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mayiwritesomething · 10 months ago

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Love is an Unfamiliar Name (Pt. 8)

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Pairing: Pedro Pascal x f!reader

Warnings: angst, just curse words as usual.

A/N: Our reader decides do give a payback, but things won’t go as planned and a little drama takes in, both making mistakes which is quite sad tbh.

And in this chapter, we have Colin Farrell as a reader’s friend. Why? Because i think Colin would be a great friend to have around haha. Have you ever watched his Hot Ones interview or his most recent ones from the Sugar press? If you haven't, just check it out.

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The Irishman

On Friday night, you were on your way to Vivienne's penthouse for the show's after-party. Jenny was unusually excited, but you felt a sense of unease, haunted by guilt at the thought of meeting Pedro, especially since you hadn't spoken since his apologetic phone call. He had even texted you in the morning, suggesting a coffee meet-up, but you chose to ignore it, opting instead to scroll through Instagram reels while lying on your bed. As you chuckled to yourself in the car, watching the city lights pass by, you couldn't help but feel a bit childish in your avoidance.

"Why are you laughing?" Jenny inquired, focused on fixing her makeup. She looked stunning for the party, taking it quite seriously.

"Just thinking about how sometimes we just become exactly what we hate," you replied, a hint of seriousness in your tone.

"Wow, that was deep," she said, sensing your subdued mood. "You know, if things go south, at least Colin will be there to have your back," she added with a mischievous grin.

"I KNEW IT!" you exclaimed, understanding why she was giving her best this night. "There had to be a reason behind all of this," you teased, pointing at her.

"Stop being silly," she blushed, even in the dimly lit car.

"Poor Jeff," you chuckled.

"He's now dating Annette from the makeup department," she shared, not caring much. "Great in bed, but not the sharpest tool in the shed... attractive, but better off not speaking," she lamented while fixing her hair. "How do I look?"

"Stunning as always," you complimented her. "By the way, Colin's single again," you mentioned casually.

"Oh, really?" she feigned surprise. "I could never know," she teased back.

You just laughed and continued, “Things with Jill weren’t working anymore; I still don’t understand what he saw in her; gosh, she was so boring.” You always shipped Colin and Jenny.

"Well, she must have been good at something, if you get me,” she laughed. "By the way, don't tell me you chose that backless dress just because you felt like it," she said

"I felt like I should," you replied as the car pulled up to your destination. You could only think of how much that place should cost.

As you arrived, you caught sight of Colin engrossed in conversation with Vivienne. He exuded charm, and you felt Jenny's cold hand grasping yours at your back. You waved to Colin, who signaled for you to join them.

"Hey man," you greeted him with a hug, "it's been a while." You both had met years ago while working on an independent movie project, and you had formed a strong friendship, feeling comfortable and open around him.

"Hey mate, how are you doing?" Colin embraced you, then turned to acknowledge Jennifer. She seemed frozen. Jennifer, the queen of hookups, was caught off guard.

"Hello," she managed to say, her voice a bit shaky. You stood behind Colin, silently prompting her to ask how he was doing. "How are you?"

"Much better now," he replied, his gaze lingering on her as she blushed, causing you to stifle a laugh.

"Good to hear," she said, clumsily adjusting her hair. "Well, I'll go talk to Vivienne and get something to eat; do you guys want anything?"

"I'm good," you and Colin chimed in simultaneously.

Jenny hurriedly departed, resembling a rabbit fleeing from a wolf. You and Colin continued chatting about his breakup, and you shared details about your situation with Pedro. He chuckled at how you would blush at times. Both of you were in fits of laughter when you felt a familiar hand gently touch your back.

"Hi, Pedro," you greeted him, turning to acknowledge his presence.

"Hi," he responded, his eyes fixed on Colin. "How are you?" He then looked at you.

"Doing fine," you replied more politely than usual, noticing his troubled expression you decided to keep the diplomacy. "Let me introduce you guys." Facing Pedro, you gestured towards Colin. "Pedro, this is my friend Colin."

"Hi mate," Colin greeted him, shaking hands with a smile, and Pedro gave him the fakest smile back.

"And Colin, this is Pedro, who is also a friend." You emphasized the word 'friend' with a hint of cruelty. You poured yourself a shot of whiskey, feeling guilty about drinking alcohol around Colin but wanting Pedro to sense the same pain you were feeling.

"Cool, I didn't know you would meet another friend here." Pedro's words carried a sharp edge.

"And I didn't know I had to tell you," you retorted almost immediately.

"Well, I'm talking to her because she is my bridge to Jennifer, man," Colin interjected, pointing at Jenny, sensing the tension rising. He could almost smell the impending confrontation between you and Pedro. Your eyes locked with Pedro's, and he turned to face Colin.

"Is there a problem?" Colin, not known for his patience, inquired.

"We're good, man," Pedro replied. "I guess I'm just interrupting your friendly gathering," his tone tinged with irony.

"Can we just talk later?" You asked, holding his hands, which were shaking, aware of the turmoil simmering within him. Part of you felt a tinge of satisfaction in it.

"Yes, as we should," he agreed.

"Pedro!" Oscar's voice called out to him from across the rooftop.

"Well, I should go," Pedro said as he left.

Turning back to Colin, who was now sipping his sparkling water, he said, "If this guy could just stab me now, he would." Colin said, looking over his shoulder. "What the hell did I miss?"

You shared with him the details of your last time with Pedro, how he had been mean to you, and how he attempted an apology.

"Kid," Colin chuckled, "the guy was just playing it cool, like 'I don't do relationships' kind of stuff."

"He said we're just friends with benefits," you stated angrily. "Friends, Colin, friends."

"Come on, dude's burning with jealousy right now,” he said, looking at Pedro talking to Oscar. “—and you, Mrs., now I understand the emphasis you placed on 'friend' when introducing him. Seriously? How old are you?" Colin's defense of Pedro caught you off guard.

"What?" you exclaimed.

"I'm not stupid; I could see that—and it is obvious you did it on purpose. I'm not a pawn, okay?" Colin said.

