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Hey do you have any literature recommendations for people who want to broaden their knowledge on the classics and Greek/Roman myths without taking university courses?
So like for people (such as myself) who have read Bullfinch's Myths of Greece and Rome and Edith Hamilton's Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes but want to deepen their knowledge and maybe go to intermediate level type stuff. Or whatever the level above the mentioned literature is.
Well those two books are quite old and skip over quite a few things. Both are very important to our culture, historically, but I'd recommend reading through some more modern popular retellings like Stephen Fry's Mythos series if you're looking for pure entertainment and a dummy's guide to Greek myths.
The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology is a useful reference book if you have difficulty keeping track of all these names and whatnot. It's just a reference book but you know. Having a reference book handy is quite useful. I personally prefer reference books when it comes to checking stuff when I'm doing mythology things anyways. They're generally more organized than the internet.
If you're looking for entertaining retellings of less popular myths, I'd actually recommend going to videos and podcasts for that. YouTubers like MonarchsFactory, Overly Sarcastic Productions, Jake Doubleyoo, and Mythology & Fiction Explained are all people who do a lot of research themselves on the myths they retell and I would recommend all of them to basically anybody. As far as podcasts go, Mythology & Fiction Explained has a podcast version and Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! is a very informative podcast that talks about sources for the myths and has interviews with experts on the subjects. It's also a podcast that is specifically Greco-Roman based.
As far as doing slightly more in-depth research, I cannot recommend theoi.com enough. I really can't. It has overviews of the most common myths, it has pages about god and hero cults, it cites it's sources and has an online library of translated texts. It's just really good. Go clicking around it for a while. It's a lot of fun if you're into that sort of thing.
As far as primary sources for myths go, there's a few places you could start. The Iliad, perhaps. The most recent English translation is by Caroline Alexander but I personally prefer Stanley Lombardo's translation. The Odyssey is a more accessible read in my opinion if you're not used to reading epic poetry. Emily Wilson's translation is especially accessible, written in iambic pentameter and generally replicating Homer's simple conversational language.
The third traditional entrance into the epic cycle of the surviving literature is the Aeneid. The newest translation of that is by Shadi Bartsch, which is pretty good, but it reads more like prose than poetry. Would still highly recommend it though. Robert Fitzgerald's translation is also good.
If you wanna get fancy you can read the Post-Homerica which attempts to bridge the gap between the Iliad and the Odyssey. It's not often read but it's one of the latest pagan sources we have from people who still practiced ancient Greek religion.
If you want a collection of short stories from ancient times, Ovid's your guy. Metamorphosis is specifically Roman and specifically Ovid's fanfiction, but it's also a valid primary resource and Ovid generally views women as people. What a concept!
Though I think the absolute best overview from ancient times itself is The Library aka Biblioteca by pseudo-apollodorus. Doesn't matter what translation you get. The prose is simple to the point where it's difficult to screw it up. Not artistic at all. It is, quite simply, a guy from ancient times trying to write down the mythological history of the world as he knew it. It has a bunch of summaries of myths in it, and most modern printings also have a table of contents so you can essentially use it as a reference book or a cheat sheet. I love it.
The Homeric Hymns weren't actually written by Homer but that's what they're called anyways. They're a lovely bit of poetry because, well, they were originally hymns. They've got some of the earliest full tellings of the Hades and Persephone story and the birth of Hermes in them. They also provide an insight into how ancient people who were most devoted to these gods viewed them. Go read the Homeric Hymns. They're lovely. You can buy the Michael Crudden translation or you can read a public domain translation online. I don't care. Just read them.
If you're into tedious lists, the next place I'd recommend you go after you read all the fun stuff is Hesiod's Theogony. Hesiod, the red pill douchebag of the ancient world, decided he was gonna write down the genealogy of all the Greek gods. That means lists. I'm not exaggerating. Be prepared for a lot of lists. But this work also has the earliest and one of the most complete versions of the story of Pandora, the creation of humans, and the most popular version of the Greek creation myth. So, it's very useful. If you can take all the lists.
The Argonautica aka the voyage of the argo by Apollonius of Rhodes, is also here. That is also a thing you can read. About the golden fleece and whatnot. And Jason. You know Jason. We all hate Jason.
Greek theatre also provides a good overview of specific myths. The three theben plays, Medea, the Bacche, etc. We've only got thirty-something surviving plays in their entirety so like... look up the list. Find one that looks interesting. Read it. Find a performance of it online, maybe. They're good.
If you want to dive into the mythology as a religion that was practiced, Greek Religion by Walter Burkurt and Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide by Jennifer Larson are pretty good books on the topic and often used as textbooks in college courses.
If you wanna get meta and get a feel for what the general public today thinks about Greek myths and what the average person that's sort of knowledgeable about Greek myths knows, the books you already mentioned are good. That's what people usually read. In addition to those, most people's intro to Greek myths generally involves The Complete World of Greek Mythology by Richard Buxton, D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire, or The Percy Jackson series.
I've been flipping through the big stacks of mythology books I keep on my table trying to remember if I've forgotten anything but I don't think I have so, yeah. Hope this helps. There's no correct starting point here. Once you get started there's a nearly endless void of complications and scholarship you can fall down that you'll never reach the bottom of. This post is basically just a guide to the tip of the iceberg.
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The end of an era: Six cruise productions have officially closed
13 productions (plus two cancelled ones), four and a half years and 103 queens later. A chaotic but iconic era in six history is over.
Candace Furbert, Hazel Karooma-Brooker, Caitlin Tipping, Sophie Golden, Alicia Corrales, Viquichele Cross, Natalie Pilkington, Bryony Duncan, Lori McLare, Jasmine Jia Yung Shen, Kelly Sweeney, Amy Bridges, Jessica Niles, Georgia Carr, Amelia Walker, Liv Alexander, Elizabeth Walker, Jade Marvin, Lucy Aiston, Gabriella Stylianou, Scarlet Gabriel, Rebecca Wickes, Megan Leung, Abbi Hodgson, Sophie-Rose Middleton, Artemis Chrisoulakis, Ellie Sharpe, Melinda Porto, L'Oréal Roaché, Wesley Carpenter, Maya Christian, Brianna Brito Mooney, Meghan Dawson, Marilyn Caserta, Ashlee Waldbauer, Lauren Irving, Danielle Mendoza, Shelby Griswold, Kennedy Monica Carstens, Abigail Sparrow, Jarynn Whitney, Madeline Fansler, Channing Weir, Gabbi Mack, Casey Esbin, Ellie Wyman, Sasha Renae Brown, Nicole Lamb, Aja Simone Baitey, Willow Dougherty, Kayla McSorley, Jessie Bodner, Jasmine Hackett, Janice Rijssel, Lucia Valentino, Elena Breschi, Princess Sasha Victomé, Rae Davenport, Gianna Grosso, Kathryn Kilger, Reca Oakley, Jillian Worthing, Bethany McDonald, Sunayna Smith, Hannah Taylor, Sarah McFarlane, Eden Holmes, Fiorella Bamba, Lucinda Wilson, Haley Izurieta, Caitlyn De Kuyper, Amanda Simone Lee, Gabriella Boumford, Meghan Corbett, Analise Rios, Ruby Gibbs, Cydney Clark, Caroline Siegrist, Eloise Lord, Deirdre Duncan, Audrey Fisher, Lorren Santo-Quinn, Billie Kerr Amelia Atherton, Giulia Marolda, Izzy Formby-Jackson, Laura Blair, Maddison Firth, Emily Harrigan, Kara-Ami McCreanor, Sadie Hurst, Adrianna Glover, Alizé Ke'Aloha Cruz, Kristina Walz, Chelsea Lorraine Wargo, Emily Rose Lyons, Meg Dixon-Brasil, Lois Ellise, Jasmine Smith, Jaelle Laguerre, Kate Zulauf, Brooke Aneece, Hannah Lawton
Plus Gabrielle Davina Smith, Melissa Ford, Kaylah Attard, Fia Houston- Hamilton, Rhiannon Bacchus and Rhiannon Doyle who were set to join Breakaway before lockdown.
