#louis brough

[davidbeardmusic]

Soundtrack only to Louis Brough's exquisite 2021 short film 'On 3...'. "Over the course of one evening two strangers meet and help each other to forget their problems. But problems have a way of catching up at the worst time." Enjoy x More film music at: https://audiojungle.net/user/davidbeardmusicproduction and: https://www.pond5.com/artist/davidbeardmusic More information at: http://www.davidbeardmusic.com

[perfettamentechic]

22 gennaio … ricordiamo …

22 gennaio … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2024: Gary Graham, Gary Rand Graham, attore statunitense, noto per il ruolo del detective Matt Sikesda, protagonista del franchise di fantascienza Alien Nation, e per il personaggio dell’ambasciatore vulcaniano Soval, nella serie televisiva Star Trek: Enterprise.  Graham iniziò la sua carriera attoriale interpretando ruoli minori in serie televisive e film per la televisione dalla metà degli anni…

[stcantarella]

Armand is actually so kind for how he handled louis saying he's boring. like if that happened to me I'd be conducting psychological experiments and vivisections to figure out what exactly makes this random guy my boyfriend Brough home more fascinating than me

[greatestmidnights]

Just read your post about that one account and just went to check what she is saying and like, lmfao... I've her blocked for a long ass time now and just by scrolling through her account for like 2 minutes I can see nothing changed...like, at all... I can't believe she still believes Louis is sending signs that bg is going to end through is clothes... I remmeber before I blocked her that she thought bg was going to end in september last year... don't know how she keeps explaining to herself how nothing happens every time she believes someting will happen... I remmeber she was also the one that started the checkered flag theory and even brough a sign to a louis show with a checkered flag and saying "september?" and after the show came to tumblr to write paragraphs saying she saw in his eyes that Louis had understand what she was asking and that after interacting with him she was sure bg would end back then... I hate to agree with antis but, man, some larries do sound like lunatics...

Also about her saying that she feels in her belly that hl broke up, like girl, you believe louis is still signalling to us, and that random clothes brands that he wears are an indication that bg is going to end. And Louis signing 7 a couple of days ago, a song that stars with the world Larry is not a sign they are still together? Like, what is her criteria, lmfao?

no because I remember seeing her account back in like 2021 and I swear she's been saying the same shit over and over again😭 and then when it didn't happen she would be like but he wore a checkered t-shirt so it's gonna end soon!!

Bringing that kind of signs to his shows it's literally crazy but I'm not surprised about her thinking l&h broke up cos last year she was saying that they were gonna take a break so Louis could focus in ending babygate lmaooooo

[into-september]

Yeah, exactly. Like, I get that the budget means they can't make background models for half the country, but I'm pretty sure they've never even mentioned France outside of Paris. The cast is a good reflection of how international the French are, but not one of them speaks with a bit of dialect? Even Alya's background is never brough up in the show proper, just that she's new in this particular school.

And yeah, it's not a problem, at least confined to the show itself, though I suspect it might be someting worthy of discussion in the broader sense of how France depicts itself in fiction. But I really wouldn't know about that, beyond noting that that Asterix seems to thematise the centre-periphery conflict and so does Edouard Louis.

Watching the last two animed Asterix films and reading (well, listening to) Edouard Louis has left me with thoughts about how Paris so often feels like an entirely separate entity from the country of France. And it's one thing for that to be the case with fiction and in the stereotypes projected from knowing a place from books and news reports only, but Louis' description goes a long way to back up this impression, that if you aspire to be Something then its Paris or bust

it's exaggarated, of course, and I'm speaking with the expertise of having been to France a whole three times and the only time I set a foot outside Paris was during a pit stop on some godforsaken petrol station. (and an afternoon in Strassbourg but I was living in Germany which means it doesn't count)

But when Miraculous Ladybug re-plays the French Revolution over the office of the mayor of Paris, the separation is complete. In the MLB universe, Paris is France and the country does not exist outside the city borders. Other countries exist, both as real setting and as destinations for transport, but the country of France is never seen. Even in the NYC special, we cut straight from a bus to the interior of the plane taking the class to New York. There are no buses leaving the city of Paris, the only railway route is the Startrain to London. We have no kids from other parts of the country but we do have several children from other countries moving in.

I'm not even going to try to say something smart about this illustration of centralisation taken to the extreme, but it's... something. If I cared enough I'd do some probably useless comparisons to how Tokyo is the epicentre of everything in anime, but even here it tends to be either centred on some specific part of Tokyo, and other countries are so irrelevant that the geographic myopia doesn't look as weird as this one does. Because arguably it's not only France that has disappeared, but the entire continent of Europe, now reduced to "Italiy exists".

[cheerfulnotes]

“Lucy” in IN THE CLOUD (2018) | Scarlett Light Media | Dir: Louis Brough  

Short film for 48Hour Sci Fi Film Festival London 2018.

[thevampirearchive]

Commentary on Interview With The Vampire - Episode 1 (Spoilers)

Shorter thoughts vers

Barely fully in and it already looks beautiful. Was the budget in the billions because this shit is so crisp, fuck!

Hannah Baker was out-fucking performed. TAPES RO HARRASS A DYING MAN WHO DIDNT USE YOUR VAMPIRE SECRET? Lestat would be so proud!

I am so happy this is the direction they chose — brining us to modern time, the only time I wanna hear about the pandemic in entertainment media. And all while humanity does, Louis is stuck in his high tower with some high tech ass Dubai apartment? Purr.

Nvm, Mans seem sick of it lmao. Stuck there in his own personal house-coffin (I’d still prefer a coffin, and I feel like Lestat would have never chosen a place penthouse. He’s too French for modern builds. “Louis? NO QUALITY WOODEN COFFIN?” He’d say, in a French accent, in disgust.

