#dr. jekyll and mr. fame

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Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Fame by Black Cards

I deal and drink in spades But heaven's got a gate full of metal detectors

[therevengeoffrankenstein]

but what if they pull out some arma or black cards or something as an eight ball like honey if i'm not there........

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In 1963 photographer Bert Stern photographed some of the top actors/actresses at the height of their fame playing their dream roles for a photo series in LIFE magazine's December 20, 1963 issue.

Cary Grant as Charlie Chaplin's Tramp / Audrey Hepburn as Pearl White in 'Perils of Pauline' / Tony Curtis & Natalie Wood as Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Bánky in 'The Sheik' / Paul Newman as a Douglas Fairbanks Sr. swashbuckler / Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin as Judah Ben-Hur and Messala from 'Ben-Hur' / Bing Crosby & Bob Hope as 1930s gangsters / Jack Lemmon as a war pilot / Shirley MacLaine as one of Busby Berkeley's showgirls / Rock Hudson as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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The weird tumblr brand infantilization of Mr. Hyde (of Dr. Jekyll and fame) is pretty funny, all things considered, particularly when you remember the character's trajectory in adaptations, specifically cinema.

[thekidsarentalright]

top 5 Pete lyrics that AREN'T Fall Out Boy >:)

oooo this is an interesting one to answer:

1. “that i’m skin and bone / just a cane and a rusty throne / oh, the castle’s under siege / but the sign outside says ‘leave me alone’” always / p!atd

2. “i feel marooned in this body / deserted, my organs can go on without me” trade mistakes / p!atd

3. “saviors who betray me / with every breath who sell themselves / at every turn they sink beneath contempt” misanthrope 2.0 / arma angelus

4. “Why would you bring me in / if you knew what you’d become? / so curse everyone and everything / even the sun” stall me / p!atd

5. “the witness got a story, no corroborating / they are in big black cars / kiss me like a victim, i’ll collaborate it” dr. jekyll and mr. fame / black cards

[bizarrebazaar13]

FL-inspired book recs, part 2!

part 1 here

Locations

The Shuttered Palace: Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul. when Kitty Karr, a white film star, dies and leaves her estate to the Black St. John sisters, everyone wants to know why. Elise, the oldest of the three sisters, takes on the responsibility of getting Kitty’s affairs in order, and stumbles on a secret that could change everything. told in both Elise’s words and Kitty’s own, the book examines wealth, fame, race, gender, family, and the inner workings of Hollywood. I’m not usually very into the palace, but I think the themes here of family ties, facades, and who exactly gets to be rich and famous could be a nice parallel.

The Stacks: Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine. an alternate history where the library of Alexandria was never destroyed, and now controls all the world’s knowledge. Jess Brightwell, a book smuggler, passes the entrance exam to join the Library’s ranks. but nothing about the Library is quite what it seems, and Jess and his fellow postulants are about to learn just how powerful- and dangerous- knowledge can be. this is the first book in what is honestly one of my favorite series that I’ve ever read.

The Brass Embassy: The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo. a retelling of The Great Gatsby from Jordan Baker’s point of view, set in a version of the Jazz Age with demons, magic, and the possibility of losing your soul. Vo’s version of Jordan is a queer Vietnamese woman adopted by the wealthy Baker family as a child, and I loved her narration. I don’t really care for the original great gatsby, but this version hooked me immediately.

Exceptional Stories

Caveat Emptor: Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. isolated but wealthy households, mysterious characters that you know are vampires but the protagonist doesn’t, be careful what you wish for, something oddly romantic about what the narrator and the antagonist have going on… sound familiar? I think Carmilla is technically a novella, so it’s a shorter read than some of these other books.

Factions

The Masters: The Bartimaeus Sequence by Johnathan Stroud. a series of four books (a main trilogy and a prequel) that takes place in an alternate London where the government is controlled by magicians who get their powers from summoning spirits. the first book, The Amulet of Samarkand, is narrated alternatively by Bartimaeus, a djinni summoned to help a young apprentice get revenge on a powerful rival, and Nathaniel, an ambitious magician’s apprentice whose revenge plot soon spirals out of control. Stroud’s magicians parallel FBG’s masters in many ways, and one that jumps out immediately is Nathaniel’s later role as the information minister, and how closely it resembles Pages’s ministry of public decency.