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A fond farewell to the lovely Breakaway 6.0 queens and to the Breakaway cruise production! To those we met onboard, those who went on to perform on land, and those who we never got to see perform at all, a heartfelt thank you from the queendom as a whole! ‘Til we meet again!
Breakaway 1.0: Jasmine Shen, Kelly Sweeney, Amy Bridges, Jessica Niles, Georgia Carr, Amelia Walker, Liv Alexander, and Elizabeth Walker
Breakaway 2.0: Jade Marvin, Liv Alexander, Elizabeth Walker, Jessica Niles, Artemis Chrisoulakis, Amelia Walker, Abbi Hodgson, and Ellie Sharpe
Breakaway 3.0: Lauren Irving, Danielle Mendoza, Shelby Griswold, Kennedy Carstens, Abigail Sparrow, Jarynn Whitney, Madeline Fansler, and Channing Weir
Breakaway 4.0: Jade Marvin, Jessie Bodner, Jasmine Hackett, Janice Rijssel, Lucia Valentino, Elena Breschi, Princess Sasha Victime, and Ellie Sharpe
Breakaway 5.0: Gabbi Mack, Sunayna Smith, Hannah Taylor, Sasha Renae Brown, Sarah McFarlane, Megan Leung, Abbi Hodgson, and Eden Holmes
Breakaway 6.0: Meghan Corbett, Analise Rios, Ruby Gibbs, Cydney Clark, Caroline Siegrist, Eloise Lord, Deirdre Dunkin, and Audrey Fisher
Undebuted Breakaway Queens: Gabrielle Davina Smith, Melissa J. Ford, Kaylah Attard, Fia Houston-Hamilton, Maddison Firth, Rhiannon Bacchus, Laura Blair, Rhiannon Doyle, Sadie Hurst, Reca Oakley, Meg Dixon-Brasil, Jaelle Laguerre, Kate Zulauf, and Giulia Marolda
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more of a opinion question, but do you think six will ever bring back old cast members for the long term productions (like west end, broadway, uk/na tours)? i'm not talking about back to back contracts (like jen caldwell) or the short term replacements (like natalie paris and courtney mack), but people who left coming back for a full contract. like the odds of anna uzele coming back as parr for the 2023-24 broadway cast (just a random example)
I think it realllllllyyyy depends on the scenario. Here's a few scenarios where that could happen:
1. Short term replacements. I know you said you're specifically not asking about this, but it feels remiss to not at least mention given that 90% of returns will probably go into this category. For anyone not familiar, this is mostly when they just need someone to bridge the gap between different contracts or cover for a longer-term injury. That's because it's typically more logistically convenient to bring someone who has already been with the show back in.
Examples: Khaila Wilcoxon with Broadway, Natalie May Paris and Courtney Mack with the Aragon Tour, Madeline Fansler with the Australian Tour, Jessica Niles and Rebecca Wickes with the UK Tour (this is a non-exhaustive list with just the most recent examples)
2. Promotion. This is someone who re-joins the production full-time for a full contract that is considered a step up the ladder from their prior one. That might be promo from touring cast to Broadway (often preferred because of higher pay and ability to live in one spot) or cruise to mainland, or it might be from alt to principal. Logistical factors can also play a part in this, like Caitlin Tipping and Vicki Manser both joining the UKT post-lockdown when they needed new principals and couldn't hold full auditions.
Examples: Caitlin Tipping, Vicki Manser, and Natalie Pilkington joining the UK Tour, Abigail Sparrow with the Canadian production (others exist). Wicked and Moulin Rouge are both examples of other Broadway shows that nearly always do this.
2.5. Universal swings. This is really a combo of 1 + 2. Being a universal swing is incredibly demanding, even moreso than regular swalt contracts. It's much easier to hire actors who already know the show extensively and who they know can reliably learn and perform all those tracks. In the case of Six, every single universal swing has been returning from another contract.
Examples: Liv Alexander, Bryony Duncan, and Harriet Watson in the UK, Marilyn Caserta and Cassie Silva in the US. Kelly Denice Taylor also functioned in a similar capacity temporarily, and both the US and UK have had a number of alts on standby/learning covers for other productions in case they're needed (but not on official universal contracts)
C. Promotion of the show/"starcast" or "stuntcast." This is when a major “name” joins a show. It’s often in an attempt to sell more tickets, usually (although not always) when a show might be starting to struggle with ticket sales but may not be at a crisis point, and is trying to figure out a way to revitalize the show enough that it could continue running. There's two versions of this:
1. Someone who has no prior association with the show. In this scenario, the star-cast/stunt-cast actor is often a significant celebrity, particularly if the intent is to bring in ticket revenue. Examples of this from other shows would include Jojo in Moulin Rouge or Lillias White/Betty Who in Hadestown
2. Someone who has a prior connection to the show, usually meaning a former cast member who would be a significant draw if brought back in now. When bringing back a former actor to sell tickets is the intent, it's most often a member of an original cast who has significant enough popularity/notoriety to hopefully pull in more audiences (ie - Lin Manuel Miranda briefly joining the casts of both the In the Heights and Hamilton tours in Puerto Rico). That scenario is incredibly likely with at least some of the original West End cast members; Natalie May Paris would be a seemingly obvious possibility for another West End contract if they ever needed her (the Broadway cast is similarly popular in the US). On rarer occasion shows might bring in someone who was originally a replacement (not original cast), but who has also gained significant popularity/notoriety since their initial run in a show. Six commonly casts actors who are fairly young and/or early in their career, so many actors will use it as a jumping off point. That means that they've already seen, and are likely to continue seeing actors, actors who perform in Six and then go on to other significant roles that help grow their name. For instance, Adrianna Hicks and Anna Uzele both just led Broadway shows this season while Joy Woods led a major off-Broadway and is expected to be in a shared lead role next season. If those three actors are able to continue getting cast in lead roles and becoming even more well known, there might be draw for Six to bring them back in the future.
Bringing back the original West End cast for Hampton Court/proshot is a similar idea. However, with HC they were bringing back the original cast to promote and film a pro-shot, not a specific production, so it's not quite the same scenario.
Examples: none from Six...yet!
Again, these rules of thumb mostly apply to principals. For alternates there's also the possibility that some might be asked to come back in the future as a vacation cover/universal swings (which I mentioned above), and they also have the increased chance of re-joining as emergency cover for a temporary period. It is also possible for principals to emergency cover, but is generally less likely since they only provide coverage for one role and in those scenarios it’s usually more helpful for them to bring in an alt with more role flexibility.
