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[dizzyscabiosa]

meeting everyone surely went great...

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[milksockets]

conroy maddox in surreal objects: 3-dimensional works from dalí to man ray - ingrid pfeiffer + max hollein

[isabellarosestudio5]

Week 12: Notes (consult & self check-in)

NOTES FOR SELF:

Ask about:

health and safety check for pb&j work

artist recommendations

feedback on recent installs

WORKS IN PROGRESS STILL:

wheat paste photo sculpture

performance in gallery (pb&j)

collect headlines on 'feminism/feminist news'

CURRENT THEMES:

how media & collective narrative shapes your identity and feminine identity as a whole.

deconstructing norms & subconscious behaviours.

MEDIUMS/METHODS:

found text (media headlines)

dance as tool to deconstruct ideas & behaviours

blank page as self-contemplative space

TUTOR FEEDBACK:

In regards to photo object work (in progress):

Look into the recent big photo media prizes, to see what current ideas and practices are.

Hasselblad Award

Artists to research:

Dayanita Singh

Ingrid Pollard

Arthur Jafa (Live Evil Exhibition)

Books/Theorists:

Laura Mulvey (Visual & Other Pleasures, 1989)

Feminist Media:

Go to library to look at feminist media studies for context

Jill Orr (She had long golden hair)

Rebecca Conroy (Iron Lady, the weaponised body)

Pipilotti Rist ('(Absolutions) Pipilotti's Mistakes')

[deepredradio]

Malignant

Story: Madison sieht regelmäßig im Schlaf Bilder grausiger Morde. Doch immer häufiger beschränken die Visionen sich nicht mehr nur auf ihre Nächte – als Wachträume brechen sie in ihren Alltag ein. Außerdem beginnt sie den immer stärkeren Verdacht zu hegen, dass die von ihr unfreiwillig bezeugten Tötungen vielleicht gar nicht nur ihrem Kopf entspringen, sondern auch in der Wirklichkeit…

[dukereviewstv]

Duke Reviews TV: Batman: The Animated Series 1x23 Vendetta

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews TV Where We Continue Our Look At Batman The Animated Series By Talking About Episode 23 Of Season 1, Vendetta

This Episode Sees Detective Bullock, Being Arrested For Kidnapping, Despite His Dislike For Bullock, Batman Believes Him To Be A Good Man And Investigates, Discovering The Identity Of The Real Criminal To Be Killer Croc, Who Harbors A Vendetta Against Bullock For Arresting Him...

Will Batman Clear Bullock's Name Before It Is Too Late?

Let's Find Out As We Watch Vendetta...

The Episode Starts As We See A Police Boat Escorting A Very Nervous Convict Named Spider Conway To Gotham Harbor Which Has Gordon Confused Of Why Conway Is Nervous As He's Getting An Early Parole For Testifying Against Rupert Thorne...

Also Why Can't Thorne Stay In Jail?

But Bullock Realizes That The Reason Conway Is Nervous Is Because He's Worried About Someone Getting To Him Before He Reaches The Hearing...

Unfortunately It Turns Out That Conway's Fears Are Justified As A Strange Figure Attaches A Bomb To The Boat And Kidnaps Him In The Ensuing Chaos...

No Officers Are Hurt But Conway Is Gone...

Upon Learning This, Bullock Orders The Bay To Be Dredged As Batman Launches His Own Investigation, Discovering Only A Toothpick That Belongs To Bullock On The Docks...

Enraged To Learn That He's Being Taken Off The Case, Gordon Tells Bullock That It's For His Own Good As Thorne Is A Suspect And That Alot Of Ugly History Is Bound To Come Up...

Listening To The Conversation At Police HQ, Batman Decides To Investigate Bullock, Sneaking Into The Police Files Room And Taking The File On Bullock Back To The Batcave..

With Alfred Looking Over The File With Bruce, They Discover That Bullock Was Once Suspected Of Accepting Bribes From Thorne 2 Years Ago Due To Information Given To The Police By Spider Conway..,

But The Case Ended Up Being Dropped Due To Lack Of Evidence, Either Way Bruce Suspects Bullock Is To Blame For Conway's Disappearance...

As Spider Conway Is Confronted By A Mysterious Individual Who Frightens Him...

Batman Visits Thorne But He Tells Batman That He Had Nothing To Do With Conway's Kidnapping As He Has Nothing To Lose If Conway Talks...