"Colin, imagine if Jill had just slept with you, and she tells you it's better not to act like a couple or anything because you're just friends." You vented your frustration. "And to top it off, she says the only thing she misses is your body!"

"Come on, you were both drunk," he pointed out. "Listen to me, both of you."

"Seriously? Come on! Why don't you adopt him then? Poor little Pedro, a grown ass man who can’t answer for his actions," you snapped in anger.

"I already have two children… and that doesn't change the fact that you also made a mistake," he said firmly.

"Oh great, he treats me like a whore, and you just brush it off, saying he was drunk. Now I'm the one labeled as vilain for making him taste his own venom," you said, frustration evident in your voice.

Colin chuckled, shaking his head. "Kid, both of you were drunk when that happened.” He then continued. “Dude called to apologize and asked you for a coffee today — Who the fuck does that with just a fuck buddy? Coffee? On a Friday morning? Wake the fuck up," he urged. "I've lost count of how many times I've done the same thing he did. Pretending to be just friends when I really wanted more."

You listened, feeling a mix of anger and sadness. "And why the hell do guys do this? It hurts, man," you muttered.

"Because everyone’s fucked up and scared, just like you are, just like he is.” He kept talking. “You like him; he likes you too. Why not just try to have a conversation about it with him?" Colin advised, sounding like an older brother.

“You even talk like Jen." You wiped away a tear, nodding. "You and her would make a great couple, you know?"

"Go talk to your guy; I'll find Jennifer and test my luck, deal?"

"Deal!" you chuckled, scanning the crowd for Pedro. Spotting Jenny, you pointed her out to Colin. However, Pedro was nowhere to be found. Then, you glimpsed a figure leaving the bar with two cups—it seemed to be him. Hurrying, you attempted to catch up as he disappeared into a secluded spot on the deck.

Brushing off a greeting, you dashed after him, rounding the corner and calling out, "Hey, Pedro—" only to freeze in disbelief as you saw him making out with one of the models.

Pain.

He looked terrified, clearly not expecting you to show up out of nowhere. Your hands were cold as the world seemed to be in slow motion—his touch, his gaze, his smile, just how he held you. Tears blurred your vision as you stood frozen.

"Hey girl, are you okay?" The woman in his arms asked, concerned. You were mad, but you knew it wasn't her fault. It was his; it was yours.

"Ye—yes," you choked out, struggling to form words. "I'm… I'm just…— I guess…." Tears overcame you. Pedro muttered something incomprehensible as he released the girl and approached you. Anger, guilt, and sadness flooded through you, making you feel utterly foolish.

"I got it man," you said, stepping back, your voice trembling with anger. "Let's just keep things as they are, right? Like they fucking are! It's working out great for you, fucker."

"Oh! You're the one with your Irish friend over there," he retorted, his anger matching yours.

"Because Colin is my friend, Pedro. He's just a goddamn friend," you shot back, your voice rising. "He was the one trying to convince me you were just scared of whatever shit we have going on and that I was being a bitch.” You were now shouting and walking in his direction; you were lucky the music was too loud. “Turns out, he was wrong." Pedro stood frozen, the girl by the wall looking confused.

"I didn't know you both had something," she interjected, trying to calm you down.

"I’m not talking to you!” You now faced her: “I don't give a fuck if you knew or not. HE is the problem here," you declared, pointing at him, your frustration boiling over.

“Babe…”

"Don't you dare call me that!" you shouted as he reached out to you. "You know what? Go ahead, screw whoever you want. I'm done. I'm so fucking done." Tears streamed down your face as he attempted to apologize. "Fuck you! Tonight was supposed to be a great night," you lamented, feeling foolish and angry. "This whole thing—us—it is just a waste of time."

"I’m sorry—I want things to work," he muttered.

"Oh, I can see that," you laughed bitterly. "It works for YOU.” You were now pointing your finger at his face as you spilled all the anger. “You have me or anything whenever you want. We only meet when YOU can meet me.” The tears stopped, and you could feel your face burning. “You never care about MY schedule, NEVER! Everything is about you! You’re so fucking selfish man!”

“You agreed to the schedules! Wanna know why? Because you’re such a control freak! That’s why! —Seeing each other in the middle of the night? It was YOUR idea. Don’t play the innocent girl now,” he shot back angrily. “Who told me, ‘Let’s keep this between us’? Stop being a fuckin hypocrite and act like we were something else, and I betrayed you!” he added, his desperation evident. “You were the one who decided I was your dirty little secret! You cut the cards!”

"Secret?" you yelled back. "Have you ever put yourself in my position? I'm a woman working in a male-dominated industry. Do you know how it is to have people saying you got a job probably because you slept with someone? To have your competence questioned, despite your achievements? To have people assume there's a man pulling the strings behind the scenes? Have you ever had to deal with those things in your life Pedro? HAVE YOU? I don’t think so!"

"You love jumping to conclusions about others without even attempting to have a conversation!"

“Are you sure I’m the one who jumps to conclusions?” You laughed ironically. “Come on, don’t act like you care, man! You said it yourself! You only like the body and the sex, and honestly? You can have this with someone else.” Listening to these words come out of your mouth made you feel even worse. “I am not a sex doll... Maybe we expect different things from each other,” you said coldly as your eyes began tearing up again.

You continued, “I really wanted to be by your side tonight without feeling any guilty, but you found something better to do, and that is okay, I don’t think you betrayed me. I’m just disappointed. Part of me still had some hope that things could be more than whatever I had these last months… At least someday in a near future, you know? But as I said, we want different things, and now I can understand it.”

"I didn’t mean like this. I really thought that you were—oh, damn.” In a moment of clarity, he realized his mistake. “Fuck! I… I… —I ‘m Sorry for messing this up. I really thought you and him... Fuck… I truly…I don't know—" he tried to say.

“I’ll tell you what to do: Have your fun, man. Enjoy your freedom, that’s all that matters to you at the end of the day,” you said, tears streaming down your face.

“Please, I’m sorry…” He tried once again, his hands reaching out to hold yours.

“Go ahead and enjoy your night with whoever this girl is, or whoever you want to be the stallion with,” you said ironically as you watched the girl disappear. You then noticed Colin and Jennifer, relieved to have found you.

