*peeks in yuletide stocking* I got a Magic Flute story! Eee!

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Not only is is a Magic Flute story, it's a wonderful Magic Flute story, where I can completely and utterly see the characters. I said I'd enjoy any version but liked the Bergman film best, and what I see here is very much the Bergman film, not only because it has stage ( Read more... )

Dear Yuletide Goat

Thank you so much for doing this! I'm so looking forward to the surprise I'll get on Christmas Day.

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One of the afterschool teachers asked me yesterday if I could do a storytime today. Sure, said I, and decided to tell the tots The Magic Flute since a) I'd just seen the Branagh movie, b) I already know it by heart (so getting it ready in a day wasn't too hard), c) it's a very fairy-tale kind of story, and d) I love introducing these kids to ( Read more... )

The death of Ingmar Bergman has caused a bunch of comments, as it should, and though it doesn't surprise me to see people on LJ describe him as a bore, a sadsack, or a miser, it riles me a bit, because it's not true.

Yes. Okay. We've all seen the chess-playing scene from The Seventh Seal or some parody thereof. There are scenes in Bergman's movies ( Read more... )

There was a show on TV yesterday that asked what you're allowed to joke about or not joke about. I didn't see the whole thing (I was watching "Medium" and just zapped during the commercials), but it's an issue I've considered taking into LJ for some time ( Read more... )

Because I'm silly that way, I made a "dysfunctional mothers" icon to the poem "Mary held her little daughter". I have absolutely no idea who wrote that poem - I first heard it from the vicar at my confirmation camp eleven years ago ( Read more... )