So, With Bullock Now As The Prime Suspect, Batman Goes To Explain His Suspicions To Gordon But He Insists That Bullock Would Never Go Rogue...

But Gordon's About To Be Proven Wrong As Bullock Or Someone Who Sounds Like Bullock Kidnaps Joey The Snail...

What Kind Of Name Is Joey The Snail? Is He Known For Being A Slow Runner Or Something?

Joey The Snail

With A Witness Testimony Against Him, Bullock Is Arrested...

Reading The News About Bullock's Arrest, Batman Decides To Focus Instead On A Small Scale That He Also Found At The Docks. Though Reptilian In Appearance, Batman Discovers That It Has A Human Cellular Structure...

Giving Batman His Dinner, Alfred Tells Him Not To Worry If It Gets Cold As It's In A Microwavable Crock Which Causes A Lightbulb To Go Off In Batman's Head...

Because Of This Epiphany, Batman Realizes Bullock May Not Be The Primary Suspect After All As He Figures Out Where Conway And Joey May Be...

But To Confirm His Suspicions, Bruce Visits The Zoo To Learn If Crocodiles Live In Underwater Caves And It Turns Out They Do...

So With That Being The Final Clue, Batman Returns To Gotham Harbor And Goes Underwater Using The Batboat And Finds An Underwater Cave Where The 2 Criminals Are...

But When Batman Starts To Free He Is Confronted By Killer Croc...

Returning To The Batcave, Batman Finds Articles On Croc, Learning That He Was Once A Freak Show Attraction Before Becoming A Wrestler And Turning To Crime...

And What's Interesting Is That Bullock Is The Officer That Arrested Him And That He Was Convicted On Testimony Given By Conway And Martin, Meaning That Croc Is Out For Revenge Against The People Who Sent Him Away,..

With The 2 Criminals Returned, Bullock Is Released Only For Croc To Pay Him A Visit...

(End At 3:24)

With Bullock Going Up To The Surface, Batman Soon Follows With Croc's Unconscious Body. Bullock Wonders Why Batman Would Stick His Neck Out For Bullock When He's Always Been Such A Pain In His Butt?...

But All Batman Tells Him Is That He Thought He Was Guilty Too As He Leaves....

The Next Day, Bullock Is Cleared Of All Charges As He Tells Criminals To Beware Because He's Back On The Street And Ready To Kick Butt...

And That's Vendetta And It's Okay..,

The Episode Has A Great Story, The Characters Are Well Written And Killer Croc Is An Interesting Villain, It's Just That It's Not One Of My Favorite Episodes, But Despite That I Would Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

[aliveandfullofjoy]

“women hearing a long-forgotten song and getting lost in complicated and painful memories” is genuinely one of my favorite tropes. i’m a sucker for it.

(top pic: ingrid bergman as ilsa lund hearing dooley wilson perform “as time goes by” in michael curtiz’s casablanca, 1942; bottom pic: anjelica huston as gretta conroy hearing frank patterson sing “the lass of aughrim” in john huston’s the dead, 1987)

[bettsfic]

loved the fansplaining episode! i would love to hear your thoughts on a little life by hanya yanagihara, i read it recently and had very mixed feelings. honestly, when you guys started to go on that tangent, i was hoping you'd keep going! what didn't you like about it?

i think it would be easier to start with the few things i did like. 

structure: it’s difficult to give a bildungsroman (my favorite novel genre) any kind of urgency because it seems counterintuitive. clever writers can usually thread a long con, though, to keep some semblance of a cohesive plot. in the goldfinch (donna tartt), it’s the painting. in white oleander (janet fitch), it’s ingrid in prison. in body & soul (frank conroy), it’s claude’s music career. in ALL’s case, the overarching thread of plot is somewhat inverted – it’s being strung along for 2/3rds of the book by the mystery of jude’s past. so while you’re pumping the brakes on the present, knowing we’re barreling into a pit of despair, you’re also compelled to keep going to find out what made him the way that he is.

the realistic portrayal of PTSD: jude felt like a constant callout post to me, and i really appreciated seeing my more toxic behaviors rendered in such a clear light. like even in jude’s POV, there was no point where i believed his internal monologue was healthy or good, even though it very closely matched my internal monologue. on a character level, the thread of trauma was definitely well-woven.