“There you are!” Colin exclaimed, though his expression quickly turned sympathetic as he saw your tear-streaked face.

“I’m leaving—Jen, can you keep me company while I wait for my Uber?" Bye, Col. It was nice to see you,” you said, avoiding eye contact as you spoke.

“Of course, come here,” Jennifer replied, offering you support.

Meanwhile, Pedro attempted to follow you but was intercepted by Colin, who advised him to give you some space before trying to talk to you again.

“What happened?” Jen asked as you waited for the cab together.

“He thought I was with Colin,” you said sadly, brushing away the tears. “So he decided to be with someone else too. According to him, I kept him hidden as some sort of secret—where is this darn car?” Your voice was numb with shock, and his words still echoed in your head.

“Oh, my dear,” Jenny tried to comfort you. “He was a jerk, but from what Colin told me, things were already messed up when he arrived.”

“Things were messed up from the beginning of everything, Jen. I don’t even know if I can call that a beginning, because it was… I don’t even know what it was,” you muttered. “I just want to sleep, okay?.”

“Okay, will you text me when you arrive?” she asked.

“I will,” you promised.

“Keep reminding myself

That people are good

And when they do bad things

They're just hurting inside

Keep fooling myself

That everyone cares

And they're all full of love

It's just their patience gets tried”

#pedro pascal #pedro pascal imagine #pedro pascal x f!reader #pedro pascal x female reader #pedro pascal x reader #pedro pascal x you #pedrohub #pedro pascal fanfiction #pedro x reader

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dhampiravidi · 7 months ago

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my comfort movies

(no, I did not choose these bc 90s/00s Brad Pitt was hot as fuck.)

Interview With The Vampire - sad vamp recounts tragic love story concerning his murderous BF (played by Tom Cruise).

The Covenant (2006) - 4 witch boys in high school are in a suspenseful, shitty rom-com featuring baby Seb Stan.

Alexander - Colin Farrell plays the fab bisexual conqueror who goes from hopeless romantic to batshit, all while screaming.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - tbh if you don't know the books, you won't wanna watch my demon-hunter teens.

Breakfast on Pluto - my Irish wife goes through tons of shit just because people are cruel BUT she's so loving & fab the whole time.

all of these have either canonically queer characters or a hell of a lot of homoerotic subtext (looking at you, witch boys--not including Reid, the token straight friend) so if you're a coward, don't watch.

#movies #films #movie recs #queer cinema #admin #cillian murphy #brad pitt #colin farrell #sebastian stan #steven strait #jared leto #tom cruise #jamie campbell bower #kevin zegers

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power-chords · 1 year ago

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I'm curious, in all of your Mann research, if he's an aficionado of noir literature. If so, any specific books/authors?

My gut says Mann is probably a lot more interested in noir as a film medium than as a literary one, though I think he has a very strong almost political interest in pulp and genre fiction as a "devalued" category of art generally, and especially crime/detective fiction (this is one of the central arguments of my zine actually). I mean I am sure he's familiar with Chandler and Ellroy and Hammett etc, he was at one point attached to an adaptation of The Winter of Frankie Machine, and before inking the deal with Meg Gardiner he was originally slated to write Heat 2 with Reed Farrel Coleman. But if we're talking formative influences the mosaic of literary figures that he references on the record suggests a different sensibility/lineage at work: Saul Bellow, Nelson Algren, Henry James, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger... to be honest I was completely unsurprised when I saw that he follows William Gibson on Twitter. I think he is essentially engaged in the creation of filmic systems novels, and he comes from that immigrant postwar tradition.

But he loves American film noir (especially insofar as it is derived from the German Expressionist expat community in Hollywood) and how aptly timed is your ask because a couple of friends and I just watched The Big Heat today, which happens to have a 10-minute featurette of Mann talking about the film:

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I love, LOVE this interview because within the first two minutes he's rattling off names and it goes from Fritz Lang and Fred Zinnemann to suddenly... Bertolt Brecht, Thomas Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger (BRO!) and then it's immediately followed by this long digression on how the two women are the most fascinating characters in the film.

#in my head I was screaming “I TOLD YOU! I TOLD YOU!”#I swear to god I had not seen this clip until today #michael mann

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balanchine-ballet-master · 1 year ago

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Suzanne Farrell Teaching

Above: students at Florida State University rehearse Balanchine's Serenade, staged by Suzanne Farrell. Photo by Meagan Helman for the Florida State Univ. News

Suzanne Farrell is Krafft Professor of Dance at Florida State University in Tallahassee. She gave an interview to the FSU News that was published on November 16, 2023.

Legendary ballerina Suzanne Farrell reflects on career, 20 years as Krafft Professor at FSU

BY: ANNA PRENTISS, JAMIE RAGER, JASMINE HUR

Florida State University’s School of Dance Krafft Professor Suzanne Farrell, an internationally recognized New York City Ballet principal dancer, a 2005 Kennedy Center Honoree and the founder of Suzanne Farrell Ballet, has long been regarded as one of the most extraordinary and influential ballerinas of the late-20th century.

Farrell, who performed with the New York City Ballet for 28 years, is considered the last muse and protégé of choreographer George Balanchine, founder of the New York City Ballet.

This year, Farrell set an excerpt of “Divertimento No. 15,” a choreographic piece by Balanchine. This classical ballet was featured in the school’s annual “An Evening of Dance,” which highlighted a diverse lineup of seven live works restaged by retired and current faculty.

“One of my dreams as a dancer was to perform the choreography of George Balanchine,” said Associate Professor Ilana Goldman, who served as the rehearsal director for this work. “When I finally did, it felt sublime, as if I was the physical embodiment of the music. I am so thrilled that our students had the opportunity to not only perform Balanchine’s choreography but to have been coached by his muse, Suzanne Farrell — it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Farrell has been a member of the School of Dance faculty for more than 20 years and continues to work with and mentor students, hosting master classes and workshops at FSU each semester.

“The opportunity to work with a legendary performer like Suzanne Farrell is an amazing experience for our students,” said Anjali Austin, professor and chair of the School of Dance. “Her dedication to our program throughout the past 20 years has made an indelible mark on many.”

