#Rosanna Bruno

[readinthedarkpod]

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B: The end of the film ends on Irene Papas's face. And so in this moment she's Clytemnestra, she knows of the big, like, terrible lie and crime that her husband has committed by sacrificing their daughter. And it is like, by far, the best moment of acting ever. Because you can see on her whole face that she's planning Agamemnon's murder when he returns home from the war ten years later.

Iphigenia (1977) dir. Michael Cacoyannis

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[filmnoirsbian]

Incomplete list of recommendations if you want greek myth retellings that are actually interesting and do something new with the concept:

Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell (& friends)

O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)

Cassandra by Christa Wolf

The King Must Die by Mary Renault

Los Reyes by Julio Cortázar

Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Trojan Women: A Comic by Anne Carson and Rosanna Bruno (let's be honest, Ms. Carson could easily dominate this whole list but I'm trying to limit myself to one and I think this one is the most interesting.)

Girl on an Altar by Marina Carr

Oresteia by Robert Icke

An Iliad by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson

Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis

Helen in Egypt by Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)

Norma Jean Baker of Troy by Anne Carson (ok I lied, what are you gonna do about it?)

Weight by Jeanette Winterson

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

Averno by Louise Glück

[antigonick]

Hi!! Would you happen to have any recs for good retellings of Greek myths? A lot of books I've seen recommended are usually not up to the mark and I trust your taste!

In terms of contemporary fiction retellings, I don't have much to offer; the few I've picked up were always a let-down, and some older ones too (I goddamn hated Mary Renault's). I do have some favourites in poetry or in older books, but they're usually fairly transformative; and I like picking up different translations of the same ancient texts (especially with plays); they offer a new eye on the text every time, and it's usually a more interesting eye than what's huh... going on with the chain-making of Greek retellings going on these days. What I'm interested in is seeing the same story being spun differently again and again. Oh, okay, there are two that I'm excited to pick up though I haven't: Ali Smith's Girl Meets Boy and Chigozie Oboma's An Orchestra of Minorities; but I can't say anything on them yet. Anyway, a short list of options! Alice Oswald, Memorial Rainer Maria Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus Anne Carson, Bakkhai (verging on adaptation translation) Anne Carson, Antigonick Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red Anne Carson and Rosanna Bruno, The Trojan Women Jean Anouilh, Antigone Jean Giraudoux, The Trojan War Won't Happen Jean Giraudoux, Electra Sarah Kane, Phaedra's Love Jean Racine, Phèdre Jean Paul Sartre, The Flies Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion Seamus Heaney, The Spirit Level C. S. Lewis, 'Till We Have Faces Christa Wolf, Cassandra Louise Glück, Meadowlands Louise Glück, Averno Gregory Orr, Orpheus and Eurydice: a Lyric Sequence

I hope you enjoy these!

[catindabag]

TBOSAS on Crack!AU: ✨The Fave Banned Songs of The 24 OG Mentors✨

A friend of mine asked me to list the Mentors’ favorite banned (100% illegal in Panem) songs in my TBOSAS Crack!AU.

So here they are:

1. Coriolanus Snow (Sugar Baby Era)

Snow On The Beach by T. Swift & Lana

Radio by Lana Del Rey

Careless Whisper by George Michael

Bloom by Troye Sivan (For Sejanus)

“Sl*t!” By Taylor Swift (For Sejanus)

2. Sejanus Plinth (Sugar Daddy Era)

Beautiful People by Ed Sheeran

Jenny by Studio Killers (For Coryo)

Lover by Taylor Swift (For Coryo)

Hey Blondie by Dominic Fike (For Coryo)

Ride by SoMo (For Coryo)

3. Festus Creed (Dumpster Fire Era)

We Can’t Stop by Miley Cyrus

Last Friday Night by Katy Perry

All Star by Smash Mouth

Honeypie by JAWNY

Chicken Nugget Dreamland by Parry Grip

4. Lysistrata Vickers (Crazy Fangirl Era)

Wannabe by Spice Girls

Barbie Dreams by FIFTY FIFTY, Kaliii

Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles

Starman by David Bowie

Groupie by Cate

5. Felix Ravinstill (Class President Era)

Under Pressure by Queen, David Bowie

Touchy Feely Fool by AJR

The Hype by Twenty One Pilots

Kingdom Come by Jon Bellion

This is What Makes Us Girls by Lana

6. Persephone Price (Unhinged Lover Era)

Candy by Unknown Brain

Crush by Tessa Violet

Sweet But Psycho by Ava Max

I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen

7. Clemensia Dovecote (Friend-zoned Era)

Still Into You by Paramore

Your Type by Carly Rae Jepsen

Midnight Love by Girl in Red

Mr. Lonely by Bobby Vinton

8. Livia Cardew (Rich Queen Era)

7 Rings by Ariana Grande

Material Girl by Madonna

Barbie World by Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice

9. Androcles Anderson (Sneaky Sneak Era)

Stand Up by One Direction

Cake By The Ocean by DNCE

Drive By by Train

Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson

10. Hilarius Heavensbee (Disowned Clown Era)

Birthday Party by AJR

Sad Happy by Circa Waves

SugarCrash! By ElyOtto

Thomas Theme by Thomas & Friends

11. Palmyra Monty (Chef on Crack Era)

Cooking by The Book by Lazy Town

Raining Tacos by Parry Grip

Fruit Salad by The Wiggles

Krusty Krab by Trap Remix

12. Apollo Ring (Sunshine Boi Era)

Oh Potato Dog by Parry Grip

Sunroof by Nicky Youre, Dazy

Sunkissed by Khai Dreams

Come On Eileen by Dexys M.R

13. Diana Ring (Pastel Peach Era)

Rainbow Magic by Rosanna Pansino

Cupid by FIFTY FIFTY (Twin Ver.)