the commitment to complicating and appreciating platonic love: it’s just rare to see a book that’s willing to tackle friendships-as-primary-relationships in such a serious and sensitive light. i liked the slowburn between willem and jude a lot.

law stuff: i learned a lot about law. and adult adoption. it seemed pretty well-researched on that front.

and that’s it! that’s all i liked about it. here’s what i hated:

first, the whole thing read like a really long cocaine trip. like yanagihara just got high as hell, locked herself in a cabin for two months, and pounded out this story. and an editor picked it up and was like “lol we good” and shot it out to print. on a very basic level, it’s one of the sloppiest things i’ve ever read, like a toddler running around covering an entire house in paint, and their parent goes “aw how nice.” somebody should have reeled it in. somebody should have said, “this is unnecessarily long, poorly paced, and in dire need of editing,” and then edited it. 

it was difficult for me to turn off my editor brain while reading, and eventually the language started feeling like someone was trying to claw my skin off. did you notice that every single line of dialogue – EVERY. SINGLE. LINE. – had a person’s name in it? no one says the person’s name while talking to them! unless they’re mad, maybe!! it’s like, you don’t walk up to somebody and go, “how are you today, helen?” and helen doesn’t go, “well i’m fine, jason.” that just doesn’t happen!! and maybe i could have tolerated that in a shorter book, but in ALL it just made me want to gouge my eyeballs out and never read again.

on that front, the descriptions got so goddamn repetitive. the themes, repetitive. the plot, repetitive. somebody needed to give that story a mercy killing, just gut it. it might have been a good short story. maybe even a novella or a short novel. but it did not need to be 8000 fucking pages. jesus christ. (and i love long books!! but this was a BAD long book)

eventually jude’s self-destruction becomes so repetitive it’s unbelievable. i know a lot of people like jude, who have similar pasts, who do the same things that jude does to himself. and you know what happens to them at some point in their lives? they go to therapy. they get thrown in a psych unit. they get a psychiatrist. they have dozens of counselors. it’s even happened to me, and i’m the diet coke of PTSD. it would have been far more realistic to acknowledge that even with all the medical help in the world, sometimes trauma still destroys you. that would have been the more compelling story to me, one of recovery attempts and earnest efforts toward wellness. but what we got was jude repeatedly dodging therapy and hospitalization, and all the people in his life going ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

and here’s my biggest beef: it is not written with an ounce of integrity. the entire time, i felt like someone was trying very insistently to pull emotions from me. pity, specifically. i despise stories about pity. pitiful characters in pitiful narratives make me want to puke, and what i hate more is how easily sold readers (and editors! and publishers!) are by it. evoking sadness =/= good writing, no matter how hard you’re crying. you can write about somebody killing a dog and make a reader cry. there was no art to it at all. just manipulation. jude may have been sensitively rendered, but there was a certain sadistic impulse in the writing that felt disingenuous to me, and at no point did i have trust in the story. it’s just melodrama wrapped up as literature. eventually you have to stop kicking people in the nads and write a story that’s true to the characters and world you’ve established. i hate authors who power-trip on making readers miserable.

on that front, the ending was just so OTT. like what the fuck. i believe in tragedies as cathartic but this was just too fucking much. honestly i read to the jude/willem part (where the book! should! have! ended!!), read the wikipedia, and then skipped to the last few pages because i was just emotionally spent by that point. i was just being bludgeoned by “FEEL SOMETHING FEEL SOMETHING FEEL SOMETHING” and i couldn’t bring myself to care about anything that was happening anymore. i’ve written a bit on how good tragedies work, and the quick version is: you should know what you’re reading is a tragedy. here’s no point in hamlet you think he’s getting out of it alive, yk? but ALL (to me) gives just enough hope that you think maybe jude will get better. that’s definitely arguable, though; maybe other people read it and knew the ending all along, and i’m just a glutton for hope.

tl;dr a little life is sloppily written, too long, poorly paced, manipulative, and has a terrible ending.

obvs, if you liked the book, i’m happy for you. i can definitely see how someone might enjoy it, so don’t let my opinion change your perspective. you’re allowed to like whatever you like. but ALL was not my thing.

