#baron boyle

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[emmynominees]

peter boyle as frank barone barone in season three of everybody loves raymond

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series

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‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2 Behind the Scenes: How Fashion Defines Each Character (PHOTOS)

by Kelli Boyle

Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey (2011-2016) [mod note: on PBS in the US], set that upstairs-downstairs series at a palatial British estate on the eve of World War I. He moved his newest costume drama Stateside to the streets of New York City. Set in the late 1800s, The Gilded Age, which has its second-season premiere on Sunday, October 29 on HBO (streaming on Max), pits the new money of railroad barons against the old money of New York society. The powerful fight for control of the city and use their wealth to measure social success. And dressing for success was its own full-time occupation.

When researching women’s fashion in 1800s New York, the show’s costume designer Kasia Walicka-Maimone saw one thing clearly: “Their life was a catwalk. There was this enormous excitement” when the ladies trekked the bustling, dusty streets of Manhattan. Her job was to recreate that excitement for contemporary viewers of The Gilded Age.

Fashion as a Sign of Status

Who’s doing all this promenading? Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) arrived in NYC with no money and was taken in by her aunts Ada (Cynthia Nixon) and Agnes (Christine Baranski), both living off an inheritance. Then the newly affluent Russells—headed by railroad baron George (Morgan Spector) and wife Bertha (Carrie Coon), who is determined to break into polite society—moved in across the street.

Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon) and Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) head to church on Easter morning in ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2 premiere. Niece Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) follows close behind (Credit: Barbara Nitke/HBO)

The frill thrills continue in Season 2, especially in a pivotal garden party scene (pictured below) that TV Insider observed being filmed in September 2022 at New York’s lavish Old Westbury Gardens estate. (Westbury House was previously home to an heir of the Phipps family, real-life Gilded Age figures whose patriarch made his fortune alongside Andrew Carnegie at his steel company.) On set was Fellowes, whose smart black suit and tie were the only dark hues around.

Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga), George Russell (Morgan Spector), and Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) step out for Easter mass in ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2 premiere (Credit: Barbara Nitke/HBO)

Historically Accurate Costumes

It’s a testament to the wardrobe department that the stunning colors of the sprawling grounds nearly pale in comparison to the vibrancy of the women’s period garb. Despite the sepia-toned images in history books, Walicka-Maimone says, those bright tints are decidedly historically accurate. She has a library of more than 35,000 reference images to prove it.

“It’s shocking to our modern eye to see the explosion of color from that period,” she said. Production designer Bob Shaw (who won an Emmy for his work on Gilded Age) was present to share his creative process, which, just as Walicka-Maimone described of her own work, is “deeply steeped in history.”

Nicole Brydon Bloom joins the cast for Season 2, pictured here at the garden party with Blake Ritson’s Oscar van Rhijn (Credit: Barbara Nitke/HBO)

He does note that, when deciding between “what is correct and what feels correct,” the latter always wins. Creative liberties are taken to “build [character] histories into the costumes,” Walicka-Maimone added.

A Garden Party to Remember

Take Brit newcomers Dashiell Montgomery (David Furr) and his daughter, Frances (Matilda Lawler), for example. Nephew by marriage to Baranski’s Agnes, Dashiell requires more “toned-down” attire suitable for social outings, which contrasts with Season 1’s primarily business and formal menswear.

Aurora Fane (Kelli O’Hara) and husband Charles Fane (Ward Horton) attend the garden party in ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2 (Credit: Barbara Nitke/HBO)

Dashiell must escort Frances through society in his late wife’s absence. One consideration for Walicka-Maimone: “This is a girl who doesn’t have a mother, so there’s probably extra care from all the other family members in [dressing her],” she said.

Meanwhile, Marian, who Jacobson said is “shining this season and sees herself in [younger] Frances,” will be more open to a strategic marriage. Marian’s “not necessarily cynical” after being jilted by Tom Raikes (Thomas Cocquerel) in last season’s finale, the actress continued, but the heartbreak gives her a “spice and edge.”

Don’t count out the possibility of a romance with Larry Russell (Harry Richardson), son of the railroad titan, which was teased last year. Jacobson shared: “They will definitely continue to deepen their friendship.” Old money and new money unite!

