#George Kemp

[oughttobeclowns]

Review: Jack Absolute Flies Again, National Theatre

Review: Jack Absolute Flies Again, @nationaltheatre Dance routines! Ukuleles! Banter about bunting! And so much more, I absolutely adored this.

Richard Bean and Oliver Chris’ reinvention of The Rivals in Jack Absolute Flies Again is a comic masterpiece at the National Theatre “I do love a man in uniform” Having had my funny-bone resolutely untickled by One Man, Two Guvnors, I was a little trepidatious to approach Richard Bean’s newest comedy for the National Theatre, co-written with Oliver Chris. But I needn’t have worried as their riff…

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#Akshay Sharan #Caroline Quentin #Chris Jenkins #Geoffrey Towers #George Kemp #Helena Wilson #James Corrigan #Joanne McGuinness #Jordan Metcalfe #Kelvin Fletcher #Kerry Howard #Laurie Davidson #Millie Hikasa #Natalie Simpson #Oliver Chris #Peter Forbes #Richard Brinsley Sheridan #Shailan Gohil #Shona White #Theo Cowan #Tim Steed

[politicaldilfs]

Georgia Governor DILFs

Jimmy Carter, Sonny Perdue, Herman Talmadge, Marvin Griffin, Ernest Vandiver, Carl Sanders, Melvin E. Thompson, Lester Maddox, Nathan Deal, George Busbee, Joe Frank Harris, Roy Barnes, Zell Miller, Brian Kemp

#Jimmy Carter #Sonny Perdue #Herman Talmadge #Marvin Griffin #Ernest Vandiver #Carl Sanders #Melvin E. Thompson #Lester Maddox #Nathan Deal #George Busbee #Joe Frank Harris #Roy Barnes #Zell Miller #Brian Kemp #GovernorDILFs

[mariocki]

The Land Unknown (1957)

"We'll find the wreck without your help."

"Maybe you will, if you aren't trampled to death first, or eaten alive, or die of starvation. Wait till the Antarctic night comes and for nine months the black air hangs round you like a rotten rag, and your eyes are blinded from the dark and from your own sweat. And you lose each other, and you're alone! Alone, do you hear me? Always alone."

#the land unknown #creature feature #1957 #american cinema #virgil w. vogel #lászló görög #william n. robson #charles palmer #jock mahoney #shirley patterson #william reynolds #henry brandon #douglas kennedy #phil harvey #ralph brooks #george calliga #tom coleman #kenner g. kemp #william alland #bing russell #cute and dumb monster mash‚ in which a quartet of incredibly square jawed American sciencey types plummet their helicopter through some #Antarctic ice and wind up in a prehistoric wonder land of creatures and horrors including some dinosaurs that are variously portrayed via #men in suits‚ puppets‚ and just shooting monitor lizards closeup it's all pretty adorable and makes for an easy fun time but the Americana #and the period typical chauvinism can be a little grating (and a fr warning for the introduction of and immediate horrific destruction of a #very cute and furry little friend). of the cast‚ the stand out is definitely Henry Brandon as the sole survivor of a previous group of #castaways (what are the chances!) driven near to madness by his years alone in a dino infested jungle of death. #he's fully ham but has some wonderful moments waxing lyrical on his loneliness and the dangers of facing down lizardy horrors #originally intended as a lavish colour feature‚ this had its budget slashed by Universal after the disappointing box office of sci fi #alien feature This Island Earth (this budget slash may also account for the less than stellar effects but it's all part of the charm..)

[filmjunky-99]

t h e t i m e m a c h i n e, 1960 🎬 dir. george pal 'The Time Traveler Is Not Believed'

#film #sci fi #post apocalyptic #the time machine #the time machine 1960 #george pal #rod taylor #alan young #sebastian cabot #Tom Helmore #Whit Bissell #Doris Lloyd #the Time Traveler #David Filby #Dr. Philip Hillyer #Anthony Bridewell #Walter Kemp #Mrs. Watchett #The Time Traveler Is Not Believed

[film-o-teka]