In an interview, Farrell re-lived her history with the New York City Ballet, working with Balanchine and how she came to Florida State University to teach.

“Initially, I was not going to teach at a college level,” Farrell said. “I had just been giving young dancer auditions in Miami but came to FSU on my sister’s request and met many nice dancers that made me rethink. It’s a beautiful atmosphere, and I love working here. I give everything when I teach.”

Even early in her career, Farrell thought teaching was not a path she intended to take.

“When I was a young dancer, I thought I had forever,” she said. “Mr. Balanchine once said, ‘One day, you will all teach.’ I thought to myself, ‘I’m not going to teach. All I want to do is dance.’”

That moment of retirement came sooner than Farrell thought, so she began staging and teaching Balanchine’s ballets around the world.

“In a nice way, it extended my dance life,” she said. “I’m not dancing, but I’m still doing what I love to do.”

Farrell noted that the transient nature of a dance career instills a sense of immediacy in a dancer.

“Dance is a young profession; we retire at a young age because the body has to stop,” she said. “Therefore, you have to positively profit from everything you do and every moment you do it. You can’t say, ‘I’ll do it tomorrow’ because before you know it, it’s time to retire.”

Farrell explained, “In ballet, we are our own technology. It’s not like sending someone a text and it’s done — it’s a constant evolution of getting the choreography to where it should be.”

“I like bringing my stories into my teaching because it’s not just the technological aspect, it’s also passing on stories from one person to the next,” she said.

Farrell learned to use visual aspects to provide dancers with a mental image when correcting inaccuracies.

“I’d say ‘move your arms like the leaves when the wind comes, the leaves turn over, they don’t resist.’ Moving with nature is what ballet is all about.”

When asked about the evolution of ballet since she first began her professional career, Farrell highlighted the inheritable legacy left by previous generations.

“We are the beneficiaries of every dancer that came before us. Nobody can do it by themselves,” Farrell said. “There are stories you inherit from someone who maybe danced it first or before you were alive. There’s so much legacy and it’s not just in the past. Just because someone isn’t alive anymore doesn’t mean they are not influential and inspiring in spirit.”

This academic year, the School of Dance is celebrating 90 years of dance, 60 years of dance degrees and 20 years of the Maggie Allesee Center for Choreography at FSU. Recently ranked as one of the top five dance programs in the nation by Backstage Magazine, the School of Dance is dedicated to providing the highest caliber of training to its students.

Suzanne Farrell and George Balanchine, 1963. Photo: Fred Fehl for the Associated Press via the NY Times

#Suzanne Farrell #Balanchine #Serenade #FSU #Florida State Univ.#New York City Ballet #NYCB

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gaymormonmike · 10 months ago

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STUDS TERKEL

I am reading Terkel's book Coming of Age. It is a chronicle of interviews he had with people who shaped the 20th Century. These aren't the people you would be familiar with. Stud's hung out with and was friends to the marginalized . He fought against any prejudice aligning himself with Blacks such as Mahalia Jackson, gay and lesbians, downtrodden workers, unionists, and was comfortable with anyone that was open, honest and willing to speak out. He had a Chicago radio program that interviewed people (we would call them podcasts today) from 1952 to 1997. He wrote oral histories of his famous people and of the everyday person. His oral history of people on the home front during WWII won a Pulitzer prize and made me love the way he wrote and spoke and how much he wanted to record the unspoken stories of everyone. He understood that everyone had a story to tell. I am sharing this because if you never heard of Studs Terkel, you are missing an American treasure. Check him out. Here is part of his story from Wikpedia:

A political leftist, Terkel joined the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project, working in radio, doing work that varied from voicing soap opera productions and announcing news and sports to presenting shows of recorded music and writing radio scripts and advertisements. In the late 1940's he voiced characters in WMAQ's Destination Freedom series, written by Richard Durham.[5] His own well-known radio program, titled The Studs Terkel Program, aired on 98.7 WFMT Chicago between 1952 and 1997.[6] The one-hour program was broadcast each weekday during those 45 years. On this program, he interviewed guests as diverse as Martin Luther King Jr., Leonard Bernstein, Mort Sahl, Bob Dylan, Alexander Frey, Dorothy Parker, Tennessee Williams, Jean Shepherd, Frank Zappa, and Big Bill Broonzy.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Terkel was also the central character of Studs' Place, an unscripted television drama about the owner of a greasy-spoon diner in Chicago through which many famous people and interesting characters passed. This show, Marlin Perkins's Zoo Parade, Garroway at Large, and the children's show Kukla, Fran, and Ollie are widely considered canonical examples of the Chicago School of Television.

Terkel published his first book, Giants of Jazz, in 1956. He followed it in 1967 with his first collection of oral histories, Division Street: America, with 70 people talking about the effect on the human spirit of living in an American metropolis.[7][8][9]

He also served as a distinguished scholar-in-residence at the Chicago History Museum. He appeared in the film Eight Men Out, based on the Black Sox Scandal, in which he played newspaper reporter Hugh Fullerton, who tries to uncover the White Sox players' plans to throw the 1919 World Series. Terkel found it particularly amusing to play this role, as he was a big fan of the Chicago White Sox (as well as a vocal critic of major league baseball during the 1994 baseball strike), and gave a moving congratulatory speech to the White Sox organization after their 2005 World Series championship during a television interview.

Terkel received his nickname while he was acting in a play with another person named Louis. To keep the two straight, the director of the production gave Terkel the nickname Studs after the fictional character about whom Terkel was reading at the time—Studs Lonigan, of James T. Farrell's trilogy.

Terkel was acclaimed for his efforts to preserve American oral history. His 1985 book "The Good War": An Oral History of World War Two, which detailed ordinary peoples' accounts of the country's involvement in World War II, won the Pulitzer Prize. For Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression, Terkel assembled recollections of the Great Depression that spanned the socioeconomic spectrum, from Okies, through prison inmates, to the wealthy. His 1974 book, Working, in which (as reflected by its subtitle) People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, also was highly acclaimed. Working was made into a short-lived Broadway show of the same title in 1978 and was telecast on PBS in 1982. In 1995, he received the Chicago History Museum "Making History Award" for Distinction in Journalism and Communications. In 1997, Terkel was elected a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters. Two years later, he received the George Polk Career Award in 1999.

