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NPCs YOU’LL PROBABLY SEE MENTIONED ‘ROUND THESE PARTS
ROBERT “POPS” SULLIVAN. Luke, Bullet, Frankie, and Reggie's grandfather. City councilman in NYC; connections with mob members while he touts that he’s ‘tough on crime’; adopted Frankie and Bullet in their later teens; didn’t approve of his son Kelly’s marriage to Bullet's mother Florence, so he doesn’t approve of Bullet. Just used her for sympathy. Favors Frankie over Bullet ( most of the time ) and doesn't know about Luke and Reggie ( yet ).
JOHN SULLIVAN. Frankie's father and uncle to Bullet, Reggie, and Luke. Eldest son of Robert. Fuck up, but not as big as Kelly. Currently incarcerated in New York.
KELLY SULLIVAN. Father of Luke, Bullet, and Reggie. Only knows for certain about Bullet. General criminal, currently incarcerated in New York, but getting released soon. Asshole.
FLORENCE ( nee DARCY ) SULLIVAN. Mother of Bullet and estranged wife of Kelly. Con artist and thief. Currently incarcerated in New Mexico. Turned Kelly in to get immunity in an unrelated case.
RIVA DARCY. Maternal aunt of Bullet. Looks out for her when she's in town. Personal hero of the younger redhead. Hates the Sullivans. Tried to adopt Bullet when her sister was thrown in the clink until Robert got in her way.
MICHAEL “MIKEY” SULLIVAN. Younger brother of Frankie. Perished in an auto accident. Honestly was Frankie’s heart; they loved that kid. It’s difficult for Frankie to speak of Mikey now, but if they do, it’s all glowing.
DONNY WILSON. Grown ass married man with kids / Ranch hand. Had no business messing around with Bullet at the age she was when they did. Ran out of town when people began to suspect things. Bullet calls him her first love, but that ain't it.
LILAH BECKWITH. Bullet considers her her first girlfriend, though she was Frankie's at the time. Broke Bullet's heart and really just pissed Frankie off.
SARA JAKOB. The one who got away for Frankie. They have a tattoo of her name in a heart on their chest and they refuse to get it removed. Very, very sore subject.
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Propelled chiefly by last year’s London production, I have written a (rather) long form piece to do with Rebecca the Musical. Though focusing mainly on this eventual and heavily expectant premiere of the English production of the musical, discussion relates also to the original and other iterations of the show, and musicals more generally, too.
The piece is anchored by the central theme of insatiability while looking in turn at:
the process of tracing the evasive histories of character representations and theatrical productions over many decades – including also flickered and largely forgotten records of the play and opera forms of Rebecca, and the “apparitional”, equivocal lens that queer female sexuality is handled with across large spans of time
decoding evidence of sparse, if periodically rather dire, female queerness in theatrical, musical contexts – guided by the disciples of dykeish dissatisfaction in the musical’s character of Mrs Danvers or the story’s primary author of Daphne du Maurier herself
considering what it means to exist as an audience member responding in situ to (principally female) performers with thrilling voices, both in and outside an auditorium, and the delicate but frequently under-discussed predicament of queer female diva devotion.
Take a look if you're interested!
In further expansion of photographic documentation of each of the examined stage-based, theatrical iterations of Rebecca, more images are presented below.
Discussion originates from the existence of the 2023 English premiere production of Rebecca the Musical at the Charing Cross Theatre in London, where cast principals included Kara Lane as Mrs Danvers (alternated by Melanie Bright), Lauren Jones as I (the new Mrs de Winter), and Richard Carson as Maxim. Photos by myself.
The first stage production of Rebecca arose much earlier, concerning the 1939 play by the same name at the Queen’s Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue (now The Sondheim Theatre). Daphne du Maurier herself wrote its script. Margaret Rutherford played Mrs Danvers, Celia Johnson was the new Mrs de Winter, Owen Nares appeared as Maxim. The Queen’s Theatre was bombed in 1940 during WWII at the time of Rebecca’s occupancy, becoming the first theatre in London to be hit by a wartime bomb, and bringing to an immediate premature close the show’s successful run - and highlighting earlier associations of this story's connection to tumultuous tales and dramatic events in histories of it's staging, as the attempted primary stagings of the English musical iteration would later return to.