[thehanguo]

Second Annual Golden Flower Awards - Part II

相比起电影, 我更喜欢电视剧. 一部好的电影会在结束之后带给我回味, 而一部好的电视剧在播放完一集后, 我的感觉是期待, 期待下一集的内容, 期待我喜欢的人物会有怎样的发展. 而对于演员和编剧来说, 电视剧更考验体力和耐力, 创作电视剧对他们来说, 不再仅仅是一门艺术, 而渐渐地变成了他们生活的一部分.       

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A TV SERIES - DRAMA       

DEMPSEY, PATRICK - GREY'S ANATOMY       

HALL, MICHAEL C. - SIX FEET UNDER       

KNIGHT, TR - GREY'S ANATOMY 🌟        

WALSH, DYLAN - NIP/TUCK       

COMMENT: GEORGE应该是GREY'S ANATOMY里非常讨好的一个角色. 忠厚老实, 善良充满爱心, 但是老实人也有愤怒和痛苦的时候. TR KNIGHT很好地展现出了这个人物的多层面, 虽然GEORGE这个人物是他的目前为止留给观众的唯一印象, 但是我觉得如果一个演员在他的演艺生涯里演活了哪怕只有一个角色, 这个演员就是好演员.        

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES - DRAMA       

CONROY, FRANCES - SIX FEET UNDER       

FIELD, SALLY - BROTHERS & SISTERS       

菅野美穗 - 工作狂       

OH, SANDRA - GREY'S ANATOMY 🌟         

COMMENT: SANDRA OH在HOLLYWOOD的亚裔演员里可能是最丑的一个, 但现在的她无疑是最成功的一个. CRISTINA这个角色对于本身就演技精湛的OH来说是一个绝佳的机会, 而她也紧紧抓住了它. 在GREY'S ANATOMY的四个SEASON里, 观众在感受着CRISTINA的变化和成长. 虽然不知道新的一季等待CRISTINA的会是怎样的故事, 但是我相信有OH的精彩表现, CRISTINA这个人物还是会不断地带给观众惊喜和感动.

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A TV SEIRES - COMEDY      

CRANSTON, BRYAN - BREAKING BAD 🌟         

稻垣吾郎 - 佐佐木夫妻的殊死战       

DUCHOVNY, DAVID - CALIFORNICATION        

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES - COMEDY       

APPLEGATE, CHRISTINA - SAMANTHA WHO?       

MESSING, DEBRA - THE STARTER WIFE       

PARKER, EVA LONGORIA - DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES       

PARKER, MARY-LOUISE - WEEDS 🌟         

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR       

CHAMBERS, JUSTIN - GREY'S ANATOMY       

GOULD, ALEXANDER - WEEDS       

RHYS, MATTHEW - BROTHERS & SISTERS 🌟        

WASHINGTON, ISAIAH - GREY'S ANATOMY        

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS       

ESPOSITO, JENNIFER - SAMANTHA WHO?       

GRIFFITHS, RACHEL - BROTHERS & SISTERS/SIX FEET UNDER 🌟        

PERKINS, ELIZABETH - WEEDS       

WILSON, CHANDRA - GREY'S ANATOMY       

COMMENT: 个人一直觉得RACHEL GRIFFITHS是一个被低估的演员. 演技精湛的她在我的印象里还没有一部担纲主角的作品. BROTHERS & SISTERS里的SARA成熟, 稳重, SIX FEET UNDER里的MIRANDA叛逆, 情绪化. 两个非常不同性格的人物在GRIFFITHS的演绎下都令观众折服. 实力派的演员是不论担纲主演还是配角都会让观众记住的.        

BEST MUSIC       

BROTHERS & SISTERS       

CASHMERE MAFIA       

工作狂       

GREY'S ANATOMY 🌟         

COMMENT: GREY'S ANATOMY的成功有种种原因, 其独特的音乐品味是其中的主要原因. SNOW PATROL, THE FRAY, KT TUNSTALL, CONNIE BAILEY RAE, INGRID MICHAELSON, DUFFY和本人预测即将会红的BRYN CHRISTOPHER都因为剧中出现了他们的音乐而被人们记住和熟悉.        