#studs Terkel #queerstake #literature #aurhors

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oscar-piastri · 1 year ago

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sporting rumours might be my favourite kind because they can be so so ridiculous sometimes. this rumour feels like one of those ones that a random account on twitter or instagram puts out and other people pick up on it to act like they're in the know or whatever but they're all just circulating lies they made up. farrell? I'll believe it when I see it!

I don't know a lot about this programme tbh, I had only heard of it just today but I know enough about the sport I guess? odds are not really in his favour so that might cheer you up?

right???? the welsh team had to delay their roster announcement because he called them to say he wouldn't be there. it doesn't feel great that he left them scrambling like this. he also told his gloucester teammates around the same time he told gatland. I'm actually not sure any of them knew his intentions beforehand. maybe he owes them nothing but I also think it would have cost him nothing to inform both coaches of the possibility, so they could more easily plan for his departure

i find rumours funny until it's about my faves then i turned into a ball of stress and trust issues bejfbezfe. i've seen an interview with farrell and the way he talked? man will stay where he is forever, he loves his club too much

damn no but they're teammates, you spend a lot of time together, you have to tell them!!! just for a good cohesion and also for the team to find someone to replace you????? like melvyn jaminet announced his sudden move from toulouse to toulon 3 months after the beginning of the season, 2 years before the end of his contract. it was sudden af especially after denying it many times. And even though the staff had to be involved for legal reasons and money, he told his teammates he was gonna probably leave before it was official. because they're teammates, friends and also because he felt like he had to be honest. i really dislike stuff like this, when someone leaves and doesnt tell the team and stuff, it's a team, it's a collective thing.........

#cassy's answers #anons

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destinyc1020 · 1 year ago

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In regards to Tom’s career trajectory, I recently read an interview with one of his agents James Farrell who represents Austin and John David Washington and it’s so interesting ppl talk about how bad his agent is when this same agent was able to turn around Austin’s career and make him seem more serious as an actor (critically serious not commercial like Spider-Man). His agent is all about taking the long road and waiting for quality projects as opposed to quantity.

While it’s great for JE to have a lot of projects going for him, whose to say that most of those projects are going to do well? Like I’ve seen that Ben Affleck and Ana de aromas film and despite a good cast, the film was subpar. Leo Dicaprio has done a lot of films yet the general public really only know him f from his few poignant projects, not the quantity of films that okay at best. Just like Bryan Cranston is always going to be Walter White for some because his performance was that good. Again this isn’t shade to Jacob but really fandoms in general who’s favs do less roles than their counterparts. I remember a few years ago Zendaya was casted in this film with Jake Gyllnehaal that didn’t go into play and just recently that same film was made with Jenna Ortega and it’s come out in film festivals and bombed. Not every film is gonna turn out great.

I trust Tom and Z and I know whatever project they do, they have a great team who cares about their worth and time. Yes there are actors who do a lot of roles and are great.

My fav Christopher Abbot who was in TCR(I recommend watching Sanctuary with Margaret Qualley if you have the chance cause it’s great) and now is in Poor Things. Though he had been acting for a while, it wasn’t until James white, a perfect film, where he was taken seriously from critics. Before then his was most notable as a boyfriend from Girls. He was 27 -28 when he filmed that project, similar age to Tom.

Sorry for the rant, I’m aware of fan wars but I hope to have brought a nuanced opinion to discussing young actors career. Tell me if you want the link to his agents interview. Peace and love xxx

Thanks Anon... Yea, they all 3 share the same agent lol. Funny huh? 😅

His agent is all about taking the long road and waiting for quality projects as opposed to quantity.

I didn't know that actually.... 🤔

But yea, playing the "long game" is actually not a bad thing imo. I mean, just look at Ke Huy Quan lol 😅 So, you're NEVER "too old" to do more substantial work/projects in the industry, or even win an Oscar! I think some of these fans need to take a look at some of these older actors out here. Even THEE Leo (who a lot of our faves seem to admire) was nominated at age 19 for his first Oscar, but Leo didn't even win an Oscar until he was already in his 40s!!! Soooo....why do stans of actors these days put so much pressure on their faves to win an Oscar at 25?? 🥴

I just don't get it. You have to look at the pattern and lower your expectations....

Like I’ve seen that Ben Affleck and Ana de aromas film and despite a good cast, the film was subpar.

That film was a Wattpad fanfic ROTFL 😅🤣 I couldn't believe what I was watching! No WONDER that film got scrapped for the big screen and got switched to straight to streaming lol. 😅

Leo Dicaprio has done a lot of films yet the general public really only know him f from his few poignant projects, not the quantity of films that okay at best.

Actually, I think MOST of Leo's film work has been pretty decent, which is why so many younger actors look up to him and his career. He's very calculated on what he will choose and what types of roles he will do. Even if the film he did itself wasn't a "blockbuster", they've typically been interesting, his acting is usually on point, and he puts butts in seats. 🤷🏾‍♀️

I trust Tom and Z and I know whatever project they do, they have a great team who cares about their worth and time. Yes there are actors who do a lot of roles and are great.

Exactly! At this point, I don't care what Tom and Z decide to do career-wise as long as it makes them HAPPY and feel FULFILLED. That's all that I wish for my faves... As long as they're happy and fulfilled, and feel GREAT about their work, then, I'm happy! :) 🥰

My fav Christopher Abbot who was in TCR(I recommend watching Sanctuary with Margaret Qualley if you have the chance cause it’s great) and now is in Poor Things.