Photos from this first theatrical, London production include those by Angus McBean from a periodical spread entitled ‘Mystery and Murder in Stately Cornish Home - Dramatic Moments of Du Maurier’s “Rebecca.”’, published in The Sketch (vol. 190), May 1940.
The play also then appeared on the road in America, and subsequently on Broadway in 1945 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre for a fleeting 20 performances; and of this entity, record remains even more scarce. Cast principals included: Florence Reed (Mrs Danvers), Diana Barrymore (the new Mrs de Winter), Bramwell Fletcher (Maxim).
The next and last distinct adaptation of Rebecca to appear on stage before the musical was the 1983 opera production devised for Opera North, with music by Wilfred Josephs and libretto by Edward Marsh. It toured the UK before being revived briefly in 1988 and never seen again. Cast principals included: Ann Howard as Mrs Danvers, with Gillian Sullivan and later Anne Williams-King as the new Mrs de Winter, and Peter Knapp as Maxim.
Finding these few, historic photographs in obscure newspapers or consulting original scripts and librettos, for instance, in libraries and archives during this effortful and active treasure-hunting felt special and rewarding. But possible reconstruction of these stage iterations in the present day is only incompletely possible, because of reduced ease of access to or apparent remaining visceral evidence of a visceral art form.
The frustration in trying to seek out these apparitional traces not only foregrounds the importance of maintaining accessible, comprehensive primary records within the theatre, but mirrors also the act of trying to seek out records of queer female sexuality across history in works of literature, cinema or theatre, as a process typified by a similarly effortful navigation of apparitional erasure. This facet connects with the notion that consideration around Rebecca entangles with a web of insatiability or dykeish dissatisfaction, a web that stretches from this erasure and liminality of representation, to character constructions within the work – including of its infamous housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, to contextual backgrounds like those of the story’s primary author itself, Daphne du Maurier.
The entity of Rebecca, then, across its many themes, productions and decades, is uniquely useful in the way it can in turn encompass and facilitate explorations of these many facets – being capable of simultaneously holding consideration of these expansive webs of documentation, erasure or dykeish dissatisfaction that can be found lurking in historical margins, as well as also the contrasting luminous energy that can be produced in the present in association with the musical, as physical audiences interact with and respond to the material of the show and its performers within theatres in real time. These considerations have transferrable applicability beyond this singular context of this particular show to more general notions of theatrical pieces and the practice of theatregoing, too, as they foreground the question of how audience members respond to, process, and interact with shows; and, as a matter of far less common discussion or scholarly writing on the subject of diva devotion, how female fans specifically navigate the complex predicament of queer, female, performance-driven high regard.
#rebecca the musical#rebecca das musical#rebecca#mrs danvers#ich#the new mrs de winter#daphne du maurier#lonbecca#rebecca london#kara lane#willemijn verkaik#musical theatre#musicals#terry castle#wayne koestenbaum#the apparitional lesbian#theatre
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Fun Fact:
The majority of characters in the Silent Hill franchise are based on other characters or celebrities from the time period.
The main ones are:
Alessa Gillespie is based on Florence Tanner from The Legend of Hell House.
Maria's outfit is based on Christina Aguilera's 1999 Teen's Choice Awards outfit.
Mary's outfit is based on Tricia Poe's outfit in Con Air.
Similarly, Laura's outfit is based on Casey Poe's outfit in Con Air, likely being intentional to show Laura and Mary's connection.
Angela Orosco is based on Angela Bennet from The Net, though it isn't as close as the others. Having said this, her beta design resembles Angela Bennet more closely.
Some other small ones are:
Harry Mason was inspired by Humbert Humbert, in what way I do not know for Harry is nothing like him, but who knows.
James Sunderland's face is based on his voice actor Guy Cihi.
Maria/Mary is visually inspired by Cameron Diaz.
Vincent Smith is visually inspired by Ethan Hawke.
Walter Sullivan is visually inspired by Brendan Fraser.