I am a whore for period piece and they’re taking us to 1910 AND New Orleans? Spoiled. We’ve been spoiled.

Gosh the vulgar language, I am shaking from excitement! Pls!

I know a lot of black folks hate it when they have the white say the n-word, but that ‘unhand me nigger’ comment killed me, that white man forgot where he was for a second

I too agree, anal without consent is against god (I screamed, the whores are funny)

Not Paul tryna play captain save a Ho, man’s brough a Bible Too — I love him.

THE BRAWL! And this whole time Lestat is watching like it’s forplay for later.

HE PULLED A SWORD ON HIS OWN BROTHER? That’s cold Lou, but I respect it, gotta do what you gotta do.

Lestat watching, BRICKED UP, and I cannot believe nobody’s falling in love like this ANYMORE. WE USED RO BE A SOCIETY! (How I imagine Lestat internally, as he watch his man pull a whole sword out of his Pimp 3000 Cain)

Pls not the disgusted faces on the white men watching Louis walk in!!! Fighting for their lives to not say sum — TRY IT :^b

The lines should have been “damn so they just letting anybody in” so I could have really lost it. His racism wasn’t racist enough — I predicted they’d make him a proper French (racist) but they didn’t drive it all the way, and I get why. Can’t have the protagonist calling the other protagonist a nigger after all (well I haven’t seen Ep. 2 so perhaps) but it would be accurate. I just don’t believe white ppl weren’t racist, even the DOCTOR was sliming it around and that’s the homie, y’a know?

Awww Lestat is like a tarot girlie after watching one Tiktok reading and suddenly she sees 11.11 everywhere. “Ah Louis?! I was heading to St. Louis? Hahah so you’re my saint haha”, Lestat pls you look desperate pls breath baby breath (same tho)

His French is so good!  Ça m’a pris par surprise! Qu’est-ce qu’il est français ou il est juste un bon acteur? I could Google it, but how else will I flex that I too, speak French. Lestat is actually my cousins neighbor, oui oui baguette.

LMAOOOO “that explains the attire” SHOTS FIRED. Man’s came for his whole fit, and Lestat laughed it off cuz he’s in love, wow.

Lestat is such a scorpio sun libra Mercury scorpio mars because who tells a story, LEANS FOR A SLUTTY KISS and continues with the same elegance? He’s such a slut, I love it!

The way he just had foreplay and the whole time Louis fighting for his life to not bust. Cuz what? Watching a man touch a woman that way with their gaze fixed on you only? He’s playing with you Lou! RUN (not to fast tho, make it clap as you go tihi)

Am I wrong for thinking Louis was not just mad that Lestat froze him but that he knows without much effort? He knows Louis a raging homosexual and it’s been what? Minutes? Pls!

“I’ve emptied a bank volt to sample” LESTAT! He’s a whore but I’m still shocked, I knew this BUT IM STILL SHCOKED!

He really saw Louis in the act for seconds and decided to not just stay but get a home, furnish it, get a wardrobe, ignore that it’s basically a red light district (sure there’s buisness but he comes off too french to ever accept to live near the sound of cheeks being clapped) JUST cuz Louis is there. When will it be me god?

“You are his destiny Louis”— istfg if I do not experience this soon I will combust. PlS!

The bidding war was so hot and then he placed his ring and I felt it in every fiber of my being. Can’t beleive Lilly didn’t say ‘just get y’a cocks out and let’s do it the proper way’ the way they were slinging

Louis’ idk if I wanna be him, beat him or fuck him moment was real, man’s was fighting gay thoughts with all his might (and looses, later)

His mind filled with just Lestat huh? So the gay thought’s won? I wonder if he tells Lestat that? If he does I think lestat’s head will grow too big for his hats.

Thé poker game was smooth and I love how Louis just went meh, and didn’t question the time freezing, the voice in his mind or the enormous compliment — you are worth more, king. Big ups.

Pls Not them having put and Louis bring smt to read, he’s such a weirdo bro we know you know he’s basically taking you out on dates and you love it! PUT THE BOOK DOWN AND FLIRT BACK *holds up a gun*

THE CINEMA! Such cultured lads! I love them. Out here watching while Lestat watching his snack, I MEAN HIS MAN, I MEAN HIS BUISNESS PARTNER

‘He’s not white he’s French’ — this is what all white Man’a whore tell themsleves. Didn’t I fucking predict they’d say that? Lmaoo I did!

NOT HIM CALLING HIS MOM MAMMA DU LAC! He’s tryna fit in and Paul fighting back from saying sum (not too hard tho cuz now he’s going in lmao GET HIM LIL BRO)

“What’s the nature of your relationship with my brother” All my mind can think off is ‘everybody knows… everybody knows that he fucks you’. Cuz why would he ask that? Clearly that’s your future brother in law AND PAUL KNEW! The voices told him he was amongst the gays tihi

Okay Lestat pls don’t trauma dump on Paul lmao, answer the question or politely ignore it cuz I feel like Paul has some ‘you’ve got the wrong time but the right bitch’-him and just swing cuz what? But I think he’s being pulled in so he couldn’t even move if he wanted to.

NOT LOUIS SETTING IT STREIGHT! Idk why I thought he’d be a pushover after all the dreamy stairs Lestat has given him:)

This is all I can imagine Lestat thinking as he dinned with black ppl probably for the first time ever — rich and educated at that.

