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animate_mush

Gatsby

May 01, 2009 12:01

I really like the Great Gatsby - and, on reflection, I have no idea why.

We saw the ballet last night. Most of it was fairly boring, but the ending was brilliant. Rather like the book, honestly. Although the best part was the gasps from the audience who clearly hadn't read it. And the guy dancing Gatsby was cute (although I was the only one of ( Read more... )

ballet, b5, zombies, tropes, star trek, books, buffy

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mayamaia May 1 2009, 17:55:31 UTC

Hey, I loved crying at Wash's death! It made me cry TWICE! In the first time I watched it!

animate_mush May 2 2009, 18:29:19 UTC

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That's because Joss Whedon's modus operandi is to create loveable characters and kill them horribly and twist the knife and then kick you repeatedly in the stomache. You know how many ghits there were for "Whedon You Bastard" in the week after the Serenity release? So I may disagree with you on that one. But there are other Jossicides that I'm pretty happy with (in the "cried for a week" kinda meaning of happy) so I hear what you're saying. (of course, I can't tell you who, for fear of the spoiler-gods).

The difference between Wash and the other two characters I bring up is they're both the only wholly good characters in their respective universes (in the Gatsby case, read "only likeable"). So the plot base and irony are pretty thick. The whole "no, you're a leaf pinned to a chair" thing doesn't really have that at all - it's a different type of thing (namely, the kind of thing where Joss Whedon kicks you repeatedly in the stomache ( ... )

mayamaia May 2 2009, 19:52:09 UTC

See, I've always loved tragedies, even pointless ones. The better the character, the more meaningful it is. I LOVE the death of Moreta in the Pern books.

As for spoilers, I've seen all of Buffy and Dr Horrible.

animate_mush May 3 2009, 23:59:46 UTC

Ah, then you know all about Jossicide. Although the one to which I'm referring is actually from Angel. I haven't actually seen Dr. Horrible - I really need to get on that.

I think I actually prefer the sorts of tragedies that rely on not killing the characters, because, as Niska would say - "when you're dead, I can't hurt you anymore." You know, so, german comedies. Have you ever seen Die Physiker by the way? The single most depressing thing I have ever encountered. And a lot of the tragedy in Babylon 5 is that when you get to the end of the series, you know exactly when a certain character is going to die and it's not for a really long time. As the ousters said to the hegemony consul: "You are guilty. And you are condemned. To live ( ... )

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