they’d let me post this picture on the other site?
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Post by karitx on Oct 21, 2021 20:41:37 GMT -5
Naughty carrot!
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Post by pooka on Oct 22, 2021 2:39:56 GMT -5
Are we getting a bit blue?
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Post by nana on Oct 22, 2021 5:38:38 GMT -5
“Is that a carrot in your pocket or are you happy to see me?”
Apologies to Mae West, I think!
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Post by pooka on Oct 22, 2021 11:02:34 GMT -5
Mae West said, "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." Also, "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before." Finally, "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful."
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Post by nana on Oct 22, 2021 16:52:02 GMT -5
Amazing that she got away with it, what with the Hays code and all…
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Post by pooka on Oct 23, 2021 2:51:21 GMT -5
Talented & creative people learned their way around the Hays Code. I recall a documentary on it & Film Noir. They were interviewing an old film editor about a particular scene in a detective movie. It was a tight shot of a woman's face. The guy is kissing her on the mouth, then cheeks & neck then his head goes out of the shot, but the woman is obviously in ecstasy. The editor said the Hays Code guy reviewing it was throwing a fit. He said, "Where did he go, & what is he doing." The editor said, "I don't know. Maybe he went out to get a cup of coffee. Well is in approved or not." The scene followed the rules, but suggested more. It just didn't show anything. It led the viewer down the garden path, & let them use their imagination to complete the picture. Mae West was masterfull at turning a phrase that raised eyebrows, but didn't break the Code. I've heard she wrote all her own lines.
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Post by nana on Oct 23, 2021 7:14:34 GMT -5
They don’t make ‘em like that anymore, do they? I like it when something is left to the imagination. Like in Gone with the Wind, when Rhett Butler carried Scarlett O’Hara up the stairs and the scene fades out, and fades in to her waking up the next morning with a satisfied smile on her face. It told you all you needed to know!
And that’s why the book is always better than the movie. I had a talk with my grandson about that. He was a little disappointed in some movies he’d seen that didn’t live up to his expectations that he had from how much he loved the books. I told him that’s because you saw it in your mind’s eye in a way that was important to you, but the movie shows a different perspective that’s not quite yours. Plus, they have to leave out a lot to make it fit a reasonable time frame. You don’t get to hear the character’s inner thoughts and are dependent on the actors and the director to interpret them for you, a far less satisfying experience.
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