Please! A Lilly for his front pocket and a Lilly for Louis to do nothing with but entertain him, tihi

Not her revealing he’s gay, girl, bffr. “It’s okay” this strange white man now knows too fucking much babes but whatever

THE ALMOST TOUCH! I had to close the screen sorry I am used to fluff only (no I am not, but that yanked me)

now he’s in his head, fucking his mind and eyes and watching him get hard for him cuz Lilly ain’t doing shit but be a buffer. A pretty buffer getting a taste of Lestats man FOR NOW! Good *gets closer to screen* IS THAT FINGER SUCKING? Even pulling away in disgust was not convincing babes, !BE WHO YOU ARE!

THE FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE! MY GOSH AND THE RELEASE! It’s like he was pretending before going full ‘yeah now after we’ve kissed and touched titties, you know I’m into it so let me chill’ and he went lax, and now they floating, fucking and sucking. Gosh, this better win an award.

No because I fully beleive being drank from by a vampire is the closest thing humans will ever get to experience true euphoria and that’s why I will not simply be turned immediately. MAKE ME YOUR BLOODBAG FOR AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS AND SEVEN NIGHTS PLS I need to feel the THRILL

That was the most romantic, tender yet agressive love making bloodsucking scene I’ve ever witnessed. I’m bricked up, down there and up here (holds heart)

The wedding! This about to be good cuz y’all know black ppl know how to celebrate!

ARGH THE MONEY TO HER DRESS! The diaspora is ALIVE!

Thé dancing! Arghhhh this show is so freaking black, I love it! Anne is probably rolling in her grave, arguing with Satan to be resurrected so she can sue. Love it here

THE THROWN MONEY! YAAAAAAAS! Y’all don’t understand! This how we really be!!!! Black folks RISE! This one’s for us!

Now they climbing a whole roof just to … see the sunset? Babes… bffr.

Awww “I love you-“ why did that sound like a Goodby! Where is HEGOING NO-

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

Noooooooo! I’m fenna cry, PLEASE NOT PAUL! (I knew he dies but I also forgot but I also was just enjoying myself and they caught me slipping. Now I’m pausing to take deep breaths…)

And that was his last sunrise? Yeah, cuz the fucking cameras.

Pls not death is boring… Speak for yourself, some of us have yet to try >:( ( but I’ll probably agree. It’s so inevitable like boo, give us smt fresh, smt unexpected!)

Not his mama tryna blame him… pushed? Babes be fucking Fr rn. Fuck sakes. And his sister not defending or nun. She probably wanted him gone and now she got it.

I just feel bad cuz suicide is a sin and still he did it :/ sad.

MANS PULLED UP TO THE FUNERAL! Lestat you are sick (I love it). PLEASE NOT HIM ACTUALLY NOT GAF! Didn’t even wear black, even tho I know that wardrobe fully stocked!

“Not here” Louis says and Lestat is on sims ‘I texted, I called, I send a pigeon and nothing, ignoring me huh?

THE GASP THAT LEFT ME! NO LESTAT YOU CANT SAY THAT AT THE WALK TO THE FUNERAL! All in attempt to ‘pick me, choose me, love me’ into Louis’ heart, now Louis ready to fist fight you in the same streets you fell for him tsk me tsk tsk. Maybe y’all should step to the side and kiss. Cuz clearly Lestat was NOT leaving …

This is the lvl of toxic and possessiveness I thought I’d see in twilight… y’all fooled me. Cuz Bella would have loved this ngl and I’d have loved it more but Edward is a runner and a track star. Lestat tho? He’d probably kill the whole town for Louis to notice him.

This man went to the burial, didn’t even wait for his obsessive fangirl behavior, AND he killed Lilly leaving nobody for Louis to turn to. Now man’s fighting for his life and all I’m wondering is why no other vampire in history has ever been this obsessive so I’d know this is how fucked up I am (derogatory) wow. Went to every fucking limits just so Louis wouldn’t know peace.

NOT THE CONFESSIONAL WITH THE PRIEST! Louis you don’t even beleive! It’s giving “Ariana! What are you doing here!”

Did Lestat not think of the priest? Tsktsk didn’t even eliminate all sources of outlet! Should have burnt the church, house, brothers and had every townsman flee just to get a text back. For legal reasons I am joking…

Nvm, he barely got into the juicy bits before man’s was dragged out and is now being devoured. (Kinda hot. Didn’t even let Louis finish)

At this point, whenever Louis doesn’t breath is Lestat direction it’s PICK ME CHOOSE ME LOVE ME. He’s so obsessive *plays obsessed by Mariah Carey*

All I see is Lestat being so angry and hurt that Louis went to confess to a god he does not beleive in before he came to Lestat. Like damn. You’d rather come here then come to me ? “Do I mean that little to you-“ type of hurt. :( Aww babes, he’s just afraid cuz once he comes to you, it’s over. That’s the beginning of a life he doesn’t beleive he can have and he’s want all of you … can’t be gay and black in these parts (time + place) I fear

Please not the stabbing! 😭 babes pls you know this man isn’t a regular man, he drank from you and you decided to never speak to him again for a reason.

Pls not the slowmo! It looks so fucking cool! Even when he eats ppl it’s so agressive and looks so painfull! Love messy eater vampires.

“I’m not the devil- but I can give you death-“ Pls why has nobody offered me this ?? It’s not fair! “I love you Louis, you are loved.” Nawl I’m fenna cry. (And I am crying)

Envious that this is not my character arch, I am stuck consuming it rather then being CONSUMED! He wanted to create an infinity Between them. Remove death AND life from the equation!