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Adaptations of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Films:
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908 - U.S.). Produced by William N. Selig. There are no known existing copies of this film.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908 - U.S.). Produced by Kalem Films. Directed by Sidney Olcott, starring Frank Oakes Rose in the lead role.
- A Modern Dr. Jekyll (1909 - U.S.). Produced by William N. Selig. There are no known existing copies of this film.
- The Duality of Man (1910 - U.K.). First Jekyll-Hyde adaptation filmed in England, directed by Harry Brodribb Irving.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912 - U.S.) United States production based on Richard Mansfield's stage performance. Thanhouser Company. Starring James Cruze and Florence Labadie.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 - U.S.). Starring King Baggot and directed by Herbert Brenon. Distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, the precursor to Universal Studios.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Done to a Frazzle. (1914 - U.S.) Ten-minute satire starring Charles de Forrest as both Jekyll and Hyde.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 - U.S.) . Famous silent film version, starring John Barrymore. Plot follows the Sullivan version of 1887, with elements from The Picture of Dorian Gray.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 - U.S.) . Directed by J. Charles Haydon, starring Sheldon Lewis.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 - U.S.). Satire starring Hank Mann of the Keystone Cops.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 - U.S.) . Known for its acting, visual symbolism, and special effects, it follows the Sullivan plot. Fredric March won the Academy Award for his portrayal. The technical secret of the transformation scenes was not revealed until after the director's death.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 - U.S.) . A remake of the 1931 movie, it stars Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner. Unlike the 1931 version, this film uses what Christopher Frayling called "the movie pronunciation", /ˈdʒɛkəl/ JEK-əl, instead of the original /ˈdʒiːkəl/ JEE-kəl.
- The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951 - U.S.). Dr. Jekyll's illegitimate son Edward tries to recreate his father's formula to clear his father's name.
- Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953 - U.S.). A comedy starring Boris Karloff as Dr. Jekyll and an uncredited Eddie Parker (Karloff's stuntman) as Mr. Hyde.
- The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957 - U.S.) . A young woman discovers she is the daughter of Dr. Jekyll. This low-budget adaption includes the bizarre and unique feature of Mr. Hyde as a "human werewolf", who can only be destroyed by a stake through the heart, which is the traditional way of killing vampires, not werewolves.
- The Ugly Duckling (1959 - U.K.) . A comedy film and the first of three adaptations of the story by Hammer Film Productions. It has nothing to do with the story of "The Ugly Duckling", despite its name.
- The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll or House of Fright and Jekyll's Inferno (1960 - U.K.) . A lurid love triangle and explicit scenes of snakes, opium dens, rape, murder and bodies crashing through glass roofs.
- The Nutty Professor (1963 - U.S.). Directed by Jerry Lewis. This screwball comedy retains a thin connection to the original.
- Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971 - U.K.). Starring Ralph Bates as Jekyll and Martine Beswick as Hyde. The earliest work to show Jekyll transform into a beautiful woman. The film notably recasts Jekyll from a kind, well-intentioned man into Jack the Ripper, who uses Sister Hyde as a disguise to carry out his murders. Jekyll also employs the services of Burke and Hare.
- I, Monster (1971 - U.K.). Starring Christopher Lee in the Jekyll and Hyde role and Peter Cushing as Utterson. Recasts Jekyll (with a name change to Dr. Charles Marlowe/Mr. Edward Blake) as a 1906 Freudian psychotherapist. Retains some of Stevenson's original plot and dialogue.
- Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976 - U.S.) , a blaxploitation version by William Crain starring Bernie Casey as Dr. Henry Pride and Rosalind Cash.
.- Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982 - U.S.) , a campy satire wit Mark Blankfield as Jekyll who experiments with a "drug to replace all surgery", which is inadvertently mixed with an unknown substance.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986 - Australian) it was made by Burbank Animation Studios.
- Edge of Sanity (1989 - U.S.) , a low-budget adaptation with Anthony Perkins as a version of Jekyll whose experiments with synthetic cocaine transform him into Hyde, who is also Jack the Ripper
- The Pagemaster (1994 - U.S.) , a mix of animation and live action, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde appear as the movie's first villain (voiced by Leonard Nimoy).
- Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995 - U.S.) , in which a descendant of Dr. Jekyll creates a variant of his ancestor's potion that turns him into a woman.
