#Anja Philip

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Poor man’s medicine

"Poor man's medicine", a review of Tea Lindeburg's film 'As in Heaven', which features on the European Film Festival South Africa, from 12 October 2023.

TO dream impossible dreams. Lise (Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl) in a scene from Tea Lindeburg’s film As In Heaven on the European Film Festival South Africa, from 12 October. Photograph courtesy imdb. Picture the scenario: You’re on the cusp of adulthood, the eldest of many children. Contrary to your father’s wishes, you have decided to be educated. It’s the late 19th century and your mother…

[danandphilchronology]

Sprite Advert + Re: Keepon Dancing to Spoon - Bear Lion and Monkey + Fail + Lonely Day - System of a Down

Video 1 - Sprite

Video 2: Re: Keepon

Video 3: Fail

Video 4: Lonely Day

Ok, there are so many titles up here today, BUT two of them are less than a minute long (one being literally three seconds) and it felt like a wasted post with out any point at all. I thought about skipping one, but I felt like that defeats the whole purpose of this journey. I need to consume as much of this media as possible to feel like I truely completed my mission. 

We are keeping to 2007 in this set spanning from January 10th to September 4th! Not much has changed from the last post, but I will update under each video what the top 3 videos that were recommended on youtube was for that time! 

First, Sprite Advert: 

Wayback Machine (9 January 2007)

Top 3 Featured Videos:

Picnic Casket  - Monument Valley from picniccasket

How To Get A Guy In Silicon Valley by RandiandJen

“Ron Ronsmith and the Fake News” by sxephil

We are met face to face again with Mary Beth from the previous video and I have just found out that she is not Victoria, but Anja! Hi Anja, sorry about last post I’ll edit it soon! I’m not going to lie, the way they are speaking is giving Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared, but I am able to see what they are going for here with the advertisement feeling. We get to see our stuffed frog again and a second cameo of out canned sprite this time! Such a fun video. I can’t help but wonder if this was a fun passion project or a school project. 

Total Watch Time: 4m 41s

Re: Keepon Dancing to Spoon - Bear Lion and Monkey:

Wayback Machine (11 April 2007)

Keepon Dancing to Spoon by mmichalowski 

The Chicago Day in Review - Hey There Delilah - Stop Motion by ADayInReview

The B-Team: Madonna’s Guy by flycellmobile

When I saw the first recommended video (which you can see here), I knew I was gunna have to do some pre watch research. This is what I found:

A Keepon Pro was a social robot designed for interaction and research with children. This little yellow cutie (pictured below) interacted with people and did little dances when music was playing! This cute little guy was used and observed to “elicti positive engagement from children of varying social ability” according the their website (beatbots.net). Under the control of a therapist, it was used on children of varying ability to study their social behaviors. Pretty freaking neat!

Back back to Philip, I was NOT PREPARED for this video. I have been informed by a close friend that there was so much more waiting for me in these later videos. Using a bluesheet and some stuffies, phil essentially recreated the previous video, but added interesting background behind his dancing characters like Freddy Kruger, Airplanes, and conventionally sexy women. That’s it. Thats the whole video. What a time to be a youtuber. 

Total Watch Time: 6m 38s

Fail: 

Wayback Machine (25 June 2007)

Pit bull & chicks by texasgirly1979

Learn How to Moonwalk by daoco

The Hauntening by waverlyflams

*HISTORY YOUTUBE EVENT*

YouTube launched its mobile web front end in June of 2007, and the YouTube app was released in 2007 for iOS devices and later for Android devices. In July 2007, YouTube actually partnered with Verizon Wireless to allow mobile phone users to submit videos through MMS! 

This video is three seconds long with a description that simply says ‘fail’. Someone, presumably on of Phil’s university friends opens some kind of pressurized can or bottle and it just explodes all over him and he screams. You can kind of here Phil laugh behind the camera, but thats it. If we had had it, this would have been an instagram story, I can almost guarantee! 

Total Watch Time: 6m 41s

Lonely Day - Systems of a Down

Wayback Machine (4 September 2007)

The Brunettes - Her Hairagami Set by Lilchiefrecords

Fantasy Football: The Rap by GoRemy

Hipster Olympics by P0YKPAC

I knew by the title that this was a song, I have barely recovered from the Re: Keepon video, but here we go!

IT’S OFFICIAL MY FELLOW PHANNIES! We have officially entered the Emo!Phil Era.This video was dark and a little sad. It hurt my heart to think about what of thise was creativity and how much of this was how he was actually, truely feeling. (Makes my heart happy to know that in a few short yers, he would meet his actual soulmate.) There is a secondary plot about an alien wanting and stealing his soul, but watching this, I know that this was peak creativity and talent. The lighting, the plot, the dialouge. I live, laugh, love this video. 

Total Watch Time: 9m 32s 

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Holidays 8.31

Holidays

Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day

Cow Chip Tossing Day

Crop Dusting Day

Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)

Festal Day (Order of the Eastern Star)

Flag Day (India)

Hari Kebangsaan (Malaysia)

International Blog Day (a.k.a. International Day of Blogs and Bloggers)

International Day for People of African Descent (UN)

International Overdose Awareness Day

Limba Noastra (Day of Our Language; Moldova)

Love Litigating Lawyers Day

Merdeka Day (Malaysia)

National Box Car Day

National Dan Day

National Diatomaceous Earth Day

National HalfCut Day (Australia)

National Leslie Day

National Matchmaker Day

National South Carolina Day

North Borneo Self-Government Day

National Zoo Awareness Day (UK)

Opioid Misuse Prevention Day

Overdose Awareness Day

Princess Diana Memorial Day

Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]

Romanian Language Day (Romania)

Sărbătoarea (a.k.a. Limba noastră; Language Day; Moldova)

Take a Seat Day

Tank Day (Lešany, Czech Republic)

Walnut Day (French Republic)

We Love Memoirs Day

White Rose Day (Australia)

Withdrawal of the Last American Soldier Anniversary Day (Afghanistan)

World Distance Learning Day

World Sanskrit Day

World Solidarity Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bacon Day [also 12.30]

Eat Outside Day

Grape Blessing Day (Armenia)

Invent A New Sandwich Day

National Trail Mix Day

Vegetable Day (Japan)

5th & Last Thursday in August

National Banana Pudding Day [Last Thursday]

National Cabernet Sauvignon Day [Last Thursday]

Thoughtful Thursday [Thursday of Be Kind to Humankind Week]

Independence Days

Befshire (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Kyrgyzstan (from USSR, 1991)

Malaysia (from UK, 1957)

Trinidad and Tobago (from UK, 1962)

Feast Days

Aidan of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint)

Alter Ego Day (Pastafarian)

Aristides of Athens (Christian; Saint)

Cuthburh (Christian; Saint)

Dominguito del Val (Christian; Saint)

