Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Judge

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Written after enjoying the delightfully controversial book Status and Culture.


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jlvanderzwan
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Tangent: this is historically inaccurate. Sure, art has always changed because people like to try new stuff, plus new generations creating their own sense of identity by coming up with novel slang, fashion and whatnot and in the process just reinventing basic human behavior with a different coat has probably also been part of human society since forever.

But the "we're a movement that rejects the status quo!" bit only entered the scene when the industrial revolution happened and "reject tradition" became kind of a recurring meme in Western society everywhere. Ironically that means it started with the Romanticists rejecting the industrial revolution.
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Whew, it's finally working again

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jlvanderzwan
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"Oh shoot, the dumpster is on fire again?" caught me by surprise, lol.
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Boof

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The frustrating thing is when she's trying to get her crack but it's at the bottom of the purse under the boxes of tissues, pocket bible, and coupon books.


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Sorry for the missed updates, but I am at last home! For those who missed the book tour, you can still get signed copies here.

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jlvanderzwan
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I keep getting distracted by how the logo on his chest doesn't look remotely like the Batman logo
ttencate
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Netherlands
acdha
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Washington, DC
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The Weightless Mr. Ed

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a horse is a horse, of course, of course

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jlvanderzwan
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Based on what I've read here I would say being a horse is the worst thing that can happen to a horse

https://old.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/qv9wcl/equus_ferus/?share_id=qeKoqZSIYrisyTOwID474
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Title: Samuel Beckett’s Sitcom Pitches1. Waiting for Kramer: Two men, name...

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Title: Samuel Beckett’s Sitcom Pitches

1. Waiting for Kramer: Two men, named Jerry and George await the arrival of a man named Kramer. They talk. Time passes. He doesn’t come. They wait a bit longer.

2. No Sex and No City: Four female friends gossip, laugh and find ways to deal with being a modern woman. They are all buried up to their necks in soil, on an otherwise empty set.

3. Frasier’s Last Tape: A psychiatrist and talkshow host sits alone, listening to recordings from his past. A narrative emerges, concerning his father, brother and housekeeper.

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jlvanderzwan
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This unlocked a distant memory of zapping by a TV adaptation of the second one (probably on the VPRO, for you Dutchies) that featured Alan Rickman. Just five seconds of that was enough to be burned into my brain I guess.

Searching for "Alan Rickman Samuel Beckett" resulted in:

https://www.openculture.com/2016/01/samuel-beckett-play-brought-to-life-in-an-eerie-short-film-starring-alan-rickman-kristin-scott-thomas.html
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