The University: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. it’s about an experiment gone awry, and the truths that might be better left unfaced. another novella, this classic horror story may have been inspired by a friend of Stevenson’s, a french teacher who appeared to be a perfectly normal academic, but turned out to have murdered his wife and possibly several other people by poisoning them. this, along with the focus on Jekyll’s previous high status in the academic community, puts me in mind of the investigations in the university storyline, and the Summerset vs Benthic rivalry.

The Tomb-Colonies: Whichwood by Taherah Mafi. when Laylee’s mother dies, and her father abandons her, she is left as the only mordeshoor in the village of Whichwood. she spends her days washing the bodies of the dead and preparing their souls for the afterlife. rejected by the townspeople and slowly dying as her magic is drained away, her only company is the dozens of ghosts in her shed, awaiting burial. one day, she meets Alice and Oliver, two strangers on a mission to save her. this is technically a companion to one of Mafi’s earlier books, Furthermore, but I read Whichwood before I knew there was another book, and I understood it perfectly fine.

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1-What is the plot of Substance?

2-When was it released?

3-How is Substance a modern retelling of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

I’m about to spoil this whole movie, but it’s a really good and has some great practical effects and costuming. So if you can handle some seriously intense body horror, I really recommend! Also I haven’t read any outside articles about the production of the film, and these are all my opinions based on one viewing. And I’m apologizing in advance because you gave me an inch and I yapped for a mile, but thanks for the questions!! :)

Released September 2024, The Substance follows famous woman, Elizabeth Sparkle, who is fired from her show because she’s “too old” (50). She discovered a new drug/injection that creates duplicates your cells and makes a younger clone. The rules are that you must swap between the old and new version every week to replenish the spinal fluid that maintains the clone. Elizabeth, as her new identity of Sue, auditions for the show and becomes mega famous. Sue, as her young self, enjoys the thrill of youth and fame, but at the price of Elizabeth’s OG body. It then becomes an ‘internal’ struggle between who gets to be in control and explores themes of female beauty standards in Hollywood.

The obvious parallels to Jekyll and Hyde is the magic potion that creates a younger, more chaotic, body/alter ego that is directly tied to the older, host body. Where in J&H, Hyde’s action negatively affects Jekyll status as a pillar of the community, Sue’s actions negatively affects Elizabeth’s body directly (since her career/status is already non existence and Sue needs her spinal fluid to live since she’s the clone.). The comparison could also work in reverse. Sue could been seen as the Jekyll counterpart by doing the more socially acceptable/expected activities, like working on her show/career and partying with friends. While Elizabeth would be Hyde, acting on grosser, “base urge’ activities, like spending her week doing nothing but watching TV and cooking/eating- activities she was likely never able to do during the height of her own fame.

Now here’s the big spoiler part. In the first 2 acts it really isn’t clear how consciousness works with the clone. The phrase “You. Are. One. You can’t escape from yourself” is used by the company that supplies the substance and is a main theme throughout the movie. In the first 2 acts, we’re lead to believe that Elizabeth is switching consciousness/control between her og body and Sue; just like how Jekyll is fully in control of Hyde.

However, there are several time Elizabeth complains to the company about how Sue isn’t respecting the balance, and vise versa. Whenever one refers to the other they use “she,” or “her,” showing that there is a discrepancy between identity. At first this can be interpreted as a mental separation; that Sue doesn’t want to associate with her past life as Elizabeth, but at her core they are the same person. This divide becomes more and more clear; as they continue to complain about the other, we realize they aren’t aware of anything the other does during the week they aren’t in control.

This comes to a crescendo during the end of act 2. Elizabeth decided to stop using The Substance, which means she must kill Sue/the clone body. However she doesn’t go through with it all the way and tries to switch back. In the process, Sue becomes conscious while Elizabeth is also conscious. This completely changes our understanding of how consciousness works regarding the clone. Since both host and clone are awake at the same time, it kind of breaks the idea that they are “one,” because they are clearly acting independently of the other. Here is where the comparison falls apart, because Jekyll and Hyde, even towards the end, can never directly harm/fight the other since they are technically 1 guy with 2 bodies. Even towards the end of the book, when Jekyll and Hyde are acting more independently, it more-so shows the different perspectives on their situation. Sue and Elizabeth start physically fighting each other in a ‘there can only be one,’ fashion.