Fourth Onam (Rice Harvest Festival, Day 4; Kerala, India)

Frey’s Blot (Pagan)

Gai Jatra (Cow Festival, in remembrance of people who died the previous year; Kathmandu Valley, Nepal)

Henry (Muppetism)

Isabel (Christian; Saint)

Joseph of Arimathea (Christian; Saint)

Jouffroy (Positivist; Saint)

Nicodemus (Christian; Saint)

Paulinus of Trier (Christian; Saint)

Paul Reubens Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Raymond Nonnatus (Christian; Saint)

Roger Dean (Artology)

Wala of Corbie (Christian; Saint)

Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [48 of 71]

Premieres

All Or Nothing At All, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1939)

American Idiot, by Green Day (Song; 2004)

Andor (TV Series; 2022)

Bad, by Michael Jackson (Album; 1987)

The Big Sleep (Film; 1946)

Bolero (Film; 1984)

Bugsy and Mugsy (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)

The Commuter, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1953)

The Constant Gardener (Film; 2005)

Document, by R.E.M. (Album; 1987)

Fly, by Dixie Chicks (Album; 1999)

Foundation and Earth, by Isaac Asimov (Novel; 1986) [Foundation #5]

Get Rich Quick (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

Goat’s Head Soup, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1973)

The Great Gildersleeve (Radio Series; 1941)

Jack Ryan (TV Series; 2018)

Only Murders in the Building (TV Series; 2021)

Orient Express, by Graham Greene (a.k.a. Stamboul Train; Novel; 1932)

Pluto’s Judgement Day (Disney Cartoon; 1935)

The Psychology of Intelligence, by Jean Piaget (Science Book; 1947)

Raising Demons, by Shirley Jackson (Memoir; 1957)

The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht (Play with Music; 1928)

Wildest Dreams, by Taylor Swift (Song; 2015)

The World According to Garp, by John Irving (Novel; 1978)

Today’s Name Days

Paulinus, Raimubd (Austria)

Josip, Nikodem, Optat, Paulina (Croatia)

Pavlína (Czech Republic)

Bertha (Denmark)

Arved, Arvi, Arvid (Estonia)

Arvi (Finland)

Aristide (France)

Aidan, Anja, Paulinus, Raimund (Germany)

Bella, Erika (Hungary)

Aristide (Italy)

Aigars, Aira, Labite, Vilma (Latvia)

Raimunda, Raimundas, Vilmantas, Vilmantė (Lithuania)

Berta, Berte (Norway)

Bohdan, Paulina, Rajmund, Rajmunda, Świętosław (Poland)

Nora (Slovakia)

Ramón (Spain)

Arvid, Vidar (Sweden)

Aden, Aidan, Aiden, Ayden, Edan, Edana, Eden, Edina, Egan, Egon (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 243 of 2024; 122 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 35 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 24 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Geng-Shen), Day 16 (Xin-You)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 14 Elul 5783

Islamic: 14 Safar 1445

J Cal: 3 Aki; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 18 August 2023

Moon: 99%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 19 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Jouffroy]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 71 of 94)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 10 of 32)

[ifreakingloveroyals]

7 July 2013 | Andy Murray of Great Britain receives the Gentlemen's Singles Trophy from Prince Edward, Duke of Kent next to AELTC Chariman Philip Brook following his victory in the Gentlemen's Singles Final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia on day thirteen of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England. (c) Anja Niedringhaus - Pool/Getty Images

[ulkaralakbarova]

An affair between the second in line to Britain’s throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Tristan: James Franco Isolde: Sophia Myles Marke: Rufus Sewell Donnchadh: David O’Hara Wictred: Mark Strong Melot: Henry Cavill Bragnae: Bronagh Gallagher Bodkin: Ronan Vibert Edyth: Lucy Russell Leon: JB Blanc Morholt: Graham Mullins Simon: Leo Gregory Orick: Dexter Fletcher Aragon: Richard Dillane Kurseval: Hans Martin Stier Kaye: Thomas Morris Anwick: Jamie Thomas King Rothgar: Wolfgang Müller Lady Serafine: Cheyenne Rushing Lady Marke: Barbora Kodetová Young Isolde: Isobel Moynihan Young Tristan: Thomas Brodie-Sangster Tournament Judge: Gordon Truefitt Young Melot: Myles Taylor Young Simon: Jack Montgomery Luther: Marek Vašut Irish Soldier: David Fisher Lady Aragon: Bronwen Davies Paddreggh: Philip O’Sullivan Tournament Crier: Nevan Finegan Coronation Priest: Jón Ólafsson Widseth: Todd Kramer Widseth’s Sister: Winter Ave Zoli Pict Guard: Miroslav Šimůnek Funeral Priest: Kevin Flood Film Crew: Director: Kevin Reynolds Music: Anne Dudley Editor: Peter Boyle Director of Photography: Artur Reinhart Executive Producer: Jim Lemley Casting: Kate Dowd Executive Producer: John Hardy Producer: Moshe Diamant Producer: Lisa Ellzey Producer: Giannina Facio Producer: Elie Samaha Executive Producer: Ridley Scott Executive Producer: Tony Scott Production Design: Mark Geraghty Set Decoration: Johnny Byrne Costume Design: Maurizio Millenotti Costume Supervisor: Hana Kučerová Writer: Dean Georgaris Executive Producer: Frank Hübner Executive Producer: Matthew Stillman Co-Producer: Anne Lai Co-Producer: Jan Fantl Co-Producer: Morgan O’Sullivan Co-Producer: James Flynn Stunt Coordinator: Nick Powell Unit Production Manager: John J. Kelly First Assistant Director: Robert Huberman Associate Producer: David Minkowski Associate Producer: Christian Frohn Associate Producer: Jennifer Leshnick Associate Editor: Pamela Power Associate Editor: Stephen Boucher Hairstylist: Stefano Ceccarelli Hairstylist: Jiří Farkaš Hairstylist: Alena Marečková Hairstylist: Mario Michisanti Hairstylist: Adéla Robová Hairstylist: Jaroslav Šámal Key Hair Stylist: Mirella Ginnoto Key Makeup Artist: Manlio Rocchetti Art Department Coordinator: Marketa Puzmanova Assistant Art Director: David Voborský Assistant Art Director: David Vondrasek 3D Animator: Ales Dlabac 3D Animator: Zbynek Travincky Visual Effects Supervisor: Jaroslav Polensky Title Designer: Anthony Wonsoff Visual Effects Coordinator: Jan Vseticek Visual Effects Producer: Vít Komrzý Visual Effects Supervisor: Marius Mohnssen Special Effects Supervisor: Pavel Sagner Special Effects Supervisor: Kevin Byrne Additional Still Photographer: Larry D. Horricks Camera Operator: Erwin Lanzensberger Camera Operator: Kacper Lisowski Second Unit Director of Photography: Miro Gábor Gaffer: Tony Devlin Key Grip: Helge Felgendreher Key Grip: Ivo Grešák Rigging Gaffer: Kriz David Still Photographer: Rico Torres Casting: Nancy Bishop Casting: Anja Dihrberg Casting: Kirsty Kinnear Assistant Costume Designer: Giovanni Casalnuovo Assistant Costume Designer: Mariano Tufano Costume Supervisor: Šárka Zázvorková Costume Supervisor: Sarka Zvolenska Key Costumer: Cathy Smith Seamstress: Larisa Šrámková Set Costumer: Rebecca Higginson Digital Intermediate: Mandy Rahn Assistant Editor: Geraint Huw Reynolds Music Editor: Sophie Cornet Music Editor: John Warhurst Script Supervisor: Catherine Allinson Script Supervisor: Peter J. Clark Choreographer: Lucie Samcova ADR Editor: Gareth Rhys Jones Boom Operator: Roman Rigo Foley: Jack Stew Foley Editor: Sefi Carmel Sound Designer: Samir Foco Sound Designer: Zeljko Lopicic-Lepierre Sound Effects Editor: Peter Crooks Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Howard Bargroff Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Graham Daniel Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Martin Schinz Sound Effects Editor: Srdjan Kurpjel Standby Art Director: Rory Bruen Movie Reviews:

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 8.31

Holidays

Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day

Cow Chip Tossing Day

Crop Dusting Day

Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)

Festal Day (Order of the Eastern Star)

Flag Day (India)

Hari Kebangsaan (Malaysia)

International Blog Day (a.k.a. International Day of Blogs and Bloggers)

International Day for People of African Descent (UN)

International Overdose Awareness Day

Limba Noastra (Day of Our Language; Moldova)

Love Litigating Lawyers Day

Merdeka Day (Malaysia)

National Box Car Day

National Dan Day

National Diatomaceous Earth Day

National HalfCut Day (Australia)

National Leslie Day

National Matchmaker Day

National South Carolina Day

North Borneo Self-Government Day

National Zoo Awareness Day (UK)

Opioid Misuse Prevention Day

Overdose Awareness Day

Princess Diana Memorial Day

Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]

Romanian Language Day (Romania)

Sărbătoarea (a.k.a. Limba noastră; Language Day; Moldova)

Take a Seat Day

Tank Day (Lešany, Czech Republic)

Walnut Day (French Republic)

We Love Memoirs Day

White Rose Day (Australia)

Withdrawal of the Last American Soldier Anniversary Day (Afghanistan)

World Distance Learning Day

World Sanskrit Day

World Solidarity Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bacon Day [also 12.30]

Eat Outside Day

Grape Blessing Day (Armenia)

Invent A New Sandwich Day

National Trail Mix Day

Vegetable Day (Japan)

5th & Last Thursday in August

National Banana Pudding Day [Last Thursday]

National Cabernet Sauvignon Day [Last Thursday]

Thoughtful Thursday [Thursday of Be Kind to Humankind Week]

Independence Days

Befshire (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Kyrgyzstan (from USSR, 1991)

Malaysia (from UK, 1957)

Trinidad and Tobago (from UK, 1962)

Feast Days

Aidan of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint)

Alter Ego Day (Pastafarian)

Aristides of Athens (Christian; Saint)

Cuthburh (Christian; Saint)

Dominguito del Val (Christian; Saint)

Fourth Onam (Rice Harvest Festival, Day 4; Kerala, India)

Frey’s Blot (Pagan)

Gai Jatra (Cow Festival, in remembrance of people who died the previous year; Kathmandu Valley, Nepal)

Henry (Muppetism)

Isabel (Christian; Saint)

Joseph of Arimathea (Christian; Saint)

Jouffroy (Positivist; Saint)

Nicodemus (Christian; Saint)

Paulinus of Trier (Christian; Saint)

Paul Reubens Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Raymond Nonnatus (Christian; Saint)

Roger Dean (Artology)

Wala of Corbie (Christian; Saint)

Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [48 of 71]

Premieres

All Or Nothing At All, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1939)

American Idiot, by Green Day (Song; 2004)

Andor (TV Series; 2022)

Bad, by Michael Jackson (Album; 1987)

The Big Sleep (Film; 1946)

Bolero (Film; 1984)

Bugsy and Mugsy (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)

The Commuter, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1953)

The Constant Gardener (Film; 2005)

Document, by R.E.M. (Album; 1987)

Fly, by Dixie Chicks (Album; 1999)

Foundation and Earth, by Isaac Asimov (Novel; 1986) [Foundation #5]

Get Rich Quick (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

Goat’s Head Soup, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1973)

The Great Gildersleeve (Radio Series; 1941)

Jack Ryan (TV Series; 2018)

Only Murders in the Building (TV Series; 2021)

Orient Express, by Graham Greene (a.k.a. Stamboul Train; Novel; 1932)

Pluto’s Judgement Day (Disney Cartoon; 1935)

The Psychology of Intelligence, by Jean Piaget (Science Book; 1947)

Raising Demons, by Shirley Jackson (Memoir; 1957)

The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht (Play with Music; 1928)

Wildest Dreams, by Taylor Swift (Song; 2015)

The World According to Garp, by John Irving (Novel; 1978)

Today’s Name Days

Paulinus, Raimubd (Austria)

Josip, Nikodem, Optat, Paulina (Croatia)

Pavlína (Czech Republic)

Bertha (Denmark)

Arved, Arvi, Arvid (Estonia)

Arvi (Finland)

Aristide (France)

Aidan, Anja, Paulinus, Raimund (Germany)

Bella, Erika (Hungary)

Aristide (Italy)

Aigars, Aira, Labite, Vilma (Latvia)

Raimunda, Raimundas, Vilmantas, Vilmantė (Lithuania)

Berta, Berte (Norway)

Bohdan, Paulina, Rajmund, Rajmunda, Świętosław (Poland)

Nora (Slovakia)

Ramón (Spain)

Arvid, Vidar (Sweden)

Aden, Aidan, Aiden, Ayden, Edan, Edana, Eden, Edina, Egan, Egon (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 243 of 2024; 122 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 35 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 24 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Geng-Shen), Day 16 (Xin-You)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 14 Elul 5783

Islamic: 14 Safar 1445

J Cal: 3 Aki; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 18 August 2023

Moon: 99%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 19 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Jouffroy]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 71 of 94)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 10 of 32)

[tvandfilm]

You're a bloody idiot. I am. Thank you.