Thanks for the rec! 😉👍🏾

Sorry for the rant, I’m aware of fan wars but I hope to have brought a nuanced opinion to discussing young actors career. Tell me if you want the link to his agents interview. Peace and love xxx

No worries! You know I LOVE discussing films. 😊 And yea, sure, send me the link to his interview! :)

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Kelly Lee Owens was fresh as a daisy for her Public Records set on Feb. 13 — you could barely tell she had flown in the same afternoon after DJing for 10,000 people at Alexandra Palace back to back to back with Busy P and Erol Alkan. She was still on a high after the gig and on a preemptory wave of euphoria before her string of solo shows where she’ll be singing live. Before then, though, it was a family affair in Brooklyn with label-mate Oscar Farrell and the man behind dh2, George Daniel. The Sound Room was buzzing by the time she took to the decks. Farrell got the space plenty warm for her, which was full of young 20-somethings looking to dance off the week, and Owens opened with the title track from her newest project, Dreamstate. The London-based, Welsh-born singer and producer is known for tapping into higher frequencies with her work, with insistent trance beats and a delicate understanding of not only timing in music, but timing in her life, as she tells NYLON: “It's important to trust your instincts on where you want to go and your path — however many paths you can look at. It's so cliché, but it's cliché for a reason. It's this ultimate truth.” Following her own path has worked for her: She was handpicked to open for Depeche Mode last year and will join Charli XCX at Lido Festival in June for her Partygirl set again. We caught up with Owens before she got me into the dancing mood about her best party night ever, what she’s looking forward to feeding her fans on tour, and working with Daniel on Dreamstate.You’ve played tracks from your new project, but you haven’t performed them live, right?The first time I'm going to be doing that is next month. I've been DJing tracks out, but it's very different with my live show, where I'm singing and playing with synths live.What tracks have people responded to the most in your sets from Dreamstate? “Love You Got.” People just hear that little “down, down” bass stab and they're like, “OK, here we go.” But one people keep talking to me about and want to hear, which is quite interesting because it’s downtempo, is “Time To.” It's one of my favorite beats on the whole records. Me and George [Daniel] did that together. There's something about it where you can be in that dream state energy of losing yourself. I like stuff that has dark and light in it, and that's definitely one of those.When you're making this record, how much of it is insular, and at what point do you bring it to other people like George?Kelly Lee Owens: I usually have me and one other person, but this time around — this is my first record on dh2 — George came in at the very end because I was already making the album. This is me: I don't wait around. I was like, “It'll be signed. I'll find a home for it, if not, I’ll put it out myself.” I cannot tell you how vital it was. It was just one week. He'd been touring for two years with The 1975, he had a weekend off, and then he came to me on the Monday morning. We were in there for five days and it was f*cking glorious. We'd never worked together before. He'll come and tell you. George, we’re just talking about that week that we worked together for the first time and how great it was. George Daniel: That's sweet. It was brilliant. For me, it's always valuable to have someone come in. I've done it recently with tracks, where I've sat with them so long and I've had to send them to someone else I trust. You put a lot of trust in me.Kelly Lee Owens: Also, it's not guaranteed that you’ll creatively flow with someone, and by the second day we were finishing each other’s sentences. We just got it. The thing is about George is he has really good taste, obviously. But that week was crucial in making Dreamstate.You’ve talked in interviews before about having Brat green on your mind in 2022, and now you’re joining Charli XCX at Lido for the Partygirl set. I love the synergy. How excited are you to join her? I literally have a notebook with just Brat green. I’m so excited for so many reasons. One of them — it sounds so boring — but it's 20 minutes from my house and George's. [laughs] But no, just the fact that she’s always been a curator. She's always been someone who's great at cherry-picking. We're similar in the sense that we've got an A&R mindset: You see the potential, and if you have an opportunity to grow that, work with that, and be a part of it, as an artist, it's always exciting. Charli is a powerhouse in that sense, and she's always been like that. I relate to her because I am extremely curious. I'll go and talk to people, find people. As a solo artist, sometimes it can feel... not lonely, but you are with yourself and your team, and it can be quite insular. So bringing other people in, it becomes this family that permeates out and creates another form of culture. I think that's a beautiful thing. She's doing that — and at the height of her career, with everything else she has going on.She just has the eye.She has the eye fully. A couple of years ago, I was on tour with Depeche Mode. They handpicked me to open, but anyone would open for them. I met Lars from Metallica, he was there watching in LA, but Metallica would've opened for Depeche Mode if they asked them to. You know what I mean? Charli can do the same: She can have anyone play, but in a way, that's uninteresting. It's more exciting to be like, “Oh my God, these are my favorite artists at the moment. I'm listening to these people. I get to hang out and have this family energy, go off to their tracks, pop out in the crowd, say hi, and have some champagne.” What have you been listening to recently?That's a great question. There's an amazing producer called Mount XLR. Oscar played one of their tracks recently. I was immediately like, “What is this?” I was over his shoulder, and sometimes in the DJ community, that's blasphemous, but we're a family. Then there's some old-school stuff like Massive Attack. They have an amazing track with Sinead O'Connor called “What Your Soul Sings.” Oh my God, it's mind-blowing. It's such an encouraging song. It’s in those darker or harder moments where you need some sense of reassurance sonically and lyrically, and it does that.Your record is a great walking record. I was playing it at the gym today too, and it's not any detriment to you, but I love a record you can have on and let fade into the background. No, no. People say this to me all the time. That's a compliment. That is the dream state. It should be a companion, and should live with you in your life. It doesn't need to be drilling into your brain every five seconds. If my music can be a companion to people's lives, that is more than what I would expect to achieve. What's the best party you've ever been to? I played Glastonbury last summer and DJed before Charli. I have to say, the best bit was after they finished Partygirl and Charli was like, “Do you want to go out? Do you want to come with us?” I've never been to Glastonbury before. There were like 25 of us, Tove Lo and Charli led the pack of us around. We went everywhere and came back all together at 6:30 in the morning. The sun was rising, and I was like, “I've had a true Glastonbury experience.” Source link

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Interview with Melinda Curtis

A Cowboy Christmas Carol

The Cowboy Academy Book 3

Melinda Curtis

Harlequin Heartwarming Pub

Nov 28, 2023

A Cowboy Christmas Carol by Melinda Curtis recalls the story of Scrooge, A Christmas Carol. In this case it is one of twin brothers, Ryan, wants nothing to do with the holiday. If readers want a story that will put a smile on their faces, they will want to read this because the banter between the characters is off the charts.