[ulkaralakbarova]

The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne’s basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called “Wayne’s World” on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive who wants to produce a big-budget version of “Wayne’s World”—and he also wants Wayne’s girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra. Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Wayne Campbell: Mike Myers Garth Algar: Dana Carvey Benjamin Kane: Rob Lowe Cassandra: Tia Carrere Stacy: Lara Flynn Boyle Dreamwoman: Donna Dixon Security Guard: Chris Farley Noah Vanderhoff: Brian Doyle-Murray Alan: Michael DeLuise Tiny: Meat Loaf Bad Cop / T-1000: Robert Patrick Alice Cooper: Alice Cooper Glen: Ed O’Neill Mrs. Vanderhoff: Colleen Camp Terry: Lee Tergesen Russell Finley: Kurt Fuller Davy: Mike Hagerty Ron Paxton: Charles Noland Elyse: Ione Skye Frankie Sharp: Frank DiLeo Waitress: Robin Ruzan Officer Koharski: Frederick Coffin Old Man Withers: Carmen Filpi Film Crew: Original Music Composer: J. Peter Robinson Screenplay: Mike Myers Executive Producer: Hawk Koch Director of Photography: Theo van de Sande Director: Penelope Spheeris Producer: Lorne Michaels Editor: Malcolm Campbell Stunts: Hannah Kozak Stunts: Alisa Christensen Associate Producer: Dinah Minot Associate Producer: Barnaby Thompson Screenplay: Bonnie Turner Screenplay: Terry Turner Casting: Glenn Daniels Production Design: Gregg Fonseca Second Unit Director: Allan Graf First Assistant Director: John Hockridge Second Assistant Director: Joseph J. Kontra Set Decoration: Jay Hart Camera Operator: Martin Schaer “B” Camera Operator: David Hennings First Assistant Camera: Henry Tirl First Assistant “B” Camera: Peter Mercurio Steadicam Operator: Elizabeth Ziegler Script Supervisor: Adell Aldrich Sound Mixer: Tom Nelson Boom Operator: Jerome R. Vitucci Additional Editor: Earl Ghaffari Assistant Editor: Ralph O. Sepulveda Jr. Assistant Editor: Ann Trulove Assistant Editor: Brion McIntosh Supervising Sound Editor: John Benson Sound Effects Editor: Beth Sterner Sound Effects Editor: Joseph A. Ippolito Sound Effects Editor: Frank Howard Dialogue Editor: Michael Magill Dialogue Editor: Simon Coke Dialogue Editor: Bob Newlan Supervising ADR Editor: Allen Hartz Foley Supervisor: Pamela Bentkowski Assistant Sound Editor: Carolina Beroza Assistant Sound Editor: Thomas W. Small Foley Artist: Ken Dufva Foley Artist: David Lee Fein Foley Mixer: Greg Curda ADR Mixer: Bob Baron ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Andy Nelson Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Steve Pederson Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Perry Music Supervisor: Maureen Crowe Supervising Music Editor: Steve Mccroskey Set Designer: Lisette Thomas Set Designer: Gae S. Buckley Special Effects Makeup Artist: Thomas R. Burman Special Effects Makeup Artist: Bari Dreiband-Burman Makeup Artist: Courtney Carell Makeup Artist: Mel Berns Jr. Hairstylist: Kathrine Gordon Hairstylist: Barbara Lorenz Hairstylist: Carol Meikle Costume Supervisor: Pat Tonnema Costumer: Janet Sobel Costumer: Kimberly Guenther Durkin Location Manager: Ned R. Shapiro Assistant Location Manager: Serena Baker Second Second Assistant Director: John G. Scotti Property Master: Kirk Corwin Assistant Property Master: Peter A. Tullo Assistant Property Master: Jim Stubblefield Leadman: Robert Lucas Special Effects Coordinator: Tony Vandenecker Chief Lighting Technician: Jono Kouzouyan Production Office Coordinator: Lynne White Unit Publicist: Tony Angelotti Still Photographer: Suzanne Tenner Craft Service: Vartan Chakarian Transportation Coordinator: James Thornsberry Color Timer: David Bryden Negative Cutter: Theresa Repola Mohammed Title Designer: Dan Curry Second Unit Director of Photography: Robert M. Stevens Stunts: Tony Brubaker Stunt Double: Steve Kelso Movie Reviews: tmdb15435519: I wish I could dress the exact same every day and still be cool.

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (12-18 May 2024)

the fucking contempt that dripped from his voice!

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊 Tea and No Sympathy (who_la_hoop) - 70K, drarry - enjoyable enough, set 2 yrs post war, draco gets stuck in a time loop & learns some things

😊 That's What You Get For Waking Up In Vegas (Oh_i_swear & ThePirateStorm) - 96K, shrunkyclunks - cute & entertaining - ymmv depending on your threshold for lots of britishisms in the dialogue of two ostensibly american guys + highly unrealistic kid behavior

😊 head above water (yourblues) - 91K, hocky rpf, started almost too slow burn for me since I don't know the characters involved but well written & compelling enough that I wanted to know & then about halfway thru I was fully in

😍 This, You Protect (Infinite Coffee & Protection Detail #1) (owlet) - 64K, recovering WS Stucky, one of the preeminent classics in the Stucky fandom featuring Cat Eleanor, The Olds, grilled cheeses and sheep pj pants.