- Mary Reilly (1996 - U.S.) . Starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich and based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Valerie Martin.
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002 - U.K.), Director: Maurice Phillips, starring John Hannah
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006 - U.S.) , set in modern times instead of Victorian England.
- Jekyll + Hyde (2006 - Canada) . Starring Bryan Fisher as Henry "J" Jekyll and Bree Turner as Utterson. Two medical students set out to create a drug derived from ecstasy that would enhance and change their personalities.
- Igor (2008 - U.S.) . Jaclyn (Jennifer Coolidge) stars as the henchwoman of Dr. Schadenfreude (Eddie Izzard), turning into Heidi to spy on Schadenfreude's competition.
- Den skæbnesvangre Opfindelse or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1910 - Denmark) . Directed by August Blom and starring Alwin Neuß for the Nordisk Film company. There are no known existing copies of this film.
- Ein Seltsamer Fall or A Strange Case (1914 - Germany) . German Jekyll-Hyde film starring Alwin Neuß and directed by Max Mack.
- Der Januskopf or The Janus-Head (1920 - Germany) . Directed by F. W. Murnau. An unauthorized version of Stevenson's story, disguised by changing the names to Dr. Warren and Mr. O'Connor. The dual roles were essayed by Conrad Veidt. The film is now lost.
- Karutha Rathrikal or Dark Nights (1967 - India) . A thriller, it was the first science fiction film in Malayalam, the language in which it was made.
- Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo (1972 - Spain) , a Paul Naschy film in his long-running series that pits Dr. Jekyll against a werewolf.
- Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (1981 - France) with Udo Kier.
- Chehre Pe Chehra or A face over a face (1981 - India) is an Indian Bollywood thriller film produced and directed by Raj Tilak. It stars Sanjeev Kumar as Dr. Wilson / Blackstone.
- Madame Hyde (2017 - France) . Marie Géquil and Madame Hyde were played by Isabelle Huppert.
Radio
- 1932, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Available for download. 52 fifteen-minute episodes, likely to have been broadcast weekly over one year. Further details unknown.
- 1945, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", The Weird Circle program episode
- 1948, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", NBC Favorite Story program episode hosted by Ronald Colman, starring William Conrad and selected by Alfred Hitchcock
- 1949, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", CBS Bookshelf of the World program episode
- 1952, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", NBC Presents: Short Story program episode (transcribed but never aired)
- 1954, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", NBC Theatre Royal program episode hosted by and starring Laurence Olivier
- 1974, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", CBS Radio Mystery Theater program episode hosted by E. G. Marshall and starring Kevin McCarthy
- 1985, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, BBC Radio 4 dramatization with Michael Aldridge as Jekyll, James Bryce as Hyde and Bernard Hepton as Utterson
- 1997, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, BBC Radio 4 dramatization with Alexander Morton as Jekyll/Hyde and David Tennant
- 2007, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Drama with Adam Godley as Jekyll/Hyde and Christine Kavanagh as Mrs. Utterson.
- 2012, BBC Radio Scotland crime drama, The Strange Case of Dr. Hyde, a four-part reworking of the Stevenson story written by Chris Dolan set in modern-day Edinburgh. Detective Inspector Newman (David Rintoul), assisted by Detective Constable Lanyon (Kenny Blyth), is investigating a series of mutilation murders and seeks the help of eccentric pathologist Dr. Hyde (Jimmy Chisholm), becoming involved along the way with solicitor Jane Poole (Wendy Seager).
- 2016, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, BBC Radio 4 BBC Drama with Stuart McQuarrie as Jekyll, John Dougall as Hyde and Madeleine Worrall as Lorna Utterson. This version is presented as a speculative version of what the original Jekyll & Hyde would have been like before Stevenson edited it based on his wife's objections, and introduces the twist of a third identity for Jekyll in the form of George Denman, intended to represent all the most positive aspects of Jekyll's character, only for Denman to regress to Hyde when he loses his temper.
Television
- 1955, Season 1 episode of CBS's live CLIMAX! drama program starring Michael Rennie. Hosted by Bill Lundigan, this episode was originally aired on 28 July 1955 (Season 1 Episode 34). It ran 60 minutes originally, but was edited down to 45 minutes on home video.The story was adapted for television by Gore Vidal.