BEST TV SEIRES - DRAMA       

BROTHERS & SISTERS       

工作狂       

GREY'S ANATOMY 🌟        

SIX FEET UNDER       

COMMENT: 本来是想选HBO的经典之作SIX FEET UNDER, 毕竟看过该剧的人都会为其独特的构思以及对生活, 死亡, 感情富有哲理性的深刻探讨所震撼. 但是最近刚刚看完的GREY'S ANATOMY SEASON 4 FINALE又让我重新燃起了观看该剧的热情. GREY'S ANATOMY相比于其它三部候选作品有更多让人诟病的地方, 但它的独到之处在于剧中的一些场景总是能深深地印在观众的脑海里而成为经典. 我想, 一直追随该剧的观众一定不会忘记SEASON 2 FINALE中在悲伤的CHASING CARS的歌声中, 美丽的IZZIE躺在死去的DENNY旁痛哭, 也不会忘记在SEASON 3 FINALE中伴随着忧伤的KEEP BREATHING, 茫然的CRISTINA撕扯自己的婚纱; 同样地, 在JAZZ风格的THE QUEST的伴奏下, 一幕幕KISSING场景的SEASON 4 FINALE也一定会成为经典.     

BEST TV SERIES - COMEDY       

BREAKING BAD 🌟        

SAMANTHA WHO?       

THE STARTER WIFE       

WEEDS

(始发于2008年5月29日）

[militaryspouse101]

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Your #1 Summer Reading List To Start On This June

In Stephen King’s memoir “On Writing,” he talks about the craft, art and science of writing. King asserts: “At its most basic we are only discussing a learned skill, but do we not agree that sometimes the most basic skills can create things far beyond our expectations? We are talking about tools and carpentry, about words and style ��� but as we move along, you’d do well to remember that we are also talking about magic.”

Authors, indeed, do intend to create magic with their words. The effort behind it often is substantial, with the hope of creating a memorable, engaging work of art that appears effortless to the reader. Most people can’t help but to want to seek out these stories, to learn about something new, to inspire new ideas and to fall through the pages into the world the book creates.

With hundreds of thousands of books out there, though, where do you begin? Our spouse community and Military Spouse staff share some of their favorite titles and genres to kick off your summer reading list!

What books do you recommend? Tweet us @MilSpouseMag with the hashtag #MSMReads and we’ll share!

SPOUSE RECOMMENDATIONS

I re-read Madeline L’Engle’s “Walking on Water” each year. I am also loving:

“Lila” by Marilynne Robinson

“What Falls from the Sky” by Esther Emery

“Tables in the Wilderness” by Preston Yancey

Otherwise, I often return to poets like Robert Frost, Eaven Boland, Maya Angelou and Judith Wright

~Anna Blanch Rabe

  My favorite genre is urban fantasy/paranormal romance. I prefer to escape in a fantasy land when I read. As an example, I really like Susan Ilene’s Darkness Haunts series. The lead character is a female veteran kicking bad guy butt.

~Erica Glass

  For personal, I love anything written by Margaret Atwood, especially “Handmaid’s Tale.” She is a superb storyteller. I also love a recent book club read, “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls, which is a memoir about having dysfunctional parents. The best book I read in college was “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen R. Covey. 20+ years later, it still reigns supreme. For a kids book: “You are Special.” It’s a great message about not letting other opinions, good or bad, define who you are. I’m inspired every time I read it to my kids!

~Lisa Wantuck Emme

  Brenda Tetreault books! She is a former military spouse who writes paranormal romance novels.

~Tesha Jackson

  The Meg Series by Steven Alten. It’s Jurassic Park meets Jaws.

~Kelly Butler Stillwagon

  “You are a Badass” by Jen Sincero is probably my new favorite!

~Sarah Otto

  My top three genres are horror, romance and true crime (non-fiction) biographies.

~Christina Reynolds Laycock

  “Eligible,” by Curtis Sittenfeld, a retelling of “Pride and Prejudice,” was a fun and hilarious read, although I took issue with the ending. Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series is an absolute calgon-take-me-away experience. I get lost in the landscape and passion between Jamie and Claire. “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand is a masterpiece of fortitude, bravery and resilience. I could not put it down. Every American should read this book. Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs series is an entertaining historical fiction mystery series that does not disappoint.

~Natalie Hayek

  “Lilac Girls” by Martha Hall Kelly is inspired by the real life of three women in World War II; it shows how women can and do change history. “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah and “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr were great as well. I’m a historical fiction fan.

~Ingrid Herrera-Yee

  I’ve always enjoyed local authors each place we’ve lived. Stephen King (when stationed in Maine), Pat Conroy (while in South Carolina) and Andrew Greeley (while in the Chicago area), to name a few.