💖💖 +56K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Kelly, the Well-Meaning and Very Confused Barista (chaya) - MCU: barbershop quartet, 6K - "An outside observer confuses the 'barbershop quartet' as one woman with a really bad habit for cheating. Complete fluff." - I really love a well-done outsider POV

and now you will not be alone any more (pocky_slash) - X-Men: cherik, 5K - "Erik gives driving, sewing, and cooking lessons, soothes nightmares, bolsters self-esteem, and still can't figure out why Charles keeps smiling at him like that." - love stories where Erik's like a feral cat that accidentally domesticates itself without realizing it

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Girls5eva - s1, e2

That '90s Show - s1, e1-2

The Unicorn - s1, e1-2

QI - series U, e9-15

Murdoch Mysteries - s16, e21

The Brokenwood Mysteries - s10, e3

Dead Boy Detectives - s1, e1

D20: Fantasy High: Junior Year - "Ragenarok (Part 1)" (s21, e19)

D20: Adventuring Party - "Only Cowgirls Get the Blues" (s16, e19)

Doctor Who - s1 (series 14), e3

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Musée Mécanique

Re: Dracula - May 12: What Manner of Man is This

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - To the Moon and Back with Rebecca Boyle

Shedunnit - Bonus: The Chalet School

The Sporkful - Bringing Georgia O’Keeffe To Life With Her Recipes

99% Invisible #581 - It's Howdy Doody Time!

Decoder Ring - How the Jalapeño Lost Its Heat

WikiHole - Nathan Lane (with Zach Woods, Jeff Hiller and Katie Dippold)

Under the Influence - The Gong Show: Ads That Could Never (Ever) Run Today

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum

WikiHole - Patrick J Adams (with Bowen Yang, Mary Beth Barone and Marie Faustin

Points North - The Legend of Heike's Tombs

The Allusionist - 194. Word Play 4: Good Grids

Pop Culture Happy Hour - I Saw the TV Glow is weird and transfixing

Switched on Pop - Is pop music just fast food? (with Gastropod)

The Fandom Show - 29: The Golden Girls (with Tricia Black)

Dinner’s on Me - Zachary Quinto

99% Invisible #582 - Rocket Man

Vibe Check - Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud

Re: Dracula - May 15: Lizard Fashion

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Looking to the past and future of Black Twitter

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Underwater Sculpture Gardens

Welcome to Night Vale #248 - Mother Lauren

The Fandom Show - (NEW) Doctor Who

Re: Dracula - May 16: This Man Belongs to Me

Wild Card - Why Chris Pine gave up on being perfect

Wild Card - Chris Pine on performing the role of "movie star" + more Issa Rae (Wild Card+)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Gabbing Goblins with Colin Dickey

Dinner’s on Me - Harry Shum Jr.

Persuasion by Jane Austen - Persuasion 1. | Meet the Elliots

The Fandom Show - Our Flag Means Death

Short Wave - Scientists Reveal Mysterious Origin of Baobab Trees, Rafiki's Home in 'The Lion King'

Dear Prudence - My Mom Forgot to Take Her Medicine and “Accidentally” Made Racist Remarks. Help!

It's Been a Minute - Bumble & the trap of modern dating; plus, living ethically in COVID's aftermath

Endless Thread - Catfish for dinner

Strong Songs - "Easter Theatre" by XTC

Dinner’s on Me - Danielle Brooks

Re: Dracula - May 18: It was No Dream

99% Invisible - The Power Broker #05: Brandy Zadrozny

Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - Maya Hawke

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Sweetheart Soul

The Romantics Radio • Familiar

The Essential Survivor [Survivor] {2014}

My Supermix

AM In The A.M.: '70s Pop Morning

"Beach Baby" [First Class] radio

[bobdobalina]

[above: Celine Byrne, Paula Murrihy and Claudia Boyle for Irish National Opera, 2023]

So... I've started a tradition of bringing a group of friends to performances at the Metropolitan Opera and creating illustrated orientation guides to help everyone get prepared for each show. The next one is Richard Strauss & Hugo von Hofmannstal's Der Rosenkavalier, and I'm proud of how the document turned out... even if it does run to 23 pages 😅.

Some excerpts:

Illustration by Al Hirschfeld of the 1982 Metropolitan Opera cast: (L-R) the Italian tenor, Sophie, the Marschallin, Octavian, Herr Faninal, Baron Ochs

On the final trio:

Musically, the thing that really blew my mind about this number is the way it builds to an unbearably beautiful climax (3:33), then a heartbreaking chord change (3:43), then it feels like gravity turns upside down (3:50), then somehow goes sideways (3:59), then FINALLY resolves (4:10). I’ll never be able to adequately explain how this makes me feel. It blows past all expectations, again and again, and just when you start to catch your breath, the bottom drops out from under you again, revealing a whole new level that you never dreamed was possible.