THE CROWN | 1x02 Hyde Park Corner

[drakorn]

Tanz der Vampire St. Gallen - Cast Review

And here is my final St. Gallen post for now. Here I talk about the cast and how they performed the new versions of their characters. Once again, there might be spoilers for the people who haven’t seen the St. Gallen production yet. If you wish to remain unspoiled, turn away immediately. Everyone else, let’s go :D

Graf von Krolock - Thomas Borchert

I kinda grew tired of seeing Thomas perform Krolock everywhere. He’s a great Krolock and has a very fitting deep voice for the character, but I would also like to see something new. I also had the impression that he grew bored with the role...oh boy, was I surprised! Thomas takes a completely different approach to Modern!Krolock than he does with Classic!Krolock. While his take on Classic!Krolock is that of a cold, bored and untouchable vampire lord, Modern!Krolock is completely different. In fact, this was my favourite Krolock rendition done by Thomas. Because in St. Gallen he acts like he actually gives a damn! This Krolock is much more grounded, much more human and much more emotional. During Gott ist tot he angrily looks up at the sky and almost seems like he’s saying “Why did you die and leave us here?” During the end of Totale Finsternis, he looks at Sarah like he’s feeling compassion towards her and doesn’t actually want to bite her in this very moment. And then comes Die unstillbare Gier. He starts off quiet, clearly remembering his human days. Later he howls and screams in utter despair and by the end, he looks like he’s just pissed off with this world and humanity in general. A much more layered Krolock here, and definitely Thomas’ best performance of him in my opinion. This Krolock actually seems like he’s trying to give a damn and fight the vampire inside him. Bravo Thomas, I salute you!

Sarah - Mercedesz Csampai

I have also seen Mercedesz as Sarah before when I was watching the show in Berlin. I liked her Sarah. She is one of the Sarahs who you actually believe to be only 17 years old. And like Thomas, she plays Modern!Sarah different to Classic!Sarah. Here, she knows about the vampires and dreams of being bitten by Krolock. She knows what she wants and will do all to get it. She has no interest in Alfred here AT ALL. In fact, she even seems annoyed with him at some point. She has dreamt of this ball and knows she will get bitten. She is the perfect example of a teenager being lured in by false promises. Some of the higher notes don’t come off as clean unfortunately, but in a way this make her 17-year old role even more believable.

Alfred - Tobias Bieri

I really like this Alfred! He has a good voice and doesn’t look like the typical fragile boy. This Alfred comes across as a bit more masculine. But boy, does he not know how to talk to women. Du bist wirklich sehr nett feels extremely awkward, with Alfred completely lost and Sarah manipulating him to give her the bathroom. But later he also seems very passionate about finding and rescuing Sarah, he clearly has feelings for her. A very good take on Alfred. I would love to see him play him in the classic version.

Professor Abronsius - Sebastian Brandmeir

The BIGGEST surprise of the evening! Before this, Gernot Kranner was my favourite Abronsius. Now he shares the spot with Sebastian. This man is FANTASTIC as Abronsius. He is passionate about what he’s doing, really comes across as smart but also very easily to distract, but also...he genuinely cares for Alfred. A lot of the professors I have seen treat Alfred as an unimportant sidekick...not this guy. The chemistry between him and Tobias was wonderful! They worked perfectly with each other. And boy, AM I GLAD that he became First Cast Abronsius for the Vienna production. He so deserves it! He even got more applause than Thomas as Krolock. Abronsius getting more applause than Krolock is something I have never ever seen before. This alone should demonstrate how goo Sebastian is!

Chagal - Jerzy Jeszke

You can’t go wrong with Jerzy! He was a great Chagal in the classic production and he is a great Chagal here. Modern!Chagal seems a bit more careless and stiff about his daughter, which Jerzy demonstrates pretty well. However, it’s not his fault, but Chagal wasn’t really the highlight for me this evening. But Jerzy did a great job as always and I was glad to see him again!

Magda - Sanne Mieloo

Another big surprise! She had easily one of the best voices. She was also probably one of the tallest people onstage. This Magda is much more vicious and careless. She laughs at Chagal’s dead body, is very sarcastic and acts like a total predator as Vampire!Magda. Definitely a unique and interesting take on the character. I think she even has played Magda in the classic production before. I think she deserves getting another first cast in this role, this woman is amazing.

Herbert - Christian Funk

A much more masculine and aggressive Herbert. He wants Alfred, and he is going to get him. But he also has excellent comedic timing, making the audience love him even more. When Alfred says “The son!” in the crypt, he makes a gesture like he wants to say “Oh my, is he talking about me?” A great Herbert with a great voice and I am glad he gets to play him in the Tour version right now. He deserves it.

Rebecca - Anja Wessel

Not really a big highlight. But that’s because Rebecca is such a small role. But Anja uses whatever she has to get the most out of it. I really do appreciate that. She definitely has a unique Rebecca look, not seeming like a cartoon. This Rebecca is a bit closer to the Finnish version, where she also looks like a normal woman.

Koukol - Thomas Huber

Great Koukol! Thomas has the big advantage that this Koukol isn’t masked away by tons of facial make-up. He can really show his expressions in the scenes and yeah, he does! He also communicates with the other characters more than in the classic version. A great addition to the cast!

Nightmare Solo 1 - Christoph Apfelbeck

What a surprise! I saw him as Artus in “Artus - Excalibur” before, and he was great in this! And he also has a very fitting voice for the Carpe Noctem solo. I was really glad when I found out he joined the Vienna Cast of the 20th Anniversary where he will in addition also cover Herbert. Now that should be interesting!

Nightmare Solo 2 - Philip Hägeli

I can’t really get warm with his singing style. I definitely know that many people sing like this, especially in modern rock songs, but I personally had a throat ache every time he opened his mouth. I really hope he goes back to his former singing style, which is much more open and pure. I know, many like this style, but not my cup of tea.

So yeah, the cast for St. Gallen was pretty solid! Everyone did a great job and if I could see this very cast in the classic production, this would be amazing!

[minela451-blog]

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Gothic Animals: Uncanny Otherness and the Animal With-Out (Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature), edited by Ruth Heholt and Melissa Edmundson, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Cover image by Thomas Baker/Alarmy Stock Photo, info: palgrave.com.

This book begins with the assumption that the presence of non-human creatures causes an always-already uncanny rift in human assumptions about reality. Exploring the dark side of animal nature and the ‘otherness’ of animals as viewed by humans, and employing cutting-edge theory on non-human animals, eco-criticism, literary and cultural theory, this book takes the Gothic genre into new territory. After the dissemination of Darwin’s theories of evolution, nineteenth-century fiction quickly picked up on the idea of the ‘animal within’. Here, the fear explored was of an unruly, defiant, degenerate and entirely amoral animality lying (mostly) dormant within all of us. However, non-humans and humans have other sorts of encounters, too, and even before Darwin, humans have often had an uneasy relationship with animals, which, as Donna Haraway puts it, have a way of ‘looking back’ at us. In this book, the focus is not on the ‘animal within’ but rather on the animal ‘with-out’: other and entirely incomprehensible.

