#michael cohn

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Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)

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Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)

My rating: 3/10

Seems to me they were so intent on making something that was Not Your Daddy's Snow White! that they didn't bother putting much thought into what the thing actually was - and as a result, it's a big stinking pile of dull, dreary, pointlessly grimdark bullshit.

[hauntingsoundtracks]

Snow White: A Tale of Terror, directed by Michael Cohn

Lullay Lullay : Als I Lay On Yoolis Night, performed by Anonymous 4

[shadowland]

Michael Nesmith Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors embroidered and rhinestone-accented stage outfit, hat and boots (circa 1967-69), photographed by Bob Delevante.

An influential outfit if ever there was one in the genre. Nesmith was country-rock when country-rock wasn’t cool, when he was still in the Monkees. This rhinestone-accentuated suit — with chain-stitched peacocks, orchids, musical notes and American flag motifs — also came from Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors, circa 1967. It predates the famous Flying Burrito Brothers suits of a similar nature.

“He wore it to the premiere of ‘Head,’ and on the last Monkees television special, ’33 1/3.’ As soon as we decided to do this exhibit, this was one of the first artifacts we thought of, like, ‘Oh, we’ve gotta have that.’ You know, we had a little bit of a relationship with Michael because he was featured in the Bob Dylan/Johnny Cash ‘Nashville Cats’ exhibit that we did, and he came and played an album release party for that, and we got to know him a little and had a relationship going. We asked if we could borrow this, and he made it clear that he absolutely wanted it to come here. And then just with the timing… by circumstance, the same week he passed, we’re getting notices that the shipment is on its way to Nashville. It was just interesting timing.”

— Michael Gray, The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum {x}

[oldguardleatherdog]

How And Why We're Getting "Christian Reconstructed" Out Of Civil Society: An LGBTQ+ Activist's Guide To Action

This is based on my response to a recent Reddit post about the New Apostolic Reformation/Dominionist/Christian Reconstructionist political movement that's behind anti-trans, anti-drag, anti-LGBTQ+ laws, parental rights, systematic destruction of libraries, book bans, harassment of librarians and teachers, the "don't say gay" movement, the 303 Creative Supreme Court "right to discriminate" decision, school board takeovers, curriculum cleansing, the antics of Roger Stone and General Flynn, and every other damn thing that's making our lives hell in America. Here's how to understand the whole toxic mess so we can fight these jackals off, protect ourselves, claw back our rights, and put this movement down for good.

7 Mountains: Gotta Catch 'Em All! "There's no reasoning with these people and their cultish beliefs," many people are saying, and I think it helps to understand the source of those beliefs in order to fight effectively against the tide of hatred that is on the brink of destroying what's left of our rights and freedoms in this country.

I grew up Fundamentalist Evangelical in the 1960s and 70s. Looking back, the seeds of today's poison were being planted even then in ways that were subtly but unmistakably aligned with the New Apostolic Reformation ("NAR"), the movement based on Dominionist "7 Mountains" Christian nationalism that's the driving force behind Moms for Liberty, Gen. Flynn and Roger Stone, the Alliance Defending Freedom (the org that brought the anti-LGBTQ+ web designer to the Supreme Court), Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA, the GOP candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania last election cycle (Mastriano), and more. (Check out Jennifer Cohn, jennycohn1 on Twitter, a journalist whose coverage of Christian Nationalism is amazing and essential.)

Evangelical involvement in politics was minimal until the rise of Ronald Reagan, Jerry Falwell, and the "Moral Majority" in 1981. In the 42 years since, it's been a steady march to bring the seeds planted in us kids in the 1970s to today's hideous bloom.

I don't adhere to those beliefs, but I have a deep native knowledge of their intent and the ways believers are impelled by them to make these laws and file these lawsuits and elect slavering semi-sane madmen to power and stoke cultural panic.

These people aren't just getting started - they've got traction, scalps on their belt already, and they're gaining steam and hungry for more.

NAR Christians (such as Ginni and Clarence Thomas, Sen. Ted Cruz' father Rafael, former Rep. Michelle Bachmann, failed GOP candidate for governor of Pennsylvania Doug Mastriano, Jan. 6 co-conspirator Phil Waldron, General Mike Flynn, insurrectionist Roger Stone, and the Moms For Liberty) believe that it's their Divine Mission to prepare the nation and the world to become the Kingdom of God.

This is called "post-millennialism" - the term for the set of beliefs upon which the NAR is based and that drives its adherents. NAR believes that we are in the End Times as foretold in Scripture, and that today's Christians are commanded by the Lord to do everything humanly possible in pursuit of one singular goal: to bring God’s kingdom to pass on Earth and prepare the way for Christ's return. Viewed for decades as a far-out fringe heretical movement populated by apostates and quacks, these zealots will stop at nothing to bring this to pass.

See all the "cleansing" that's going on now? Roe v. Wade overturned, the abortion bans, the trans bans, the anti-drag laws, books being pulled from school shelves, public libraries being shuttered and defunded, anti-immigrant laws, the Twitter takeover and its right-wing reformation - the list goes on. This is ALL a direct result of the NAR/Christian Reconstructionist influence and the untold dark-money billions and shadowed billionaires that finance it.