The most common way to stage this scene is to spread the three singers across the stage, each processing their turbulent emotions alone to the audience. But I also like the staging from Zürich in 2004, which keeps them tightly together and even has the characters touch at key points. It also helps that all three performers look like they’re about to fucking explode.

Feel free to read and share, and let me know what you think!

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also why is everyone in the skellington book called [place name] [latin word] [adjective]

Derek very evidently names characters like any good lazy D&D player, random name generators and dictionaries. He doesn't seem to see a problem with

Abyssinia

Adam Brate

Adedayo Akinde

Adrasdos

Adrian Sykes

Adrienna Shade

Ajuoga

Alan

Alan (Boyle Solutions)

Alan Brennan

Alena Metz

Alesha Walsh

Alexander Remit

Alexander Slake

Alice Edgley

Aloysius Vespers

Amalia

Amity

Amity's Wife

Anathem Mire

The Ancients

Anguish

Anna

Annie Brennan

Anton Shudder

Arabella Wicked

Argeddion

Argento

Argus

Armiger Fop

Arthur Dagan

Ashione

Ashley Hubbard

Aspen

Assegai

Category:Assistants

Audoen

Auger Darkly

Aurnia

Auron Tenebrae

Aurora Jane

Category:Australians

Avatar

Avaunt

Axelia Lukt

Axle

Azzedine Smoke

Badstreet

Bagatelle

Baritone

Baron Vengeous

Bartholomew

Basher

Batu

The Beast

Bennet Troth

Benzel Travestine

Bernadette Maguire

Bernard Sult

Bertrand Solus

Beryl Edgley

Billy-Ray Sanguine

Binder Firm

Bison Dragonclaw

Black Annis

Boiler

Brennock

Brides of Blood Tears

Bridget

Brobding

Brock

Bruno

Bubba Moon

Burgundy Dalrymple

The Butcher

Byron Grace

Cadaver Cain

Cadaverous Gant

Caelan

Caisson

Caius Caviler

Cameron Light

Cark

Carol Edgley

Carol Edgley (Reflection)

Cassandra Pharos

Caste

Cathy

Cathy (The Button)

