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Mostly Shipwrecked Comedy gifs and analysis, with some Old Hollywood and other randomness thrown in

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

Have you seen The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)?

Yes

No

Haven’t even heard of this movie

Voting ended onMay 2

[runawaymarbles]

...what is the "sex is just rock climbing" category

It was kind of a joke between me and a friend ("you wouldn't judge someone for having gone rock climbing with a bunch of different people") but honestly the more I thought about it the more I bought into it unironically because:

It is a physical activity done with one or more partners

You should only go rock climbing with people you trust to not let you fall

You should not go rock climbing with someone who is drunk or currently incapable of rational decision-making

Some people get super super super into rock climbing and do not shut up about all the places they have climbed and how many are left on their bucket list and these people are usually men between the ages of 20 and 35 and like it's fine dude I'm glad you're happy but I don't know what most of those mountains even are

While many consider it a fun activity, pressuring someone into climbing when they don't want to (or ignoring their feelings and just dangling them off a cliff,) could cause both psychological and physical trauma

There is no moral value to it whatsoever. Who you have gone rock climbing with (or whether you have rock climbed at all) has no bearing on who you are as a person. Imagine telling someone "it's not that heights make you nauseous, it's just that you haven't found the right person to belay you!" or "you need to save your first time rock climbing for someone special." That would be absurd.

For some people it is a deep and moving personal experience.

historically I have not asked myself "will this aggravate my hip flexor injury" before participating when perhaps I should have 😔

[runawaymarbles]

Good news this post has been approved by literally all categories of people

[maculategiraffe]

the thing is that every time they invent a new thing that everybody has to be able to do to get along in society, that also involves making some people disabled who weren't before, because they can't do the thing. and they never could do the thing, but it didn't used to be a disability.

driving a car. making a phone call. navigating the internet. getting a mortgage. you know? they keep adding new things that everybody has to be able to do or else there's something wrong with you. well maybe there's something wrong with driving a car. maybe it's a hideous activity. did they ever think of that

[velvetvexations]

Weird Fantasy (1950) #18 written by Al Feldstein and drawn by Joe Orlando, with editor Bill Gaines

[velvetvexations]

So he said it can't be a Black. So I said, "For God's sakes, Judge Murphy, that's the whole point of the Goddamn story!" So he said, "No, it can't be a Black". Bill just called him up and raised the roof, and finally they said, "Well, you gotta take the perspiration off". I had the stars glistening in the perspiration on his Black skin. Bill said, "Fuck you", and he hung up.

Al Feldstein, Tales of Terror: The EC Companion

[iconuk01]

Just to add context for those not aware of the impact of this story.

The reason it was so important for narrative purposes, was that the plot concerns the visit of the Astronaut, in his completely opaque spacesuit, to a planet populated entirely by self-aware robots (originally from Earth) who have built their own society and are petitioning to be allowed to interact with Earth again as equals.

They have a democratic government and free choice of careers etc. as the orange robot serving as guide tells the Astronaut.

The Astronaut notices that there are two different types of robot on this world; the orange ones, who are in charge, gifted access to all information and facilities. and the blue robots, who are seen as more limited in function, have less access to information and resources, and are not allowed positions of power or as wide a choice of employment opportunities. Even transportation is segregated.

The Astronaut investigates further and discovers that the blue and orange robots are actually structurally identical, there is absolutely no difference between their potential or capabilities, and it is only because the orange robots are instructed by their Educator system to consider themselves superior, that the difference exists.

The Astronaut tells the robots they are not ready for re-alignment with Earth, until they come to terms with their own unfairness, and how Earth had had to deal with this issue themselves. When that time comes, the robots will be able to ally with Earth.

Then he leaves in his spaceship, and it's only in that one final panel that we see the Astronaut is black.

Not subtle, nor should it be, but for 1950 this was a breathtakingly powerful statement, perhaps the first of it's kind in the genre.

The black character was not a caricature, or comedy relief, he was a main character in his own right, a human who "simply" was black.