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My blockout 2024 list Met Gala Edition
Note: We’re NOT blocking the big tech companies, instead we are commenting and tagging them in posts about Congo to force them to listen to us (apple, samsung, google, tesla, ect)
Feel free to add to the list
Zendaya
Kardashians + Jenners
Selena Gomez
Chris Hemsworth
Dua Lipa
Doja Cat
Cardi B
Lil Nas X
Emily Ratajkowski
Lizzo
Anna Wintour
Anne Hathaway
Bad Bunny
Cara Delevingne
Emma Chamberlain
Florence Pugh
Olivia Rodrigo
Penélope Cruz
Gisele Bündchen
Janelle Monáe
Jared Leto
Jenna Ortega
Jennifer Lopez
Shakira
Andy Cohen
Sarah Jessica Parker
La La Anthony
Ashley Graham
Nicole Kidman
Gwendoline Christie
Lana Del Rey
Michelle Yeoh
Elsa Pataky
Naomi Campbell
Jessica Biel
Irina Shayk
Sienna Miller
Ayo Edebiri
Greta Gerwig
Amanda Seyfried
Ariana Grande
Zoë Saldaña
Usher
Lily James
Keke Palmer
Chloë Sevigny
Teyana Taylor
Sarah Paulson
Cynthia Erivo
Kerry Washington
Mindy Kaling
Jordan Roth
Pamela Anderson
Odell Beckham Jr
Rosalía
Kaia Gerber
Greta Lee
Taylor Russell
FKA Twigs
Bee Carrozzini
Francesco Carrozzini
Karlie Kloss
Aurora James
Awkwafina
Jack Harlow
Tyla
Josh O’Connor
Hari Nef
Quannah Chasinghorse
Dwyane Wade
Gabrielle Union
Elle Fanning
Amanda Gorman
Nicki Minaj
Sabrina Carpenter
Lewis Hamilton
Paloma Elsesser
Janelle Monáe
Sydney Sweeney
Erykah Badu
Precious Lee
Barry Keoghan
Serena Williams
Jude Law
Wes Gordon
Lewis Hamilton
Adwoa Aboah
Cara Delevingne
Law Roach
Alexander Skarsgård
Vera Wang
Storm Reid
Angel Reese
Charlie Hunnam
Giovanna Engelbert
Rachel Sennott
Jonathan Bailey
Jodie Turner-Smith
Raye
Alex Newell
Camila Mendes
Joseph Altuzarra
Sarah Pidgeon
Cailee Spaeny
Ben Platt
Noah Galvin
Jeremy Pope
Adut Akech
LaQuan Smith
Brooklyn Peltz
Anok Yai
Madelyn Cline
Jessica Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld
Jenny Chandler
Casey Wasserman
Imaan Hammam
Tessa Thompson
Juliana Canfield
Radhika Jones
Tyler Mitchell
Michael Shannon
Vittoria Ceretti
Iris Law
Camila Cabello
Linda Evangelista
Ivy Getty
Conner Ives
Kieran Culkin
Jazz Charton
Nelly Korda
Benedetta Piccoli
Pierpaolo Piccioli
Michelle Williams
Chase Stokes
Kelsea Ballerini
Taraji P. Henson
Jaden Smith
Willow Smith
Ed Sheeran
Venus Williams
Lily Donaldson
Roberto Bolle
Little Simz
Gayle Rankin
Elizabeth Debicki
Ugbad Abdi
Alexander Dreymon
Demi Lovato
Laufey
Simone Ashley
Maria Sharapova
Alia Bhatt
Marc Jacobs
Char Defrancesco
Amelia Gray
Meg Ryan
Allison Williams
Rachel Zegler
Eiza González
Nnamdi Asomugha
Charli XCX
Harris Dickinson
Camila Morrone
Gracie Abrams
Andrew Scott
Damson Idris
Donatella Versace
Christine Schwarzman
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Lily Gladstone
Phoebe Dynevor
Charlotte Tilbury
Lena Mahfouf
Leon Bridges
Naomi Watts
Brie Larson
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert
Shou Zi Chew
Karol G
Eboni Nichols
Queen Latifah
Christine Beauchamp
Jenny Freshwater
Hugh Jackman
Lauren Santo Domingo
Sofia Coppola
Tom Ford
Sebastian Stan
Demi Moore
Harris Reed
Emma Wall
Jeremy Strong
Kylie Minogue
Tory Burch
Jennie Kim (BlackPink)
Hannah Bagshawe
Eddie Redmayne
Natasha Poonawalla
Grace Murdoch
Wendi Murdoch
Olivier Rousteing
Corey Gamble
Taika Waititi
Rita Ora
Dove Cameron
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Riley Keough
Adrien Brody
Georgina Chapman
Barry Diller
Diane von Furstenberg
Jeff Goldblum
Alexandra Daddario
Jon Batiste
Christian Cowan
Sam Smith
Matthew Macfadyen
Keeley Hawes
Mike Faist
Bruna Marquezine
Amy Griffin
Daniel Roseberry
Alex Edelman
Lena Waithe
Uma Thurman
Jack McCollough
Lazaro Hernandez
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Reverend Al Sharpton
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Hamish Bowles
Nicholas Galitzine
Andrew Bolton
Thom Browne
Bobby Digi Olisa
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James Corden
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Wisdom Kaye
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Roger Lynch
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Stray Kids
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Tommy Hilfiger
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Baz Luhrmann
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Max Hollein
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Rebecca Hall
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Alex Sharp
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Nick Brown
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Maleah Joi Moon
Ben Simmons
Chioma Nnadi
Jonathan Groff
Rebecca Ferguson
Andrew Saffir
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Nell Diamond
Steven Yeun
Harry Kargman
Jill Kargman
Leonardo Del Vecchio
Jessica Serfaty Michel
Chloe Malle
Virginia Smith
Nicole Phelps
Nichapat Suphap
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Charles Shaffer
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Mark Guiducci
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Alexandra Michler Kopelman
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Marc Malkin
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my 2023 reads 💌
(this year i’ve decided to include individual poems, articles, short stories, and more!)