~Paula Barrette

  I’ve always been a fan of Nora Roberts. She also writes as JDRobb. Many of her books have an air of mystery to them, which I enjoy.

~Rebecca Roland Hyleman

STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS

“I’m Judging You” by Luvvie Ajayi, “Top Dog: The Story of Marine Hero Lucca” by Maria Goodavage and “Service: A Navy SEAL at War.” I love how Marcus Luttrell praises all branches in this book and talks about stories with all of them throughout his deployments.

~Lindsay Bradford, vice president of Military Spouse programs

  “The Pillars of the Earth” and its follow up “World Without End” by Ken Follett are exceptionally researched and told historical novels. Few other authors can match Follett’s mastery of character development and truly envelope the reader in the story. And bonus: Follett is releasing the third book in this series, “A Column of Fire,” in September!

~Laurie Cowin, managing editor

  My favorite book is “The Great Gatsby.” Brilliantly written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the book is filled with colorful characters who are all at once dreamlike, yet entirely relatable. The roaring ‘20s is the time period I’d most like to visit. Plus, Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jay Gatbsy in the movie, so you know it has to be good. Read on, old sport! “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

~Kariah Manwaring, digital marketing specialist

  “Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky. This is a very short simple read, which is perfect for on-the-go summer travels or quick late night session. The book is a modern classic that captures the dizzying highs and crushing lows of growing up (from making friends to personal struggles). It’s full of nostalgia and jam-packed with valuable mantras. It was also adapted into a movie, which was shot in Pittsburgh.

~Joe Maiocco, lead art director

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[dizzyscabiosa]

average teen girl sleepover, did not pass the bechdel test

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[dukereviewstv]

Duke Reviews TV: Batman: The Animated Series 1x07 P.O.V.

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews TV, Where We Continue Our Look At Batman: The Animated Series By Talking About Episode 7 Of Season 1, P.O.V.

This Episode Sees Harvey Bullock, Renee Montoya And A Rookie Officer Named Wilkes Being Put Under Investigation After A Failed Bust With Each Officer Relaying Their Views Of What Happened...

Will These Officers Get Their Stories Right? Or Will These Officers Be Canned For Their Failure?

Let's Find Out As We Watch P.O.V. ....

The Episode Starts At Night In Gotham As Renee Montoya And Her New Rookie Partner, Officer Wilkes (Played By Robbie Benson)

I Guess If Ariel Can Play Aquagirl, Then The Beast Can Play A Police Officer...

Race Through The City To Try To Reach Harvey Bullock With Time To Spare...

However, When They Reach Their Destination, A Warehouse, They Find That It's On Fire And That Bullock Is Outside, Groaning In Pain....

With Renee Scolding Bullock For Not Waiting For Them, She Sends Wilkes To Deal With A Few Thugs Trying To Run Out Of The Burning Warehouse As Bullock Stands Up, Looking Upward To See Batman On The Roof...

Later, The 3 Officers Are Are In A Room Where They're Being Berated By An Internal Affairs Agent Named Hackle Who Rants That The Sting Took Months To Set Up And The 2 Million They Laid Out As Bait Is Gone...

God, Hackle Sounds Like It Was His Money Was Stolen During The Heist....

Welcome To Life, Things Go Wrong All The Time, Deal With It!...

Demanding To Know Who's Responsible For This Fiasco, He Suggests That 1 Or More Officers In Front Of Him Are In On The Take Which Gordon Believes To Be Ridiculous And Demands That Their Sides Be Heard...

With Bullock Going First, He Claims That Montoya And Wilkes Were Late, So, He Went In Alone When He Saw Batman Going In The Warehouse But When He Entered He Heard A Loud Noise, Believing It To Be Batman...

Alerting The Crooks, Bullock Had No Choice But To Fight Them. With The Fire Starting, Bullock Was Able To Save Batman After He Had Been Knocked Out...

Yeah, Bullock Is Lying Out Of His Pants...

What Really Happened Was When Bullock Arrived At The Warehouse, He Entered Immediately Without Waiting For The Other Officers. Tripping On A Paint Can, Bullock Alerted The Thieves Forcing Him To Fight Them...

But When An Axe Hit A Fuse Box The Fire Started In Turn Causing Bullock To Pass Out From The Smoke While The Crooks Escaped But At The Last Second, Bullock Was Saved By Batman.