That was the most beautiful asking ever. The way their just :’) This is such a tender, romantic, loving moment. That moment was … beautiful. I have no words! I too forgot the barbaric scene (lmao as did Louis ofc)

AND THEN CAME THE NOD! THE KISS AND THE BITE! The way he kissed him, alone, I could tell he released all fears and pain he had in this life. Fear of loving a man, of being who he was, pain of being at fault for things — for his role as a pimp, him as a son, a brother to his brother, a provider for his family. The one who promised his father strength without truly ever wanting it but doing it because he was good at it. He was hurting so much and Lestat just liberated him (too bad Louis doenst realize this too is a prison, but with a nice view, unhinged love of your life and a future daughter, have fun)

That was perfect. The description of the transformation — THE HAARTBEATS! Gosh I wanna be able to have senses heightened this much! ImGAINE!

I am SCREAMING it was so quick! I’m a whore for varsity in transformations! Some vampires die and require burials. Some are dead for much longer! EVERYYING! EVERYTHING

This was dead ass the best vampire tv show I’ve ever seen. They gave me black ass moments and I am living! TENDERNESS, POSSESSION! OBSESSION, trauma, laughter, depth! Script was INCREIDBLE! These are really good writers! What a team! And the actors? Give those two their fucking awards RIGHT NOW!

I cannot believe we’re witnessing the best vampire show unfold right before us.

[dozydawn]

vintage bridal fashion: 1974 part II

some haute couture brides: dior and jean-louis scherrer.

sweet dresses and hats.

this winter wedding forever has my heart.

this headpiece. amidala brain.

so much to discuss. the feathery bouquet. the wallis simpson bodice. the kokoshnik.

anke bobbert feeding me with all this fur in one wedding.

ayshea brough. i only wish i knew what color this was!

olimpia aldobrandi.

a portrayal: linda hayden in confessions of a window cleaner (1974) designed by masada wilmot.

nadiuska in polvo eres (1974). fur cuffs!

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

I'm kinda lowkey mad that I go into the tag after two years of leaving the fandom to see somone calling Aasim names and shit, and it makes me mad that people treat him like all he is is dick. Grow the fuck up.

whaaaaa? Aasim? Why are we callin' Aasim names? What'd he do?

I love Aasim, he's great. A little grumpy sometimes, but he's an intelligent dude who gets shit done and wanted things to change around Ericson for the better.

Like.... I guess I can see people getting annoyed with him because he and Louis don't see eye to eye on certain things, and he does call him an idiot a couple times which isn't great, I don't like that. Y'all know that Louis is my favorite, I will always defend my boy, but like.... I'm not gonna sit here and call Aasim an asshole for getting frustrated with Louis. That's kinda the point of Louis' arc as a start to grow from- he's slacks on duties and isn't super reliable in the beginning, and that doesn't mesh well with Aasim.

But Aasim cares about him. It's not like he thinks Louis is a piece of shit or doesn't care if he gets captured during the raid which then leads to him getting his tongue cut out. Hell, as soon as the door was open, Aasim booked it into the other cell to get Louis outta there. He shows more concern and care for Louis than certain others and I'm not gonna look at all that like "yeah but he called Louis an idiot that one time soooooo Aasim sucks."

Also, Louis isn't innocent either sksksks. Aasim goes off about not wanting to starve and Louis is just all, "blah blah, so dramatic, he's not usually this lame."

They act like a couple of teens who have lived together for years who get on each other's nerves, and that's not a bad thing?

And there's the whole thing with Willy, which again..... Aasim, like everyone else, is on edge because raiders are coming to kidnap and/or murder them. He's trying to set up traps in the school and Willy comes in with a ridiculous log plan that is gonna be hell of a project to set up. Willy's intentions are good, he wants to help, but I assume Aasim already had plans to go the rock bags thing he wanted to set up, so they got into an argument. Aasim gets pissy, says a bunch of mean shit, and Willy punches him for it. Which yeah... what did you expect Aasim?

But Aasim realizes he was being an ass. He doesn't pout and whine that he wasn't in the wrong, he doesn't insist that Willy is a little shit. Even if you choose the log plan, Aasim will go up to Willy and offer to help in a pretty sweet way, and when Willy apologies for punching him, Aasim compliments the punch. So like.... they're good, they're okay. They're laughing and chasing each other at the end of ep4, and I think it's safe to assume that Aasim'll take on a more big brother role for Willy now that Mitch is gone.

I dunno, I guess for me I have other characters that I have more problems with due to repeated behaviors that I don't like/disagree with that I'm able to forgive Aasim for being a jerk here and there because he makes up for it in his good moments.

Also can I just add side note that Aasim did vote for Clementine and AJ to stay but never gets any credit for that? I don't understand why? People hyperfixate on the fact that Violet and Tenn voted for them to stay and that's used in every single argument for why they're great, but then Aasim just.... doesn't get that? I dunno if it's a "well we really like them but don't really care about him, so he doesn't count" or if it's just a case that no one is really arguing about Aasim so it doesn't need to be brough up or what, just something I noticed.

Not everyone's gonna love him, but that's every character so y'know.

[fashionbooksmilano]

Lampoon Issue No,23  Transition

Lampoon, Milano 2021, 458 pages, Recycled paper, no coated

euro 18,00

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We are in transition; we don’t know what we’re becoming yet, but we know what we’re looking for. We only need the tools we already have: honesty, curiosity and, of course, that single falling tear that we wait for every morning, that we name love.

In conversation with: Heron Preston, Giorgio Armani, Hakan Karaosman, Dan Colen, Reiner Holzemer, Cyrill Gutsch, Ian Massey

Transizione: siamo in transizione; non sappiamo ancora cosa stiamo diventando, ma sappiamo cosa stiamo cercando. In linea con questa missione, il giornalismo a Lampoon riguarda cronache e reportage nei settori del lusso: moda, design, artigianato, creatività.