mad girl’s love song by sylvia plath (1/02)
red by ted hughes (1/02)
the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe by cs lewis (1/01-1/03)
someday i’ll love ocean vuong by ocean vuong (1/04)
you think it, i’ll say it by curtis sittenfeld (1/01-1/04)
no exit by taylor adams (1/04-1/08)
the drinking water crisis on tribal lands and how the federal government is finally stepping up by marianne goodland (1/09)
the unfinished business of flint’s water crisis by anna clark (1/09)
do not go gentle into that good night by dylan thomas (1/09)
susan sontag on writing by maria popova (1/15)
dark they were, and golden eyed by ray bradbury (1/16)
we were dreamers by simu liu (1/08-1/19)
on photography by susan sontag (1/15-2/03)
diversity vs. fairness by david leonhardt (2/15)
an act of love by tommye blount (2/15)
the horse and his boy by cs lewis (2/11-2/15)
dept. of speculation by jenny offill (2/13-2/18)
sonnets to orpheus by rainer maria rilke (2/20-2/22)
prince caspian by cs lewis (2/18-2/22)
the summer i turned pretty by jenny han (2/26-3/02)
it’s not summer without you by jenny han (3/02-3/04)
we’ll always have summer by jenny han (3/04)
a history of performance (edition: hamlet) by david bevington (3/04)
hamlet by william shakespeare (1/31-3/23)
1984 by george orwell (1/29-3/28)
gone girl by gillian flynn (4/03-4/07)
the joy luck club by amy tan (5/06-6/04)
alexander hamilton by ron chernow (5/14-6/14)
letters to a young poet by rainer maria rilke (6/30)
animal farm by george orwell (6/30-7/02)
the bell jar by sylvia plath (7/02-7/15)
twelfth night by william shakespeare (7/16-7/30)
sappho: a new translation by sappho, translated by mary barnard (8/21)
the scarlet ibis by james hurst (8/22)
marigolds by eugenia collier (8/23)
the monkey’s paw by w.w. jacobs (8/23)
the open boat by stephen crane (8/24)
korean through english by sang-oak lee (2/20-8/24)
the lady or the tiger? by frank r. stockton (8/26)
the minister's black veil by nathaniel hawthorne (8/29)
an occurrence at owl creek bridge by ambrose bierce (8/29)
korean social emotions: han (한 恨), heung (흥 興), and jeong (정 情) by iljoon park (8/30)
the cask of amontillado by edgar allan poe (8/30)
the yellow wallpaper by charlotte perkins gilman (8/30)
beautiful world, where are you by sally rooney (7/02-8/30)
daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins reid (8/30-9/3)
the chalice of the gods by rick riordan (10/08-10/12)
the beatrice letters by lemony snicket (10/14) - reread
yellowface by rf kuang (11/03)
diper overlode by jeff kinney (11/03-11/05)
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⋆ the story of tonight ⋆
characters ☆ alexander hamilton, thomas jefferson
pairings ☆ alexander hamilton & thomas jefferson
tws ☆ grief/mourning, minor character deaths(mentioned), a gun(not used)
whumpcember day 6. nightmares
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Thomas Jefferson yawned and stretched his arms before exhaling, standing up and gathering his stuff. He checked the time on his way out of his office, groaning silently. Twenty past one in the morning. Work was quite draining nowadays, with Hamilton’s financial plan messing things up for everyone.
Speaking of Hamilton, Thomas paused as he passed his office. Leaning in, he closed his eyes in order to focus on his hearing. His brows furrowed as his mind whirred. He could swear he heard something from the other side of the door, but he wasn’t sure what it was. Shrugging, Thomas was just about to leave — after all, Hamilton’s life wasn’t his business — but a louder sound stopped him, making him freeze.
A whimper. Thomas shook his head — a whimper, really? — but he knew his ears hadn’t been mistaken. Slowly, Thomas sighed, rolled his eyes as he placed his hand on Hamilton’s doorknob. He was so going to regret this.
Upon entering, he was met with the same darkness that had loomed in the empty hallways. The only source of light was a lonely candle, flickering on Hamilton’s desk. Littered with documents and ink, the desk was a mess. Thomas almost groaned in exasperation, frustrated at the scattered papers. After all, his own desk was carefully organized, everything where it should be.
But then his attention snapped elsewhere. In the middle of a desk rested a dark figure, his head in his arms as he shifted in his sleep, seemingly uneasy. Thomas stood in the entrance for a while, his eyes fixed on Hamilton. He had never seen the treasury secretary like this before, asleep in the middle of his work, yet somehow it seemed very natural.
And then– there it was again. The quiet whimper. Thomas walked closer, noticing Hamilton’s furrowed brows, the way his hands were clenched, the slight sweat on his forehead. Thomas pondered on whether to wake the other up — after all, he didn’t exactly seem comfortable.
He was just about to tap the other on the shoulder when a scream invaded the tense quiet, accompanied by rustling and crashing. Thomas jumped back, flinching as he watched Hamilton jerk up and fall backwards, his chair toppling over. The motion had caused multiple documents to fly up, and they were now floating down, scattering all over around Hamilton. Some of the ones remaining on the table had been decorated with new splotches of ink, the inkwell on the table sideways.
“What the—,” Thomas mumbled under his breath, the mess around him slightly overwhelming. For a moment, he considered just turning around and going home, but the loud sound of uneven breathing got his attention.
Hamilton had backed up against a wall, clutching at his chest as he panted. Slowly, his breathing seemed to slow down. A shaky exhale escaped his lips and Hamilton closed his eyes, wiping what seemed like tears from their corners. Then he opened them again, his gaze landing on Thomas.
The secretary of state threw his hands up, taking a few steps back as Hamilton rushed to his feet with a shout, pulling out a fucking gun from god knows where, pointing it at Thomas with a shaky hand. His other hand was pressed against the wall, supporting his body.
“Calm down!” Thomas exclaimed, a small speck of fear in his voice. Hamilton squinted his eyes, lowered his gun, pinched the bridge of his nose and slumped back against the wall, sliding down. Then he pulled his knees up to his chest, draping his arms over them and buried his head in his arms with a sigh.
Carefully, Thomas lowered his arms, his eyes on the gun still in Hamilton’s hands as he approached the younger. “Hey, you alright?”
“What the fuck are you doing in my office?” Hamilton’s voice was slightly suppressed by his arms, but it was still sharp and demanding. Thomas sighed.
“I heard– I though…,” Thomas trailed off, unsure about what to say. He heard Hamilton sigh before he leaned his head back against the wall, his eyes closed. Thomas opened his mouth, but every word got stuck in his throat as Hamilton opened his eyes. The look in them was freezing cold, something Thomas had never seen, not even in their heated cabinet meetings.
“Get the fuck out,” he said, but there was a slight shakiness in his voice that made Thomas disobey. Instead, he took a step forward. This only caused Hamilton to raise his gun again, and Thomas had to take a deep breath in order to not back off.
“You wouldn’t,” he stated, and Hamilton blinked in response. “You know you can’t.”
Thomas tensed slightly as he saw Hamilton’s finger fiddle with the trigger, but soon the other sighed, lowering the weapon. Both of them knew it would be the end of Hamilton’s career and just straight up not worth it.
“What the fuck do you want?” Hamilton asked, exhaustion visible in his voice as he raked a hand through his hair. Thomas shrugged.
“Maybe answers to something like why the fuck were you screaming at the top of your lungs in the middle of the night?” he remarked with a tint of sarcasm. Hamilton hesitated, his eyes flickering back and forth as he thought. “Look, if y–”
“I had a fucking nightmare, are you fucking happy now?” Hamilton cut Thomas off, taking deep breaths as he leaned back. Thomas could see tears brimming in Hamilton’s eyes, which made him freeze. No, this wasn’t— Hamilton didn’t cry.
“Are you— are you alright?” he asked quietly. Hamilton inhaled, blinked, closed his eyes.
“It’s a stress thing,” he said, his tone dismissive. Thomas, however, wasn’t going to give up that easily. Curious, he sat down next to Hamilton, a respectable distance away.
“Hey, it’s alright,” he assured, but Hamilton only scoffed, looking away. Thomas sighed, worry brewing in his chest. Sure, Hamilton was his enemy politically, but he didn’t want the political to bleed into the personal. After all, his intention wasn't to harm Hamilton. “I’m serious. You can trust me.”
“And then what? You’ll expose whatever I tell you in our next cabinet meeting, is that your plan? Making me seem weak so people’ll vote against the financial system I’ve worked fucking hard on?” Hamilton chuckled, but he wasn’t smiling. “Yeah, no thanks.”