Contents: 1. Introduction – Ruth Heholt and Melissa Edmundson     Part I. Hell-Beasts and Haunting 2. ‘Like a Madd Dogge’: Demonic Animals and Animal Demoniacs in Early Modern English Possession Narratives – Brendan C. Walsh 3. ‘Most Hideous of Gaolers’: The Spider in Ernest G. Henham’s Tenebrae – Paul Benedict Grant 4. Devouring the Animal Within: Uncanny Otherness in Richard Adams’s The Plague Dogs – Anja Höing 5. Hunted, Now Haunting: The Thylacine as a Gothic Symbol in Julia Leigh’s The Hunter – Alex Philp 6. ‘What Do I Use to Make Them Afraid?’: The Gothic Animal and the Problem of Legitimacy in American Superhero Comics – Fred Francis 7. Imagining the Becoming-Unextinct of Megalodon: Spectral Animals, Digital Resurrection, and the Vanishing of the Human – Michael Fuchs     Part II. Unruly Creatures and the Dangers of Domestication 8. ‘Rats Is Bogies I Tell You, and Bogies Is Rats’: Rats, Repression, and the Gothic Mode – Matthew Crofts and Janine Hatter 9. At Home with Miniature Sea-Monsters: Philip Henry Gosse, Charles Kingsley, and ‘The Great Unknown’ – Sue Edney 10. Uncanny Snails: Patricia Highsmith and the Allure of the Gastropods – Fiona Peters 11. ‘I Have Flyophobia’: Jane Rice’s ‘The Idol of the Flies’ and Evil as Unwanted Houseguest – Kevin Knott 12. ‘Encircled by Minute, Evilly-Intentioned Airplanes’: The Uncanny Biopolitics of Robotic Bees – Franciska Cettl     Part III. Cultural Anxiety, Violence, and the Non-Human Body 13. A Bark and Stormy Night: Ann Radcliffe’s Animals – Heather Ladd 14. Hellish Horses and Monstrous Men: Gothic Horsemanship in Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe – Kirstin A. Mills 15. The Colonial Idol, the Animalistic, and the New Woman in the Imperial Gothic of Richard Marsh – Shuhita Bhattacharjee 16. Victor Hugo’s Pieuvre and the Marine EcoGothic – Natalie Deam 17. The Human Within and the Animal Without?: Rats and Mr Bunnsy in Terry Pratchett’s The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents – Rebecca Lloyd 18. Companion Animals in Contemporary Scottish Women’s Gothic – Timothy C. Baker Index

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Knights: In History and Legend by Constance Brittain Bouchard

A timeline of knight history from its origins The ethos and ideals of knighthood Becoming a knight and the everyday life of a knight Knights in premedieval times The rise and fall of Charlemagne's empire Knights among the Normans and the Saxons The Crusades The decline of knighthood The role of literature and movies in the mythology of knights And much more. Hundreds of beautiful color photographs, artworks and maps add to this fascinating history of knights and knighthood.

America: A History in Art: The American Journey Told by Painters, Sculptors, Photographers, and Architects by William G. Scheller

From the earliest Native Americans through the explorers and first settlers, the fight for independence, the expansion west, the war between the states and those on foreign soil—right up to our most recent past—each era and key event of our nation's history unfolds in clear prose, documented by significant paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works of architecture.

Jewels of the Tsars: The Romanovs and Imperial Russia by Prince Michael of Greece

The worlds fascination with the Russian imperial family endures, and with this stunning book a new spotlight is added. "Jewels of the Tsars," the first book to examine the familys unparalleled collection, is illustrated with extraordinary photographs taken under special conditions at the Kremlins Diamond Fund, and accompanied by 18th- and 19th-century portraits and photographs of the Tsars, their families, and their court. Prince Michael of Greece, a Romanoff descendant, writes with an insiders knowledge of his familys passion for rare and beautiful jewels, and their place in the troubled history of Imperial Russia.

Okavango: Africa's Last Eden by Frans Lanting

Okavango: Africa's Last Eden captures the magnificent animals of the Kalahari Desert and their fragile environment in a highly praised collection of 125 extraordinary photographs, taken during a year-long expedition by award-winning National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting. The vast Okavango wetlands support a diversity of wildlife unparalleled anywhere in Africa. Hippos, crocodiles, zebras, impalas, giraffes, lions, and some of the continent's last wild elephant herds are but a few of the creatures that find sustenance in the seasonal ebb and flow of fresh water across Botswana's arid plain.

Louvre: All the Paintings by Erich Lessing, Anja Grebe

The Louvre is the world's most visited art museum, with 8.5 million visitors annually, and houses the most celebrated and important paintings of all time. For the first time ever, The Louvre: All the Paintings collects all 2,981 paintings currently on display in the permanent collection in one beautifully curated volume.

Love Looks Not with the Eyes: Thirteen Years with Lee Alexander McQueen by Anne Deniau

Lee Alexander McQueen (1969–2010), whose design combined visionary aesthetics, emotional power, and extraordinary craft, was known for staging provocative shows that were as much performances as venues to display his couture creations. Charged with energy, informed by history and culture, and filled with fresh concepts, McQueen’s shows have become legends not only of fashion but also of art. Anne Deniau was the only photographer allowed backstage by McQueen for 13 years, beginning in September 1997 and ending with the final show in March 2010. She captured McQueen working with his close circle of collaborators—including designer Sarah Burton, milliner Philip Treacy, jewelry designer Shaun Leane, and model Kate Moss—to create his meticulously produced spectacles. Her book offers an inspiring homage, through the art of photography, to the work of a great artist.

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Jonathon and Mary Beth Argue + Blue Hair

Jonathon and Mary Beth Argue

Blue Hair

Happy New Year! Well, at least around the time these videos were posted on the 6th of January 2007. Lets see what we can find out about what was going on around this time! 

The song currently topping the charts in the US was “Irreplaceable” by Beyonce. But in the UK, Leona Lewis was on a three week streak at number one with “A Moment Like This”. 

Some Major Historical Events going on January 2007:

Bulgaria and Romania officialy join the EU

Steven Jobs announces the iPhone

She-who-must-not-be-named finishes the final book in the Harry Potter Series

Doomsday Clock set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea’s 1st Nuclear Test

Plenty of things going on at this time. Now, cheking back in with our buddy, way back machine (8 January 2007), top 3 featured videos were:

Ron Ronsmith and the Fake News by sxephil

Britethorn Responds! By britethorn

My Legendary Girlfriend by kee1000

But let’s talk about the videos…

Starting with “Jonathon and Mary Beth Argue", I have so many questions and after attempting to dig through the internet for answers I have come back with NOTHING! I am going to assume that this was a personal project with a friend, (whom I am assuming is Victoria who was mentioned in the previous video we watched). 