Penguin On Me by Schmoyoho

My Little Pony Theme by My Little Pony

14. Vipsania Sickle (Gym Gal Era)

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! By ABBA

Eye of The Tiger by Survivor

YMCA by Village People

15. Gaius Breen (Hype Man Era)

Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars

The Nights by Avicii

Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes

16. Dennis Fling (Trader Joe’s Era)

Billionaire by Travis McCoy, Bruno Mars

Money, Money, Money by ABBA

MONEY by LISA

17. Pliny Harrington (Sleepy Dawg Era)

The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars

Some Nights by Fun

Saturday by Twenty One Pilots

18. Domitia Whimsiwick (Farm Gal Era)

Everything She Ain’t by Hailey Whitters

If You Go Down by Kelsea Ballerini

WWDD by Lainey Wilson

Biscuits by Kacey Musgraves

19. Urban Canville (Exploding Man Era)

World’s Smallest Violin by AJR

All Time Low by Jon Bellion

When I was Done Dying by Dan Deacon

The Pi Song by AsapSCIENCE

20. Io Jasper (Nerd in Love Era)

Boys by Charli XCX

What Lovers Do by Maroon 5, SZA

Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen

The Science Love Song by AsapSCIENCE

21. Florus Friend (Introvert on Stage Era)

Dreamland by Glass Animals

Loretta by Ginger Root

Herp De Derp by Schmoyoho

22. Iphigenia Moss (Rebellious Diet Era)

Boom Clap by Charli XCX

Popular Song by MIKA, Ariana Grande

Prom Dress by mxmtoon

23. Juno Phipps (Royal Baby Girl Era)

Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani, Eve

Dance The Night by Dua Lipa

California Gurls by Katy Perry

24. Arachne Crane (Screeching Banshee Era)

Beautiful Trauma by P!nk

Super Bass by Nicki Minaj

Primadonna by MARINA

[perhapsitisthegreatergrief]

i think one of the things that makes anne carson and rosanna bruno's the trojan women: a comic so powerful is the way the dialogue is drawn.

it's full-page panels with interweaving dialogue boxes that you have to carefully track to be able to know who's speaking. the voices blend together, especially when it's hecuba and andromache talking. when we lose track of which dialogue belongs to who, we are reminded that they could be anyone who has been affected by war— they are anyone's grieving relative, they are anyone who has watched their entire life be destroyed before their eyes. really gets the point across that this interpretation of the play is meant as a timeless representation of the way war affects people.

[mrthology]

You and @ashilrak are so brilliant at writing the gods, they feel like they’re immortal beings who’ve lived for centuries, so I was wondering if you had any tips for writing characters like the gods? You’re both such amazing writers

Hi, and thank you so much!! I was introduced to the myths and history when I was likely far too young (I found a copy of the Iliad very early on haha), and that's influenced how I write, what I studied, and so much more.

I think my biggest tip is honestly just to write. I can see how much my writing's improved since first posting PJO this go-round with the fandom, and sincerely hope it will keep improving! Don't get m wrong, I still love my older stuff, but I very much can see that I've become a much stronger author. Writing is honestly a lot of practise, and figuring out what works for you! I'm definitely better at writing the gods (and anything) now than I used to be.

Reading can also help a ton. Find author/authors (be in fanfiction or published books) you like and note what you like about them. Are they more sparse with their prose? More purple? Do they go between/in the middle of the two? Do they describe every detail? Do they leave more to the imagination? Etc. etc. Seeing what you like and would like to emulate can definitely help, especially when it comes to characterisation.

Advice for writing the gods would be essentially the same as above: write, then write some more; read and keep reading. I love reading the Greek plays and their translations, as well as history in general, and will link a couple of my favourites below that have very much influenced me:

Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold, Stephen Fry - overall not my fav retellings, but I genuinely enjoy his writing, and he makes everything incredibly accessible, and it's a great starting point

Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides (trans. Anne Carson) - anything by her to be honest, she's incredible and I love her

The Odyssey, Homer (trans. Emily Wilson) - this one changed me as a person, specifically this translation haha

The Aeneid, Virgil (trans Shadi Bartsch) - women in translation, my beloveds

Medea, Euripides (trans. Gilbert Murray) - Medea is incredible

The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides, Aeschylus (editors Robert Fagles and W.b. Stanford)

Trojan Woman, Euripides (trans. Anne Carson, illustrator Rosanna Bruno) - sorry not sorry for reccing Carson again but this is so good

I could go on for an embarrassing long time, so feel free to ask for recs if you'd like, and so sorry if you've already read all these sksks, I got excited 🧡🧡🧡

Thank you again, both @ashilrak and I really appreciate this message!!

[typingtess]

NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 Rewatch:  “Shame”

The basics:  Kensi, Deeks, Fatima and Rountree investigate the death of a sailor on the Allegiance.  Callen is with Anna and their possible wedding planner while Sam is spending the day with Kam.

Written by:   Written by: Sam Block & Jamil Akim O’Quinn.  This is the first episode as writers for both Sam Block and Jamil Akim O'Quinn.  Since season 13, Sam Block was an assistant to the executive producer.  Jamil Akim O'Quinn was a writers production assistant for "Of Value" earlier this season.

Directed by:   Daniela Ruah directed “Russia, Russia, Russia”, “Lost Sailor Down”, “Pandora’s Box”, “Live Free or Die Standing” and "Flesh & Blood". 