Thomas sighed. “You really think I’m the kind of person to do something like that?” he asked with disbelief. “I might have different opinions than you, but I’m not a jerk.”
“Sometimes that’s hard to believe,” the other mumbled, rolling his eyes. After that though, he fell silent as if considering something. Thomas could only wait.
Hamilton released a shuddering breath and licked his lips before closing his eyes. “I– fought in the war. As you know. I had a very special— I had a friend. He was… great.”
Thomas nodded, unsure about where this was going. He watched as Hamilton sighed again, his expression painful.
“And then— the war was over, and I was so… happy . I had Philip and everything was going well and then—,” Hamilton trailed off, opening his eyes. They were teary again, the gaze in them bleary. Thomas bit his lip. This time he had an idea of what might’ve happened next, but he prayed it wasn’t it, because that would destroy any man.
“It was 1782, the 27th of August,” Hamilton whispered, and Thomas winced visibly. Another date flashed in his mind, the image of his sweet wife coming to him. Oh, Martha . Thomas shook his head, taking a deep breath. He had to focus on Hamilton right now.
“I had— Philip had already gone to bed, and then I— then I read the– the letter—,” a choked sob escaped the other as he pressed a hand to his mouth, clenching his eyes shut. Tears were streaming down his cheeks and Thomas didn’t know what to do.
Except that he did. He remembered the way sorrow had washed over him when Martha had passed, remembered the way he just wanted someone, anyone to hold him. Slowly and carefully, he approached Hamilton, wrapped his arms around him, and released a breath of relief as Hamilton leaned in to the touch, relaxing as he cried.
“He always comes back to me,” he explained after the sobs had died down. “It’s like he’s come to tell me to take care of myself,” a chuckle, this time accompanied with a melancholy smile. “After all, I only get those dreams— those nightmares when I’m stressed as fuck.”
“Nightmares?” Thomas asked quietly, hoping that he hadn’t crossed any boundaries. Hamilton just nodded.
“Yeah. A million depictions of how he died, how I wasn’t there for him. It’s not— not exactly the nicest thing.”
“I understand,” Thomas answered with a shaky breath. He did. Similar dreams had plagued him for the first month after Martha’s death.
“Yeah,” Hamilton said, his tone amused. “You do. I’m… surprised? I didn’t expect you to.”
Thomas took a deep breath before he blurted out the words. “My wife passed away. Ten days after your friend.”
Hamilton froze, his head turning to face Thomas as he stared at him, eyes wide. Surprise shifted to disbelief and finally sorrow. “Your— I’m so sorry.”
Thomas swallowed, quickly wiping his eyes. It hurt more than he had expected, admitting something like that. “Yeah. It gets better.”
“I know it does,” Hamilton said, closing his eyes. “I should start resting properly.”
Thomas took a deep breath and chuckled, standing up and extending one hand towards Hamilton. “Come then. If you get back now, you might still get some actual sleep.”
Hamilton hesitated for a while before smiling and grabbing Thomas’s hand. “Seems like you’re not as stupid as I assumed,” he said, his previously cold eyes now warm with the first signs of trust and friendship.
Thomas could only grin.
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I have a question about your Hamilton project and writing process. Do you feel intimidated or have any hesitations about writing a subject so much older than you? I don't mean like he's a historical figure and long dead but like, the fact that he loves to almost 50 and you're younger than that? Do you find it hard to relate to his life not only because of the time difference but also the age difference?
Hey, Anon! Thanks for the ask! Love getting the chance to ramble about The American Icarus.
As I am still drafting the early part of Volume I, the age difference hasn’t really been an issue so far. I’ve lived through my teenage years and am now going through my early 20’s, so the age difference isn’t too difficult to grasp. I definitely feel a bit intimidated though when trying to write the outlines for the later volumes in the series, where we do see Hamilton age over the years. It’s more of the life experiences than his age itself. Alexander Hamilton’s life was truly insane, so I’ve tried to come at the writing process by focusing more on his character traits, interests, and personality. Through that, it’s easier to make an understanding of what in the world he was up to at a given time. But all-in-all, I am very determined to see this project through, so I feel like I will figure out how to cross those bridges when I get there.
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London: London bei Nebel, von oben und im Theater
Donnerstag 20.10.2022Unterkunft: Kensington Court by Capitol
Es gab heute später Frühstück – wir haben nämlich nicht zuhause gefrühstückt, sondern hatten im Sky Garden reserviert. Genauer in der Darwin Brasserie, im 36. Stock des „Walkie Talkie“ Gebäudes (wegen seiner Markanten Form wird es so genannt).
Frühstücken im „Himmel“
Wir sind mit der Circle Line in den Stadtteil „City of London“ zur…
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Here’s for @juneofdoom Day 19: “I’m not going anywhere” and “guilt”. This is extremely under edited and was written in two seconds.
“I hate you!” Alexander howls as he lunges at John once more. Lafayette struggles to hold the smaller boy back. John holds his face tenderly, one eye swollen closed from where Alexander has hit him mere moments before.
Alexander shrieks as he bucks against Lafayette’s hold. The taller reaches out an arm and wraps it around Hamilton’s waist, effectively trapping him. He tugs, attempting to remove Alexander from the situation.
He practically has to throw Alexander to the side, and the boy begins to stomp away. His face is a bright red, and his chest is heaving with the effort of calming down. Lafayette keeps a firm hand on the back of his friend’s neck, attempting to help usher him away.
“I’m sorry, Alex,” John’s voice comes from behind them. Alexander’s head snaps up, a gasp that sounds suspiciously like a sob escapes his throat, and he spins on his heel towards John. He makes it to him in two steps.
“Alex!” Lafayette tries to calm the boy. It’s no use.
“‘Sorry’?!” Alexander practically screams. He has his fists wrapped around the lapels of John’s coat. Hamilton is small, barely as tall as John’s shoulders, so the sight is more pathetic than threatening.
“You think ‘sorry’ is going to fix this?! Idiot! Solo eres un estúpido idiota!”
The insults are childish, Alexander knows, but he can’t help it. Tears are pouring down his face as he sobs, slamming his fists into John’s chest over and over, hoping it’ll ease the pain in his own chest. It doesn’t.
“Alexandre, stop!” Lafayette screams. John puts a hand up to silence him.
“It’s alright, Gil,” he says quietly. “I understand, Alex,” he directs to the weeping boy in front of him.
“No, you don’t,” Alexander quiets. “I hate you.”
John looks down at Alexander sadly. He should’ve done more to prevent this. It was just going so well. He didn’t want to ruin what he had with Alexander, how he felt when he was around him. He would articulate this to Hamilton, but his voice catches in his throat with his own sobs.
“Alex, please…” Tears well up in John’s eyes. He knows he’s being selfish. He knows. But he just can’t let go. Not of his Alexander.
“I hate you!” Alexander screams once more. He drops to his knees at John’s feet.
“Alex, please!” John pleads. His resolve to let go of all of this cracks. “Please! I’m not going anywhere!”
“But you would run away to her! You never loved me!”
“Alexander, keep your voice down!” Lafayette reprimands, sending a worried glance outside the tent.
John knows he would never, ever, choose Martha over Alexander. But Alexander’s words hurt because there is a portion of truth to them. Martha is a clutch, a social disguise. Alexander and John could never have a life together. And now any chance they had at even sliver of one.
“I’m not going anywhere…” John tries one last time.