Premise: Mary Beth (Victoria) and Jonathon (Phil) are having an argument about his drinking on Christmas. Jonathan wields a sprite, takes a sip, and promptly turns into a frog the size of a chihuahua. All 21 seconds are a little cringy, but fit well into Phil’s branding that it just makes sense. Overall, this video was good and I think that it would have fit in very well this the other videos that were on youtube at the time.

EDIT: I have actually started watching the next set and I am currently editing my post, BUT I have discovered that the friend I assumed was Victoria is actual Anja! Sorry bestie!

Total Watch Time: 2m 28s

Blue Hair

Moving on to “Blue Hair”, Philip Lester, you need to tag your jumpscares. This video is simply 100 seconds of Phil messing with the settings on the camera he is filming with and documenting the changes in color and the camera's ability to film in the dark. This reminded me so much of a moment from his recent video on amazingphil where he reads his original buffy fanfiction where he says that he taught himself editing. It’s crazy to think that the 20-year-old we see playing with a camera in this video becomes the successful social media influencer we see today. 

Total Watch Time: 4m 09s

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nickname/s?

My dad used to call me “Kitten” when I was a kid and my mom calls my “Mircike” (a typical cat name in Hungarian) while I call her “Mirc”. 

real name?

I hate my birth name so I go by Isabel. If I wasn’t a cheapskate and didn’t hate dealing with bureocracy and papers I would change it officially. 

zodiac sign?

Sagittarius

favorite musicians/groups?

René Pape, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Ludovic Tézier, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Piero Cappuccilli, Ettore Bastianini, Tito Gobbi, Maria Callas, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Victoria de los Ángeles, Franco Corelli, Philip Langridge, Matti Salminen, John Tomlinson, Donald McIntyre, Birgit Nilsson, Thomas Allen, László Polgár, Mihály Székely, Leonard Warren, Leontyne Price, Sherrill Milnes,  Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann, Anita Rachvelishvili, Stefan Kocan, Artur Ruciński, Yevgeni Nesterenko, Mariusz Kwiecien, John Relyea, Simon Keenlyside, Set Svanholm, Gottlob Frick, Thomas Hampson, Ildar Abdrazakov, Peter Mattei,

okay I’ll stop or we’ll be here all day

also a few non-opera ones: Queen, Manowar, Blind Guardian, Loreena McKennitt, Ennio Morricone, Howard Shore

favorite sports team?

fuck sports

other blogs?

@count-di-luna but it’s largely abandoned and I just keep it as a an archive

do i get asks?

occasionally 

how many blogs do I follow?

128

tumblr crushes?

@carlodivarga-s, @garland-on-thy-brow, @tornaloadir, @notyouraveragejulie, @widevibratobitch, @doreenaloysius

lucky number?

I don’t believe in that shit

what am i wearing?

Uhh, comfy home clothes in black

dream vacation?

Spain with a fellow opera fan and we could visit ALL the opera locations and have photoshoots. In costume.

dream car?

I hate driving so I don’t really care. Make it as eco friendly as possible, preferably red, and give me a personal driver.

favorite food?

way too many to choose just one

drink of choice?

Piña Colada is DELICIOUS

instruments?

Jew’s Harp and drum are about the only things I can handle.

languages?

Hungarian, English, some German, a bit of Italian from opera.

celebrity crushes?

Claudia Cardinale, Audrey Hepburn, Philip Quast, James Coburn, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Sean Bean, Jennifer Hale

and, well, a lot of the opera singers listed above, but especially Dima. he was so beautiful.

tagging: @carlodivarga-s, @lessthansix, @notyouraveragejulie, @tornaloadir

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tagged by: @hedawolf thx miss v and my long af name asdjfa

Y: yumeji’s theme – in the mood for love ost O: on my way to heaven – the staple singers U: uh oh loves come to town – talking heads L: life after sundown – glass candy O: old shoes (& picture postcards) – tom waits O: old money – lana del rey K: keep the streets empty for me – fever ray L: lord knows best – dirty beaches I: i go to sleep – anika K: king kunta – kendrick lamar E: everybody mad – o.t. genasis A: almost (sweet music) – hozier R: running up that hill – kate bush E: etude no 2 – philip glass A: all night – beyoncé L: lonely heart – kim jung mi B: bill – unloved A: are you that somebody – aaliyah B: blues for mama – nina simone E: emajer – tinariwen T: thelma og anja – thelma ost (shoutout to my url) O: only girl – rihanna D: day is done – nick drake A: america’s boy – broadcast Y: you belong – hercules & love affair

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For serious fans of fashion, there’s no bigger red-carpet affair than the annual Costume Institute Benefit—a.k.a. the Metropolitan Museum of Art Gala, or Met Gala for short—where celebrities and high fashion collide in a bonanza of couture gowns that more than rivals the Oscars in unabashed glamour. Part of the evening’s fun—even for us spectators—is seeing what attendees choose to wear on the red carpet at the Gala, which will be held Monday night. Considering attendees’ high-design attire is typically loosely inspired by the exhibition’s theme, we have a feeling this particular red carpet will be one for the record books, and we’ll see some of the best Met Gala dresses yet.

However, before we can look ahead to this year’s extravaganza, we decided to look back at some past memorable Met Gala gowns that we’re still talking about.

From supermodels (Karolina Kurkova in a head-to-toe custom Rachel Zoe creation that resembled liquid gold, Gisele Bündchen’s red-hot Valentino, Anja Rubik’s skin-baring Anthony Vaccarello) and starlets (Beyoncé in showstopping Givenchy, Diane Kruger in Jason Wu) to the fash pack (Alexa Chung in Marc Jacobs, Ashley Olsen in vintage Dior, Zoe Kravitz in Alexander Wang), there’s no denying that everyone who shows up to the year’s most major red carpet does so with a serious fashion moment in mind.

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Rihanna, Met Gala 2017

As an annual Met Gala favorite, Rihanna didn’t disappoint when she wore a Comme des Garçons structured flower-like dress by Rei Kawakubo, a Japanese designer who was honored with that year’s theme. The look, which was straight from Comme des Garçons’s Fall 2016 runway, used floral fabrics, which were layered and pulled apart to look like petals.

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Zendaya, Met Gala 2017

Though Zendaya strayed from 2017’s avant-garde theme, she still shut down the red carpet when she showed up in a colorful Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda ball gown decorated with vibrant orange and blue parrots. Z complemented her look, which boasted a floor-length train, with a voluminous Afro.

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Cardi B, Met Gala 2018

Cardi B’s 2018 MOSCHINO Met Gala look (with the theme Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination) was beyond iconic.