Ryan and Tate Oakley are twin brothers who are part of the rodeo circuit. They always come close to winning but never can achieve the big prize. Ryan feels it is because they need better horses. He decides to buy a pair of the best roping horses from the woman who was his nemesis in high school. Jo Pierce was expelled from school after an epic prank on Ryan and now she is a horse breeder and trainer while single parenting her twin sons. Because she has a huge pending balloon mortgage hanging over her head, she reluctantly names a price. As the two continue to negotiate and work to come up with a solution to both their problems, they learn the reasons for their animosity of the past.

Readers will enjoy taking a journey with the hero and heroine as their feelings begin to change, realizing that they both must let go of the past to find a future. This is a wonderful, sweet romance with delightful characters and a hilarious horse.

Elise Cooper: How did you get the idea for the story?

Melinda Curtis: I changed it to be a Christmas book. I watched on Apple TV, Spirited, played by Will Farrell. I love a Christmas Carol and played on it. I thought what is better than a grumpy cowboy who does not like Christmas. I gave him an emotional wound that happened at Christmas.

EC: How would you describe the twin brothers, Ryan versus Tate?

MC: Ryan is more protective, while Tate goes through life letting things slide off his back. Ryan sees it as Tate not taking life seriously or applying himself. Ryan cares more about Tate. Ryan is trying to have he and his brother move forward and create a good life for both.

EC: Describing Ryan?

MC: He is guarded, standoffish, cold, an introvert, and a planner. He is also stubborn and grumpy. He is referred to as ‘the not nice Oakley.’

EC: How would you describe Jo?

MC: Rough and tumble. She is also direct, prickly, obstinate, and can be grumpy. She has a father who tries to break her spirit but remains confident. Unlike Ryan, she loves Christmas. She does not want to break the bonds of family even if it is at the expense of the livelihood of her ranch.

EC: What about the relationship?

MC: She and Ryan bond because both came from divorced parents. In high school he was seen as not being very nice and she was seen as being a stubborn tomboy. The high school pranks they played on each other got out of hand, which affected their relationship. She now thinks of him as pushy. She has a crush on his twin brother Tate.

EC: The role of the twin boys?

MC: Max and Dean are the twin boys of Jo. I wanted to write them as a mirror of Ryan and Tate. One is more introverted and one out to have fun. It shows how Ryan and Tate would have turned out had they had a loving household to grow up in. Max and Tate are the extroverts who the girls gravitate too, while Ryan and Dean are the introverts and responsible.

EC: You also have a horse, Tiger, in the story?

MC: Horses are like dogs in they have different personalities. They can be troublemakers. I wanted an unusual looking horse. I modeled him after my daughter’s dog. He just wants to be with people, plays rough, and is an escape artist. Tiger was considered the companion horse, the family horse, and the ‘heart horse.’ There is a phrase in the horse community; this is my heart horse. The one I will remember always after they are gone.

EC: Next books?

MC: The next book in this series will be Tate’s book, titled, A Cowboy for the Twins, coming out March of next year. Readers will learn a lot more why he does not have a care. More of the Harmony Valley books coming up. This year I had a lot of releases.

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Sometimes Mike Farrell is so noble... even his wife can't stand it.

by John M Wilson, TV GUIDE MARCH 17, 1979

Call him the Jane Fonda of M*A*S*H.

Mike Farrell's got more causes than a nervous congressman running for re-election. Don't look for him, though, at a Republican convention. Arch conservatives would boo, and Anita Bryant would probably pray for his soul. He's 6-feet-3, a former Marine, happily married, and a staunch advocate of gay rights. So who ever said Hollywood actors were predictable? The only thing predictable about Mike Farrell is that he'll be back next season on M*A*S*H playing BJ. Hunnicutt, sidekick to Alan Alda's Hawkeye — two doctors coping humorously with the Korean War on the Monday-night CBS series.

That, and the probability that he'll have added a new political or social cause to his collection. The list began with the anti-war movement in the '60s and has included civil rights, the Fred Harris Presidential campaign, the Cesar Chavez farm-workers' drive, women's liberation and the ERA, prison reform, the Special Olympics for retarded children, and here and there an endangered species.

"Mike's just about caused-out," said his lovely wife Judy one evening in their three-story hillside home. She's also an actress, playing Nurse Able on M*A*S*H and turning up in commercials and TV-movies. "Because he's so outspoken politically, he gets every call in the world to come down and speak for this candidate and that cause. He used to say yes to everything. Now he tries to be more selective."

The latest call has come from New Age (New Alliance for Gay Equality), a Southern California group that last November helped defeat Proposition 6. a controversial initiative on the California ballot that would have required the firing of gay public-school teachers. Farrell wasn't one of the Johnny-come-latelys to the fray — he started speaking against Anita Bryant two years ago in Florida while there promoting M*A*S*H.

"Every chance I got, I tried to pick a fight with her. I slipped the subject into as many interviews as I could. What she was saying was so patently hurtful to certain human beings that I just didn't see any other side. It seemed very clear that it was a question of choice, freedom, privacy and human rights"

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Few prominent actors have risked the potential stigma of speaking out for gay rights, and Farrell joked, "Sometimes when I speak to groups, I feel like holding up a big photo of my wife and family.'

Said Judy: "That doesn't really bother me, if somebody's going to say he's gay, or whatever. Who cares?"

What really worried Farrell was the threat of physical danger: a family friend had been jumped and badly beaten for taking the same stand. Some wives might have decided to throw in the towel at that point; Judy didn't.

"She's amazing, the support she gives me.' said Farrell.

Farrell, friendly and easygoing, seemed faintly embarrassed about discussing his endless political activism.

"I'm always leery of sounding like a Pollyanna. But I really believe people are essentially good and valuable, and I feel that all of us have a responsibility to other people. And when you have the nonsense of this celebrity status well, it's just too good an opportunity to pass up."

Which isn't to say he's ready for canonization as Saint Michael. He and the family had just finished dinner — fish for Judy and the kids, strictly vegetables and brown rice for Farrell — and he was clucking like a mother hen on the subject of organic food and the dangers of chemical additives.

