I don't like all the heat. I never got people who love it. Are they reptiles? :)
I think I'm onto something here. If you look at the planet as a whole, the closer you get to the equator on average, the poorer people are, and the less education they have. There is something bad about the heat.
Thanks, Adam. Normally I can culture-ref with the best of them (or near), but that one had me stumped.
ReplyDeleteI am still impressed by the poetry of the line. Rhythm.
Am I the only one who likes The Philadelphia Story a lot better than Bringin Up Baby?
I believe I did.
ReplyDeleteYes, witch hunts never did anybody any good. Least of all witches. (And I am getting sterling help from one at the moment.)
Dialogue, yes. One tends not to notice it when engrossed in a story, but I think it of supreme importance. Again, Rhythm.
Oh, and I so identified with the Kate Hepburn character in Philadelphia Story. And I think it was her best role. Some of her other roles she was wrong-headed airheads.
ReplyDeleteThe names too. "C. K. Dexter Haven" is such a wonderful name.
ReplyDeleteThe best TV shows have them too. "Friends", "The Sopranos", "Gilmore Girls" for example have great names.
Adam, you should do film reviews on your blog, I know I'd read them.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have never cared about the heat, especially after living in the Las Vegas, Nevada area for a few years. Granted, it was a dry heat, but when you have lows in the 90s, that is just too much.
ReplyDeleteI prefer the cold. With the heat, you can take all of your clothes off and still be hot. At least I can pile clothes on me, bury myself in blankets, etc. and stay warm without too much hassle.
Green Wing is good.
ReplyDeleteConsidering the smaller budgets, UK certainly has wonderful sitcoms. (And I'm a connoisseur.)
Tamsin Greig.
ReplyDeleteI love her, especially in Black Books, one of my favorite sitcoms.
Is Love Soup funny? It looked a bit yucky, like some British TV can be.
ReplyDeleteTamsin Greig is funny and sexy in Black Books. Get it on DVD. I have all three seasons.
ReplyDeleteAnother great one is Spaced.
Adam,
ReplyDeleteI have put your list in my LoveFilm rental que.
I am holding my breath a bit, for these days it seems I rarely have patience for drama. I dunno.
... There is always hope!
ReplyDeleteThis is to teach you that your actions have *consequences*, young man!
Um... excuse me gentlemen? I thought this was the thread for "Heat is bad"? ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhich is a more serious and interesting subject than initially obvious! Granted, the true origin for these "bad" consequences is clearly the "on-the-field" superiority of colonial powers in History and all their consequences on the world. (Ultimately ending with corrupt, inept regimes "close to the equator".) But does their technical development have something to do with the climate? A very interesing question, when you think about it.
Perhaps, for instance, that in less fair-weatherd countries, life wasn't as easy, prompting technical innovation, and later leading to competition between nations, wars, developing weapons, etc...
It is certain that the fall of the Mayan empire was in direct correlation with the huge contrast between weapon technology. Europe developed them for centuries, while the Maya had a centuries-old unified empire with little more than local police incidents...
It makes me uneasy to say this, but remember how the World Wars sped up the process of Women Rights. They were given the chance to prove they could run a country if men were away. Some good came out of these tragedies.
There is also the "small issue" of tropical diseases, directly linked to temperature and affecting social well-being. Malaria is no gift for a civilization. I'm also reminded of the Egypt Plagues in the Bible, however romanticized they may be.