- 1959, TV France, The Testament of Dr. Cordelier. A modern adaptation of Stevenson's novel, it stars Jean-Louis Barrault, Teddy Bilis, and Michel Vitold.
- 1968, TV U.S. and Canada, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Starring Jack Palance, directed by Charles Jarrott and produced by Dan Curtis of Dark Shadows fame. Nominated for several Emmy awards, it follows Hyde on sexual conquests and hack and slash murders. The TV-movie aired on CBC in Canada on 3 January 1968 and on ABC in the U.S. on 7 January.
- 1970, TV U.S. Dark Shadows. Another Dan Curtis production that features the characters Cyrus Longworth and John Yaeger who are identical, except in name, to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
- 1973, TV U.S. and U.K., Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a musical made-for-TV version starring Kirk Douglas in one of his few singing roles. No relation to the later musical version, the songs for this one were by Lionel Bart, who wrote Oliver!. Directed by David Winters.
- 1975, TV U.S., The Ghost Busters, a Filmation series featuring ghosts of historical and literary figures. In the episode "Jekyll & Hyde: Together for the First Time!", Severn Darden stars as Jekyll alongside Joe E. Ross as Mr. Hyde.
- 1980, TV U.K., Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, a BBC adaptation directed by Alastair Reid with David Hemmings in the title roles. This version turns the convention of the (performed) role upside down, with Hemmings appearing in heavy make-up as Jekyll, and with less makeup as a debonair, man-about-town version of Hyde. This version also gives a twist to the usual ending when Jekyll's body turns into Mr. Hyde upon his death.
- 1986, animated Australian telefilm, with John Ewart as Utterson, made by the Burbank production company.
- 1989, TV U.S., with Laura Dern and Anthony Andrews in the dual role. This version was adapted by J. Michael Straczynski. Broadcast as episode 3 of the horror anthology series Nightmare Classics.
- 1990, TV U.S., Jekyll & Hyde, a made-for-television film starring Michael Caine in the title roles. Added to the story is Jekyll's sister-in-law character (Cheryl Ladd), who is raped by Hyde.
- 1999, TV U.S., Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Adam Baldwin. In this modern-day re-imagining, plastic surgeon Henry Jekyll learns ancient Chinese herbal medicine will give him superhuman powers, which he uses to exact revenge for his wife's murder. Francis Ford Coppola produced.
- 2002, TV U.K., Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring John Hannah as both characters, with body language and wardrobe the only distinction between the appearance of the two. Initially Hyde is identified as a mental patient that Jekyll had 'hired' as a test subject, but when Hyde died during a riot in the asylum, Jekyll used Hyde's name for his other identity as his staff were already expecting Hyde as a new presence in the house. The narrative is chronologically disjointed, beginning with the end of the story, then returning to the beginning via narrated flashbacks, with the occasional brief glimpse of the reading of Jekyll's confession by Utterson.
- 2007, TV U.K., Jekyll. A six-part BBC serial, aired from 16 June 2007, starring James Nesbitt as Tom Jackman, a modern Jekyll whose Hyde wreaks havoc in modern London. In the course of the series, Jackman learns that he is the descendant of the original Hyde (Jekyll died a virgin while Hyde had various affairs), and that the transformations were the result of some natural fluke in Jekyll's biology rather than a potion. He also learns that the company he works for was created specifically to track him, to the extent that his wife is a clone of the original Jekyll's maid created so that she could provoke the same transformation in Jackman as her template did in the original Hyde.
- 2008, TV, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Dougray Scott, Tom Skerritt, and Krista Bridges.
- 2013, TV U.S., Do No Harm, an NBC series. This is a contemporary take on the story, with actor Steven Pasquale in dual roles as Dr. Jason Cole/Ian Price. Cole is a successful neurosurgeon who has long been able to suppress Price, his evil alternate personality, with an experimental drug. However, Price develops an immunity to the drug and subsequently wreaks havoc on Cole's life when he is in control.
