Bibl.: Sofie Dawo: Eine textile Revolte / A Textile Subversion, Edited by H.-Peter Jochum, and Jett Rodgers, Texts by Kirsty Bell, and Friedrich Meschede, Hatje Cantz, Berlin, 2024
this fuckig shakespeare company thats the only one that consistently puts on shakespeare plays down here literally only stages the comedies i swear. i dont give a FUCK also how are you not bored i swear they've been repeating the same five plays for the past few decades
I just realize a hilarious aspect of Julius Caesar x Cleopatra ( Asterix )
Ya know, Cleopatra looking like a bona-fide Egyptian Disney princess, with her luxury beauty care routines ( her milk baths, her cosmetics etc ), with a sweet face, big eyes and a banging body.....
And then there is Caesar who looks like a mcfucking Disney villain with the big hooked nose and hammy villain hand gestures ( he's still handsome though, but you get me )
Don't get me wrong - I love that ship. But srsly that aspect of that ship makes me laugh
And if that ship got some inspos from the ORIGINAL French Beauty and the Beast ( not the Disney one ).....then I'm not surprised
violet_brinson: How do you say goodbye to something that has changed your life? 4 years of Walker has impacted me immeasurably. The family that this show has built, the work of the best crew in Texas, the laughter and the tears will stay with me forever.
Saying goodbye to Stella Walker feels like saying goodbye to a piece of myself I didn’t even know I had. Her boldness, her brazenness, her heartbreaking mistakes and flaws fueled by hurt, grief, and a ravenous love for her family. Thank you @awfricke and all the writers of @thecwwalker who created such a beautiful character that I got to walk around in for a short 4 years. I’m taking her with me.
I’m so thankful for everybody who worked so hard on this show. The crew inspired me to show up at my best every single day and the cast…
You were always a rambunctious group filled with love and joy, you came prepared and ready to work and you inspired me with your performances. The true humanness of your work made me laugh and cry, (sometimes at the same time.) you captivated me, constantly. I love you all so much.
I’m so thankful to the people who watched this show and made it part of their family just as the Walker family brought me into their own. Tonight is the series finale. Saying goodbye is hard, but only because we had something worth saying goodbye to ♥️
Construction began on the Tower of Pisa, intended as the bell tower for the cathedral in Pisa, Italy.
The tower's foundation was laid on soft, unstable ground, causing it to lean as early as the second floor.
Construction halted for nearly a century before resuming in the 13th century.
Despite attempts to correct the tilt, the lean continued, and the tower was completed in 1372, nearly 200 years later.
The tower's tilt became its most famous feature, and it stands today as an iconic symbol of architectural resilience.
9 August 48 BC
Julius Caesar decisively defeated Pompey the Great at the Battle of Pharsalus during Caesar's Civil War.
Pompey, with a larger army estimated at 40,000 men, positioned his forces on high ground, planning to use his superior cavalry to outflank Caesar.
However, Caesar, with an army of 22,000, anticipated this and used reserve forces to counter Pompey's cavalry, which led to a collapse of Pompey's lines and the crushing of his left flank, where Pompey was positioned.
After his defeat, Pompey fled to Egypt, where he was assassinated.
This ended the main phase of Caesar's Civil War and solidified his control over Rome.
9 August 1815
Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on the remote island of St. Helena aboard the British ship HMS Northumberland.
After his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and subsequent abdication, the British government decided to send him to St. Helena to prevent further political turmoil in Europe.
The journey took about two months. Upon arrival, Napoleon began his life in exile, spending his remaining years under constant surveillance on the island.
9 August 1945
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II.
The bomb, codenamed "Fat Man," was initially intended for Kokura but was redirected to Nagasaki due to cloud cover.
The explosion occurred at 11:02 AM and was devastating, killing between 40,000 and 75,000 people instantly.
The bomb destroyed about 40% of the city, and thousands more died in the following months from injuries and radiation sickness.
This was the second atomic bomb used in the war and the threat of further use of these weapons brought it to a quick end.
9 August 1969
Actress Sharon Tate and four others were murdered by followers of Charles Manson at her Los Angeles home.
She was eight months pregnant at the time.
The victims included Tate's friends Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Steven Parent.