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Taylor Swift, Met Gala 2016

As 2016’s Met Gala chair, Taylor Swift created chatter on the internet for the metallic minidress she wore in honor of that year’s theme, Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology. The look consisted of a robot-like Louis Vuitton dress with cutouts and a ruffled skirt with knee-high lace-up heels and black lipstick complementing Swift’s electric-blonde hair.

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Solange, Met Gala 2016

Solange didn’t exactly fit 2016’s technology-inspired theme, but many fans considered her lemonade-yellow David Laport dress, which featured accordion-like pleats, to be a nod to her sister Beyoncé’s album Lemonade, which came out a month earlier. Solange completed her look with matching latex leg warmers and clear sandals.

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Lena Waithe, Met Gala 2018

When Master of None’s Lena Waithe showed up to the 2018 Met Gala in a literal rainbow cape, we knew it was going to be a good night.

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Lupita Nyong’o, Met Gala 2016

Lupita Nyong’o stunned on the Met Gala red carpet in 2016 when she wore a jade sequined Calvin Klein shift dress with a near-translucent train. But it was her hair that caught the attention of the internet. Shortly after Nyong’o walked the red carpet, Vogue published an article comparing her sky-high bun to Audrey Hepburn’s in a 1963 Vogue photo shoot. The actress later called out the magazine on Instagram, explaining that her hair wasn’t inspired by Hepburn, but by traditional African hairstyles and Nina Simone.

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Kendall Jenner, Met Gala 2017

Kendall Jenner definitely turned heads in 2017 when she showed up at the Met Gala in a near-naked La Perla dress. The sheer look, which featured a large diagonal cutout on Jenner’s torso, was flecked with glitter and featured a low-scooped open back, revealing Jenner’s derriere.

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Katy Perry, Met Gala 2017

As one of 2017’s Met Gala chairs, Katy Perry raised the bar when she wore an avant-garde red-tulle dress by John Galliano. The look, which featured a floor-length veil and sleeves embellished with large jewels, also included a crown-like headpiece with the word “Witness,” which would later become the title of Perry’s 2017 album.

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Claire Danes, Met Gala 2016

From a first look, Claire Danes’s 2016 sky-blue Cinderella-like Zac Posen ball gown looked like another pretty dress and far from that year’s technology-inspired theme. But in the dark, fans learned that the one-of-a-kind dress was sewn with dozens of fiber optics, allowing it to twinkle with lights when it was pitch-black. Posen revealed the high-tech effect on his Instagram.

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Cara Delevingne, Met Gala 2017

Cara Delevingne took advantage of her freshly shaven head at the 2017 Met Gala by glazing it with slick silver paint. She paired her metallic buzzcut with a sci-fi-inspired pantsuit by Chanel with bold shoulders and a futuristic, star-like pattern.

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Rihanna, Met Gala 2018

Rihanna really stuck to the 2018 “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” Met Gala theme when she game dressed as the literal Pope. We’re still screaming about it.

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Madonna, Met Gala 2016

Madonna earned mixed reviews when she wore a sheer and skin-baring Givenchy dress to the 2016 Met Gala. The look, which exposed Madonna’s butt and breasts, was criticized by some for being too revealing. Of course, Madonna had the last word. After the controversy, the singer took to her Instagram to explain that her dress was a “political statement” against “an ageist and sexist society.”

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Kim Kardashian, Met Gala 2013

A pregnant Kim Kardashian didn’t exactly stick to the PUNK: Chaos to Couture theme of 2013’s gala, but her Givenchy dress spawned 10,000 memes—and was of particular significance, given it was the first time Anna Wintour allowed her to attend.

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Diana Ross, Met Gala 1981

Diana Ross’s 1981 Met Gala gown would look right at home on the 2018 red carpet, given fashion’s recent obsession with ruffles and off-the-shoulder cuts.

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Solange, Met Gala 2015

When every other star was tripping over themselves to prove their dresses were the most naked, Solange rolled up to the 2015 Met Gala in this round Giles dress—and killed it.

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Amber Valletta, Met Gala 1999

Amber Valletta looked every inch the supermodel in shiny gold at 1999’s “Rock Style” gala.

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Sarah Jessica Parker, Met Gala 2013

Sarah Jessica Parker, patron saint of the Met Gala, can always be counted on to show up in something fabulously OTT, like this Giles Deacon gown and Philip Treacy Mohawk headpiece in 2013, proving that she truly gets the spirit of the event every year.

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Diana Vreeland, Met Gala 1981

Legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland and Bill Blass at the 1981 gala, whose theme was “‘Eighteenth Century Woman.”

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Lauren Santo Domingo, Met Gala 2008

In 2008, socialite and fashion It-girl Lauren Santo Domingo wore a silver glittering Nina Ricci gown—created by then-designer Olivier Theyskens—end of story. But it wasn’t, because the dress caused a bit of a scandal when the house dressed SJP in the same exact dress months later for the premiere of the “Sex and the City” movie. The brand responded to the controversy by saying LSD isn’t technically a celebrity, so they didn’t recycle.

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Lupito Nyong’o, Met Gala 2014

Fresh off her fame-making red-caped-dress moment, Lupita Nyong’o made a dramatic grand entrance at the 2014 gala in flapper-inspired Prada.

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Zoë Kravitz and MIA, Met Gala 2010

The cool crowd—also known as MIA and Zoë Kravitz—arrived on the arm of Alexander Wang at 2010’s “American Women”-themed gala.

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Florence Welch, Met Gala 2012

Florence Welch brought it to the 2012 gala honoring Miuccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli, although she opted to wear a stunning multitiered McQueen dress. She showed up on several “worst-dressed” lists, proving again that the masses just don’t get it.

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Anja Rubik, Met Gala 2013

Supermodel Anja Rubik rolled up to the 2013 punk-themed gala in a mini red leather Anthony Vaccarello number—and it promptly went down in the annals as one of the coolest, most memorable looks ever.

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Karen Elson, Met Gala 2015

In 2015, supermodel-turned-rocker Karen Elson debuted a jaw-dropping Dolce & Gabbana look on the red carpet. Whether it played into the night’s theme—”China: Through the Looking Glass”—is debatable, but the glamour is not.

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Anne Hathaway, Met Gala 2013

Anne Hathaway shed her goody-goody image at the 2013 punk-themed gala, replacing her long brown hair with a cropped platinum cut and debuting an on-theme Valentino gown.

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Miley Cyrus, Met Gala 2013

A logical step in Miley Cyrus’s 2013 emancipation from Hannah Montana? Attending the punk-themed Met Gala on Marc Jacobs’s arm in a  totally sheer dress and with blonde spiky hair.

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Diane Kruger, Met Gala 2004

A lot of the looks at 2004’s “Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century” gala look wildly outdated now, but Diane Kruger—in Nicolas Ghesquiere—still looks chic and sexy.

