Showing posts with label fairy tale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fairy tale. Show all posts
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Charm and Duplicity, Like a Talking Snake
I was in a meeting with a man. He said that he trades in charm and duplicity. He said this allows him to recognize it when others do it. Actually, he said that all of us in the arts work in charm and duplicity. Really? I'm not so sure.
I would like to interrogate the origins of that phrase, but the internet is not yielding.
Thesaurus.com says:
Charm: enchantment, allure, talisman
Duplicity: deception, cunning, exhibition of disloyalty
The Online Etymology Dictionary says:
Charm (verb): c.1300, "to recite or cast a magic spell," Related: Charmed; charming.
Duplicity: early 15c., being "double" in one's conduct (Gk. diploos "treacherous, double-minded," lit. "twofold, double.")
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| I've got my eyes on you, mister. Do not fuck with me. |
I would like to interrogate the origins of that phrase, but the internet is not yielding.
Thesaurus.com says:
Charm: enchantment, allure, talisman
Duplicity: deception, cunning, exhibition of disloyalty
The Online Etymology Dictionary says:
Charm (verb): c.1300, "to recite or cast a magic spell," Related: Charmed; charming.
Duplicity: early 15c., being "double" in one's conduct (Gk. diploos "treacherous, double-minded," lit. "twofold, double.")
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Catherine Breillat Awakens a Beautiful Sleeping Lesbian in The Sleeping Beauty
Catherine Breillat's most recent film The Sleeping Beauty / La Belle Endormie (2010) is the kind of lush exploration of the burgeoning sexuality of a young woman that audiences expect from her after her more than 30 years of delivering such works. This time, that sexuality is decidedly not heterosexual.
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| The Sleeping Beauty wakes and discovers that she is a lesbian. |
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