#Show People

[silentagecinema]

beauty in the 1920s

[soulhollow]

I feel like we should have a Discord server. All of us Uhtred/Alfred shippers. Yay or nay? A place for the writers, artists, gifset makers, fans of this (and I'm personally happy with Alfred/Aelswith, etc etc folks like, yes, let's all natter at a creative frequency plz)

[anitapallenberg]

Show People (1928) | Dir. King Vidor

[h0ney-bee]

unfinished dot png

[notajoinerofthings]

they called us travelling players, fools, and troubadours we did turns for the king, and they still called us whores sometimes we’ve been icons, in the plague years illegal but we believed in our craft – because we are show people.

[canonkiller]

I just think everyone should take a moment to consider the question "what is your visual shorthand for cruelty?" and then follow it up with a critical "and who taught you that?"

specific examples include but are not limited to

why is an evil timeline character design disabled? (why do the heroes go through equally punishing battles and never lose an arm, a leg, an eye?)

why are the futuristic scifi terrorists uniformly darker skinned? (why are the heroes so much lighter?)

why is the greedy boss fat? (why are the heroes skinny?)

why is the criminal mastermind heavily scarred? (why is the brooding, traumatized hero unscathed?)

why is the predatory creep a bearded person in a dress and makeup? (why are none of the heroes trans women?)

who taught you that this is how things are?

how long do you plan on repeating it?

[beaft]

it is legit bizarre to me how hard video game creators and film directors and showrunners try to pretend that fat people don't exist. can you think of the last time you saw a fat person in a lead role? god forbid a fat woman? i can walk down the street or go into a shop or restaurant and see fat people everywhere but then i switch on the tv and suddenly it's like a glimpse into an alternate universe where no one has a bmi over 24. insidious and weird

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[secondbeatsongs]

somehow instead of saying "as a treat", I've started using the phrase "for morale", as if my body is a ship and its crew, and I (the captain) have to keep us in high spirits, lest we suffer a mutiny in the coming days.

and so I will eat this small block of fancy cheese, for morale. I will take a break and drink some tea, for morale. I will pick up that weird bug, for morale.

I'm not sure if it helps, but it does entertain me

[mychemicalbrromance]

Guys ive been reading peak

[yippeecheapdvds]

Last week i watched "Show People" (1928) Comedy/Romance

I have wanted to see a silent film with live music for years, so when I saw they were showing this at a local collage with live piano accompaniment I did everything I could to make it happen. I saw it with my grandma and we both really enjoyed it. It was a lot better than I expected it to be, the jokes were great, and the audience was laughing most of the way through. the jokes that stick out the most for me were the one at the very beginning and the one where the circus troop was running down the road in all those funny costumes. This was the oldest film I've ever watched, and the first silent film I've ever seen it's entirety. it's a very different experience from watching a 'talkie' and it does feel... well primitive, but it was a lot of fun. I really feel like this movie was enhanced by the laughing croud and the live music, it wouldn't have been nearly as fun to see alone. Great experience, would 100% do this again.

8/10

[cuntylouis]

[ID: a tweet from sorrel @/sorrelquest reading: "accidentally enjoyed a tv show so much that i went to the subreddit to read episode discussions. you must never do such a thing". End ID.]

[anitapallenberg]

Show People (1928) | Dir. King Vidor

[problemnyatic]

when will we talk about the willful helplessness epidemic on here. So many people on this god forsaken website demand to have any and all things that exist outside their personal experiences directly, personally pre-chewed and spoonfed to them. And when you do, they'll then ask for you to swallow for them, too, because, you see, in THEIR experience..,

[cahootings]

“their relationship is too deep to be sexual” what’s deeper than dick in hole. please tell me