By the end of act 2 Elizabeth is dead. Sue, who can’t sustain herself without Elizabeth, takes The Substance. Since she’s a clone, this doesn’t create a younger clone, instead makes a Blob like monster combining her and Elizabeth (Called Monstro Elizasue).

Here’s where the movie looses me a bit. Act 3 plays into classic monster movies tropes, with people calling Elizasue a monster and a freak while she, in her monster form, tries to quell the panic. Sue was set to host the New Years show (so The Substance is technically a holiday movie, A La Die Hard). Elizasue only knows that she must perform, that she must play the part, regardless of her grotesque appearance. While on stage and live on air, in the midst of all the chaos, Elizasue gets cut (or shot, I cannot remember) and starts spraying blood on the audience.

Now there were alot of scenes that were very long, but I thought it added to the horror. The blood scene went on a bit too long for my own taste. I think it’s because most of the other long scenes were so intensely focused on Elizabeth/Sue and their body horror. This scene had the entire audience of the New Years show acting chaotically. To me it felt too different in the broader context of the movie. It fits with the classical monster movie vibe the final act is going for. I think the blood connects back to the overarching theme of womanhood— either how blood is connected to several aspect of the traditional female experience (menstruation and pregnancy/birth) or how women in Hollywood give so much blood, sweat and tears to fight to stay in the industry.

All that being said, I don’t think it was a bad ending by any means. It’s just that the first 2 acts were so strong that it didn’t hit as hard. I did think the final scene/shot was really good, and the makeup/effects used to make the Elizasue costume were crazy in the best way possible. So if you sat through all of this and my crappy summary didn’t put you off, I really recommend this movie if you can stomach it!!

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Black Cards, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Fame // Taylor Swift, Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince

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A Daily Dose of History

The son and grandson of prominent Scottish engineers, Louis was expected to follow in their footsteps. He dutifully attended engineering school, and excelled there, but upon graduation he disappointed his parents by announcing that he intended to become a writer rather than a civil engineer. Later he would disappoint them again by marrying Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne, a pistol-packing American divorcee who was 12 years his senior.

But following his heart led him ultimately to happiness and success. When he died at age 44 of a cerebral hemorrhage, he was not at a desk in Scotland doing a job he hated, but rather at his home in the South Pacific, happily married and doing a job he loved, his novels Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde having won him enduring fame.

"An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding."

Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850, one hundred seventy-three years ago today.

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black cards “dr jekyll and mr fame” is going in the vault as one of those songs that’s kind of unintentionally transgender. mostly due to the fact that aside from calling herself miss and mister in the same chorus noted female bebe rexha does sing a line about herself getting a blowjob

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I'M MISS AMERICA I MISS THE UK 🍾 🕺 i want to be used and left empty 😟 I DREAM OF A WORLD THAT ONLY RAINS CHAMPAGNE I'M DR JEKYLL AND MR FAME 🍾 🕺

[around-your-throat]

everyone go listen to dr jekyll and mr fame by black cards rn

[forcebook]

Hey MJ! work at the library is slow since we have a concert going on rn and no one's come in except for that lol but I thought I'd send a fun music rec I've been enjoying recently: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Fame by Black Cards

Also how have you been? Anything fun happening recently or soon? Sending hugs your way!

HI SOOOPH!!! THE SAKURA CARDCAPTOR GIF OMGGGGGG

ohhh i hope the concert went well!!!!

MORE MUSIC REC!!! yay!!!! what a blessed day!!! 🥳🥳

that’s such a good song but why isn’t it on spotify?? that’s a crime!!! i wanted to add it to my library 😭😭😭

thank you so much tho!! i shall find another way to listen to it akdkskkdk

i’ve been okay beloved! nothing ever really happens to me tbh akdkskkdks But i went to visit my dad today and took some nice photos!! here’s some of them

hope you’re doing okay!!! and have a lovely week!! ❤️💙

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13 and 77 🐱

13.

77.

my treadmill music 🏃🏻‍♂️💨