Waxwork II: Lost in Time, 1992

#Waxwork II #Waxwork 2 #Waxwork II: Lost in Time #1992 #Anthony Hickox #Zach Galligan #Monika Schnarre #Sophie Ward #Alexander Godunov #Александр Годунов #Bruce Campbell #Buckley Norris #George 'Buck' Flower #Buck Flower #Martin Kemp #Michael Des Barres #90s #1990s #1990s movie #90s movie #1990s movies #90s movies #gif #90s gif #1990s gif #movie gif #movie gifs #filmgifs #moviegif #moviegifs

[kaiserkeller]

ASTRID KIRCHHERR and her then-fiancé GIBSON KEMP meet with the Beatles during their short stay in Hamburg, June 1966. Gibson can be seen looking meek opposite John.

#this is not the best photo sorry #but i didn’t know there was photographic evidence of astrid going to see them #this is when she gave john stuart’s letters🥺 #astrid kirchherr #gibson kemp #john lennon #paul mccartney #george harrison #ringo starr #the beatles #hamburg #1966 #1960s #60s #sixties

[ultraozzie3000]

Making Hays

The name Will Hays will always be linked to the Motion Picture Production Code, a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship that studios adopted to avoid direct government intervention. June 10, 1933 cover by Harry Brown. Hays, however, played both sides in the culture wars. A Republican politician, Hays (1879–1954) managed the 1920 election of Warren G. Harding before moving on to…

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#Alva Johnston #Carl Rose #Civilian Conservation Corps #Dr. Seuss Flit #E.B. White #Edna Ferber #Ferdinand Pecora #Frank Curtis #George Price #Gluyas Williams #Harry Brown #Helen Hokinson #J.P. Morgan Jr #Janet Flanner #Kemp Starrett #Lya Graf #Motion Picture Production Code #Otis Skinner #Otto Soglow #Perry Barlow #Peter Arno #Robert Day #Tattle Tales 1933 #Uncle Tom&039;s Cabin 1933 Broadway #Will H. Hays

[letterboxd-loggd]

Thrill of Youth (1932) Richard Thorpe

July 9th 2023

#thrill of youth #1932 #richard thorpe #june clyde #allen vincent #dorothy peterson #george irving #matty kemp #tom ricketts #lucy beaumont #caryl lincoln #it's being done #the thrill of youth #pre-code

[clamarcap]

Balletti collettivi - II

Balletti collettivi – II

Les Six: Les mariés de la tour Eiffel, balletto poetico-burlesco in 1 atto (1921) su libretto di Jean Cocteau. Philharmonia Orchestra, dir. Geoffrey Simon. Overture: le 14 juillet (Georges Auric, 1899 - 1983) Marche nuptiale (Darius Milhaud, 1892 - 1974) [2:27] Discours du Général, polka (Francis Poulenc, 7 gennaio 1899 - 1963) [4:25] La Baigneuse de Trouville, carte postale en couleurs…

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#Arthur Honegger #Charles Gounod #compositrici #Darius Milhaud #Francis Poulenc #Geoffrey Simon #Georges Auric #Germaine Tailleferre #Jean Cocteau #Les Six #Philharmonia Orchestra #Rudolf Kempe #Wiener Philharmoniker

[noteverticali]

M - Il mostro di Düsseldorf: Fritz Lang in una lezione di cinema

M – Il mostro di Düsseldorf: Fritz Lang in una lezione di cinema

Assassino seriale si aggira per Düsseldorf a caccia di bambine. Dopo averle violentate, il maniaco le uccide. La polizia non riesce a catturarlo e ordina retate in tutta la città. I metodi duri usati dagli agenti infastidiscono la criminalità organizzata. Danneggiati nei loro affari, i boss decidono di organizzare ronde di vagabondi per dare la caccia al mostro. Le ricerche dei senzatetto…

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#cinema #Ellen Widman #Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur #film #Franz Stein #Friedrich Gnaß #Fritz Lang #Fritz Odemar #Georg John #Gerhard Bienert #Germania #Gustaf Gründgens #Inge Landgut #Otto Wernicke #Paul Kemp #Peter Lorre #Rudolf Blummer #Theo Lingen #Theodor Loos

[oughttobeclowns]

