Green Room - Week 19 - Day 1
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therealljidolLast night, I went to the premiere of Color Me Obsessed the documentary about the Replacements. It was good, if you love the band you should definitely check it out. If you don't love the band you should definitely check yourself in somewhere. :)
The director was there for a Q&A and the question came up about why he there were no interviews with band members and none of their music. His response was that he wanted to invoke their presence through the words of others. That in order to capture them as something other than a VH1 special, that seeing them through that filter was the way to go.
It's always interesting to hear why people decide to show certain things while leaving others up to the imagination. I'm sure you have plenty of personal examples from your own work. :)
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How has your weekend been?
Working the Room? http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/443624.html
Threading the Topic? http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/443328.html
Byeing the Good? http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/443116.html
The director was there for a Q&A and the question came up about why he there were no interviews with band members and none of their music. His response was that he wanted to invoke their presence through the words of others. That in order to capture them as something other than a VH1 special, that seeing them through that filter was the way to go.
It's always interesting to hear why people decide to show certain things while leaving others up to the imagination. I'm sure you have plenty of personal examples from your own work. :)
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How has your weekend been?
Working the Room? http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/443624.html
Threading the Topic? http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/443328.html
Byeing the Good? http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/443116.html
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Date: 2011-03-27 03:41 pm (UTC):looks around:
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Date: 2011-03-27 03:47 pm (UTC)Missing the breakfast was I, thus brunching soon to be.
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Date: 2011-03-27 04:04 pm (UTC)Alas, no brunch for me, as I had breakfast for dinner last night and breakfast again at...well, breakfast time :D
This afternoon: A combination of errand-running, dog walking, Idol writing, and culling through Things No Longer Needed in one of the rooms upstairs.
Back to work tomorrow :p
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Date: 2011-03-27 04:17 pm (UTC)In other news, this is my last day of spring break, and that is making me SAD. I'd like to not go back to work again. I think I'm going to be a very successful retired person, if I win the lottery.
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Date: 2011-03-27 04:36 pm (UTC)We went on a ghost tour of old town Orange, CA last night. It was dorky and fun. I love ghost stuff as you could tell from my entry last week. My best entry idea this week is a really awesome true ghost story as well, but not sure if I should do it so soon after another ghost story...but it fits the topic perfectly! I even have a picture that should give any person (believer or not) the creeps!
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Date: 2011-03-27 05:07 pm (UTC)The married-with-kids, nice suburban life narrator is falling in love with another woman. What I chose to leave ambiguous in the piece itself (and only after considerable thought decided to reveal/acknowledge in comments) is that the narrator is female. There is a small bit near the end where if you're particularly sensitive to the issue you might pick up on it, but that's really all.
I'm still not sure what I think about my decision to write it that way. On the one hand, I wanted to make the experience as universal and accessible as I could, but on the other hand, there's a part of me that felt even at the time (and more so with thought) that it was also dishonest and erasing of the character's identity, and that I could have done more with exploring the pressures to be a "good" married lesbian.
Yeah. ALL OVER the map on this one.
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Date: 2011-03-27 05:30 pm (UTC)Although, mostly tired because I drank a whole bunch of wine with my Sunday Lunch.
:D
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Date: 2011-03-27 06:31 pm (UTC)As for my weekend it's pretty much been about the Les Mis 25th Anniversary concert. ENJOLRAS FOREVER. THAT IS ALL.
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Date: 2011-03-27 08:18 pm (UTC)It's the first time Carrie and Claudia has entertained since we've bought this house...
It was a success...
Still recovering though
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Date: 2011-03-27 08:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-27 09:22 pm (UTC)*shrugs* That's all I got.
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Date: 2011-03-27 09:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-27 09:27 pm (UTC)In other news after 22 days of rain this month things might finally be clearing up.
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Date: 2011-03-27 09:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-27 09:49 pm (UTC)Thank you for having one of the viewings in Tampa!
I went home and listened to the 'Mats for the rest of the night!
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Date: 2011-03-27 09:51 pm (UTC)I haven't decided how I am going to address writing multiple IDs in the future, but clearly it needs to be done.
That said, there are only a couple more left in the game. *thinks* Yeah, literally a couple. So the overwhelming majority of people left in the competition are only under one account.
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