tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post7521043902111452311..comments2024-03-03T13:55:46.243-08:00Comments on Ambling Along the Aqueduct: The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2007, Pt.5: Oyceter and Nancy Jane MooreTimmi Duchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-36948891955465651192008-02-09T10:22:00.000-08:002008-02-09T10:22:00.000-08:00Thank you for linking to my "good collection of li...Thank you for linking to my "good collection of links" for the Ocelot films! To me it seems so strange to have seen Princes et princesses before Kirikou, as well for the latter to displace the former. Despite how much of an Ocelot otaku I am, it may surprise you that I've never really liked Kirikou and the Sorceress – it interested me just enough to wonder what his other work was like, and it's that earlier and later work which I love.<BR/><BR/>As for Le Manteau de la vieille dame – the most I know is that he based it on a story he read in a Japanese person's journal. Whether this was a folk tale they were reciting, an original story of theirs or even based on a real event, I just don't know. I've never even seen it mentioned exactly whose journal it was.<BR/><BR/>The one other unoriginal story is Le Garçon des figues – just like what the boy and girl do in the film, this was based on a story told in cave paintings and hieroglyphs in an Egyptian tomb, which Ocelot must have seen photographs of in a book somewhere.J.R.D.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07449581460363034306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-52651883794853914692007-12-21T09:42:00.000-08:002007-12-21T09:42:00.000-08:00Gosh, anonymous, my intention in commenting on Th...Gosh, anonymous, my intention in commenting on <I>The Wire</I> was to make it clear that it wasn't just a "cop show." But it does use the perspective of the police as a major focus. <BR/><BR/>Josh, it will be interesting to see what a DC audience does with that song. Even a white audience. I'll report back.Nancy Jane Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030267999537291250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-6653553925085289742007-12-20T21:24:00.000-08:002007-12-20T21:24:00.000-08:00Yeh, we took Rebecca Ore to see Patti Smith a few ...Yeh, we took Rebecca Ore to see Patti Smith a few months ago, and she was amazing at sixty. But seeing a packed audience of white Philadelphians jumping up and down and singing "niggerniggernigger" was just <I>wrong</I>, dude. Dumb song.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-68568433716869290322007-12-20T14:06:00.000-08:002007-12-20T14:06:00.000-08:00Doh! I keep forgetting links. Anyway, if anyone is...Doh! I keep forgetting links. Anyway, if anyone is interested in more about Afropunk, there are some links and clips <A HREF="http://delux-vivens.livejournal.com/617932.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Oyceterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015948736643816202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-40124323289645244892007-12-20T13:50:00.000-08:002007-12-20T13:50:00.000-08:00The Wire is sooooo much more than a "cop show". W...The Wire is sooooo much more than a "cop show". What The Wire really is is the story of an American City. With each subsequent season The Wire shows another aspect of the city. To refer to it as just a cop show greatly diminishes the scope and purpose of the show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com