[assortedinsanities]

Ok, but this story is sadly revolutionary even now. That is not just a human who happens to be black, as far as every other character in this story is concerned this is the most important, maybe even the only human they ever see, who happens to be black.

As depressing as that is, but a black person just casually representing the entirety of humanity is a breathtakingly powerfull statement even today, a quarter of a century later.

[about-faces]

[dyk-this-musical-song]

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Do you know this Musical Song? #139

I know the song and the musical

I know the song but not the musical

I know the musical but not the song

I may know this

I have never heard this

Voting ended onApr 17

[heatherfield]

Annabel is friends with everyone! She is beautiful and kind, with the singing voice of the malabar whistling thrush.

Mary Kate Wiles as Annabel Lee [x]

[jaynaneeya]

Happy Birthday, dear Mary Kate Wiles!!! Thank you for sharing such a wide range of projects and characters with the world. I hope you feel appreciated and valued, today and every day. Wishing you the best of luck with the Poe Party Musical and everything else you want to do in the coming year!

[hotvintagepoll]

if they remade the princess bride in vintage times who do you think would be what

the idea of this movie not having wallace shawn in it is appalling to me

[hotvintagepoll]

shut the FUCK up

(psychic damage via @betsytheripper)

[hotvintagepoll]

Can I just say it feels so weird to be a Marilyn Monroe fan sometimes because she's so iconic it seems so basic like oh wow so original you love Marilyn Monroe, legendary sex icon Marilyn Monroe, on-every-poster-and-print-in-every-tourist-shop-ever Marilyn Monroe (SIGH) BUT AT THE SAME TIME!!!! None of them know her like I know her bc she's actually my girlfriend and I love her thank you for your time <3

i think it's so interesting how certain stars have kind of rippled out from their original appeal to this Icon Legend™ status that has so little to do with their actual lives and careers. it's a process I don't think anyone can control or can guarantee how their standing in pop culture will live on, yet once it's happening (usually after they die) it seems impossible to stop or alter, even to the point where the Icon is completely divorced from the Work. I was looking at a cheap tourist shop this week in nyc and staring down the photo of John Lennon wearing the "New York City" shirt, do you know the one? tough guy pose. this picture is like fucking inescapable if you're wandering around a touristy part of new york. and I was thinking about him and I was thinking about Marilyn Monroe and I was thinking about Audrey Hepburn, who show up on alllllll of this cheap shit sold in Central Park, and it's so bizarre how the legend of Marilyn Monroe (or Audrey, or John) has kind of floated away to the point where everyone can recognize her as a sex symbol but I kind of doubt that many people have actually seen one of her movies. it's a pop cultural process of becoming a god—god of sex, in marilyn's case, sophistication in audrey's, rebellion in john's—that has very very little to do with the actual sum and messages of their lives' work, and I could not tell you what it does have to do with. some people accidentally become gods and end up on T-shirts in Central Park. some end up on TCM all the time but no one knows their name. it's a very odd phenomenon and I wish I knew more about how we accidentally make mirrors out of people just trying to exist

[hotvintagepoll]

actually wait i'm interested. mini poll

Have you seen a movie with Marilyn Monroe in it?

Nope. None.

I've seen one or two.

I've seen around half a dozen

I've seen around ten or more

I've seen SO MANY or ALL OF THEM

see results

Voting ended onMar 29

Major performances as listed on Wikipedia: Dangerous Years (1947) The Asphalt Jungle (1950) All About Eve (1950) As Young as You Feel (1951) Clash by Night (1952) Don't Bother to Knock (1952) Monkey Business (1952) O. Henry's Full House (1952) Niagara (1953) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) River of No Return (1954) There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) The Seven Year Itch (1955) Bus Stop (1956) The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) Some Like It Hot (1959) Let's Make Love (1960) The Misfits (1961) Something's Got to Give (1962–unfinished)

please put which movies you've seen in the tags. this is for an award-winning paper that will be published in Nature magazine

[venomousray]

Daily dose of dash! Day 509! They’re out of toilet paper :(

[dykecinema]

Me logging in to tumblr.com

[hyenafu]

Here’s a comic I made about identifying as asexual and aromantic! I made it for an anthology which ended up falling through, so I thought it would be a good idea to post it on Valentine’s Day.