Category:Cats

Cerise

Ceryen

Cerys

Charivari

Charlie Smith

Child of the Faceless

China Sorrows

China's Assistant

China's Grandmother

Chrissy Brennan

Christophe Nocturnal

Civet

Clagge

Clarabelle

Cleaver

Clement Gale

Clerihew Montgomery

Coda Quell

Colleen Stint

Collup

Colm Muldoon

Conor Delaney

Corrival Deuce

Cothernus Ode

Crab

Craddock Sirroco

Crasher

Crepuscular Vies

Creyfon Signate

Crystal Edgley

Cu na Gealaí Duibhe

Dacanay

Daffyd Maybury

Dai Maybury

Daisy

Damocles Creed

Danny

Darian Vector

Darquesse

Dasher

Daveth Maybury

Davina Marr

Davit Maybury

Davon Maybury

Deacon Maybury

Death Monkey

Dedrich Wahrheit

Delafonte Mien

Desmond Edgley

Destrier

Detective Harris

Devoted

Dexter Vex

Dicer

Dima

Dionysus Pertinax

Doctor Whorl

Donegan Bane

Doran Purcell

Dragunov

Dreylan Scarab

Dubhóg Ni Broin

Duenna

The Dullahan

Dusk

Eachan Meritorious

Eamon Campbell

Eamon Pearce

Ed Stynes

Eddie Sullivan

Edgley Tempest

Edwina

Eliza Scorn

Elsie O'Brien

Elwood Satchel

Emmeline Darkly

Emmett Peregrine

Category:End of the World characters

Category:Energy-Throwers

The Engineer

Ephraim Tungsten

Erskine Ravel

Esryn Vanguard

Etta Faulkner

Evoric Cudgel

Faceless Ones

Father Reynolds

Fergus Edgley

Ferrente Rhadaman

Filament Sclavi

Finbar Wrong

Fintan Muldoon

Flaring

Fletcher Renn

Flint

Forby

Frightening Jones

Gall

Gary Price

Gavin Praetor

Ged

Category:Generals

Geoffrey Scrutinous

Gepard

Gepard Voke

Geraint Mizzle

Gerontius

Ghastly Bespoke

Ghastly Bespoke's father

Ghastly Bespoke's mother

Gladys

Glass

Gleeman Shakespeare

Gordon Edgley

Grace Kelly

Gracious O'Callahan

Graft

Gratio Erato

Gregory Castallan

Gregory Day

Greta Dapple

Griff

Grim

The Grotesquery

Gruesome Krav

Habergeon

Hansard Kray

Hapathy

Harmony

Hayley Skirmish

Hidalgo Bolt

Hieronymus Deadfall

Hoc

Hokum Pete

Hollow Men

Hopeless

Horts

The Hound

Hrishi

Hutchinson

Ian Moore

Ieni

Illori Reticent

Imogen

Infected

Isara

Isidora Splendour

Ivy

Jack Irons

Jackie Earl

Jajo Prave

James Hubbard

Jaron Gallow

Jason Randal

Jasper

Jenan Ispolin

Jeremiah Wallow

Jerry Houlihan

Jerry Ordain

Jethro

The Jitter Girls

Johann Starke

Joost

Kaiven

Kallista Pendragon

Kalvin Accord

Karrik

Kase

Kathryn Ether

Keir Tanner

Keith

Kenny Dunne

Kenspeckle Grouse

Keratin

Kes

Kierre of the Unveiled

Kiln

Kimora

Kitana Kellaway

Korb

Kribu

Krull

Kumo

Laken Cross

Lamour

Lapse

Larks

Larrikin

Lenka Bazaar

Levitt

Liam Muldoon

Lightning Dave

Lillian Agog

Lily

Lord Vile

Lorenzo Mult

Lorien

Luciana

Luke Skywalker

Madame Mist

Madcap Fenton

Magenta

Mahala

Maksy

Mandat

Mantis

Martin Flanery

Master

Maverick Reels

Melancholia St Clair

Melissa Edgley

Mellifluous Golding

Memphis

Mercy Charient

Merriwyn Hyphenate-Bash

Metric

Mevolent

Midnight Blue

Militsa Gnosis

Minion One and Minion Two

Mirk

Misery

Miss Nuncio

Moloch

Moribund

Mortal

Morven

Morwenna Crow

Mr Chou

Mr. Bliss

Mr. Fedgewick

Mr. Jib

Mud

Mulct

Murder Rose

Muriel Hubbard

Myosotis Terra

Myra

Myron Stray

Nathanial Quiver

Nefarian Serpine

Nero

Nestor Tarry

Never

Nixion

Nj Maverick

Noche

Noonan

Nye

Oberon Guile

Oblivious

Obloquy

Octa Gregorian Boona

October Klein

Odetta

Ogre

Oisin

Omen Darkly

Operative

Oscar Nightfall

Owen

Palaver Graves

Parthenios Lilt

Pat Hanratty

Patrick Slattery

Patrick Xebec

Paul Lynch

Paulie

Peg Muldoon

Pennant

Persephone Grief

Pete Green

Petrichor

Phil Lynott

Philomena Random

Ping

Portia

To name a few

[aaronburrdaily]

January 25, 1809

Writing to Bentham till 3. Went to bed, but my head had got so awake and so full of B. that sleep fled. Poor little dear T., you are rivalled but not superseded nor even diminished in my affections, but another is associated with our joint existence; another who will love you as I do. At 8 I got asleep and slept till 11. Whilst at breakfast, Colonel Smith came in. Then Judge Hume, who comes always to discover how he can serve me and always succeeds. At 2 came in Mr. Walker to ask me to breakfast to-morrow, seeing that all my dinner hours were preoccupied; assented. Sor. at 3. To Mr. Gordon's of Kircudbright; out. To Ferguson's; out. To Colquhoun, the Lord Advocate; out. To Madame Gordon's of Craig, 8 Castle ; out. Home at 4. Found a note and large package from Mrs. Gordon, of Craig, containing publications and plans about lunatic asylums. To Baron Norton's, Abbey Hill, to dine. Had, by appointment, 1/2 hour with him before dinner. The company were Mrs. Dundas, the mother of the chef baron; the chef baron; Mr. Boyle, the Solicitor General; Mr. and Mrs. Jardine; Miss Skeene, sister of Mrs. Jardine ; Mr. Stewart ; Mr. William Dundas; Baron Hepburn; Lady Jane; Baron Norton ux. and M’lle Norton. Miss Hastie, reported to be sick abed, did not appear. Baron N. has seven children: Grace, 13; ———, 11; a boy, 10;  ———, 9; George, 7; Helen, 5 1/2; Augusta, 4. Extraordinary attachment of Augusta; all love Gamp. After dinner taken up stairs by Augusta; sent for soon by Baron Norton. Dinner and wines excellent. Madeira, champagne, hermitage, Frontignan, malmsey, claret, port, sherry. Baron Hepburn’s very warm invitation to come and pass days or weeks with him in E. Lothian, twenty-two miles from Edinburgh. Came home with him at 10. Conversation at table general, and current trifles, and wit. A general wish that England would go to war with the United States. Home at 10. Sor. Madame D. Y: E.G.; 1/2 hour; 10 shillings 6 pence; dom., 1 shilling; engagement for 8 to-morrow. Two hours reading Mrs. Gordon’s pamphlets, &c.