Guest stars of note:  Kayla Smith as Kam Hanna is back from season 12’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”.  Bar Paly returns from “Flesh & Blood” earlier in the season.  Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier as Shyla Dahr is back from “A Long Time Coming” crossover episode,  Duncan Campbell is back “In the Name of Honor” as Agent Castor, Joy McElveen as Chief Petty Officer Kemi Adebayo, Heather Grace Hancock as Robin Wassner, Rosanna Pansino as Tara Walker, David Figlioli as Rondel Fryer, Marco Antonio Martinez as Command Master Chief Petty Officer Jalen Hughes, Justice Gamble as Chief Petty Officer Dennis Bradshaw.

Our heroes:   Are siloed like a COVID episode.

What important things did we learn about:

Callen:  Wants serious security at his wedding after Kensi and Deeks’s nuptials.  Sam:  Good father whose compassion isn't conditional Kensi:  Fill-in Agent Afloating with Fatima. Deeks:  Good at noticing handwriting differences. Fatima:  Fill-in Agent Afloating with Kensi. Rountree:  Training with Sam to improve his chase times. Kilbride:  Worried about clusters of suicides.

What not so important things did we learn about:

Callen:  Quoting “The Deer Hunter” while planning a wedding. Sam:  Wanted to make Michelle’s meatloaf, had it made for him instead. Kensi:  Fishing for a wedding invite from Fatima. Deeks:  Left for a deposition. Fatima:  Going on long walks with Akhil Rountree:  Jokingly weirded out by Deeks. Kilbride: Proud of Gen Z for being open to who people truly are.

Where in the world is Henrietta Lange?  Not a mention.

Who's down with OTP:   Kensi and Deeks are Kensi and Deeks.  Wedding plans yield arguments between Callen and Anna and also so quality time on the couch.  Fatima seems to be having a good time Ali.  Kam broke up with Josh and is dating Riley.

Who's down with BrOTP:  Sam is training Rountree. Kensi is looking for wedding invites for Fatima. 

Fashion review:    Callen wore a dark blue button down shirt for the wedding planner appointment.  An eggplant colored long-sleeve tee for Sam.  Lightweight beige pullover sweater for Kensi.  Dark grey long-sleeve tee for Deeks.  Fatima wore a long-sleeve dark brown turtleneck.  Both Kensi and Fatima wore NCIS jackets on the Allegiance.  Rountree started the day in a Nike light grey athletic long-sleeve tee and later was in a light grey, long-sleeve tee-shirt (no swoosh).  Blue three-piece suit, light blue dress shirt and medium blue tie for the Admiral.

Music:  “Falling” by Lauren Jauregui is playing in Kam’s Air Pods as Sam returns home.  “Modelle” by Bruno Nicolai plays at the wedding planner’s office.

Any notable cut scene:  Not today.

Quote:  Sam:  “You know, I had always hoped that me and your Mom created an empathetic environment for you and Aiden.  Wanted to make sure you never felt like our compassion was conditional.” Kam:  “Yeah, of course.”

Sam Hanna – good father.

Anything else:  On an aircraft carrier, Chief Petty Officer Kemi Adebayo notices Petty Officer Eli Wassner is missing from his station.  She starts to search for him only to find a note in his bunk.  Going deeper into the carrier, she finds him hanging from a pipe in a hold.  He’s dead.

Rountree is running through a park area, doing some parkour as he runs.  Sam is timing him.  1-minute, 17-seconds.  Sam is shooting for 1:10.  Rountree expects “a Sam Hanna lesson” and is not disappointed.  Sam tells Rountree it is all about his mentality, keep setting goals and resetting them higher, “no comfort in greatness.”  Rountree notes Sam looks pretty comfortable.  Flattery will get Rountree nowhere with Sam.  Rountree is looking for a ride to the office.  Sam has the day off so it is Uber for Rountree who was driven to the park by Sam.

Sam shows up at home with some fancy coffee for a studying Kam.  With Raymond hanging out with Arkady, it is daddy-daughter time for Sam and Kam.  Kam tells Sam he didn’t have to bring her coffee and goes back to writing her paper.  Sam offers to help but the reading material includes “Teen Women’s Sexuality and Politics: A Case Study of the Adolescent Female Body”.  Sam thinks Kam’s got this.

Sam does, however, want Kam ready for her favorite sandwich at a local eatery.  Kam brings up Hanna House Rules number 17 – schoolwork comes first.  Kam picks up her coffee but the lid isn’t on right.  The coffee spills on Kam.  Running off to protect her Berkley sweatshirt and get the hot coffee off her jeans, Kam leaves Sam to save her computer.  As he keeps it from the coffee puddle, Kam gets an IM from a friend name Riley.  A cleaned-up Kam retrieves her computer and decides to work in her room.  Sam mops up the rest of the coffee.

In the Armory, Kensi and Fatima are talking about her walks on the pier and the beach, probably with Akhil (but not mentioned).  Kensi asks if Fatima has her address for the wedding invitation.  They are called to Ops.  Kensi lets Fatima lead so Kensi can hold her train.

In Ops, Petty Officer Wassner’s personnel info is on the big screen.  Shyla is running the briefing.  Wassner was an electronics technician on the Allegiance.  The Allegiance had two suicides on the ship in recent months, the SecNav wants to know if this is the third.  Kensi asks why the Agent Afloat isn’t handling the investigation.  Lucy Tara just left the Allegiance for Hawai’i so a new Agent Afloat has not been assigned. 

