Richard Armitage tangentially related
Happy Bastille Day to our fellow French fans! Although it’s a bit heavy of a dish for the weather lately, do consider indulging in some of Richard Armitage’s favorite potato dishes: aligot and dauphin gratinois. Or his favorite French grapes, such as pinot noir.
Richard Armitage fan art by the much-missed AgzyM. Source.
Ocean’s 8:
- Comparison of 08 to 011.
- Prediction that it could be Warner Bros. biggest film of the year (I think this is unlikely, but who knows).
- Bangladeshi reviewer likes the idea of a mixed gender sequel.
- A restaurant in Kuala Lumpur names a dish after the film.
- A Dartmouth student considers the film in light of feminist film theory. (Author seems unaware that Kaling is a Dartmouth grad; she gave their commencement address this year. I wonder how she fit in there.)
Berlin Station:
- Brief discussion (in English) of German singer-songwriter and dissident Wolf Biermann’s reaction to the turn to AfD among some Germans, with links to a larger piece in NYT. (I have to object: it’s not just “Ossis,” though.)
- Nice piece on the Teufelsberg (where important scenes in season 1 played out).
Their Lost Daughters:
Collateral attractions:
- Profile / interview of Gemma Arterton (My Zoe).
- Brian Percival (North & South) is directing the new Downton Abbey film. Thanks to Christine for this info.
- Julie Delpy (My Zoe) is developing a new version of an Israeli series for AMC.
Industry issues:
Social media:
- Want instagram followers? Lock your account (after a certain point).
- Social Media and the Death of A Private Life.
Things we’ve talked about:
- “Dead Girl Stories” — why we like them and what reading them may do to women.
Me + Richard Armitage 
🙂 To much tired after an other duty day (no “fête nationale” for me) to write or read but thank you from the heart!
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It’s good you were there, just in case anyone got sick.
Tremblez, tyrans!
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“La Marseillaise”: the French national anthem will never be a fraternity song, for sure. It was originally a revolutionary war song and a freedom hymn.
As a child, I sang it with all my heart, at the end of year show of my music school. Unfortunately, I did not understand the meaning of its bellicose verses.
Fortunately, thanks to the “Beatles”. Due to them “The Marseillaise” will remain for posterity a love song and the title of a very explosive theater drama: “Love Love Love” …
– “All you need is love” – Servetus and each of the inhabitants of this planet.
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I used to play it in my world history lectures. I had a French TA and she would get up and sing along. it was an amusing way to make a point about nationalism.
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Funny! J’aimerais vous entendre lors de votre prochaine “lecture”, quelqu’en soit le sujet.
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This duty day on July 14 will ever remain in my memory. I did it alone from 9h to 19h without a lot of rest time. It was exhilarating but I had not enough drugs: lithium for two patients, one flask of neuroleptic drops and colchicine for pericarditis. One of my colleagues (20km or 20min) to whom I asked for help was also disappointed, overwhelmed by so much work too. Je me rassérène en me disant que je fus très utile…
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I’m certain you were.
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Merci
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Merci beaucoup! We have had a nice little firework display in our town. And tomorrow we are looking forward who will win the football world cup. So we have a weekend full of party
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Allez les bleues!
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Merci pour ce soutien en langue française!
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Congratulations on the victory. I admit I didn’t watch — my favorite teams (Germany, Mexico) were all out of it.
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I didn’t watch the world football cup. Only the last final. But I am not proud of the results. They didn’t deserve…
La liesse des supporteurs me touche mais je n’y participe pas, cela ne me rend pas euphorique …Mais préoccupations et mes centres d’intérêts sont ailleurs.
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Sorry!…”Mes préoccupations”
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I really like Richard Flanagan’s piece that you
posted. His line “It is untruth that has outstripped truth” to me was him burying the lead here. Thank you for the article.
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I felt like it explained a lot of things.
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Yep I’m probably going to search out his novel First Person just out of curiosity although I have a long long list now to read. Hope things are looking up for you and your dad.
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1- About Wolf Biermann: Thank you for this article, a man whose life and words were only commitments. It reminds me my 17 years’ old studies.
2- Only bad romance movies for Christmas and funny- entertainment-exploration movies for summer. But bad romance books at the sea side or in the train and airport stations.
3- “Ocean’s 8; a crab-stuffed with all kinds (eight, to be exact) of seafood, topped with gold flakes.”
🙂 It reminds me of the 9th volume of Hergé’s Franco-Belgian comic strip: Tintin “The Golden Claw Crab”
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Crabe_aux_pinces_d%27or
http://fr.tintin.com/albums/show/id/9/page/0/0/le-crabe-aux-pinces-d-or
4- Lot of stuff of great interests in June 21 Richard Flanagan’s article. Thank you!
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eating food with gold leaf on it ahs always appeared to me as the height of decadence, but I know it’s more common in the East.
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🙂 Cependant l’or n’est pas un métal anodin. Des intoxications à l’or ont été rapportées à travers l’histoire. Par exemple Diane de Poitiers mourut après avoir consommé une trop grande quantité d’élixir de longue vie, à base d’or dilué dans l’eau régale (un mélange d’acide nitrique et d’acide chlorydrique. Gloup gloup, miam miam!)
https://www.docbuzz.fr/2009/12/19/123-diane-de-poitiers-est-morte-dun-empoisonnement-a-lor/
Tout cela pour rester jeune et belle!
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“But reality is not the same thing as truth.” You explained that a few days ago too as Richard Flanagan did in this article.
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