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Nicole Richie, Met Gala 2013

Nicole Richie stunned due to the simple fact that she made both a Topshop gown and silver hair look ridiculously chic in 2013.

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Kim Kardashian, Met Gala 2015

In 2015, Kim Kardashian caught major flak for wearing a dress nearly identical to the one Beyoncé wore in 2012. Granted, they’re by different designers and were different colors—Beyoncé’s black and purple gown was Givenchy, while Kim’s white dress was part of Peter Dundas’s first collection since returning to Roberto Cavalli, but the similarities were shocking, down to the sheer nakedness, the curve-hugging fit, and—of course—the feathered train that Bey worked like a pro on the Met’s red stairs when she made her dramatic entrance three years ago.

(And let it be known, Kim—who was on the event’s host committee that year—also showed up toward the end of the carpet, just like Ms. Knowles did.)

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Rihanna, Met Gala 2015

Perhaps the most memorable gala gown—and the most memorable example of a star sticking to the theme—was at 2015’s “China: Through the Looking Glass”: Rihanna showed up in an imperial-yellow fur-trimmed caped number with a multifoot-long train created by Chinese couturier Guo Pei. “I was researching Chinese couture on the Internet, and I found it,” she told Vanity Fair.

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Ashley Olsen, Met Gala 2011

Ashley Olsen didn’t wear McQueen to the 2011 gala, whose theme was in his honor, but looked absolutely perfect in a vintage Dior with puffy sleeves.

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Beyoncé, Met Gala 2015

Beyoncé turned heads in revealing Givenchy Couture at 2015’s gala, though some critics slammed the look for being too shameless in its approach to grab headlines. In the year of the “naked dress” on the gala’s carpet—J.Lo and—predictably—Kim K. also showed up in similar styles—we kind of hoped Beyoncé would have risen above the fray and had fun with her look, much like Rihanna did that year.

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Gisele Bündchen, Met Gala 2011

Part of one of the best-dressed couples of all time, supermodel Gisele Bündchen made jaws drop in 2011 with her dramatic red Alexander McQueen.

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Bianca Brandolini D’Adda, Met Gala 2012

Italian It-girl Bianca Brandolini D’Adda stunned in a serious gold Dolce & Gabbana ensemble in 2012.

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Elizabeth Hurley, Met Gala 1995

Quintessential ’90s couple Elizabeth Hurley—in her signature curve-hugging gown style—and Hugh Grant at 1995’s gala.

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Amber Valletta, Met Gala 2004

It’s hard not to applaud Amber Valletta for fully embracing the 2004 “Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century” gala theme.

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Diane Kruger, Met Gala 2011

In 2011, Diane Kruger was the picture of modernity—instead of an OTT gown, she opted for a sleek black slit-skirt and embellished top by Jason Wu.

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Rihanna, Met Gala 2011

Been there, done that: Rihanna was doing the naked-dress thing long before Kim, Bey, and J.Lo. Here she is in Stella McCartney in 2011.

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Karolina Kurkova, Met Gala 2012

Karolina Kurkova brought some serious Studio 54 vibes in 2012 with her gold beaded Rachel Zoe number.

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Kirsten Dunst, Met Gala 2012

Kirsten Dunst might have worn prim Rodarte to 2012’s gala, but the look did its part to play into the Prada and Schiappareli theme.

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Alexa Chung, Met Gala 2013

It-girl and style-setter Alexa Chung took the “real fashion” route in a buttoned-up Marc Jacobs look in 2013.

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Nina Dobrev, Met Gala 2012

Actress Nina Dobrev looked glamorous in a serious Donna Karan Atelier gown in 2012.

  A version of this story originally appeared in May 2016.

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All these snippets are from the fic up to 104% perfect, so I don’t own them, but this is hilarious.

Justin Colin Oluransi: Born Toronto, Canada. Educated Samwell University and Johns Hopkins. 40-year career in obstetrics and gynecology, noted expert on the effects of toxic stress on fetal health. See pages 3-17 for list of lives saved. Once spoke to Georgia Martin for several minutes at a sexual education convention, but does not remember it. Unfortunately an excessive user of his car horn.

Poindexter, William J: Born Steuben, ME, educated Northeastern and UC San Diego. Holds many significant security software patents. Most famously associated with false-analog voting interface, first used in the election of U.S. President Alice Atley. Bumped into Christopher Chow in the freezer aisle of a Safeway and thought he was hot, but will not remember this. Lost points for telling his friends about that study that claimed pet dogs don't love you.

Knight, Brandt Grahame: Born Cambridge, MA. Educated Philips Andover, Harvard, Harvard. Spent most of adult life compensating for the above. Civil rights cases include Campbell v. Tulsa, Phuoc v. Tempeh, and Ximinez v. Baton Rouge. See page 9 for list of testimonies before Supreme Court. Points deducted for talking over coworkers and that time he tried to get a cat high.

Chow, Christopher V: Born San Jose, CA. Educated University of Michigan. Career goalie for Boston Bruins. Noted supporter of NWHL, progressive sports culture campaigns, and mental healthcare standards for youth athletes. Adopted and cared for over 70 senior dogs. Once saw Derek Nurse's TED talk and thought it was good. Earned over a dozen point losses via forgetting to bring his sleep apnea mask on roadies.

Birkholtz, Adam L: Born Buffalo, NY, educated Columbia University. Healthcare economist, consultant on structure for universal American healthcare system, and advocate for expansion of social welfare programs. Legal guardian of cousin Anja from age 16 after parents proved themselves unfit. Once slept with March Andrews and does remember it, but will not cause neighborhood tension. Likes musicals and lost a significant number of points for humming the Music Man soundtrack to himself on the subway.

Duan, Larissa P: Born Philadelphia, PA. Educated SUNY Purchase and SCAD. Art therapy in detention facilities, schools, and group homes; best-known for portrait series of imprisoned persons held for inability to pay bail. Played single most beautiful round of flip cup in American history. Lost points for naming cats "Pabst," "Heinie," "Nat," and other names derived from cheap beer labels.

Nurse, Derek M: Born Manhattan, NY. Educated Philips Andover and The New School. Prominent activist for head injury intervention in youth athletics, esp. hockey and American football, and helped to establish revised liability conditions for sports executives. Published five collections of poetry. Primary point loss resulted from using zodiac signs as insults, ie "typical Aries."

Zimmermann, Jack L:  Born Montreal, QC. Search and rescue crew member for 30 years (see pages 4-9 for list of lives saved). Points deducted for nicknaming a junior hockey teammate "Saggy."

Bittle, Eric R: Born Athens, Georgia. Educated Samwell University. Co-owner, with mother Suzanne, of local bakery chain Oh, Honey, run as a nonprofit to support welfare efforts for homeless youth. Lost points for taking French class in college. Earned a few back because his accent was awful.