![]() ![]() He begins to idolize Captain Nemo and the life of pure exploration that he initially seems to be leading. ![]() Professor Lawrence Pierce, The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular The act of taking a single (often minor) action or trait of a character within a work and exaggerating it more and more over time until it completely consumes the character. Most always, the trait/action becomes completely outlandish and it becomes their defining characteristic, turning them into a caricature of their former selves. Sitcoms and sitcom characters are particularly susceptible to this, as are peripheral characters in shows with long runs. The trope is named for The Simpsons character Ned Flanders, who was originally depicted as a friendly, generous Christian neighbor and a model father, husband and citizen, making him a contrast to Homer Simpson. ![]() ![]() As seasons progressed, however, he became increasingly obsessively religious to the point where he eventually embodied almost every negative stereotype of the God-fearing, bible-thumping American Christian evangelist. Note that the key to this trope is in how the process is a gradual thing: the character starts relatively normal with a few quirks, the quirks become more prominent, then the quirks gradually become the character. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I did find these snippets about the men’s costume design: And, sorry kids, but I don’t care about men’s Regency dress! So you’re basically going to get a bit of man candy. Today we’re finishing up by looking at the gentlemen. Jennings the bad girls, Fanny and Lucy and then the rest of the female characters. In previous posts, I reviewed Elinor’s wardrobe and went over the basics of English women’s dress around 1800 Marianne, and got into how her wardrobe reflects some specific styles of the 1790s the older ladies, Mrs. ![]() According to Thompson’s script, the filmmakers have chosen the round year of 1800 in which to set the film – at least, the opening scene is March 1800. So I’ve finally decided to break things up, looking at each main character individually, as well as some of the supporting characters in groups. I’ve put off doing a real, thorough review of this film because while it’s not the flashiest, it’s so pivotal to me. ![]() The performances - by Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, and more - are strong and pretty much everyone is well cast. Its screenplay was thoughtfully adapted by Emma Thompson, and it was directed with care by Ang Lee. It’s one of a spate of films from the 1990s that made a strong attempt to achieve period accuracy. The 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen ‘s Sense and Sensibility is, for me, one of the ultimate frock flicks. ![]() ![]() I could hear my aunt’s echoing cackle coming down the phone line. And then my stepmom would share a passage herself, only she would have to take breaks from reading out loud to allow her fits of giggles to pass. My stepmother would listen as one of her sisters read her a passage from the book and then she would laugh and laugh. But I would stand nearby and listen to my glamorous young stepmother as she talked on the phone to any one of her sisters-she had a gaggle of them, my glorious new aunties, and it seemed they were all reading A Confederacy of Dunces, too. I also didn’t know the sad tale of this most hilarious novel and its author. I was five years old, and didn’t know how to read yet. That must have been about when my stepmother started reading the book. ![]() In 1981, A Confederacy of Dunces by the late John Kennedy Toole won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-a rare honor for a work of humor. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet Theo is arrogant and elusive, concealing secrets of his own, and there's more to Semele's desire to speak with him than she would like to admit. Only one person can help her make sense of it all: her client, Theo Bossard. But what happened to the tarot deck? As the mystery of her connection to its story deepens, Semele can't shake the feeling that she's being followed. The more she reads, the more the manuscript begins to affect Semele's life. ![]() Both a memoir and a prophecy, it appears to be the work of a powerful seer, describing devastating wars and natural disasters in detail thousands of years before they occurred. Its author tells the story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to history, but as Semele delves further, she realizes the manuscript is more than it seems. ![]() Semele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, deciphering ancient texts-and when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. 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