Trasparenza, sostenibilità, umanità: stakeholder internazionali impegnati nell’alleviare le questioni ambientali e nel supportare l’artigianato in tutto il mondo.

Il numero include dialoghi con Giorgio Armani, lo scienziato sociale Dr.Hakan Karaosman, Orsola de Castro, il regista di documentari Reiner Holzemer, Heron Preston, il fondatore di Parley for the Ocean Cyrill Gutsch, Dan Colen, il ricercatore MITEI Emre Gencer, lo storico dell’arte Ian Massey, tra i tanti.

Contributi visivi: Marie Tomanova con tutto intorno, Alexandre Haefeli con Library Rules, Louis Canadas, Bex Day, Charles de Vilmorin che presenta il suo mondo interiore, Annie Lai, Ottilie Landmark che presenta l’innato rapporto tra uomo e natura. Vitali Gelwich, Jenny Brough e Brendan Freeman insegnano come tornare alla vita normale, Marlon Rueberg ci invita a rompere muri e confini, poi Domino Leaha con amore documentario e Luis Venegas con un tè con gli amici.

07/10/21

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 5/10 -Robert Louis Stevenson

1

Mr. Utterson was a lawyer and the type of man whose face never showed much emotion but was still lovable. During meetings something would come to his eyes and he spoke loudly with life. He drank gin when alone and hadn’t gone to the theatre in twenty years. “But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove.” p.1  (alright establish early that he’s a decent guy) Usually he was the last good influence in the lives of down going men and as they came, he never changed is demeanor. (he’s the designated driver of life) Mr. Utterson was undemonstrative, and his friends were similar in nature and those he knew the longest, “his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object.” p.1 Like Mr. Richard Enfield. It was a nut to crack for people who saw them on their walks, they said nothing, looked dull and put aside business to enjoy the day. (there is something nice about just enjoying another’s company)

A paragraph describing the residents of the street readying their shops and another describing a neglected building, no windows and people loitered on the stoop with no one chasing them off. As they walked Enfield pointed it out to Utterson because of something that happened in winter. He was walking at three in the morning the streets were empty, and a man would begin to look for a policeman. Then he saw two people a man and an eight-year-old girl running, (who lets their child out in the middle of the night) they collided, and the man just trampled over her leaving her on the ground screaming. “It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see. It wasn’t like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut.” p.3 (I’m The Juggernaut bitch!) He grabbed the man by the collar and brough him back to where people gathered around the girl, he didn’t resist but his look gave him chills.

The people were the girl’s family and a doctor came that said she was alright but that wasn’t the end. He had taken to loathe the man that ran over the girl and so did her family of course and surprisingly the doctor was outraged, looking like he wanted to kill him. (whoa there doc) Of course, that was out of the question so the next best thing, settlement money, (of course) so his name won’t be a scandal and hated in London and lose friends. (hate to be that guy but there’s a lot of worse things going on than stepping on a child) The whole time they kept the women back who wanted at him. (like my high school science teacher said boys go for bruises girls go for blood) The man tells them to name the amount they settle on a hundred pounds (about £13,083 today) then to get it; he went into the house and came back out with gold and a check in someone else’s name, a prominent member of society. Enfield pointed out it was suspicious considering the circumstances and the man says he’ll stay till the bank opens and cash it. So, the stayed at Enfield’s until after breakfast and he handed over the check himself and it was genuine. (this is a whole paragraph over a whole page)

Enfield sees Utterson feels the same as the man was someone nobody wanted anything to do with and the check was signed by a celebrated figure. “Blackmail, I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the copers of his youth.” p.4 That’s a Black Mail House but that doesn’t explain everything. Utterson asks if the check writer lives there, Enfield says he lives in another square and never asked about the house since he feels strongly about it, too much style of judgement. Like sitting on a hill asking a question rolls a stone and others follow next then a family has to change their name, the more it looks like Queer Street (queer used to mean strange) the less he asks, Utterson says it’s a good rule. Enfield did investigate, there’s no other door, nobody comes or leaves but that man. Three windows overlook the court no others, the chimney smokes so someone must live there but the buildings are so close it’s hard to be sure.

They walk, Utterson says it’s a good rule but he wants to know the name of the man that trampled the girl, it was Hyde. What does he look like, Enfield can’t describe him but there was something wrong with him, never seen someone so disliked but doesn’t know why. “He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point.” p.5  (the mind he’s deformed in the mind) He can’t name it, he remembers him clearly, but he can’t describe him. They walk more and Utterson asks if he was sure Hyde used a key, he knows it’s strange, but he already knows the name of the check writer and if Enfield was wrong about anything in his story, he better correct it. Enfield has been exact, Hyde used a key not a week ago, Utterson sighs and says they shouldn’t speak of it again.

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That evening Utterson went to his house and ate dinner, usually he would read by a fire till midnight (my kind of night) but instead went to his office and took out the Will of Dr. Jekyll. He looked it over in the case of Henry Jekyll’s death or disappearance everything would go to Edward Hyde. It was an eyesore to Utterson his former ignorance of Hyde was now indignation with evidence he was afraid. He put away the document and went to Cavendish Square to his friend Dr. Lanyon to see what he knows. He was directed right to him and was welcomed, they were old friends from school that enjoyed each other’s company. Utterson says they must be the only two friends Jekyll has, Lanyon supposes it’s true, what about it. They had a falling out, “But it is more than ten years since Henry Jekyll became too fanciful for me. He began to go wrong, wrong in mind;” p.7 He still takes an interest for old times but has seen little of him.