“That’s enough!” Lafayette hisses. There is noise outside of the tent now, surely Hamilton’s shouts have gathered attention. Lafayette wraps his arms around Hamilton’s waist and shoulders once more and hoists him up, tossing him roughly towards the tent flaps. Alexander storms out.
Jeers and shouts from the men outside are heard, along with the thumping of what John only can assume to be Alexander fleeing the scene.
John turns to Lafayette, opening his mouth to say something, anything. But there’s nothing to say.
Lafayette massages the bridge of his nose before peering up at John.
“You both knew the risks.”
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Things in the Hamilton Workshop version I just think about a lot
Can't believe I'm having a resurgence of my Hamilton phase.
-I actually really liked in 'my shot' during the bridge the instrumentals didn't build up until after the rapping. (I'm past patiently waiting...) although I do get why it was changed
-Speaking of 'my shot' john laurens is going hard i love it.
-The guy who plays George Washington (Isaiah Johnson) brings such a different energy to the character I can't explain it
-Burr has a rap near the end of 'What'd I Miss" that was cut AND IT IS SO GOOD I THINK ABOUT IT SO MUCH
-Washington says Jefferson and Hamilton each have 60 seconds in Cabinet Battle #1 and in Cabinet Battle #2 he says its 45 seconds. Dude learned his lesson lmao.
-Say no to this is exceptionally good here, esp. Eliza's part, and Hamilton saying "how could you do this"
-One Last Ride is fun but One Last Time is better and the change was a good choice.
-Also, cutting "no john trumbull" was good.
-I really like 'Schulyer defeated' and 'let it go', I can understand they were cut due to pacing (at least I think that why??) but god. so good.
-Lauren's part in hurricane where he sings "or you could let it go". crying.
-The instrumentals in 'Blow Us All Away' are different and creepier and so cool, really gives you a sense of something terrible about to happen. I don't actually know much about music but go listen to it you will see what I mean.
-Hamilton's part in 'Ten Things, One Thing".
-The very last line where Eliza sings "It's only a matter of time" and Alexander joins her. Might be my favorite. Tear inducing. Wish they kept it so bad.
Here's the link to the workshop version if you want to listen!
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additional thoughts on wuyong/the cotton kingdom:
alr so the scene: the cotton kingdom is actually the cotton republic in the beginning, formed in year -1776/-1783 depending on how you see it. Washington is president, cabinet formed, etc.
james monroe is NOT royalty at this time. He's a martial cultivator, and follower of the Heavenly Emperor, the Sage of the Little Mountain, Thomas Jefferson
( Side note: Since TJ is the Heavenly Emperor, I'm going to use this as the explanation for why Mei Nianqing!John Marshall survives this long: Jefferson ex machina means that so long as TJ's spiritual power exists, the rest of his close relatives ( including JM ) remain immortal as like a familial priestly cast or something )
( Side note side note: Unsure as to how much this immortality thing extends to TJ's children. Maybe its uncontrollable by him? )
Normal shenanigans occur within this time. Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton are rival cultivators, Monroe and Madison are appointed Deputy Gods by Jefferson. Actually, maybe all of Jefferson's close family is appointed Deputy Gods, and that's how Monroe and Marshall meet and become friends. Shenanigans happen, Reynolds Pamphlet still released, Monroe-Hamilton duel, etc. Eventually, Monroe manages to ascend as a God sometime during the later years of the Washington Presidency.
Unfortunately, the second GW leaves office as President, it appears that the whole country is going to crash down.
The second President ( not John Adams, I need him to be alive for the Xianle/Union days ) is incompetent, there's suddenly a war brewing on the horizon,
And a volcano is about to blow up and destroy the CK.
Things progress more or less as they do in TGCF: No one pays attention to the volcano about to blow, the CK doesn't go to war with the other nation ( Monroe and Hamilton both advocate for war in order so like. They have land to escape the volcano ), Monroe decides to save the country by building a bridge to Heaven for all of the civilians to crowd onto, but the issue is by spending all of his time building the bridge he doesn't respond to his followers' prayers, resulting in a decline of his spiritual ability, and so when the volcano does blow he isn't able to keep the bridge upright and all the civilians on the bridge fall to their deaths in the volcano resulting in Monroe being thrown out of heaven as outrage over the tragedy means his temples are all burnt down now
And yes, TJ is doing nothing throughout this.
So now the country is in shambles, and Monroe is basically crippled without any of his cultivation, so he starts experimenting as best as he can, trying to solve the calamity that just destroyed the country.
And also, the volcano is still exploding. It has not yet stopped exploding.
There are a lot of corpses, so people start tossing bodies into the volcano as a way of disposing them.
Somehow, Monroe notices that some of the bodies are not quite dead yet...not alive either... and those bodies quell the hunger of the volcano.
Incidentally, during this time, Hamilton gets shot in a duel with Burr.
Monroe proceeds to kidnap Hamilton, who's still alive, though dying, and throw him into the volcano, stilling it's hunger for a week.
And that's how Monroe begins his quest on kidnapping civilians and other founding fathers alike to take their bones ( yes our man is stealing bones ) and toss them into the volcano in order to satiate Mt. Tonglu's bloodlust.
( Why does he steal their bones? How? Obviously they still need to be alive for the sacrifice to work, so maybe he only steals a small bone each time. The bones are necessary to keep their post-death souls in check so they don't become ghosts I suppose )
Mt. Tonglu stops erupting.
At this point, people start realizing that Monroe is the one stopping the volcano from erupting and he begins to be worshipped again, granting him renewed godhood status, though no one actually knows how he stopped the volcano.
At this point, the country is destroyed and democracy is basically dead, so Monroe gets appointed as Prince of the newly christened Cotton Kingdom, dubbed the Age of Good Feelings.
But he still has to toss people in. Since the stronger the body, the longer the eruptions are delayed, Monroe throws in civilians, but he also tosses in other founding fathers. Jay, Troup, Morris, Franklin, Washington, Patrick Henry
And it's at this time, that John Marshall, immortal of the Jeffersonian Priestly Class despite not being a Jeffersonian and hating the Heavenly Emperor, Chief of the Supreme Court, starts to get suspicious. When Burr ends up getting tried for treason, Marshall uncovers that Burr didn't kill Hamilton fast enough for Hamilton to have needed being buried so quickly, so something must have happened. He must've been kidnapped.
Marshall ends up putting two and two together, and finds out that Monroe has been serial killing founders and civilians, and he was about to sacrifice [ insert names of three founders here ].
A giant confrontation happens, and Monroe is able to toss the three founders into the pit, but not until something very odd happens.
The spirits of the three dead founders become infused into Monroe's flesh, becoming miniature faces on his original face.
Giving him the first case of the Human Fcae Disease
Anyways, because of their pre-existing bond, and because Marshall is still infused with the Protection of the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor, Marshall escapes the volcano.
Not sure what Jefferson and Madison are doing at this time, but I don't think they particularily care about Monroe doing this whole slaughtering thing.
Monroe is panicking over his newly scarred face though, because all these new warts on his face are actually screaming and moaning on his skin.
Which is terrifying and VERY suspicious.
So he tries to burn his face to burn them off.
That is very, very, painful, and it also does not work, but it does scar the miniature faces enough so that they can't scream anymore.
He resorts to using makeup to cover up his face, making the most palest paperwhite foundation possible.
for a moment, life resumes as normal.