Re-review: Jack Absolute Flies Again, National Theatre

I absolutely adore Jack Absolute Flies Again again at the National Theatre, this is one not to miss when it comes to NTLive in October “I’m a dramatic device!” I adored the National Theatre’s Jack Absolute Flies Again when I first saw it, to the point where I knew I would have to see it again as I was missing jokes from laughing so hard (particularly where Caroline Quentin’s Mrs Malaprop was…

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#Akshay Sharan #Caroline Quentin #Chris Jenkins #Geoffrey Towers #George Kemp #Helena Wilson #James Corrigan #Joanne McGuinness #Jordan Metcalfe #Kelvin Fletcher #Kerry Howard #Laurie Davidson #Millie Hikasa #Natalie Simpson #Oliver Chris #Peter Forbes #Shailan Gohil #Shona White #Theo Cowan #Tim Steed

[mostlysignssomeportents]

A taxonomy of corporate bullshit

Next Tuesday (Oct 31) at 10hPT, the Internet Archive is livestreaming my presentation on my recent book, The Internet Con.

There are six lies that corporations have told since time immemorial, and Nick Hanauer, Joan Walsh and Donald Cohen's new book Corporate Bullsht: Exposing the Lies and Half-Truths That Protect Profit, Power, and Wealth in America* provides an essential taxonomy of this dirty six:

https://thenewpress.com/books/corporate-bullsht

In his review for The American Prospect, David Dayen summarizes how these six lies "offer a civic-minded, reasonable-sounding justification for positions that in fact are motivated entirely by self-interest":

https://prospect.org/culture/books/2023-10-27-lies-my-corporation-told-me-hanauer-walsh-cohen-review/

I. Pure denial

As far back as the slave trade, corporate apologists and mouthpieces have led by asserting that true things are false, and vice-versa. In 1837, John Calhoun asserted that "Never before has the black race of Central Africa, from the dawn of history to the present day, attained a condition so civilized and so improved, not only physically, but morally and intellectually." George Fitzhugh called enslaved Africans in America "the freest people in the world."

This tactic never went away. Children sent to work in factories are "perfectly happy." Polluted water is "purer than the water that came from the river before we used it." Poor families "don't really exist." Pesticides don't lead to "illness or death." Climate change is "beneficial." Lead "helps guard your health."

II. Markets can solve problems, governments can't

Alan Greenspan made a career out of blithely asserting that markets self-correct. It was only after the world economy imploded in 2008 that he admitted that his doctrine had a "flaw":

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/greenspan-admits-flaw-to-congress-predicts-more-economic-problems

No matter how serious a problem is, the market will fix it. In 1973, the US Chamber of Commerce railed against safety regulations, because "safety is good business," and could be left to the market. If unsafe products persist in the market, it's because consumers choose to trade safety off "for a lower price tag" (Chamber spox Laurence Kraus). Racism can't be corrected with anti-discrimination laws. It's only when "the market" realizes that racism is bad for business that it will finally be abolished.

III. Consumers and workers are to blame

In 1946, the National Coal Association blamed rampant deaths and maimings in the country's coal-mines on "carelessness on the part of men." In 2003, the National Restaurant Association sang the same tune, condemning nutritional labels because "there are not good or bad foods. There are good and bad diets." Reagan's interior secretary Donald Hodel counseled personal responsibility to address a thinning ozone layer: "people who don’t stand out in the sun—it doesn’t affect them."

IV. Government cures are always worse than the disease

Lee Iacocca called 1970's Clean Air Act "a threat to the entire American economy and to every person in America." Every labor and consumer protection before and since has been damned as a plague on American jobs and prosperity. The incentive to work can't survive Social Security, welfare or unemployment insurance. Minimum wages kill jobs, etc etc.

V. Helping people only hurts them

Medicare will "destroy private initiative for our aged to protect themselves with insurance" (Republican Senator Milward Simpson, 1965). Covid relief is unfair to people that are currently in the workforce" (Republican Governor Brian Kemp, 2021). Welfare produces "learned helplessness."