Utterson believes they only differed in science but knew little of the subject himself, agreed there’s nothing worse and gave Lanyon time to calm down. He asks if he ever came across his protégé, Hyde, Lanyon’s never heard of him and Utterson took that information and it kept him up with questions. He could see it happening as Enfield described, Hyde trampling the child, then his friend woken and forced to do his bidding, it haunted him, child screaming, labyrinth of streetlamps, (what drugs are you on) but no face to the figure, if only he could see his face. If he saw it he would have reason for his friend’s strange preference of bondage (those are the exact words from the book) and the Will’s clauses. A face of a man without mercy, a spirit that haunted his mind. It was then Utterson began to watch the house until the shops closed and the streets were silent until footfalls drew him from the court.

The footfalls got closer and Utterson saw the small plainly dressed man (I find it utterly hilarious that culturally Hyde is a giant green deformed monster but actually he’s just a short guy with a bad attitude) draw a key and approach the house. Utterson came out and asked if he was Hyde, who hisses and shrinks back when touched asking what he wants. (I’d have the same reaction if a stranger grabbed me at night) Utterson introduces himself as an old friend of Jekyll’s, he saw he was going in and was wondering if he’d allow him inside. Hyde tells him Jekyll isn’t home and how does he know him, only if Hyde would turn so he could see his face and after hesitating turns. Now that they met Hyde gives him his address in Soho and Utterson wonders if he knows of the Will.

Hyde again asks how he knows him and Utterson says from a friend’s description, whose, Jekyll’s. Hyde gets angry as Jekyll wouldn’t have told and didn’t think Utterson would have lied. Hyde snarls out a laugh and quickly unlocks the door and disappears inside. Utterson stood there a while and slowly made his way up the street, Hyde was unpleasant, “but not all of these together could explain the hitherto unknown disgust, loathing and fear with which Mr. Utterson regarded him.”p.10 (it’s your instincts telling you this like if you met Dahmer you just know he’s fucked up) There must be something else, he seemed hardly human it must be his soul. “O my poor old Henry Jekyll if ever I read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend.” p.10

Around the corner stood houses for all sorts of men, one house was occupied and Mr. Utterson knocked on the door asking if Dr. Jekyll was home. (can Jekyll come out to play) The servant, Poole, invites him in and Utterson waits in the hall. The memory of Hyde made him nauseous until Poole came back to say Jekyll was out. Utterson says he saw Hyde come in by the door, Poole says he has a key and they have orders to obey him, they see little of him and usually he goes to the laboratory. Utterson says goodnight and leaves, then remembers Jekyll being wild when young, this must be from some old sin forgotten. He thought back in his own memory, everything he did and avoided, it must be Hyde with the secrets worse than Jekyll’s. He was in danger if Hyde knows of the Will, he’ll intervene if Jekyll lets him and remembers the clauses.

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Two weeks later Jekyll invited his friends to diner and Utterson stayed while the others left. Not unusual as people liked him and his company and Jekyll was one of them. Utterson said he’s been wanting to talk to him about his Will. Jekyll remembers how distressed Utterson was (aren’t lawyers supposed to be detached from their work and only discourage outlandish clauses like taxidermy my body) unless you count Lanyon and his opinion on his science heresy’s. He knows he’s good and means to see more of him but was never more disappointed in anyone. Utterson cuts in that he never approved it, Jekyll knows and Utterson says he’s learning things about Hyde. Jekyll grows pale and doesn’t want to hear more and thought they’d dropped it.

Utterson says what he heard is abominable, Jekyll says he doesn’t know his position, he won’t make a change and his affairs are strange and can’t be fixed by talking about them. Utterson implores to him that he can be trusted to be quiet and get him out of it. Jekyll says it’s good of him and thanks him but it’s not so bad, “I will tell you one thing: the moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr. Hyde.”p.13 (not suspicious at all) It’s a private matter and Hyde told him he saw him, he’s rude but he has a great interest in him and has Utterson promise that he will get his rights for him. He doesn’t ask that he like him only for justice help him for his sake hen he’s no longer here, (this wording sort of makes it sound like Hyde is an illegitimate son he’s trying to do right by) Utterson promises.

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Almost a year later on October 18th London was rocked by a murder and its high-class victim, (they way they treat this it’s like it’s the crime of the century) only a few details. A maid alone in a house went to bed at eleven and looked out her window to see an old man walking to meet a small gentleman to ask directions. The maid recognized him as Hyde and disliked him, he grew impatient and in a fit of anger beat the old man to death with a cane. (that went from 0 to 100 real quick) The maid fainted and when she came to called the police, the murderer was long gone but his victim was still there and half of the cane that had broken. The old man still had valuables and no identification but a letter to Utterson.

The next morning Utterson was told but can’t confirm anything until he sees the body. When he does, he identifies him as Sir Danvers Carew, it will make a lot of noise when it gets out. (why who was this guy) The officer has him look at the other evidence and tells him the maid’s story. Utterson already knew but when he saw the broken cane that he gave Jekyll years ago he couldn’t doubt it. Hyde matches the maid’s description and Utterson has them follow him to Hyde’s house.

A paragraph describing the fog dissipating and the sun coming out and how Soho looked nightmarish in it. The cab came up to the address, “This was the home of Jekyll’s favorite; of a man who was heir to a quarter of a million sterling.”p.16 (about £3,270,814 today) A woman answered saying this is Hyde’s house but he’s not home, he comes and leaves irregularly and besides yesterday last saw him two months ago.