Wassner leaves behind a wife in Los Angeles and parents in New Jersey.  Kensi asks if Wassner had any history of depression.  If there was, Wassner never sought treatment.  He also didn’t have gambling debts.  The Admiral wants to know where Callen and Sam are.  Kensi doesn’t know.  Shyla reminds Kilbride that he sent Callen and Sam home for a week to get through some of their annual leave.  Deeks and Rountree are going to interview Wassner’s widow in the boat shed, Kensi and Fatima are on their way to the Allegiance.  The Admiral is worried that the suicides happening in clusters will have some struggling sailors think this is a way out.

In a wedding planner’s office, Callen and Anna are in for an appointment.  They are offered champagne.  Anna tells Callen he doesn’t have to be there, she could have brought Fatima.  Callen wants to be there.  After Anna gives him a look, Callen revises that to wanting to be there for Anna.  Anna wants Callen to want to be there for the two of them.  That’s what Callen meant, he assures her.

On the Allegiance, Kensi and Fatima are brought to see Master Chief Hughes in the hold where Wassner was found.  He’s there to help as needed.  Hughes points out the ladder Wassner used, the rope stored in the hold and Wassner’s knife.  Kensi wants to see the body but that’s impossible, the body was sent stateside.  Wassner is Jewish and the Navy is respecting his traditions.  Fatima will have Shyla speak to the medical examiner.

Hughes turns over the note found in Wassner’s bunk.  That is going back to NCIS for analysis.  Fatima asks who knows about the note.  Hughes says the ship’s Command, NCIS and Chief Adebayo, who found both the note and Wassner.  Kensi asks to speak to Chief Adebayo.

In the boatshed, Castor shows up with Robin Wassner, the widow.  Deeks points to the couch, and offers sympathies.  He’s sorry to do this to her with all she’s going through.  He’s looking to find out a little more about Eli, what he was going through on the Allegiance.  They had a weekly phone call every Sunday.  There were no signs that he was struggling.  He was happy, they were laughing on the call.  “We loved each other,” Robin tells Deeks and Rountree.  They were starting to plan a family.  Eli was a letter writer – he was old-fashion, she thought it was romantic.  She’s happy to turn over the letters – “whatever you need.”

Kensi and Fatima interview Chief Adebayo.  She is rather emotionless, giving one word answers.  Fatima brings up two complaints filed against Adebayo.  Having none of it, Adebayo explains that she doesn’t coddle sailors, that makes her the villain.  She’s not complicit with mediocrity.  Wassner did good work but in recent times, lost focus.   Adebayo says she told Wassner to get his act together.  Kensi pushes – was she too aggressive telling Wassner to get his act together?  With a large group of sailors to lead, Adebayo does not have time to deal with each sailor’s personal issues.  She didn’t know he was unstable.  Kensi really pushes – the team’s well-being is part of her duties as their leader.  Wassner is the third dead sailor on the Allegiance, maybe it is time to review how she is dealing with her sailors.

Looking at Wassner’s background, Rountree says there is no drug use, no alcohol issues, no other mitigating factors.  Wassner’s medical records are clean, his discipline history is spotless and there are no financial issues.  Deeks points out that Wassner was about to go on leave and start a family, there is real pressure there.  Looking at the suicide note, Rountree calls it short and generic.  Comparing them to the letters to Robin, Deeks notices that Wassner was quite poetic in his writing. 

Both Deeks and Rountree notice something else is off with the suicide note.  Deeks points out differences in how certain letters are written, how the ‘i’s are dotted.  Wassner didn’t write his own suicide note – he was likely murdered.

Shyla tells Deeks and Rountree that forensics confirms Wassner didn’t write the suicide note.  Looking through the sailors on the Allegiance, everyone was thoroughly vetted.  There is no history of violence in any of the men and women on the ship.  There were also no visitors or contractors on the ship in the last 48-hours.  Someone on board did this but Shyla wonders why they hung the body, why not throw Wassner overboard.  Deeks, who was almost thrown overboard 10-Christmases ago, tells Shyla that any sailor going overboard triggers an immediate investigation.  By hanging Wassner, the killer tried to come up with a believable cause of death. 

Castor returns with Robin Wassner.  Saying there is no easy way to tell her, Deeks tells Robin that Eli was murdered.  And while it may be hard, anything Robin could remember might help.  Deeks brings up Chief Adebayo, who Robin calls lovely.  In the prior year, Robin had a miscarriage.  Chief Adebayo pushed through Eli’s temporary leave papers, called in favors to get him home to her.  Eli didn’t ask for help, Adebayo overheard Eli mention the miscarriage and she got him home.  “It’s the nicest thing anyone has ever done for us.” 

Kensi tells Fatima that Wassner didn’t write his suicide note.  They are looking for a killer.  Fatima brings up Adebayo but she has alibis from the other Chief Petty Officers on the Allegiance – they all share a room and she was there all night.  Kensi also brings up Adebayo helping the Wassners “in their time of need”.  Adebayo also has a stellar personnel record.  Disappointed in herself, Kensi says she left Adebayo’s personality cloud her judgment during the interview.  Adebayo could have been an ally on the ship.  Fatima brings up that Adebayo wasn’t helpful with some of her answers, Kensi shouldn’t beat herself up.  They need to interview her again.  Kensi also wants to apologize.

Since schoolwork first is still in effect, Sam offers to make Kam Michelle’s famous meatloaf.  Kam likes that idea.  When Sam offers an invite to Josh, Kam doesn’t like that idea.  They’re not hanging out anymore.  They’re both busy with their own things.  Sam tells Kam he’s there if she wants to talk.  The phone rings and Kam retreats to her room.  Raymond is on the phone – could Sam bring over his pickleball paddle to Arkady’s?