[diceriadelluntore]

Rivisitazioni

Frankenstein, lo ricordo, è il medico, il barone Victor. Eppure appena si sente il nome in questione, la prima immagine che viene in mente è questa:

cioè il ruolo della Creatura che Boris Karloff ebbe in una serie di film prodotti dalla Universal con la regia, tra gli altri, di James Whale, negli anni ‘30. Partendo dal capolavoro di Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, pubblicato nel 1818 e riedito dalla stessa autrice nel 1831, tantissimi hanno pensato di farne un film, per quella che è, con Dracula e i Vampiri, il soggetto più trasporto della storia del Cinema. Ho ritrovato una lista, da un’idea di Marco Giusti, che raccoglie alcune perle.

La Parodia - Frankenstein Junior, Mel Brooks, 1974

Uno dei massimi film comici di tutti i tempi. Gene Wilder è il nipote del dottore, Peter Boyle nel ruolo della vita dopo Crazy Joe (di Carlo Lizzani, sulla figura del gangster Joe Gallo) è la Creatura, Marty Feldman il più indimenticabile degli Igor, Teri Garr è Inga, Cloris Leachman è Frau Blücher. Una marea di gag, camei leggendari (Gene Hackman nel ruolo dell’eremita), Mel Brooks scopre per caso che lo sceneggiatore dei film di Whale, Gerald Hirschfeld, conservava ancora le scenografie originali, che furono usate nella stessa maniera dei film degli anni ‘30, compreso montaggio e riprese in bianco e nero. Gli Aerosmith riprendono una delle battute di Igor, Walk This Way, per farne un imperituro inno rock. Stracult!

Gli Inglesi - i Frankenstein degli Hammer Studios

La casa di produzione che diffuse i film horror negli anni ‘60 e ‘70. Peter Cushing è nei film di Terence Fischer il barone medico, che in ogni film diventa più cattivo e malefico, e le peripezie della creature fruttarono 7 film tra il 1957 e il 1974. Il più bello è Distruggete Frankenstein del 1969, con annessa scena di stupro, imposta dai produttore per rendere pruriginosa la storia (e del tutto inutile ai fini della sceneggiatura) con il mostro che è Freddy Jones, il padre di Elephant Man di David Lynch (prodotto da Mel Brooks).

Il Blaxploitaion

Nella leggendaria trilogia delle rivisitazioni black dei film, Blackenstein (1973) supera di molto per trash sia Blacula che il leggendario Abby, rivisitazione de L’Esorcista. Il mostro, il cui trucco fu curato da Ken Strickfaden, il truccatore dei Frankestein di Karloff, non fa paura per niente, ha la faccia molle e sembra un Arnold gigante. Il successo nullo della pellicola impedì la trilogia, dato che erano già pronti The Fall Of The House Of House Of Blackenstein e Blackenstein III.

Franco e Ciccio

Immancabile la rivisitazione del duo comico. Regia di Steno, titolo bizzarro, Un Mostro e Mezzo (1965), Ciccio Ingrassia è il dottore, Franco Franchi la cavia. Vuole diventare come Carlo Ponti, il famoso produttore, che è brutto, ma ha come moglie il suo idolo: Sofia Loren. Scena cult: quando dopo la creazione, Franco dice al dottore: Mi viene da ridere, mi ha fatto la faccia da fesso.

Il Trash

Non si sa ancora chi fu il regista di uno dei massimi trash movie di ogni tempo: Terror! Il Castello Delle Donne Maledette (1973). Ai più risulta Robert Oliver, regista americano dei b movie, per altri da Oscar Brazzi, che era sceneggiatore per i Bertolucci e famoso produttore, nonchè fratello del famoso attore italiano Rossano Brazzi. Che si macchia una grande carriera facendo il ruolo del Conte (non barone) Frankenstein, che produce mostri aiutato da una pattuglia di strani tipi, tra cui alcuni dei più grandi protagonisti del cinema di serie B: Gordon Mitchell come Igor, il nano vero Michael Dunn come gobbo Genz, che si mangia i pezzi degli esperimenti del Conte, Luciano Pigozzi (uno che ha recitato in 180 film!), Ciro Papa, qui battezzato Xiro Papas e anche produttore (Papa era di Torre Annunziata) ma soprattutto la creatura, che prende vita dai resti di un uomo di Neanderthal, il mitico Salvatore Baccaro, qui battezzato Boris Lugosi. Che nel film era così:

L’ultragore

Il Mostro È In Tavola... Barone Frankenstein (1973)

Uno dei film in 3D sulle vicende del famoso dottore, prodotto da Warhol, Carlo Ponti, girato da Paul Morrissey e da Antonio Margheriti per le riprese in 3D. Tonino Guerra è accreditato alla sceneggiatura, il film vede Udo Kier folle barone che crea un mostro donna, una giovane Dalila Di Lazzaro. Little Joe Dallessandro è il giovane aiutante, uno stalliere, ed era già passato alla storia per essere citato in Walk On The Wild Side di Lou Reed e, secondo la leggenda, di essere il modello del jeans nella copertina di Sticky Fingers dei Rolling Stones.  Penso sia introvabile la versione originale, quelle che si trovano oggi tagliano tutte le scene “macabre” ed erotiche.

Versione Giapponese

Furakenshutain Vs Baragon - Inoshiro Honda, 1965

I giapponesi rubano ai tedeschi durante la guerra un pazzo esperimento per creare un uomo invicibile. Però durante uno studio, la creatura viene bombordata da radiazioni, che lo fanno crescere a dismisura. Sul punto di essere distrutto, un gruppi di archeologi fa rinascere un mostro, Baragon (una specie di Godzilla con il naso a lampadina) e si decide di farsi aiutare dal gigante per sconfiggere il mostro. Grandissimo!

Sono super accette altre segnalazioni!

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GO SEE "CAL"