Utterson introduces Inspector Newcomen and they want to search Hyde’s room and the woman is happy to know he’s in trouble wanting to know details, Utterson just wants to look. The old woman was the only occupant, but Hyde had luxury goods in the house which looked ransacked, clothes thrown about, drawers open, papers burned and the other half of the cane, (didn’t even get rid of the incriminating evidence smh) at the bank Hyde had several thousand pounds. Utterson says he must have gone mad, but he needs money, so they’ll wait. But they found nothing, no family, friends or pictures, no matching description, “Only on one point where they agreed; and that was the haunting sense of unexpressed deformity with which the fugitive impressed his beholders.” p.17

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In the afternoon Utterson went to Jekyll’s house, straight to his laboratory, the first time he’s been there and a paragraph describing how cluttered it is. Jekyll was sitting by the fire looking sick but welcomed Utterson in and guesses he’s heard the news; he heard the crying from his dinning room. Utterson says Carew and he are his clients, he hasn’t been hiding him, Jekyll swears to god he won’t see him again, he’s done with him. “And indeed he does not want my help; you do not know him as I do; he is safe, he is quite safe; mark my words, he will never more be heard of.”p.19 (hmmm) Utterson hopes he’s right because if there’s a trial his name will come up, Jekyll is certain and gives him a letter. He doesn’t fear he will be traced and doesn’t care, he’s done with him and is thinking of his own character. The letter is to Jekyll whom he unworthily repaid a thousand generosities, doesn’t need to worry of his safety, he can escape and Utterson accepts it, better knowing the relationship and blames himself on the past suspicions.

Jekyll says he burned the envelope but there was a note he was given it directly, Utterson can judge him since he lost all confidence in himself. Utterson asks if Hyde was the one who dictated the Will’s terms about his disappearance, Jekyll seizes then nods. Utterson says he knew Hyde meant to murder him and was lucky to escape, Jekyll says he had a lesson and covers his face. (apparently the lesson doesn’t stick because were only halfway through the book) When Utterson leaves he asks Poole about the letter but is told none came today, and this renews his fears and looks at the letter with caution.

He passed newsboys shouting out the paper that reported the murder and worried another name would be brought down in the scandal and thought he could get advice on what to do. Soon after he had Mr. Guest (really that’s his name) over, a paragraph describing the evening and how Mr. Guest was in Jekyll’s house a lot and was a handwriting expert. (convenient) Guest says the news is sad and the perpetrator was mad and Utterson says he has a document from him he wants examined, he’s not mad (how can you tell just by looking t a letter you’re not a psychologist) but it’s an odd hand. A servant then comes in with a dinner invitation from Jekyll and Guest wants to see it too. He looked at both letters, the hands are identical only sloped different, (like what is Hyde a lefty) but he won’t speak of it. When Utterson was alone he locked away the notes thinking Jekyll is covering for a murderer.

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WEEK 11

Westward Expansion

Between the years of 1830 and 1860, hundreds of thousands of Americans moved west toward the newly added territories. Among these people were Native Americans and enslaved African Americans who were forced to relocate, unlike their white counterparts. As they moved west, slavery was also brought along with them. Texas, which was original Mexican territory, was an example of how slavery expanded into this region. By 1830, around twenty thousand Americans had already settled in Mexican Texas. These Americans reintroduced slavery into a territory where slavery had already been abolished by bringing along two thousands slaves into the territory. This led to Texas being admitted as a slave state in 1845. The idea of westward expansion and manifest destiny inccreased tensions over slavery. Manifest destiny was the imperialist belief that the expansion of the United States was justified and inevitable. This increased tensions between the North and South because the question remained whether the added territory would become free of slave states. 

The North wanted more free states, whereas the South wanted more slave states. This was important on many levels, especially because this affected the balance of Congress. The expansion of the United States brough the issue of slavery onto a political platform. Both the North and the South did not want to be overruled in power by the other. The issue and debate of free versus slave states became a central part of American political life due to the expansion of the United States. The introduction of new territory meant that the nation had to decide whether those states were going to be free or slave states. This issue was important because it included the spread of slavery, representation in Congress, and labor. Many Northerners who were pushing for these states to be annexed as free states, were anti-slavery. However, many anti-slavery activist, like David Wilmot, did not truly care for black lives. David Wilmot was a Representative from Pennsylvania who introduced a proviso that pushed for neither slavery or indentured servitude to be allowed to exists in any of the new territoty gained from the Mexican-American war. Wilmot “was against slavery, but he was not pro-black. He aimed to keep slavery out of the territories so that free white labor would have a chance to thrive there, and to present blacks from coming into that area” (White, Bay, Martin Jr., 236). 

Wilmot, David. David Wilmot. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (cph 3b14456)

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 had a devastating impact on the African American community in the North, free and fugitive. This act made it a federal crime for anyone to interfere or hide fugitive slaves. It made it legal for federal marshals, police, and citizens to kidnap and re-enslave Black people. Citizens were called upon to aid in the capture of fugitive slaves and anyone who refused to do so were fined up to $1000 and faced imprisonment for six months. However, while this act impeded on the rights of white northerners, it posed a danger to all African Americans. The Fugitive Slave Act was an existential threat to Blacks. African Americans, both fugitive and free, faced re-enslavement and the constant danger of being kidnapped by federal marshals. This act caused many Blacks to emigrate to places like Canada, Mexico, the West Indies, and even Europe. The North was no longer safe for African Americans. 