At the wedding planners, Tara Walker introduces herself to Callen and Anna.  She’s so excited to be working with them.  Fatima told Tara about Callen and Anna.  Since marriage is between two people, she wants to hear what they both have planned.  Anna lets Callen go first.  Callen brings up a theme and Anna is not big on themes.  Tara ask what they are looking for in a venue.  Anna is looking for atmosphere, Callen is looking for security.  When Anna gives him a look, Callen tells her she didn’t attend Kensi and Deeks’s wedding.   Moving on to an officiant, Callen mentions not being religious, Anna brings up that Arkady is looking into becoming an officiant. 

Seeing things are going to hell, Tara pass Callen and Anna a list of questions to learn their expectations about the wedding.  Callen thinks about eloping.

Kensi opens her second interview with Adebayo with an apology but Adebayo is not listening to it.  Maybe if she was more involved in Wassner’s well-being, he wouldn’t have taken his life.  Kensi tells Adebayo that Wassner was murdered.  Adebayo is stunned.  After speaking to Kensi and Fatima, Adebayo spoke to her sailors.  An Ensign Choi saw a sailor named Bradshaw on roving watch.  This was around 1AM.  Fatima is going to get Master Chief Hughes to set up an interview with Bradshaw.  When Fatima leaves, Kensi calls into Kilbride and Shyla, updating them on Bradshaw.  Shyla has a time of death – around 2AM.  Also, Wassner wasn’t hanged, he was choked to death.

From his office, Kilbride reads Kensi Petty Officer Dennis Bradshaw’s background.  From Alabama, Bradshaw lives there with his wife.  Their financials are odd.  He’s has a separate account with $50,000.  Kilbride doesn’t believe Mrs. Bradshaw knows about that second account.  And all the money was deposited into the account in cash.

Walking into Ops, Shyla has more on Bradshaw.  While Alabama is his home, he did not fly home when on three-months of leave in recent months.  Instead, his cellphone was pinged in San Pedro.  Bradshaw spent a lot of time in business called The Brass Boot, owned by Rondel Fryer.  Fryer was administratively discharged from the Navy.  As soon as he was out, investigations were started into tax evasion, fraud and money laundering.  Investigations but no convictions.  The Admiral asks about foreign connections and there are running phone calls with someone in China. 

With Wassner’s position as an electronics technician, he had access to radar and ship technical data.  Shyla thinks Bradshaw was selling Wassner’s intel through Fryer.  If something went wrong, and Wassner learned Bradshaw was selling his data to a civilian in China, that could lead to a fight.  It could also lead to Navy secrets being in the hands of China.  Kilbride want Deeks and Rountree to interview Fryer.  When Fryer’s background as an MMA fighter and the owner a large cache of weapons, Kilbride wants Sam to join Deeks and Rountree – “day off be damned.” 

At the wedding planner’s office, Callen is stuck on question eight.  Anna won’t let Callen “cheat”.  Callen grabs Anna’s paper.  Anna grabs Callen and pushes him onto a couch.  They are not fighting anymore.

At The Brass Boot, Rountree is alone when Sam arrives.  Deeks had a deposition – Kilbride knows.  Rountree asks about Kam, “the first future woman President of America”.  Sam mentions a paper, “tolerating” him at best.  Rountree brings up Jordyn but Sam is not interested in any Rountree lessons right now. 

Walking into the bar, Rondel Fryer tells the “gents” – Sam and Rountree – that they aren’t opened yet.  Sam says “federal agents” and since we’ve all seen this show, Fryer runs.  Rountree chases, sliding over cars, jumping over beer kegs.  Sam pulls up in his car but Fryer already ran into an alleyway not no exit. 

Walking back into her office, Tara finds a rather disheveled Callen and Anna.  They thought the questions were great but they have to go.  Tara looks at her messy couch.

Kensi and Fatima find Master Chief Hughes, who was looking for them.  Petty Officer Bradshaw was in an accident on the flight deck.  He’s in the trauma room in sick bay.  Kensi and Fatima are on their way to sick bay.

Saying he thought Sam and Rountree were the IRS, Fryer ran because they are harassing him.  Sam shows Fryer a photo of Bradshaw – was he ever in the bar.  “I’m not at liberty to say.”  Rountree sees that as a yes.  Sam accuses Fryer of selling Naval Intel and being part of the murder of a Naval Officer.  Fryer explains that The Brass Boot isn’t just a bar, there is a private club in the back.  It is a safe space for military men, Hollywood types, executives who want to keep their private lives private.  It is a part of a different time.   Rountree realizes it is “a gay speakeasy.”  Seeing himself as a guardian angel, Fryer explains that being gay may not get you beaten up on the streets anymore but “how many gay global action stars do you see starring in Hollywood movies?” 

While that explains the bar set-up, Rountree asks about the calls to China.  Fryer’s brother teaches English in China.  After the brother went through a rough patch, Fryer lent him some money.  The brother has been wiring Fryer money every month to repay the loan.  Fryer makes it clear, he didn’t kill anyone.  He’s there to let people be who they really are.

In Ops, Shyla confirms all of Rondel Fryer’s story.  Other than the IRS, everything about the bar is above board.  Perhaps Bradshaw and Wassner were involved in a relationship.  And maybe something went wrong – breakup, one person wanting to go public when the other did not. 

