#dan yaps

[lesbiantaire]

let’s have an IMMERSIVE LES MIS where you’re REQUIRED TO BRING A PIECE OF FURNITURE to sit on for the show. and then top of act 2 you have to THROW YOUR FURNITURE ON THE STAGE AND SIT AT THE BARRICADE while people ACTUALLY SHOOT YOU with REAL BULLETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[assuetudesdelame]

got accepted to my dream uni 🥹

[assuetudesdelame]

i admire the house md fans who the show inspired to become medical professionals. Like. You're dedicating the rest of your life to studying possibly the hardest academic subjects known to mankind, due to the impact of something that shaped your outlook on life and your values, causing you to choose a path that you know will help others.

Meanwhile I am here as a useless actor-wannabe, drooling over how well Hugh Laurie plays House, not understanding a single word anyone says.

[assuetudesdelame]

i'm ill and watching All In for the first time, and Cameron is so pretty, Chase is so pretty, House is so pretty, Cuddy is so pretty, and I'm too bisexual to deal with this, while I'm sipping tea and soup nd coughing and I love this show so much

[lesbiantaire]

happy barricade day this is such a good day for insufferable people (me)

[assuetudesdelame]

For me, both Dead Poets Society and American Psycho are so confusing as films - I love them both, but my lack of facial memory makes them so weird. Just a bunch of white guys in the same age group, with the same face, but with diff voices... confusing

[assuetudesdelame]

"You should revise x hours a day"

"You have tons of time for homework"

...except you chose to do A-level art, and whenever you feel slightly on top of your work, you're given five observations to do based on your photoshoot based on a chosen topic... 🫠

[assuetudesdelame]

Essay on brutality, or my weird opinions

I love this scene so much. Not because of the brutality, but because it made me stop watching the film, and unable to finish it for c. two months.

It is brutal. Animalistic. But in my opinion, it establishes how all of the characters in Inglourious Basterds is morally grey at best. Yes, the Basterds are American soldiers, and Nazi killers. But the Wehrmacht were conscripted. When I first watched this, I thought it was an American director's misinterpretation and exploitation of what happened in Europe, specifically to young men in Axis countries. However, I have realised, that it serves to show that in their own way, the Basterds, Landa and other characters are all equally bad. Obviously, real crimes and atrocities were committed by the Axis powers during the Second World War - but this scene shows, that people of all backgrounds are capable of committing the same extent of violence.

Because, while I agree that the Nazi leadership deserved to be executed, and that the SS, SA, and Gestapo were all war criminals, and I know, that Hitler rose to power through democratic elections and mass propaganda in a time of economic instability (which usually leads to the emergence of extremist parties/ideologies [e.g. 1917, Russia; 1918, Germany (Communists were popular); 1933, Germany; and today's society], meaning that at least some of the Wehrmacht did vote for him, and align themselves with his surface-level ideology and programme - he 'ended' unemployment by creating invisible unemployment through making the Jewish population, as well as women, ineligible for work - in my eyes, if they were not as committed as the above mentioned groups, they are a part of the misguided and semi-innocent and brainwashed public.

Landa's role in the farm scene showcases his intelligence, and how he utilises his skills in order to carry out his job. A sick animal. The Basterds' scene in the woods shows, that they are also capable of the same animalistic, unemotional infliction of pain, and take joy in doing so. It is so subtle, but in my opinion, it highlights that Quentin Tarantino aimed to create three dimensional, and questionable characters. The sergeant they kill - Werner Rachtmann - repeatedly refers to his people as 'German', which carries a deeper meaning, in the quote "You can't expect me to divulge information that would put German lives in danger?". The adjective here, in my interpretation, shows that he is not in his situation out of committment to the ideas, while it also emphasises what many people lose, as the line between the use of the adjectives 'Nazi' and 'German' is quite blurred - those soldiers were also people. People, who, just like those in the Allies' countries, did not have a choice. And what else would the Basterds themselves do in his situation? Yet, they kill him. And without ever explicitly going against my British (younger) teenage peers' comments about 'Nazi's, whenever German nationality is mentioned, it, in a weird sense, tries to have an emotional impact on the audience. Where do you draw the line, and when do you become nearly identical to the worst of your enemies?

And so, I hate loving and love hating all of the military-aligned characters in this film, at the same time.

Anyways, this may just be the ramblings of an Eastern European with a guilty conscience for my country's war crimes. Feel free, to disaagree, but these are just my opinions. I do not agree with fascism in any way, and am quite worried about its re-emergence in today's global politics, as well as in my native country. I always welcome debate on topics, such as this.