African Americans responded to the Fugitive Slave Act through vigilance committees, civil disobedience, and armed resistance. Vigilance committees were formed by African Americans before the passing of this act, however, it gained the support of white abolitionists after the passing of the act. These committees, which assisted fugitives by providing temporary shelter, food, clothing, legal assistance, and even jobs, began to spring up throughout the North. These vigilance committees would warn the black population about slave catchers and spread information about them in hopes of saving more African Americans from being re-enslaved. Civil disobedience is the refusal to obey an unjust law. Some African Americans resorted to this method to attempt to stop the arrests and re-enslavement of Blacks. They would often block and harass the slave catchers. They would interfere with the federal marshals. They would break into courtrooms and jails to free the fugitives. This was the case with Shadrack Minkins, Jerry Rescue, and Anthony Burns. Armed resistance was the call for self-protection. African Americans began to arm themselves to avoid being kidnapped and fight for their freedom. They were prepared to meet the slave catchers with armed resistance. The fugitive slave crisis increased the tension and conflict between the North and South. The North took this crisis as a way to shed light on the realities of slavery and its impact. While the South took this as the North attempting to ruin their way of life and destroying slavery.

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Kansas Nebraska Act:

The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 was introduced by Senator Stephen A. Douglass. This act made it so that the Nebraska and Kansas territories could vote to determine if they would be free or slave states. As a result their were many confrontations between proslavery and antislavery forces. In retaliation to an attack in May 1856 by proslavery forces on missouri, John Brown, a radical abolitionist took revenge and murdered five proslavery settlers at Pottawine Creek. This is what lead to it becoming bleeding Kansas because of all the violence and bloodshed. It was so violent that the south carolina respresantive Preseton S. brooks beat Massachusetts senator charles sumner into unconsciousness at his desk. “Brooks claimed to be upholding the honor of his kinsman. On top of that their is the formation  Free soil party an antislavery party was formed which would form into the republican party. With the Democratic Party who was proslavery, slavery was increasingly becoming a political issue.

Kansas Nebraska Act:

 Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 was introduced by Senator Stephen A. Douglass. This act made it so that the Nebraska and Kansas territories could vote to determine if they would be free or slave states. As a result their were many confrontations between proslavery and antislavery forces. In retaliation to an attack in May 1856 by proslavery forces on missouri, John Brown, a radical abolitionist took revenge and murdered five proslavery settlers at Pottawine Creek. This is what lead to it becoming bleeding Kansas because of all the violence and bloodshed. It was so violent that the south carolina respresantive Preseton S. brooks beat Massachusetts senator charles sumner into unconsciousness at his desk. “Brooks claimed to be upholding the honor of his kinsman. On top of that their is the formation  Free soil party an antislavery party was formed which would form into the republican party. With the Democratic Party who was proslavery, slavery was increasingly becoming a political issue.

Photo of Stephen A. Douglass taken between 1855 and 1861. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division. Image is part of Brady-Handy Photograph Collection

Dredd Scott Case:

Dredd and Harriet Scott were slaves from Missouri who fled to Wisconsin to be free. The Dredd Scott case was between the Scotts and their master over whether they would remain free or go back into slavery. They said that because they made it to free land that they should remain free. The Scots were not entitled to sue in the courts of Missouri because he was not considered a citizen. The result from the case was that no person of African descent could be a citizen of the United States. Africans were “regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relation; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect. Slaves were legally protected as property under the constitution and congress had no authority to deny the right of property. It could not forbid slaveholding anywhere. All laws that forbade slavery were unconstitutional including the Missouri compromise of 1820. (243) The results from the Dred Scott case was that it diminished black prospects for a viable life and meaningful future in the United States. Many blacks thought about emigrating to establish a “black nation” outside the U.S.  People who were favorable towards emigration like Martin R. Delaney talked about how black self-reliance demanded black self-determination.. There was a belief that African Americans were a nation within a nation that required self-determination. In this new black nation you could enjoy the dignity of manhood, the rights of citizenship, and all the advantages of civilization and freedom. Blacks would be able to self-rule.

Posthumous Portrait of Dredd Scott. “Dred Scott (1795 – 1858), plaintiff in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) case at the Supreme Court of the United States, commissioned by a "group of Negro citizens" and presented to the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, in 1888.” Date: 1888 by Louis Schultze. Source: Missouri Historical Society.

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If it worked for Burberry there is no guarantee it will work for you

The Burberry case fits like a glove to our Branding Lab topic which focuses on Calvin Klein’s failed attempt to elevate itself to a Luxury brand status, changing its product offering and direction in the Fall of 2016.

Both the Burberry and the CK stories start with the intention to reposition themselves into a luxury entity. However, the things that worked for Burberry, such as (i) bringing on a new designer team (ii) changing the logo and (iii) offering new products is exactly what didn’t work for CK. In August 2016, CK brough in Raf Simons, Dior’s former head designer, as Chief Creative Officer. Although this move generated positive media buzz, year-end results from the new product offering failed to meet the expectations of this $70M investment. In less than 2 years, PVH (CK’s parent company) terminated Raf’s contract and reset the brand to focus on more commercial products. So, why did it work for Burberry and not for CK? In my opinion there are three main reasons:

1.      The story - the brand history is the identity of the brand; it is what people empathize with and what makes the brand consistent. Burberry has its famous stories with the military in WWI and the royal family, Chanel has the story of Coco Chanel who was an orphan raised by nuns who taught her how to saw, but CK seems to have no history and story and therefore no identity that potential customers may relate to.

2.     The check – Burberry has its famous check which is very memorable and known world-wide. Other high-end luxury brands, such as Louis Vitton also have this unique and well-known brand that people aspire to have a product with this unique check mark. However, I feel that CK has not yet established a mark that tells the story of the brand, so trying to go up market before establishing this idea with its customers seems a bit aspirational.

3.     The faces of the brand – Burberry chooses its models carefully. From Emma Watson who fits perfectly to the elite English image of the brand to Kate Moss and Sienna Miller. However, CK targets ‘temporary influencers’ such as Justin Bieber and the Kardashian girls which seem to have no commonalities and hence emphasizes the notion that the brand has no unified identity.