Fatima calls into Ops, Bradshaw wasn’t hurt at all.  Hughes lied, which means the two are working together.  The Admiral and Shyla try to figure out if Hughes and Bradshaw are a couple, where did Wassner fit in.

Outside Master Chief Hughes’s bunk, Petty Officer Bradshaw is banging on the door, begging “Jalen” to come out.  Bradshaw tells Kensi and Fatima that Hughes has a gun and Bradshaw fears Hughes may kill himself.  In his room, Hughes has his gun out.  Explaining that he didn’t mean to hurt Wassner, it was an accident.  Kensi says it is going to be OK as she inches closer to Hughes.  Bradshaw understands, telling Hughes that he lived too many years in shame.  Hughes says he’s so tired.  Kensi gets the gun away as Hughes keeps apologizing.  Fatima is able to cuff Hughes.

In the office, Deeks tells Sam and Rountree that Wassner found out Hughes and Bradshaw were a couple.  He didn’t plan on telling anyone but Wassner freaked out when Hughes tried to bribe him with a recommendation for a promotion.  Sharing some beers, Deeks understands Hughes and Bradshaw keeping  their relationship on the ship quiet but didn’t understand keeping it from their families.  “Sometimes the hardest people to talk to are family,” Sam says.  Deeks agrees – “exhibit A, Roberta Deeks.”  Rountree agrees as well.  He doesn’t tell Jordyn everything and he knows Jordyn doesn’t tell him everything.  But Rountree’s doesn’t think any of this makes sense - that Hughes thought of bribing Wassner because Wassner saw him kissing Bradshaw. 

It makes to Kilbride.  In 1991, the year Hughes joined the Navy, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” started its 20-year run.   Many gay members of the service were beaten, assaulted and killed but there are no stats for that because it wasn’t counted.  What was counted was the 100,000 service members who were discharged.  Hughes was from a different time.  While Kilbride isn’t always a fan of the younger generation, he likes that they aren’t afraid of someone who is different.  They may not understand the other person, but they aren’t afraid.  Rountree says Deeks still freaks him out a little.  That kills the moment. 

Arriving home, Kam wound up making the meatloaf for Sam.  Sam tells Kam that he always hoped that he and Michelle created an “empathetic environment” for Aiden and for her.  That the two would never feel like “our compassion was conditional”.  Kam knew this.  Sam tells her he knew that she broke up with Josh and that she may be dating a woman.  Kam wants to know if Aiden told Sam.  Sam is not happy that Kam told Aiden first.  Kam says Aiden wasn’t told, he just figured it out. 

Sam makes it clear, he would never turn his back on her.  Why didn’t she tell him?  Kam explains that she really liked all the guys she dated.  And she really likes the woman she is dating now.  She doesn’t know if she’ll go back to dating men again or if she’s going to only date women.  She’s figuring things out and she didn’t want to tell anyone until she knew.  Sam ticks off the reasons he loves and admires his daughter – brave, smart, courageous.  None of that changes based on who she is dating.  He will always love her.  Sam asks if Riley, Kam’s girlfriend, has a 4.0 GPA, works with a number of charities and has a prestigious internship set up for the summer.  Kam explains she’d never settle for anything less.  The two have dinner.

What head canon can be formed from here:  There was a good episode to be done about the military’s history with gay service members but this one isn’t it.  In fact, the best part of the episode was Kilbride’s thoughts at the end about how gay service members are treated now compared to when he was a younger man. 

A very siloed episode – had a COVID season feel.  

Liked seeing the Kensi-Fatima friendship in the armory.  The program’s long-running friendship between Kensi and Nell is missed.  Callen and Sam are bros, Kensi should have a friend not named Deeks.

Kam telling Aiden first is a nice bit of continuity.  Kam also told Aiden first about her car and her volunteer work.  Sam assuring Kam that his love for her is unconditional was good to hear but even better to know that Kam didn’t need to hear it, she knew it.

 Of course Fatima knew a high end wedding planner.

Episode number:   This is episode 14 of season 14 – two-thirds of the way there.  It is episode 316 overall.

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'Production images have been released for the Donmar Warehouse’s revival of Macbeth.

Leading the production are David Tennant (Doctor Who, Good) and Cush Jumbo (Julius Caesar, Hamlet), taking on roles of the regicidal Macbeths, alongside Moyo Akandé (as Ross), Annie Grace (as Musician and Gentlewoman), Brian James O’Sullivan (as Donalbain/Soldier/Murderer and Musician), Casper Knopf (as Macduff’s Son/Fleance/Young Siward), Cal MacAninch (as Banquo), Kathleen MacInnes (as The Singer and ensemble), Alasdair Macrae (as Musician and ensemble), Rona Morison (as Lady Macduff), Noof Ousellam (as Macduff), Raffi Phillips (as Macduff’s Son/Fleance/Young Siward), Jatinder Singh Randhawa (as The Porter/Seytan), Ros Watt (as Malcolm), and Benny Young (as Duncan/Doctor).

Director Max Webster’s production employs binaural technology to create an immersive 3D sound world, courtesy of sound designer Gareth Fry (The Encounter), which the audience experience through wearing headphones.

In addition, live music comes from an onstage Scottish folk band led by Macrae and featuring award-winning Gaelic singer MacInnes.

The creative team also includes Rosanna Vize (designer), Bruno Poet (lighting designer), Shelley Maxwell (movement director), Macrae (composer and musical director), Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown of RC-Annie Ltd (fight directors), and Anna Cooper CDG (casting).

Macbeth officially opens tonight and runs until 10 February 2024.'