With Hackle Skeptical Of Bullock's Story...

And He Should Be...

He Has Wilkes Tell His Side Of The Story Next

Insisting That Him And Montoya Weren't Late, Wilkes Says That When They Arrived At The Warehouse, Montoya Went Inside While Wilkes Chased 2 Suspects That Were Running Out Of The Warehouse To An Alley Where They Got In Their Car And Attempted To Run Him Over...

With Batman Appearing To Disable The Car So He Can Fight Off The Crooks. Apprehending One, Batman Interrogates Him With Wilkes Not Hearing A Word Except The Word Doc...

Well, That Solves The Whole Case Right There, The Criminal Is Doc From The Seven Dwarves...

But With Hackle Believing That Wilkes Isn't Telling The Whole Truth, He Goes After Montoya After She Defends Her Partner...

Saying That After They Arrived And Found Bullock, She Went Inside The Building, Approaching The Suspects, Montoya Heard The Name Hatchcock...

When Paint Cans Explode, Knocking Her Shotgun Out Of Her Hand, The Suspects Spot Her, Approaching With A Drill But Luckily Batman Arrived And Stopped Them...

But Before She Could Arrest Them, The Roof Collapsed With Batman Shoving Her Out Of The Way While The Roof Fell On Him...

With Hackle Being An Asshole, He Reviews The Stories And Decides That One Or More Of Them Are Lying, So He Decides To Suspend All 3 Of Them From Duty Until He's Made His Decision...

To Which I Say..

Riding A Train Afterwards, Montoya Tries To Figure Out The Meaning Of The Words, Doc And Hathcock Eventually Coming Up With Gotham Harbor And That Hathcock Isn't The Name Of A Person But Of A Warehouse There...

Going In Alone, Montoya Looks Through A Window To See Batman Alive, Hanging By Wrists From The Ceiling And Unable To Escape Due To The Thugs Taking His Utility Belt...

Going Inside, Montoya Hears Batman Ask The Thugs Where Their Boss Is And Figuring That He's Going To Die Soon They Tell Him That He's Watch From A Boat Nearby And He Escapes With The Help Of A Small Blade In His Gauntlet.,.

One Of The Thugs Pulls A Gun But Montoya Stops Him Before Batman Explains That He Let Himself Get Kidnapped So He Could Get Close To Their Boss. With The Rest Of The Thugs Attacking Them, They Both Take Them Down. However, One Thug Soon Grabs A Machine Gun...

With The Gang Apprehended And The Sting Money Recovered, Hackle Objects That Montoya Acted Without Orders, While She Was Still Suspended But Gordon Just Let Him Have It...

And Thank God He Does!

So, With The Investigation Closed, Montoya, Wilkes And Bullock Are Reinstated As The Episode Ends...

And Thank God Because I Think I Can Label This Episode With A Quote From Dr. Cox From Scrubs...

I'm Serious, Folks, This Episode Is Bad, And It's All Because Of That Douchebag Hackle Who's Honestly Making A Mountain Out Of A Molehill!...

But I've Said Enough About Hackle, If You Like It Fine, But For Me It's A Definite Skip...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

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Duke Reviews TV: Batman: The Animated Series 1x05 Pretty Poison

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews TV Where We Continue Our Look At Batman: The Animated Series By Talking About Episode 5 Of Season 1, Pretty Poison...

This Episode Sees Harvey Dent Being Poisoned By A Poison Derived From An Extinct Flower Called The Wild Thorny Rose And The Only Suspect Is Harvey's Soon To Be Fiancee Pamela Isley...

Is Isley Behind This Attack (We Know The Answer But Let's Hold For Dramatic Effect) Or Is This The End For The District Attorney?

With What Happens In Harvey's Future, He's Going To Wish That It Was...

But Anyway, Let's Watch Pretty Poison...

The Episode Starts With A Flashback To A Bare Strip Of Land, Where Mayor Hill Announces The Construction Of A New Modern Prison Named Stonegate Penitentiary, Which Will Go A Long Way To Making Gotham A Safe Place...

Commending Harvey Dent As The Driving Force Behind Stonegate's Construction And Bruce Wayne And The Wayne Foundation For Funding The Project, Both Harvey And Bruce Dig The First Shovelful Of Dirt During The Ceremony...