We're in a very dark and deep hole, as a country, as a culture. But we're not helpless. We start by arming ourselves with knowledge, by reading and heeding the reporting of Jenny Cohn and Bruce Wilson and Kira Resistance on Twitter and in the Bucks County (PA) Record reporting from the epicenter of Dominionist/NAR politics, take action online and in the places where we live. In today's world, we can be activists and influencers for good without having to leave the house, and if you want to protest in person or march in support of the cause, you won't be alone.

There are movements and organizations gathering steam in our community that have been preparing for action and are ready to launch. Some are more visible than others, but all are made up of committed activists, funders, legal advisors, and LGBTQ+ citizens who are tired of being abused by these people and the violence (literal and legislative) against us. Old-line AIDS activists like me are disgusted at the sight of our life's work and our decades of progress being rolled back and obliterated seemingly overnight. Gen Z and Gen Alpha are just not having it and are rightly pissed off by what's shaping up to be a bleak future.

It's not going to be easy or quick, but I know there are enough good people among us to hold back the worst of the current moment, rebuke and reverse the legislative oppression and physical danger, restore full access to HRT and gender-affirming care, roll back the "abortion bounty" laws and support vulnerable individuals and families with assistance and relocation, claw back and secure the civil rights that have been stolen from us, and restore light to our country, our culture, our lives, and our future.

I'm engaged in this fight, and after nearly 40 years of activism I've never been more lit up with passion and determination than at this moment. This fight is winnable. You're needed now. Watch this space for opportunities where your presence, your effort, your voice is wanted and will be welcomed, and feel free to message me with your questions, ideas, activist resources needed or offered, organizations you know of that need support, general questions, strategic advice, and words of encouragement you wish to give or need to hear. Let's gooooooooo

[thealogie]

Waiting for David Tennant at the stage door just to slip him a detailed 10 year plan of all the theatre he and Michael Sheen need to do both together and separately. I say “you’re welcome” and disappear into the night

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From Tutti Frutti, May 1987.

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If you wanna see a jingoistic, yet entertaining, music video starring Michael Sheen singing “I’ll be there”, here ya go

If you haven’t seen the show The Good Fight, he plays Roland Blum, an intentionally provocative conservative asshole, who relishes breaking laws and sexually harassing his co-workers. Basically the opposite of Aziraphale 😇😈 And he’s really good at it, of course, because he’s an amazing actor

Here’s a compilation of Blum fuckery:

Here is how Sheen describes the role himself:

A trickster based on Roy Cohn, who in addition to McCarthyism, was also Donald Trump’s lawyer and mentor in the 70’s and 80’s. I first saw him depicted in the play Angels in America as a closeted man who publicly advocated to make things worse for lgbtq+ people because his privilege shielded him from those same efforts, except for what ultimately killed him.

Welp, I guess this is both a Michael Sheen appreciation post and a Roy Cohn antipathy post 🙃

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Remember when Mindy Cohn sang background for Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T."? Wait...what?!

[19eighties]

1983 Justine Bateman's 17th birthday party with Sarah Jessica Parker (Square Pegs), Kari Michaelsen (Give Me A Break), Jason Bateman (Silver Spoons), Michael J. Fox (Family Ties), Mindy Cohn (Facts of Life).

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Mike Nesmith WHAT suit?!?!?

I so desperately wish that the Nudie Suit meant what it sounds like but a Nudie Suit is an actual type of suit made by tailor Nudie Cohn!

They are so over the top. I want one. If you don't want one, you actually do. And on that note, behold Mike Nesmith Nudie Suit:

This bad boy is now on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville because it's a work of art. If I could engage in sexual acts with an item of clothing, I would do it with this suit. Anyway, you can see some more about the exhibition here:

I hope this has been an enlightening lesson and not too disappointing!

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Podcast #196: Hour of the Wolf (1968) & Horror Dabblers

Welcome to Episode #196 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four horror films directed by auteurs who only dabbled in the genre once, starting with Ingmar Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf (1968). 00:00 Welcome 03:07 The Beast (1975)08:31 No One Will Save You (2023)10:22 Death of a Cheerleader (2019)12:18 Night Tide (1961)16:12 Anchorman (2004)22:08…

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Snow White: A Tale of Terror, directed by Michael Cohn

Resolution, original soundtrack by John Ottman

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You can see, and you can hear, but from inside the tomb of your mind. No breath will escape your lips, no tears your eyes. To the world, you are dead.

Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997) dir. Michael Cohn

[thealogie]

Angels in America is my favorite play; we'll never get to see David as prior/Louis so what do you think of his one day playing Roy Cohn

Please know your herstory I have been praying for Michael Sheen to play Roy Cohn since before good omens even came out. I am a woman of compromise however and I love them both equally so i would not turn down them playing Roy on alternate nights

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Snow White: A Tale of Terror, 1997, dir. Michael Cohn