VI. Everyone who disagrees with me is a socialist

Grover Cleveland's 2% on top incomes is "communistic warfare against rights of property" (NY Tribune, 1895). "Socialized medicine" will leave "our children and our children’s children [asking] what it once was like in America when men were free" (Reagan, 1961).

Everything is "socialism": anti-child labor laws, Social Security, minimum wages, family and medical leave. Even fascism is socialism! In 1938, the National Association of Manufacturers called labor rights "communism, bolshevism, fascism, and Nazism."

As Dayen says, it's refreshing to see how the right hasn't had an original idea in 150 years, and simply relies on repeating the same nonsense with minor updates. Right wing ideological innovation consists of finding new ways to say, "actually, your boss is right."

The left's great curse is object permanence: the ability to remember things, like the fact that it used to be possible for a worker to support a family of five on a single income, or that the economy once experienced decades of growth with a 90%+ top rate of income tax (other things the left manages to remember: the "intelligence community" are sociopathic monsters, not Trump-slaying heroes).

When the business lobby rails against long-overdue antitrust action against Amazon and Google, object permanence puts it all in perspective. The talking points about this being job-destroying socialism are the same warmed-over nonsense used to defend rail-barons and Rockefeller. "If you don't like it, shop elsewhere," has been the corporate apologist's line since slavery times.

As Dayen says, Corporate Bullshit is a "reference book for conservative debating points, in an attempt to rob them of their rhetorical power." It will be out on Halloween:

https://bookshop.org/a/54985/9781620977514

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/27/six-sells/#youre-holding-it-wrong

#pluralistic #corporate bullshit #lies #books #reviews #taxonomies #labor #denialism #consumerism #Nick Hanauer #Joan Walsh #Donald Cohen #history #object permanence #taking the right seriously

[philipkindreddickhead]

100 Fiction Books to Read Before You Die

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Sparks

The Girl by Meridel Le Sueur

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Veronica by Mary Gaitskill

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Kindred by Octavia Butler

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Passing by Nella Larson

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

Play it as it Lays by Joan Didion

The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

The Power by Naomi Alderman

The Street by Ann Petry

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskill

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Small Island by Andrea Levy

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

The Price of Salt/Carol by Patricia Highsmith

Room by Emma Donoghue

The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch

Garden of Earthly Delights by Joyce Carol Oates

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Wise Blood by Flannery O Conner

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsey

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

House of Incest by Anaïs Nin

The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Corregidora by Gayl Jones

Whose Names are Unknown by Sanora Babb

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

Beloved by Toni Morrison

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

My Antonia by Willa Cather

Democracy by Joan Didion

Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates

The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O Connor

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

I Must Betray You be Ruta Sepetys

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Mare by Mary Gaitskill

City of Beasts by Isabel Allende

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Moses, Man of the Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston

Disobedience by Naomi Alderman

Quicksand by Nella Larsen

The Narrows by Ann Petry

The Blood of Others by Simone de Beauvoir

Under the Sea by Rachel Carson

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Under the Net by Iris Murdoch

The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones

Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

@gaydalf @kishipurrun @unsentimentaltranslator @algolagniaa @stariduks @hippodamoi

#fiction #100 books to read before you die

[tummacademia]

Some readings and resources for further exploration of medieval literature, history, and art

"The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer

"Beowulf" translated by Seamus Heaney

"The Song of Roland" translated by Dorothy L. Sayers

"The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri

"The Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio

"The Book of Margery Kempe" by Margery Kempe

"The Lais of Marie de France" translated by Glyn S. Burgess and Keith Busby

"The History of the Kings of Britain" by Geoffrey of Monmouth

"The Mabinogion" translated by Sioned Davies

"The Romance of Tristan and Iseult" translated by Joseph Bédier

In addition to these literary works, here are some resources for further exploration of medieval history and art:

"A Short History of the Middle Ages" by Barbara H. Rosenwein

"The Civilization of the Middle Ages" by Norman F. Cantor

"The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England" by Ian Mortimer

"The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe" edited by George Holmes

"Medieval Art" by Veronica Sekules

"A Medieval Life : Cecilia Penifader and the world of English peasants before the plague" by Judith Bennett

"The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe" by Judith M. Bennett, Ruth Mazo Karras

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of medieval art and artifacts

The British Library's collection of medieval manuscripts and documents

The Medieval Academy of America's resources and publications on medieval studies

The International Center of Medieval Art's resources and publications on medieval art

These resources should provide a good starting point for further exploration of medieval literature, history, and art.