With Construction Beginning Shortly After That We Watch As An Unknown Person Carefully Uproots A Tall Wild Rose Growing In The Ground And Pots It...

5 Years Later, An Inmate Escapes The Completed Stonegate With The Help Of A Friend In A Helicopter But Soon A Tow Cable Gets Tied Around Their Copter And They're Arrested By Batman...

Meanwhile, Harvey Dent Is At A Restaurant With His Girlfriend, Pamela Isley, Waiting For Bruce Who Arrives After Making A Pit stop At The Batcave And Changing Into A Fresh Outfit...

With All 3 Laughing Over Coffee After Dinner, Isley Notices The Time And Says She Has To Go But Before Leaving, She Kisses Harvey...

Flustered After That Kiss (And Who Wouldn't Be) Harvey Tells Bruce That He Proposed To Pamela...

I Would Say How Wrong This Is, But Bruce Says Everything I Would Say About This Situation...

With Harvey Eventually Passing Out, Bruce Laughs Thinking It's Because Of The Kids But When Harvey Doesn't Move Bruce Realizes It's Serious...

Rushed To The Hospital, Gordon And Bullock Arrive To Hear The Doctor Say That Harvey Has Been Poisoned And They Can't Stop The Process Without An Antidote So, Gordon Places A Guard (Who Happens To Be Renee Montoya In Her First Appearance) Outside Of His Room...

And Orders Bullock To Find Out Who Did This With Bruce Telling Them The Name Of The Restaurant, But Unfortunately They Get Nowhere At The Restaurant...

Despite Speaking With The Doctor Who Doubts It's Food Poisoning, But Knows It'll Kill Him Nonetheless, Bruce Discreetly Takes A Sample Of Harvey's Blood And Returns To The Batcave So He Can Run His Own Analysis On It...

Doing So, Batman Discovers That The Poison Was Extracted From A Rare Plant Called The Wild Thorny Rose, Going To Get A Sample From The Gotham Botanical Gardens, Alfred Sadly Says That That's Impossible As The Plant Is Unfortunately Extinct...

Watching Over Dent In The Hospital, Bruce Is Visited By Pamela Who Wants To See Him But With Gordon Forbidding Visitors, Pamela Cries...

Walking Pam To Her Car, Bruce Offers Words Of Comfort Which Leads To Her Attempting To Kiss Him Only For Him To Turn It Into A Hug. Suspicious, As He Remembers It Was After Her Kiss That Harvey Fainted, Bruce Calls Alfred And Tells Him To Dig Up Anything He Can On Isley...

Returning To The Batcave, Alfred Tells Bruce That Isley Holds A PH.D In Botany And Is Employed By A Cosmetics Company As A Chemist Working On Perfumes, But Also Hearing That She Offers A Weekly Lecture On Extinct Plant Species, Bruce Realizes That Harvey's Engagement May Be Off..,

Going To Confront Isley At A Greenhouse Where She Has A Laboratory, Batman Enters Only To Be Seized By A Gigantic Venus Fly Trap..

Appearing In A Green Costume And Calling Herself Poison Ivy, Isley Admits That She Did Poison Dent In Retaliation For Plowing Up The Wild Plants To Build Stonegate Which Would Have Made The Wild Thorny Rose Extinct If She Didn't Save It...

Adding A Coat Of The Poison To Her Lips, Isley Kisses Batman Only Him To Spit Immediately After As He Starts To Feel It's Effects While Ivy Holds Up A Bottle Of The Antidote That She Developed...

(Start At 0:07, End At 2:41)

With Dent Awakening At The Hospital, Bruce Assures Harvey That He'll Recover While Also Confiding That He Thinks That Pam Is Wrong For Him

It's Also A Bit Of A Shame That While Harvey Was In The Hospital He Didn't Look At Prices For Plastic Surgery...

Meanwhile In Stonegate...

Stonegate, Really? Why Not Arkham?, It's Where Ivy Goes Every Time...

So, Ivy's In Stonegate Where She Vows Revenge

And That's Pretty Poison And It's A Good Episode...

I Enjoyed The Storyline, It Set Up Bruce And Harvey's Friendship For Two Face Parts 1 And 2 And It Introduced Poison Ivy And Renee Montoya All In All It's A Great Episode And I Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Wishing You A Happy Halloween