But then it turns out that now, every time Monroe sacrifices another person into Tonglu and steals their bones, the Human Face Disease incorporates their soul into his flesh
After a year of this, Monroe ends up having enough- his body is basically covered in scarred mini-faces, and he stops sending bodies to Tonglu, having ammassed enough spiritual power and recultivated his golden core to the point where he's a god again
Tonglu explodes, all its pent-up energy after years not not exploding absolutely obliterating the Cotton Kingdom
This kills James Madison, who was trying to relieve the CK of the ongoing stress of the post-volcano years.
Monroe ofc is horrified and ends up stealing Madison's bones and head.
But then he begins to be mad, at the one person who could've stopped the pain that the volcano caused
The other Heavenly Officials, and the Heavenly Emperor himself, Thomas Jefferson
So, Monroe,( using his collection of bones ) makes a cloak that can transform him into a Supreme, turning him into a semi-Ghost. He dubs this cloak the Cotton Cloak, and makes a mask to hide his identity, becoming 'White No-Face/White Iron'.
As White Iron, Monroe goes up to Heaven and rips all of the officials of their immortality ( using his collection of bones ), eventually killing Jefferson through decapitation ( though not before dramatically removing his mask to reveal his scarred face )
Now the only God, Monroe crowns himself the Heavenly Emperor, taking in new gods and rewriting history for over a thousand years.
Until all his sins come to light due to Biddle and he ends up being buried under a mountain in a metal cage that looks like he's trying to crawl from...
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“It’s impossible to be in love with all the six queens’
The Six queens in question:
Megan Gilbert, Ashleigh Weir, Holly Musgrave, Oliver Wickham, Annabel Marlow, Shimali De Silva, Renee Lamb, Christina Modestou, Natalie Paris, Genesis Lynea, Aimie Atkinson, Izuka Hoyle, Jaye’J Richards-Noel, Millie O’Connell, Alexia McIntosh, Maiya Quansah-Breed, Grace Mouat, Vicki Manser, Courtney Stapleton, Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macaseat, Abby Mueller, Brittney Mack, Samantha Pauly, Anna Uzele, Mallory Maedke, Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert, Courtney Mack, Shantel Cribbs, Courtney Bowman, Sophie Isaacs, Danielle Steers, Zara Macintosh, Cherelle Jay, Hana Stewart, Collette Guitart, Candace Furbert, Hazel Karooma-Brooker, Caitlin Tipping, Sophie Golden, Alicia Corrales-Connor, Viquichele Cross, Bryony Duncan, Natalie Pilkington, Lori McLare, Amy Bridges, Lauren Drew, Maddison Bulleyment, Lauren Byrne, Shekinah McFarlane, Jodie Steele, Athena Collins, Cassandra Lee, Jennifer Caldwell, Harriet Watson, Jasmine Shen, Kelly Sweeney, Jessica Niles, Georgia Carr, Amelia Walker, Liv Alexander, Elizabeth Walker, Maddison Firth, Laura Blair, Chloe Zuel, Kala Gare, Loren Hunter, Kiana Daniele, Courtney Monsma, Vidya Makan, Ella Burns, Karis Oka, Shannen Alyce-Quan, Jade Marvin, Lucy Aiston, Gabriella Stylianou-Burns, Scarlet Gabriel, Rebecca Wickes, Megan Leung, Sophie Rose Middleton, Abbi Hodgson, Kara Ami Mcraenor, Emily Harrigan, Gabrielle Smith, Melissa Ford, Kaylah Attard, Fia Houston-Hamilton, Rhiannon Bacchus, Rhiannon Doyle, Carly Mercedes Dyer, Elena Gyasi, Keirsten Hodgens, Artemis Chrisoulakis, Ellie Sharpe, Sadie Hurst, Melinda Porto, L’Oreal Roache, Wesley Carpenter, Maya Christian, Brianna Mooney, Meghan Dawson, Marilyn Caserta, Ashlee Waldbauer, Adrianna Glover, Alize Ke’Aloha Cruz, Kristina Walz, Amy Di Bartolomeo, Amanda Lindgren, Claudia Kariuki, Dionne Ward-Anderson, Tsemaye Bob-Egbe, Meesha Turner, Paisley Billings, Danielle Rose, Roxanne Couch, Esme Rothero, Rachel Rawlinson, Lauren Irving, Danielle Mendoza, Shelby Griswold, Kennedy Carstens, Abigail Sparrow, Jarynn Whitney, Madeline Fansler, Channing Weir, Princess Victomé, Sunayna Smith, Chloë Hart, Casey Al-Shaqsy, Aiesha Pease, Jaina Brock-Patel, Alana Robinson, Grace Melville, Leesa Tulley, Harriet Caplan-Dean, Khaila Wilcoxon, Storm Lever, Jasmine Forsberg, Olivia Donalson, Didi Romero, Gabriela Carrillo, Cassie Silva, Kelly Denice Taylor, Erin Ramirez, Kelsee Kimmel, Phoenix Mendoza, Chelsea Dawson, Chiara Assetta, Cristina D’Agostino, Joy Woods, Bre Jackson, Keri Rene Fuller, Brennyn Lark, Ayla Ciccone-Burton, Holli’ Conway, Brianna Javis, Gabbi Mack, Casey Esbin, Ellie Wyman, Sasha Renae Brown, Nicole Lamb, Aja Simone Baitey, Willow Dougherty, Kayla McSorely, Emily Rose Lyons, Chelsea Wargo, Hannah Taylor, Jessie Bodner, Jasmine Hackett, Janice Rijssel, Lucia Valentino, Elena Breschi, Meg Dixon-Brasil, Sarah McFarlane, Reca Oakley, Gerianne Perez, Zan Berube, Amina Faye, Terica Marie, Aline Mayagoitia, Sydney Parra, Jana Larell Glover, Taylor Pearlstein, Aryn Bohannon, Cecilia Snow, Rhianne Louise McCaulsky, Baylie Carson, Koko Basigara, Monique Ashe Palmer, Leah Vassell, Hailee Kaleem Wright, Leandra Ellis Gaston, Bella Coppola, Nasia Thomas, Zoe Jensen, Taylor Iman Jones, Aubrey Matalon, Kristina Leopold, Rae Davenport, Gianna Grosso, Kathryn Kilger, Bethany McDonald, Jillian Worthing, Haley Izurieta, Jasmine Smith, Lois Ellise Reeves, Alyssa Giannetti, Eden Holmes, Jaelle Laguerre, Kate Zulauf, Lee ARumSoul, Son Seungyeon Kim Ji Woo, Sophiya Pae, Park Hye-na, Park Ga-Ram, Kim Ji Sun, Choi Hyun-sun, Kim Ryeo Won, Heo Sol-ji, Yoo Ju-hye, Hong Ji Hee, Nicole Louise Lewis, Laura Dawn Pyatt, Erin Caldwell, Kenedy Small, Lou Henry, Aoife Haakenson, Ellie Jane Grant, Izi Maxwell, Tamara Morgan, Shakira Simpson, Fiorella Bamba, Lucinda Wilson, Caitlyn De Kuyper, Amanda Lee, Gabriella Boumford, Audrey Fisher, Brooke Aneece, Jaz Robinson, Julia Pulo, Maggie Lacasse, Krystal Hernández, Elysia Cruz, Lauren Mariasoosay, Julia McLellan, Darcy Stewart, Hailey Lewis
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Six actors who's names share a common root
Hannah (12)
Jana Larell Glover, Anna Uzele, Hana Stewart, Annamaria Baranyai, Anita Gado, Hannah Lowther, Annabel Marlow, Anna Peller, Gerianne Perez, Analise Rios, Hannah Taylor, Anna Terpiłowska
Elizabeth (9)
Ellie Jane Grant, Izi Maxwell, Ella Burns, Bella Coppola, Izabela Pawletko, Analise Rios, Leesa Tulley, Elizabeth Walker, Ellie Wyman
Laurence (8)
Laura Dawn Pyatt, Lauren Byrne, Lauren Irving, Lauren Mariasoosay, Laura Blair, Lauren Drew, Loren Hunter, Lori McLare
Margaret (7)
