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[E] Slay Belle posted a new activity comment 6 years, 2 months ago
The song was actually performed twice in Neptune’s Daughter, correct, and part of the ‘charm’ of the second performance is supposed to be the gender inversion.
I strongly disagree that Loesser made any effort at all to make the lyrics of the song gender neutral, a concept that would have been foreign when the song was written. The lyrics, within…[Read more]
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[E] Slay Belle posted a new activity comment 6 years, 2 months ago
“There is no indication in the published music of any gender assignment.”
Actually, there is. All of the lines about the familial and social pressures were expectations almost exclusively placed on women. When was the last time you saw a movie or read a book from this same era where a father was pacing the floor waiting for his adult male son…[Read more]
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And yet when the song was introduced in Neptune’s Daughter, Red Skelton sang the same lyric that Esther Williams sang. Loesser could have easily designated the vocal roles as male and female but he made the effort not to. I believe there are different types of men and different types of women, so we should not pigeon-hole people into gender…[Read more]
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The song was actually performed twice in Neptune’s Daughter, correct, and part of the ‘charm’ of the second performance is supposed to be the gender inversion.
I strongly disagree that Loesser made any effort at all to make the lyrics of the song gender neutral, a concept that would have been foreign when the song was written. The lyrics, within…[Read more]
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[E] Slay Belle wrote a new post, New Show Recap: The Walking Dead, S4.E15 — “Us” 6 years, 11 months ago
Sanctuary for allCommunity for all
Those who arrive survive!–more–
So here we are, friends. The penultimate episode of season 4 has aired. Next week will bring to a close the best season the show has […]
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[E] Slay Belle wrote a new post, Retro Recap: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 5×06, “Family” 6 years, 11 months ago
You learn her source, and we’ll introduce her to her insect reflection. Um… that, that was funny… if you um, if you studied Taglarin mythic rights… and are a complete dork.!–more–Before we get into […]
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[E] Slay Belle commented on the post, New Show Recap: The Walking Dead, 4×13, “Alone” 6 years, 11 months ago
I think you make really good points about the fan service. If this season has done anything, it’s proven that they’ve been very involved in the critical and fan reception to the show. The showrunners have […]
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[E] Slay Belle commented on the post, Wednesday Time-Killer: Are You This or That? 6 years, 11 months ago
You’re my people!
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[E] Slay Belle wrote a new post, New Show Recap: The Walking Dead, 4×13, “Alone” 6 years, 11 months ago
Well, we all know we’re not getting to Terminus until the last episode, right? Terminus will obviously be next year’s plotline, so Walking Dead can’t get too close to it. Remember the prison didn’t come into view […] -
[E] Slay Belle commented on the post, New Show Recap: The Walking Dead 4×12, “Still” 6 years, 11 months ago
“Maybe I’m weird, but it seems to me that Beth taking care of Judith is a clear indication that she IS competent.”
Well, on another show, yes. On a show where their gender relations and gender essentialism has […]
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[E] Slay Belle commented on the post, New Show Recap: The Walking Dead 4×12, “Still” 6 years, 11 months ago
I was sort of surprised at how much privilege Beth revealed in her background. Hershel didn’t seem like the ‘vacations and wealth’ sort of guy, but I guess he had a very nice farm, and privilege is relative. I […]
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[E] Slay Belle commented on the post, New Show Recap: The Walking Dead 4×12, “Still” 6 years, 11 months ago
There were actually several moments where I was really uncomfortable with Daryl’s behavior — partly because it seemed like such a regression to where we first met him, and because Beth is so vulnerable. Beth […]
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[E] Slay Belle commented on the post, New Show Recap: The Walking Dead 4×12, “Still” 6 years, 11 months ago
I don’t know how I would have held it together if Daryl had had sex with Beth but not with Carol. I would be very upset.
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[E] Slay Belle wrote a new post, Retro Recap: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 5×05, “No Place Like Home” 6 years, 12 months ago
For centuries it had no form at all. My brethren, its only keepers. Then the abomination found us. We had to hide the Key, gave it form, molded it flesh… made it human and sent it to you.!–more–Once […]
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[E] Slay Belle commented on the post, Movies I’m Weirdly Obsessed With: Singin’ in the Rain 6 years, 12 months ago
It really is a phenomenal movie that loses none of it’s charm no matter how many times you’ve seen it. Lina alone is worth the price of admission. -
[E] Slay Belle wrote a new post, New Show Recap: The Walking Dead 4×12, “Still” 6 years, 12 months ago
Is there a main character on the show we have spent less time with than Beth? I’d like to say it’s a surprise that WD could go almost three years without a single episode focused on one of their main characters, […] -
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