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june's top 10 reads of the year

in no particular order because i can't decide. thank you @shakespecre for tagging me. it was not a great year for reading for me tbh (was sick, moved schools, forgot to log like half the books i read, etc.) but whatever

hijab butch blues by lamya h

autobiography of red by anne carson

the trojan women (anne carson, rosanna bruno)

iphigenia in aulis by euripides

iphigenia crash land falls on the neon shell that was once her heart (a rave fable) by caridad svich

the greek trilogy of luis alfaro

catullus: shibari carmina by isobel williams

max is a miracle by amanda forest

wrath goddess sing by maya deane

and stephen squibb's the suitors of helen, which i read like two days ago and have already staked my heart on. stephen when will you release the full play stephen i need it in my bones

honourable mention to the classical debt: greek antiquity in an era of austerity by johanna hanink, which i haven't finished but am enjoying so far

do this if you want to, you have my seal of approval to pretend i tagged you <333

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The city is in conflagration and the very beaches roar, like women’s voices, for their husbands, their children, their mothers, lost.

I The Trojan Women by Anne Carson

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hello! can i please have some first and last name suggestions for a ariana grande fc? thanks =)

for a first name, i would go with francesca, giovanna, alessandra, buttercup, venus, rosanna, veronica, cosima or maria. for surnames i would go with corsaro, bruno, macini, pesenti, albanese, magnani, giorgi, russo, passalacqua or adamo. i hope these help!

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Spoiler alert for a 2400+ years old play

B: And she's talking about how she's getting married and she's going through the imagery and talks about a lot of the like, ritual things, that we know about in terms of Greek weddings. And you the audience knows her--you know her fate, and Cassandra knows her fate, so she's doing all this, you know, says she's getting married, and bring forward the torches and dah dah dah dah; bring forward the veil, and you know exactly what's gonna happen to both him, Agamemnon, and her when they return to Mycenae. Spoiler: It's big time murder.

Click here to find out where you can listen to the full episode (spoiler alert: anywhere podcasts are!)

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Favorite books read in 2022

Fiction:

The Bread We Eat in Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente

The Trojan Women: A Comic by Anne Carson and Rosanna Bruno

Cherry by Nico Walker

The Seas by Samantha Hunt

The King Must Die by Mary Renault

Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle

Q & A by Vikas Swarup

My Heart is A Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica

Engine Summer by John Crowley

DMZ by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli

Cassandra by Christa Wolf

Reprieve by James Han Mattson

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

Eternals by Kieron Gillen and Esad Ribić

Non fiction:

The Girl in the Picture: the Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War by Denise Chong

The Tomb of Agamemnon by Cathy Gere

A Righteous Smokescreen: Postwar America and the Politics of Cultural Globalization by Sam Lebovic

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection by Susan Stewart

Men, Women and Chain Saws by Carol J. Clover

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Plays:

Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey

H of H Playbook by Anne Carson

Los Reyes by Julio Cortázar translated by Juan Sabastian de Vivo

Girl on an Altar by Marina Carr

Agamemnon by Aeschylus translated by Ted Hughes

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Hiiii, you may very well be familiar with all of these already but The Trojan Women (art by Rosanna Bruno, text by Anne Carson), The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood) and Till We Have Faces (C. S. Lewis) are some of my favorite retellings and all fall solidly into the weird/interesting category I think

thank you!

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La Spezia: al museo del Sigillo si presenta “Piccoli Grandi Tesori da riscoprire”.