Take care of yourselves out there! http://raizap.com/

[shipwreckedcomedy]

Portraits taken on film by Joe Stribling during our character announcement photo session. Less than $4K away from the next reveal!

Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Musical, now funding on Kickstarter! 🐦‍⬛🎶🔪

[sineadpersaud]

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[shipwreckedcomedy]

Kickstarter season means livestreams. 😈 Join us this Sunday from noon - 3 pm Pacific on our YouTube channel as we celebrate the first week of the campaign with some murder mystery games. See you then!

Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Musical, now funding on Kickstarter! 🐦‍⬛

[shipwreckedcomedy]

First stream of the campaign happening in just a couple hours!

[jaynaneeya]

Poe Party chapters rated by how much the Soup gets to shine

Chapter 1: Soup has an epic entrance, but then only one person tries it, and only a few moments later sticks his face in it, which was uncalled for. (8/10)

Chapter 2: The word "soup" is said 13 times in this 6-minute episode. Granted, the talk is mostly negative, and multiple people accuse it of murder, but Lenore does say some nice things. Ernest insults Soup's honor; a feud is born. (9/10)

Chapter 3: Most of the episode takes place in the dining room, but nobody even acknowledges the Soup. It does have the same number of lines as Emily, and at least it gets to feel like part of the group. (5/10)

Chapter 4: Everyone spends some time in the dining room with the Soup, but then all split up and leave, which would normally be bad, but Emily finds more Soup in the kitchen, tastes it, and declares it "pretty good." She is a kind soul, Soup will love her forever, and the fact that she doesn't immediately die implies that Soup did not murder Eddie. Meanwhile HG confirms that Soup could not have killed Louisa May Alcott even if she had tasted it without anyone seeing. An excellent episode for the Soup. (10/10)

Chapter 5: Nobody returns to the dining room, and the only one to visit the kitchen is Ernest, which happens offscreen, so we can only guess at how bitterly their feud is escalating. (0/10)

Chapter 6: Again, most of the action is in the Soupless study, but Soup and Emily bond by witnessing a murder in the kitchen together. (4/10)

Chapter 7: Everyone who's still alive spends some time in the kitchen, but nobody acknowledges the Soup. Hardly anyone even acknowledges Soup's dear Emily, whose death Soup is then forced to witness. A devastating episode. (2/10)

Chapter 8: The longest episode yet only has one short scene in the kitchen, in which the grieving Soup is completely ignored, and nothing in the dining room. (1/10)

Chapter 9: Nobody goes to the kitchen or dining room. Is the Soup a joke to you people? (0/10)

Chapter 10: Everyone finally returns to the dining room! Ernest and Soup have a fight offscreen. Soup has no arms but Ernest pulls a knife; Soup fights bravely but is really only saved by Charlotte's scream. Lenore chastises Ernest for his lack of respect, but no one seems too concerned for Soup's safety. Also Charlotte is revealed to be a murderer, despite stopping Ernest from murdering Soup. Nothing makes sense anymore. (6/10)

Chapter 11: Soup is once and for all absolved from any blame as all murders are explained. Most of the action occurs in the dining room, so Soup is part of the group again. Nobody directly acknowledges Soup, and Pet Rock, who was only introduced in Chapter 10, gets to be the hero, but at least Soup is included. Not the most satisfying conclusion, but it's fine. (7/10)

[mizusjawline]

I'm so glad the way the Knives Out series pointedly refuses to sexualise Daniel Craig. After all the discomfort he expressed about being objectified as James Bond, I'm so glad he gets to play an ageing gremlin, grey hair, a slightly unkempt beard.

[heatherfield]

If there's one thing my friends say about me, it's that I—love... musical.

Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Musical - Kickstarter Video [x]