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storyspinner91 · 1 day

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Just saw Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf referred to as a "timeless masterpiece of miscommunication" which feels a bit akin to calling Oedipus Rex a "stunning drama of mistaken identity."

Like you're not technically wrong but also of all the ways you could describe that?!

#edward albee #who's afraid of virginia woolf?#theatre

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sylvia-sidney · 11 months

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) dir. Mike Nichols

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normasshearer · 1 year

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WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 1966, dir. Mike Nichols

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sundaynightfilms · 1 year

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, 1966

#who's afraid of virginia woolf?#mike nichols #richard burton #elizabeth taylor

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ritalacochona · 7 months

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So i am rewatching the first season into the 2nd again ( yes I have a problem but that's why I took a week off of work k?) And I noticed somethings on this viewing that are new for me with the context of 2nd season:

-Ed is under a lot of pressure to figure things out and live up to the Blackbeard moniker. His speech to Stede!Blackbeard about everything being his fault, his responsibility. I never watched Izzy in that scene. That speech was for Iz. Especially considering Izzy's earlier insults and saying he was going to quit. The look he gives Izzy when the fog is revealed. Charged.

- Ed is a deeply lonely person. Izzy may "have love for Edward" but he does not play with him (ex:the clouds like frankfurters, the trinkets on the ship). Izzy is shown to chronically lack imagination (Its how Stede gets one hostage back, gets gun powder in Izzy's face in the duel). This is an integral part of Ed and Stede. It also means that Stede can come to the Lighthouse conclusion with Ed. Not a subordinate-a partner.

- Ed doesn't see that Izzy is also breaking under the weight of his role in Blackbeard. The constant going between Ed, the crew, and doing all the work without the reverence/ obedience/respect afforded to the actual Blackbeard is unbelievably stressful. I think of love dying in a marriage when one partner has the other act like their babysitter. In this case it's the one being treated like the child who is done first.

-I never noticed how hard Ed works to keep Iz around. The way he leaves the crows nest to lure Izzy back in with promises and compliments about being a good captain. Poor Iz. Even with Stede, who he is his most himself with,Ed still thinks he needs to put on the Blackbeard show. It's what Stede and the crew like right? Izzy is key to being Blackbeard. Ed goes through it when Izzy loses the duel to Stede (it didnt have to be like this Iz, we could have worked something out). Everyone is happy to see Izzy go except Ed. He is upset when Izzy curses him. He walks away upset.

- I never realized how Izzy leaving could play a part in why Ed is preparing to leave at the start of " This is Happening." It something to think about as you watch him start with his moodiness. I imagine Izzy was always responsible for him in his moods. I imagine despite the fact I think he was already in love with Stede at this point. He was feeling very insecure. He felt so strongly for Stede, too scared to lose this new connection that had brought life back into his life to push for something more. Blackbeard is Edward's cloak against vulnerability, Izzy is key to Blackbeard= Firstmate/ security blanket.

- when Izzy betrays Blackbeard to the British, it breaks the final line holding their relationship together. He had an opportunity. When Ed came back to the ship heartbroken. If Izzy could have realized how he felt, could have been kind to Ed. Offered love instead of insults and threats maybe he could have fixed things.

- In season 2 Ed is trying to operate Blackbeard on his own. Izzy was always the second on the helm, but after the betrayal, after the threats, Ed can never fully trust him again. Any part of Ed that thought Izzy cared about him as a person and not Blackbeard was extinguished (even if he is wrong). It makes sense why he reacts to Izzy's confession. Too late. I think even Izzy knew that though.

Edit: This video makes me think of many things:

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gatabella · 5 days

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Marlene Dietrich, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966

#marlene dietrich #elizabeth taylor #richard burton #who's afraid of virginia woolf?

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mediademon · 3 months

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

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cinnamon-notes · 3 months

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if who's afraid of little old me has implied references to who's afraid of virginia woolf ISTFG this really IS the tortured poets department !!!

#the tortured poets department #ttpd #taylor swift #who's afraid of virginia woolf?#who's afraid of little old me?

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nero-neptune · 9 months

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“Good movies are always better when you watch them with someone.” - Ed Chigliak (Northern Exposure)

#if there's anything to know about ed it's that his love of films and filmmaking is a MAJOR defining aspect of his personality #you may claim to love movies but i doubt you love movies as much as ed does #and i've said it once and i'll say it again: he would kill it on letterboxd #the movies mentioned in the pic in order are:#good morning vietnam #the seventh seal #alice doesn't live here anymore #indiana jones: raiders of the lost ark #the lion of winter #ordinary people #who's afraid of virginia woolf?#taxi driver #ed chigliak #my art #and yes. yes i did draw all those vhs tape spines #i specifically looked for movies that were 1) mentioned in the show by ed or implied that ed owns #2) had a version released in the up to the early 90s (so it's conceivable he had that in his collection)#and 3) had text or images that would be visible behind his body and chair #artists on tumblr #northern exposure

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hollywoodlady · 5 months

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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on the set of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' (1966)

#elizabeth taylor #richard burton #Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?#60's #couple #by lady hollywood

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burtonandtaylor · 5 months

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966

#Richard Burton #Elizabeth taylor #who's afraid of virginia woolf?#old hollywood #black and white #mike nichols #movie #film #1960s

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normasshearer · 1 year

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Who has made the hideous, the hurting, the insulting mistake of loving me and must be punished for it. George and Martha: sad, sad, sad.

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 1966, dir. Mike Nichols

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grainthe2nd · 7 months

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Not enough people are talking about the fact that the title "Fun and Games" of s2e4 comes directly from the Act I title of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

An absolutely insane play that's all about using illusions, and stories, and falsehoods to talk around the difficult stuff. You can allude to it, but you don't say the hard or the dark stuff out loud in Virginia Woolf. And even with Anne and Mary leaning hard into the "fun and games" bit of the play and doing everything they can to toy with Ed and Stede, we still get a moment of clear and earnest communication between those two. They talk. And they come out all the better for it.

We're only halfway through the season, this show is going to absolutely ruin me.

#i'm totally calm and normal #nothing to see over here #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 #who's afraid of virginia woolf?#stede bonnet #edward teach #anne bonny #mary read

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sundaynightfilms · 1 year

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