La Spezia: al museo del Sigillo si presenta “Piccoli Grandi Tesori da riscoprire”. Ieri mattina il Sindaco della Spezia Pierluigi Peracchini, il dirigente ai Servizi Culturali Rosanna Ghirri e la conservatrice del Museo Civico del Sigillo Barbara Viale hanno presentato in conferenza stampa il rinnovato allestimento museale e il ricco programma di eventi previsti nelle giornate di venerdì 10, sabato 11 e domenica 12 novembre per un grande rilancio del Museo. “Il Museo del Sigillo è un vero e proprio gioiello nel cuore della città, unico al mondo dal punto di vista qualitativo e quantitativo – dichiara il Sindaco della Spezia Pierluigi Peracchini – il nuovo allestimento porterà un’ulteriore valorizzazione alla collezione e agli spazi museali così come la ricca programmazione di eventi pensata appositamente per coinvolgere ogni fascia d’età e approfondire tematiche correlate al patrimonio culturale qui custodito.” Per la prima volta nella storia del museo, saranno svelati oltre 300 sigilli inediti della collezione civica che annovera nel suo percorso espositivo più di 1800 esemplari frutto delle donazioni Capellini e Fiocchi Banfi. Il Museo, originariamente sviluppato su tre sale, è stato ampliato grazie all’inclusione di un quarto ambiente collocato all’inizio del percorso e destinato ad un’esposizione cronologica dei sigilli, che procede dalle sue origini fino all’epoca moderna. Anche la seconda sala è stata parzialmente rivisitata, prediligendo invece un criterio tipologico: le numerose vetrine ospitano nuclei di sigilli accomunati dalla natura del materiale di cui sono costituiti o perché sono riconducibili ad un linguaggio artistico che li caratterizza fortemente, o ancora ad una tematica prediletta. Al perfezionamento dell’allestimento museale sono poi seguite azioni finalizzate a migliorarne la leggibilità tramite un adeguamento dei supporti informativi che integrano la visita: sono stati progettati e realizzati pannelli di sala e una brochure dettagliata – che viene offerta ai visitatori insieme al biglietto d’ingresso al Museo – e un percorso di approfondimento fruibile tramite sistema QR-Code, progettato da Dramatic Iceberg, oggi disponibile per alcune vetrine e che sarà poi applicato all’intero percorso museale. Nelle giornate di venerdì 10, sabato 11 e domenica 12 novembre saranno organizzati al Museo del Sigillo e nella Biblioteca Speciale d’Arte e di Archeologia incontri e laboratori dedicati a coinvolgere i visitatori in alcune delle molte tematiche che la collezione offre, in particolare per cimentarsi nella realizzazione di un sigillo orientale e avvicinarsi all’arte calligrafica, provando in prima persona l’incisione della pietra saponaria e la scrittura con carte e inchiostri calligrafici IL PROGRAMMA Venerdì 10 Novembre, ore 17.30 Inaugurazione del Sindaco Pierluigi Peracchini del nuovo percorso espositivo e visita guidata a cura di Barbara Viale Sabato 11 Novembre, dalle ore 10.00 alle ore 13.30 Laboratorio di sigillografia orientale a cura di Sandro Donadio Sabato 11 Novembre, dalle ore 15.00 alle ore 18.30 Seminario di calligrafia sino-giapponese a cura di Bruno Riva con Katia Bagnoli Domenica 12 Novembre, dalle ore 10.00 alle ore 13.30 Laboratorio di scrittura romana su papiro e sigillatura con cera a cura di Anna Nancy Rozzi Domenica 12 Novembre, dalle ore 16.00 alle ore 17.30 Laboratorio di scrittura geroglifica su papiro consigliato per bambini a cura del Servizio Didattica dei Musei Civici La partecipazione agli incontri è subordinata all’iscrizione da effettuarsi entro le ore 18 di giovedì 9 novembre, tramite email all’indirizzo museo.sigillo@comune.sp.it o telefonando al numero 0187 727 220, dal martedì alla domenica in orario 10.00-17.00. Al momento dell’iscrizione verranno richiesti cognome, nome, numero di telefono, indirizzo e-mail. Il costo di partecipazione è di € 5.00, comprensivo dei materiali necessari allo svolgimento del laboratorio. INFORMAZIONI Civico Museo del Sigillo Via del Prione 234 – La Spezia tel. +39 0187 727220 Email. museo.sigillo@comune.sp.it http://sigillo.museilaspezia.it/ FB / IG @museodelsigillo... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

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Euronics di Bronte è un punto di riferimento per gli abitanti del luogo

L’avvento del commercio elettronico ha rivoluzionato il mondo dei consumi, inducendo sempre più consumatori ad acquistare online per risparmiare tempo e fatica. La pandemia da Covid-19 ha favorito la crescita dell’e-commerce, in quanto anche i settori che non avevano mai erogato servizi online, come i supermercati, hanno iniziato a proporli: un esempio è la spesa online. Questo periodo ha, allo stesso modo, generato nei consumatori un’esigenza che durante la pandemia è venuta a mancare, ovvero poter toccare con mano il prodotto e interagire con un venditore, con il quale instaurare un rapporto diretto. l negozio fisico non passerà mai di moda, in quanto permette ai clienti di vivere una vera e propria esperienza di acquisto. Aggirarsi all’interno del negozio, testare i prodotti, toccarli con mano, avere un contatto diretto con il venditore sono soltanto alcuni dei vantaggi che l’acquisto presso il negozio fisico comporta. L’esperienza in store permette al consumatore di poter chiedere un consiglio al venditore, confrontandosi con la sua esperienza pluriennale. Tali aspetti rendono il negozio fisico unico e intramontabile. Un esempio di negozio fisico solido e strutturato in Sicilia, è Euronics di Bronte, punto di riferimento per gli abitanti del luogo, grazie alla consolidata esperienza dei titolari, che negli anni hanno instaurato un profondo rapporto di fiducia con la clientela. Euronics di Bronte festeggia 20 anni di attività Giovedì 26 ottobre il punto vendita Euronics di Bronte compie 20 anni di attività. I festeggiamenti coinvolgeranno l’intera comunità, che con la propria costante presenza nel corso degli anni, ha decretato il successo dell’azienda. Dario Crisafulli, responsabile della divisione affiliati, sostiene di essere orgoglioso del traguardo raggiunto, in quanto la società, negli anni, ha saputo conquistare la fedeltà dei consumatori, i quali hanno messo in atto il cosiddetto “passaparola”. Per ringraziare i clienti più fedeli, il punto vendita Euronics di Bronte ha deciso di attivare una promozione sottocosto con proposte imperdibili in tutte le categorie merceologiche. Inoltre, da giovedì 26 ottobre a sabato 28 ottobre dalle ore 17.00 alle ore 19.00, lo staff accoglierà i visitatori con un ricco buffet, in cui non mancheranno dolci e prodotti salati a base di pistacchio, peculiare simbolo della città di Bronte. Euronics di Bronte: da piccola attività a leader di settore Euronics di Bronte è nato come un piccolo esercizio a conduzione familiare, specializzato nei settori del ferramenta e dell’agricoltura. Rosanna Caudullo, direttrice dello store, racconta di come, nel corso degli anni, la clientela abbia dimostrato interesse nei confronti delle nuove tecnologie, come pc e telefonini, ma anche di grandi elettrodomestici. Per questo motivo, l’azienda ha dato vita ad un progetto di espansione e di conversione al mondo dell’elettronica, ma non avendo le competenze di settore e uno spazio commerciale adeguato, si è affidata all’esperienza di Euronics. Così nel 2003 è nato Bruno Euronics, un nuovo format di negozio che si è dimostrato in grado di rispondere alle nuove esigenze della clientela. Read the full article