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theres-whump-in-that-nebula · 6 months ago

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So I was reading articles about John Hurt (as I do when I procrastinate on life in general lol) and I saw a still shot of a movie I’ve never seen still shots of before; so I looked it up. It’s a play. I was worried I wouldn’t find it in full online; but I did, so here it is in all its glory:

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He’s just… ugh I want to gently hold his face in my hands he’s just so sad and lonely with his weepy voice and eye bags. I couldn’t process half of what he said but I think this is a warning about always speed-running through life to get to the next good thing. We should appreciate the moment; because in the end, we’ll have nothing at all but our memories. If we rush through life, we won’t have any memories to keep us warm at night when the chill of death creeps up on us in our old age.

Also, spool, spooooooooooollll…….

spoooooooooooooooooooooolllllll [cackles in mentally unstable]

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#The fucking banana. I was talking to him through the screen like #“…a banana??? You keep bananas in…. there? You good man? A—are you okay?#What the hell are y—” [cracks up but quickly stops laughing] “Oh— oh honey… you’re not right are you?#No you’re not right. Uh…. Why don’t you sit down; your breathing sounds awful. You sound like you’re gonna die…#OH GOD [loses my shit laughing/cringing ] “Oh— oh ouch. No no no— I’m not laughing at you I just— I like your actor…#a lot… too much probably #and he’s just good at what he does and the timing of it all… this is exactly how I act when I’m home alone #I swear I’m not laughing at you… I just— PUT THAT BANANA BACK YOU’RE GOING TO KILL YOURSELF”#John Hurt #stage acting #Krapp’s Last Tape (2001)#Samuel Beckett #Yeah… funky stage play. Very moving and dreamlike #[This is me gently holding Mr. Krapp and rotating him in my mind like a bowl of ramen in a microwave]#Screaming crying throwing up beating the walls #I am unwell #Ough ough ough #It’s not difficult for me to watch per se #but I’m very much the kind of person who HAS to help when someone’s having a hard time doing something #— especially if they’re old or otherwise infirm — or I’ll feel like a piece of shit for weeks… and this fucking man #this fucking man is so good at being frail and pitiful that I feel genuinely agitated that I can’t reach into the screen and help him #It’s like the torture scene in 1984 all over again where he just barely manages to wrench himself upright on the table #then immediately falls off onto the concrete floor with the most tragic sickening bone-grinding splat you’ve ever heard #AND HAS TO HOIST HIMSELF UP ONTO HIS FEET ALL BY HIMSELF WHEN HE’S MALNOURISHED AND EXHAUSTED #Like ughhhhhh let me pick him up and wrap him in a blanket and carry him somewhere warm and safe and make him an omelette #And I know I write whump and I shouldn’t be this sensitive #but JESUS FUCKING CHRIST MR. HURT YOU ARE KILLING ME #Youtube

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