- Donald Trump's waterproof ear

- Gabriel Aubry's process breast

- Mischa Barton's banned hip

- Harrison Ford's avaricious lower leg

- Portia De Rossi's exonerated foot

- Ed Westwick's whirlwind eyelash

- Sacha Baron Cohen's aroused chin

- Rosario Dawson's stimulant breast

- Kellan Lutz's humiliating elbow

- Wiz Khalifa's contraceptive shoulder

- Milo Ventimiglia's wooded knee

- Kara DioGuardi's maroon hair

- Anne Hathaway's revolving belly

- Gabrielle Union's prolific thumb

- Barry Zito's cooked eyebrow

- Vanessa Williams's unintended arm

- Hillary Clinton's hissy thigh

- Randy Jackson's positive knee

- Kirsten Dunst's cardinal finger

- Chrissy Teigen's opposing eyelash

- Taraji P. Henson's enlisted toe

- Neymar's gilded eyebrow

- Derek Hough's treated hand

- Lena Dunham's culminate mouth

- Lisa Marie Presley's abroad bottom

- Denise Richards's materialistic breast

- Rebel Wilson's inattentive upper arm

- Chris Klein's disheartened shoulder

- Cam Gigandet's universal eye

- Howard Stern's recurrent nose

- Bret Michaels's mirrored thigh

- Jennifer Grey's unsanitary bottom

- Kesha's flammable buttocks

- Susan Boyle's jerking eye

- Olivia Palermo's trunk leg

- Emily Maynard's Proctor mouth

- Cristiano Ronaldo's muted buttocks

- Ryan Dunn's supernatural foot

- Armie Hammer's shoestring chin

- Ricky Martin's unaided wrist

- John Stamos's whirlwind tooth

- Ginnifer Goodwin's short forearm

- Elisabeth Moss's humid lower leg

- Cacee Cobb's emissary bottom

- Rose McGowan's causal forearm

- Channing Tatum's midair nostril

- Anna Kendrick's dandy forearm

- Jennifer Lopez's cloistered lower leg

- Heath Ledger's willing nostril

- Guy Ritchie's commissioned eyelash

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Rise of the Power of Autism

Why It's Not So Much More Case's, But Rather More Open Conversation  In the past few years we have seen an increase in the number of people being diagnosed as Autistic. Even well-known public are talking about it. I myself am Autistic and this even got me talking, both to family, friends and colleagues. Yet before we go any further with this discussion I think it's better that we ask what it is that is actually going on first. Is it that more people are being diagnosed as Autistic, or just that far more individuals than before are just talking more openly and honestly about the issue? Now at the rate everything is going you would genuinely have thought that that in itself was probably more the case. Well before we all go down the 'Autism being the new thing' I would like to take a few moments to put my thoughts on this out there.... mainly because I see something different happening here. If we can cast our minds back a few years ago we have had several well-known public figures, or people with public profiles as I refer to them, go public with their disability. Just last year we had Christine McGuiness the ex-wife of Paddy McGuiness go public, Food Writer Jack Monroe, Environment Campaigner Greta Thunberg got a mention. Melanie Sykes, Anne Hegerty, Love Island's Niall Islam, Anthony Hopkins. Even Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle went public with her diagnosis and Morning Live and Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding went publically discussed his after being diagnosed by Clinical Psychologist Sir Simon Baron-Cohen. As someone who was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome/Autistic when around preteens this is something I find absolutely remarkable. As mentioned in previous columns whenever I have openly spoken about it Autism wasn't something that was on the forefront of our minds or there on the tips of our tongues. It was very much a taboo subject of which a great many simply wouldn't discuss, either in public or privately behind closed doors. Yes I am talking 'that style of taboo'. In fact if anyone dared they would be treated far differently from any of their peers  My official diagnosis came about in mid/late 90's and this was when the only known disabilities where conditions like Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Partial to complete visual blindness, hard of hearing to complete deafness and being confined to a wheelchair. Problems like Dyslexia, ADHD and Autism were pretty much unheard of to just ignored. Basically if you were Dyslexic you were thick, if you had ADHD you were seen as troublesome and disruptive and if you were Autistic people looked at you as though you were some kind of social weirdo. Some of this I found to my own unpleasant experience, and even I didn't want to talk about it. For me, I had seen children my age and younger and seen how they were viewed, looked down at and treated by their peers. This was partially because I was, to some extent, in denial about my diagnosis but also I just wanted to feel at least some sense of normality and be very much like my friends and peers. It was a conversation that I just didn't feel ready to have, or let wanted. With friends, family or anyone. However, as times have changed and as neurological disabilities such as Autism, ADHD and Dyslexia have become more known and seen on TV/film and stage etc it's resulted in a positive domino effect. I'll just give you a quick example; Jason Haynes from BBC series Holby City played by Jules Robertson. Here was a character who was on TV, was Autistic and went on to have a job, a girlfriend and a child. For me, I was looking at someone who was like me and it felt incredible and soon many people were talking about it and as a result social attitudes changed. And by god it was bloomin' brilliant. After that many more Autistic characters were coming thick and fast. I just viewed this, and still do, as something of a triumph as it enabled me to both come to terms with and accept my Autism as something positive, not to be embarrassed or ashamed of. So in my opinion it's not so much that more people than before are being diagnosed, it's more that many people are talking about it openly. And from what I've seen it's leading the way for others further down the line to continue talk until it becomes part of our everyday being Read the full article

[ulkaralakbarova]

Vamp

Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Katrina: Grace Jones Keith: Chris Makepeace Vic: Sandy Baron AJ: Robert Rusler Amaretto: Dedee Pfeiffer Duncan: Gedde Watanabe Snow: Billy Drago Vlad: Brad Logan Cimmaron: Lisa Lyon Fraternity Leader: Jim Boyle Student: Larry…

[octo-crafts]

Start of March update:

Stalled on rereading Liaden because I got distracted by the Inda series

Have also started rereading Heaven Official's Blessing

About halfway through Lord of Chaos

Am reading a nonfiction book though, Prisoners of the North by Pierre Berton. It's a collection of biographical essays about people who became obsessed with the Canadian north (especially Yukon) and one of the numerous Canadian pop history books scattered around my workplace. I've been reading them completely out of order, starting with the last one in the collection, Robert Service, because he's my grandfather's favourite poet, then the third, Jane Franklin, because, well, Jane Franklin, and now moving on to the other ones. So far I've finished Joe Boyle (first mining baron of the Yukon, also probably had an affair with the queen of Romania, terrible father/husband) and started Vilhjalmur Stefansson (arctic explorer who was still Weird About Inuit People, but at least thought they were people with expertise in living in the arctic, unlike some others I could name).

Have made no progress on Discworld or my physical tbr, besides finishing Babel a bit ago (very good! did find some footnotes a bit heavyhanded, but that may be the fact I've read far too much 19th c. fiction).

Reading goals for 2024

Read more fun non-fiction (fun is a loose definition. If its a class/research reading i like, it counts. If its a class reading I hate, it doesn't)

Finish reading Discworld

Finish re-reading Wheel of Time

Read more of my physical tbr

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Frank Barone.  “Everybody Loves Raymond”

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“God Programmed men to sow their seeds where they may!And women he limited one crop per farmer”~Frank Barone.😂😂😂😂😂

If you are in need of a good laugh watch this classic!

[aaronburrdaily]

January 19, 1809

Rose at 11. Duchess of Gordon, who said many civil things; Madame Ferguson; Mr. and Madame F., Mrs. F., his brother's wife, belle femme; two loving children; a pretty child of Madame F. To Mr. Moir’s, 20 Queen; out. To Mr. Gordon’s, 8 South Castle street, to dine. Y: Baron Norton and wife; Mr. Young, advocate; Mr. Moir, of Aberdeen, cousin of Madame Gordon, un excellent homme¹; Mr. Story; Mr. and Mrs. Boyle, (soldier gent.).

1 An excellent man.