Judy rankles at what she calls her husband's "reverse snobbery." They have a spiffy Volvo, for example, but Farrell likes to show up at fancy CBS social functions in his well-traveled Volkswagen bus

"There's no doubt about it," he admitted with a grin, "I can sometimes rub people's noses in it."

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Farrell, who attended Los Angeles City College and reads dozens of books each year, hasn't come to his current consciousness easily. He's been through "a heavy period of therapy" and has participated in "sensitivity training.'' He also works conscientiously at "stroking" his two children, Erin, 5, and Josh, 8 who climbed all over him, whispering in his ear, getting hugged. In an aside Judy suggested that her husband's devotion as a father is partly a reaction against his own childhood and a painful relationship with an emotionally distant father who provided a role model of blustery machismo.

"Judy and I made a conscious decision with the kids,'' said Farrell, '"that they would always know they were loved."

Later, his close friend Alan Alda would add: "Mike's a wonderful father. It's hard work being a good parent. It takes a lot of thought and a lot of concentration, and when you're in his home, you can see that."

Farrell, born Feb. 6, 1939, in St. Paul, Minn., came to Los Angeles at 2, when his father found work as a carpenter in the movie studios. "They were magic," Farrell recalled of the old movie lots. "You passed into another world."

Captivated by the movies, he was in high school and set on being an actor when his father died. Acting was abandoned for the Marine Corps. "The influence of John Wayne did it. 'The Sands of Iwo Jima,' and all that." Out of the Marines at 19, he kept telling people he was determined to be an actor, but his fear of audiences kept him delivering groceries.

A friend finally persuaded him to enroll in Jeff Corey's acting workshop in Hollywood. That broke the ice. Then in 1961, while auditing a musical-comedy class at UCLA, he met a tiny slim blonde named Judy Hayden. She wanted to play a scene as Annie Oakley, but needed a Frank Butler. The instructor pointed to the tall Farrell. who was "cowering in the back of the room, terrified."

Judy Hayden became Judy Farrell in 1963, and later interrupted her acting career to teach school and support the family while Mike began acquiring TV and movie credits.

"She was really the anchor for our family. She made it possible for me to pursue my goals. It was a tough decision to make, but she did it. Now it's sort of her turn."

He was asked if his success has caused any strain.

"'Definitely,'' he said.

"Mike's always saying how jealous I am of him,'' Judy said. "I'm not really jealous. Frustrated is a better word."

His career gained its first real impetus in 1968, when he was cast as architect Scott Banning on Days of Our Lives. Two years later, he left the soap opera for a regular role on The Interns.

That lasted one season and he became "Anthony Quinn's spear-carrier" on the even briefer The Man and the City.

Farrell was under contract to Universal, miserable and turning down parts, when M*A*S*H called him in 1975 to replace the departing Wayne Rogers, who had played Trapper John. Mercifully, Universal's executives Iet Farrell go.

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Farrell wasn't altogether unprepared for the big step to M*A*S*H, despite its success and prestige (it is now in its seventh season and has won nine Emmys). He had been approached once before about stepping in and he liked the enduring touch of humanity that has become a trademark of M*A*S*H scripts.

"I've always identified strongly with the show, with the kind of humor it does, with the message. In the back of my mind, I always felt I belonged there. I think what we do is special... the show essentially has a message that says people are valuable."

Not surprisingly, Farrell is a harsh critic of TV. "What it does to people's minds — the sexism, the violence, the stereotyping — is frightening.' He tries to select projects that reflect his social consciousness, such as his role as a violent husband in NBC's 'Battered,' a TV-movie about wife-beating, that was telecast last September.

Farrell's entry to M*A*S*H, though, was not without butterflies. The departure of Rogers was only one of several key losses over the years: McLean Stevenson (Lt. Col. Henry Blake), Larry Linville (Maj. Frank Burns) and producers Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds have also gone.

"After the elation of getting the job, I was beset by all the insecurity of having to prove myself, to measure up."

But he credits a warm welcome from Gary Burghoff (Radar) the first day and "remarkable" support from the cast with easing him in. (Burghoff is the latest M*A*S*H defector; he has decided not to return next season.)

Farrell and Alda, who share similar political views, were instant friends, and quickly became a well-meshed acting pair. "I think we work so well together, said Farrell, "because we love each other. Alan is just an incredibly willing human being, and he lets me share with him.

"It's a tough spot to fill, I'll tell you that. I've tried to create a character that doesn't compete with Hawkeye, but complements. When I say the character doesn't compete, we compete constantly. We throw down the gauntlet daily on something. If he does push-ups, I have to do more push-ups."

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He didn't have time for push-ups a few mornings later on the M*A*S*H set. He was standing in the cold studio in his Army fatigues and size-14 combat boots, trying to get changes made in the script. "They try to make B.J a little too straight-arrow. I want him to be well-rounded, to be a little wacky like Hawkeye, and I have to constantly work at it."

Farrell, who directed his first show this season, also feels a certain frustration as an actor. "I know that my job is to be a supporting player to Alan. He's the star. But sometimes I want B.J. to have a chance to do more — and sometimes I'd like the same for myself."

That week, it happened that Farrell had plenty to do as B.J. The story being filmed concerned a war-torn Korean family that an exhausted B.J., stalwart humanitarian that he is, was trying to save single-handedly.

In the script, Hawkeye asks B.J. gently, "Beej. when are you going to learn you can't help everybody in the world?"

It sounded like a case of art imitating life.

"Farrell, who directed his first show this season, also feels a certain frustration as an actor. 'I know that my job is to be a supporting player to Alan. He's the star. But sometimes I want BJ to have a chance to do more - and sometimes I'd like the same for myself.'

That week, it happened that Farrell had plenty to do as BJ. The story being filmed concerned a war-torn Korean family that an exhausted BJ stalwart humanitarian that he is, was trying to save single-handedly.

In the script, Hawkeye asks BJ gently, 'Beej, when are you going to learn you can't help everybody in the world?'

It sounded like a case of art imitating life."

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