#medieval studies #study resources #dark academia #dark academia tips

[thewales]

The Telegraph

the Princess of Wales on Friday will host her annual carol concert, Together at Christmas.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester are expected to assemble at Westminster Abbey for the service. Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and Mike and Zara Tindall are also thought to be on the guest list.

Prince George, and Princess Charlotte, will almost certainly join their parents, while Prince Louis, could make his debut.

The King and Queen, who attended the event last year, are unable to make the concert due to long-standing commitments elsewhere.

The Together at Christmas service is arranged by the Princess to honour those who have gone above and beyond to help others throughout the year.

This year, it will celebrate “the golden opportunity” of new birth.

The service will be linked to the Princess’s work on the early years, recognising the efforts of those who work with babies and young families.

The congregation will be packed with midwives, health visitors, early years practitioners, nursery teachers and community volunteers.

Readings will be delivered by speakers including the Prince, Micheal Ward, Emma Willis, Roman Kemp and Jim Broadbent. A specially commissioned poem written by Joseph Coelho, the Children’s Laureate, will be read by Leonie Elliott.

The Westminster Abbey choir will perform and there will be performances by guests including Beverley Knight, Adam Lambert, Jacob Collier, Freya Ridings and James Bay.

The service, now in its third year, is broadcast on Christmas Eve on ITV.

#brf #the princess of wales

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Princess of Wales’ Year in Review: February

February 1st - A video was released of the Princess of Wales and "Shaping Us" Campaign Champions February 2nd - A video was released of the Princess of Wales at St Johns C of E Primary for the "Shaping Us" campaign. Photos of the visit were released on January 28th. Later that day, photos of the Princess of Wales and Roman Kemp were released in advance of the release of a video February 3rd - A video was released of the Princess of Wales and Roman Kemp speaking about the early years and mental health February 4th - Kensington Palace released a photograph of Catherine as a baby with her father, Michael Middleton. Catherine was later seen watching George play football with their dog, Orla February 6th - The Princess of Wales visited St John's Primary in Bethnal Green to launch Children's Mental Health Week, as part of her work as Patron of Place2Be February 8th - The Princess of Wales, Patron of Captain Harpreet Chandi's Solo Antarctic Expedition, visited Landau Forte College February 9th - The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall visited Cornwall. They visited the National Maritime Museum Falmouth, before visiting the Dracaena Centre February 19th - The Prince and Princess of Wales attended the British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Festival Hall February 21st - The Princess of Wales visited Oxford House Nursing Home February 22nd - The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron of the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, held an Early Years Meeting February 23rd - The Princess of Wales, Patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, received Ian Hewitt at Windsor Castle. That afternoon, she received Major General Christopher Ghika (Regimental Lieutenant Colonel) and Lieutenant Colonel James Aldridge (Commanding Officer) in her role as Colonel of the Irish Guards February 25th - The Prince of Wales, Patron of Welsh Rugby Union, and the Princess of Wales, Patron of Rugby Football Union, attended the Six Nations Rugby Match between Wales and England February 28th - The Prince and Princess of Wales undertook an away day to Wales. First, as Joint Patrons of the Royal Foundation, they visited Brynawel House Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centre; there, they announced a new project as part of a series to leave a lasting impact. The Royal Foundation brought together national and local organisations to support the design and build, and provide funding, tools, plants, seeds and materials for landscaping. Next, they visited Aberavon Celtic Leisure Centre before finishing by opening the new patient room at Wales Air Ambulance

#mine #royaltyedit #kate #yearreview #shaping us: st johns #shaping us: an important conversation #cmhw 23 #landau forte 23 #national maritime museum cornwall 23 #dracaena centre 23 #baftas 23 #oxford house 23 #ey meeting 23 4 #ian hewitt 23 #ghika aldridge 23 #6nations23: waleng #wales23