Richard Armitage tangentially related
Current projects:
- (Arden’s Wake: Tides Fall): At Tribeca, only two people per hour could view this piece.
- (Arden’s Wake: Tides Fall): Interesting description of the “spatial storytelling” dimensions of the piece.
- (Wolverine): CBR speculates about hypothetical Wolverine casting.
- (Wolverine): Profile and video with Ato Essandoh, who plays Agent Marshall.
- (Ocean’s 8): Will women drive the 2018 summer box office?
Past projects:
- (Hair): Chris Naylor reported that Richard Armitage did this musical at LAMDA. The 50th anniversary revival opens this week in many cities. Here’s an interesting article from the previous revival ten years ago, discussing the cultural significance of the play in the U.S.
- (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde): A survey of the cinematic portrayals of the story. Should Armitage ever be interested.
Collateral attractions / degrees of separation:
- Profile / interview of Samantha Colley (The Crucible) on the occasion of her role in Genius, a new series about Picasso. (She’s done a scientist and an artist, now she needs to do a politician or a conductor or something.) Her marital aspirations are not discussed. Servetus wants to know: who’s more fun, Richard Armitage or Antonio Banderas?
- Sandra Bullock makes VF’s week in fashion.
Industry issues:
- I don’t know what I think of this, but I thought it was an interesting question: are TV shows too long?
Stuff we’ve talked about:
- The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables. For lovers of these novels.
- If you remember our earlier conversations about German phonology / pronunciation, you might find this post from the Max Planck Gesellschaft interesting: a researcher has developed magnetic resonance tomography to the point that it can be used in real time to record the movements of the mouth in speaking. Although it will be hard for non-speakers of German to see, the speaker uses all of the different “ch” and “r” consonants I was writing about.
- Female directors: S.J. Clarkson has been tapped to direct the fourth Star Trek film in the new universe.
Fandom:
Thanks for the link to the article about “Anne.” I have been a devoted lover of the whole series and I’ve read everything L.M. Montgomery has written. I’ve visited “Green Gables” and all of the special places of Lucy Maude’s life a few times, and they were very emotional experiences for me. It makes me realize the enormous power of books; how they shape our lives and form a backdrop to our childhoods. I will never tire of Anne Shirley, no matter how old I am. A few years back I read the journals of the author and her battle with depression was absolutely heartbreaking. Thank you so much for sharing this. On bad days I imagine myself on Prince Edward Island and it always gives me a sense of glorious peace.
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I think that series holds a special place in the hearts of a lot of readers. (I feel that way about Laura Ingalls Wilder.) Childhood stories ARE so important. I didn’t realize Montgomery was a depression sufferer.
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Love these “RA-fandom-is-a-banquet” posts. Thanks, Serv. Hope you have a good weekend. My son Sam is in finals at Madison now – (Masters – library science). You are probably wrapping up your classes too. Get SOME R & R this weekend!
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I think I have two weeks left. Haven’t looked too closely 🙂 Thanks!
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Thanks, the video from Max-Planck-Gesellschaft is really fascinating.
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We just need to get him to say “Frankfurter Würstchen.”
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LOL. That´s probably part of the advanced edition.
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Headline: MPG finally demonstrates how hard it is to pronounce German words!
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I love that video with Tom Hiddleston and all the Loki players! So much fun.
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he’s really good at that kind of playful thing. And they were SO happy!
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