Małgorzata Chrusciel, Meghan Corbett, Meghan Dawson, Meg Dixon-Brasil, Megan Gilbert, Maggie Lacasse, Megan Leung
Christos (7)
Kirsty "Zara" MacIntosh, Keirsten Nicole Hodgens, Cristina D'Agostino, Kristina Leopold, Christina Modestou, Kristina Walz, Krisztina Magyar
Helen (6)
Ellie Jane Grant, Elena Breschi, Ella Burns, Elena Gyasi, Aline Mayagoitia, Ellie Wyman
John (6)
Jana Larell Glover, Gianna Grosso, Jaina Brock-Patel, Janique Charles, Janice Rijssel, Lori-Jane McLare
Nicholas (6)
Nicole Louise Lewis, Nikki Bentley, Nikolett Gallusz, Collette Guitart, Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert, Nicole Lamb
Alexander (5)
Alexia McIntosh, Sasha Renae Brown, Alexandra "Zan" Berube, Aleksandra Gotowicka, Ji-sun "Lexie" Kim
Gabriella (5)
Gabbi Mack, Gabrielle Davina Smith, Gabriela Francesca Carillo, Gabriella Stylianou-Burns, Gabriella Boumford
Jasmine (5)
Jasmine Shen, Jasmine Smith, Jasmine Forsberg, Jasmine Hackett, Jaz Robinson
Julius (5)
Juli Horanyi, Giulia Marolda, Julia McLellan, Julia Pulo, Jillian Worthing
Adal (4)
Alicia Corrales-Connor, Alyssa Giannetti, Alize Ke'Aloha Cruz, Aline Mayagoitia
Amy (4)
Amy Bridges, Aimie Atkinson, Amy Di Bartolomeo, Kara-Ami McCreanor
Courtney (4)
Courtney Monsma, Courtney Stapleton, Courtney Bowman, Courtney Mack
Emil (4)
Amelia Walker, Emily Rose Lyons, Emily Harrigan, Emilia "Millie" O'Connell
Katherine (4)
Caitlyn De Kuyper, Kathryn Kilger, Caitlin Tipping, Kate Zulauf
Kayla (4)
Kala Gare, Khaila Wilcoxon, Kaylah Attard, Kayla McSorley
Monica (4)
Monika Nika Veres, Monique Ashe-Palmer, Janique Charles, Mónika Horváth
Sophia (4)
Sophie Golden, Sophie-Rose Middleton, Fia Houston-Hamilton, Sophie Isaacs
Abigail (3)
Abigail Sparrow, Abbi Hodgson, Abby Mueller
Aenor (3)
Ellie Jane Grant, Ella Burns, Ellie Wyman
Danielle (3)
Danielle Steers, Danielle Mendoza, Danielle Rose
Eireann (3)
Aryn Bohannon, Erin Palmer Ramirez, Erin Caldwell
Hayley (3)
Haley Izurieta, Hailee Kaleem Wright, Hailey Lewis
Laura (3)
Laura Dawn Pyatt, Laura Blair, Lori McLare
Lucius (3)
Lucy Aiston, Lucia Valentino, Lucinda Wilson
Natalie (3)
Natalie Pilkington, Natalie Paris, Natalia Kujawa
Oliver (3)
Olivia "Liv" Alexander, Olivia Donalson, Oliver Wickham
Rhiannon (3)
Rhiannon Bacchus, Rhiannon Doyle, Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky
Sarah (3)
Kala Gare, Sadie Hurst, Sarah McFarlane
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Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster in Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Jeff Donnell, Sam Levene, Joe Frisco, Barbara Nichols, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater. Screenplay: Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, based on a novel by Lehman. Cinematography: James Wong Howe. Art direction: Edward Carrere. Film editing: Alan Crosland Jr. Music: Elmer Bernstein.
What do Sweet Smell of Success, His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940), Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941), and The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) have in common? They are all among the critically acclaimed films that, among other honors, have been selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. And none of them received a single nomination in any category for the Academy Awards. Sweet Smell is, of course, a wickedly cynical film about two of the most egregious anti-heroes, New York newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) and press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis), ever to appear in a film. They make the gangsters of Francis Ford Coppola's and Martin Scorsese's films look like Boy Scouts. So given the inclination of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to stay on the good side of columnists and publicists, we might expect it to shy away from honoring the film with Oscars. But consider the categories in which it might have been nominated. The best picture Oscar for 1957 went to The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean), a respectable choice, and Sidney Lumet's tensely entertaining 12 Angry Men certainly deserved the nomination it received. But in what ways are the other nominees -- Peyton Place (Mark Robson), Sayonara (Joshua Logan), and Witness for the Prosecution (Billy Wilder) -- superior to Sweet Smell? The best actor Oscar winner was Alec Guinness for The Bridge on the River Kwai, another plausible choice. But Tony Curtis gave the performance of his career as Sidney Falco, overcoming his "pretty boy" image -- in fact, the film makes fun of it: One character refers to him as "Eyelashes" -- by digging deep into his roots growing up in The Bronx. Burt Lancaster would win an Oscar three years later for Elmer Gantry (Richard Brooks), a more showy but less controlled performance than the one he gives here. Either or both of them would have been better nominees than Marlon Brando was for his lazy turn in Sayonara, Anthony Franciosa in A Hatful of Rain (Fred Zinnemann), Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution, and Anthony Quinn in Wild Is the Wind (George Cukor). The dialogue provided by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman for the film crackles and stings -- there is probably no more quotable, or stolen from, screenplay, yet it went unnominated. So did James Wong Howe's eloquent black-and-white cinematography, showing off the neon-lighted Broadway in a sinister fashion, and Elmer Bernstein's atmospheric score mixed well with the jazz sequences featuring the Chico Hamilton Quintet. Even the performers in the film who probably didn't merit nominations make solid contributions: Martin Milner is miscast as the jazz musician who falls for Hunsecker's sister (Susan Harrison), but he hasn't yet fallen into the blandness of his famous TV roles on Route 66 and Adam-12, and Barbara Nichols, who had a long career playing floozies in movies and on TV, is surprisingly touching as Rita, one of the pawns Sidney uses to get ahead. As a director, Alexander Mackendrick is best known for the comedies he did at Britain's Ealing Studios with Alec Guinness, The Man in the White Suit (1951) and The Ladykillers (1955). His work on Sweet Smell was complicated by clashes with Lancaster, who was one of the film's executive producers, and after making a few more films he accepted a position at the film school at the California Institute of the Arts in 1967, where he spent the rest of his career.
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