- 2015, TV U.K., Jekyll and Hyde a "superhero-themed" 10-episode series, produced by ITV Studios for ITV, being filmed between February and July 2015. Beginning on 25 October 2015, the series takes place in the 1930s and centred around Robert Jekyll, the grandson of Henry Jekyll, who has inherited his grandfather's curse to become Mr. Hyde when angry, but could keep this from happening by taking special tablets. In the course of the series, Robert finds himself caught between MIO, a British organisation created to hunt the supernatural, and the ruthless Tenebrae, an organisation that seeks to use the supernatural for power, as well as his own attempts to control the Hyde within him by researching his family history, finding his long-hidden grandmother and previously-unknown sister (who has a Hyde of her own).
- 2015, TV, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Gianni Capaldi, Shaun Paul Piccinino and Mickey Rooney in his final role.
- 2015, South Korean television romance-thriller series, Hyde, Jekyll, Me, starring Hyun Bin as both Hyde and Jekyll, renamed Seo-jin and Robin. In this version, Hyde is the main personality, while Jekyll is the new personality created by an accident.
Music
- Slovak singer Miroslav Žbirka released a song called "Dr. Jekyll a Mr. Hyde" on his fifth album Chlapec z ulice in 1986
- The Who released the song "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" as the B side of the singles "Magic Bus" and "Call Me Lightning" and on the album Magic Bus: The Who on Tour. They also released the Jekyll-Hyde allegorical "Doctor Jimmy" (with the refrain "Dr. Jimmy and Mr. Jim") on the album Quadrophenia, the latter of which is regarding split personality.
- Serge Gainsbourg wrote and released the song "Docteur Jekyll et Monsieur Hyde" on his 1968 album with Brigitte Bardot, Bonnie and Clyde.
-Men At Work released the song "Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive" on their album Cargo.
- The Damned released a song titled "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" on their 1980 release The Black Album.
- Korean boyband VIXX released their first mini-album (HYDE) and first repackage (Jekyll) based on the book.
- Halestorm released the song "Mz. Hyde" on their album The Strange Case Of....
- Petra released the song "Jekyll and Hyde" as the first track of their 2003 album of the same name.
- Figure released the song "Mr. Hyde" on the album Monsters of Drumstep vol. 2 in 2011.
- Jekyll + Hyde is the fourth major-label studio album by the Zac Brown Band, released on 28 April 2015.
- Metalcore band Ice Nine Kills released the song "Me, Myself and Hyde" as a single on 19 February 2015 for their album Every Trick in the Book.
- Five Finger Death Punch released a song called "Jekyll And Hyde" on their 2015 album Got Your Six.
- Christian artist Jonathan Thulin released a song called "Jekyll and Hyde" on his album Science Fiction.
- "Jekyll or Hyde" is a song that appears on the progressive metal album Static Impulse by James LaBrie.
- "Jekyll and Hyde" is a song that appears on the 2001 Judas Priest -album Demolition.
Books
- 1890, The Untold Sequel of the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Frances H. Little is a 're-telling' of the story based on the -idea that Edward Hyde was an actual person, a former actor whom Jekyll had met in America and brought to London, and not the alter ego of Henry Jekyll. Told from the perspective first of Utterson and then of Hyde, the story recounts Hyde murdering first Sir Danvers Carew in an opium-induced fit of rage, then Jekyll for the inheritance stated in Jekyll's will, and finally hiding Jekyll's body in a secret room in Jekyll's house. Hyde finally tricks Lanyon with a false transformation before committing suicide as in Stevenson's book.
- 1979, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes by Loren D. Estleman is a 'retelling' of the story based on the idea that Utterson hired Sherlock Holmes to investigate Hyde's connection to Jekyll in the belief that Hyde is a blackmailer. The novel is written in a manner that suggests it was essentially taking place 'behind the scenes' of the familiar storyline, with Utterson hiring Holmes to investigate the apparent blackmail and the Queen herself later asking Holmes to investigate the death of Sir Danvers Carew. The story culminates with Holmes and Watson confronting Hyde just as he consumes the last sample of the potion to turn back into Jekyll, Jekyll telling them his story before forcing Holmes to kill him, as he recognizes that Hyde will never commit suicide and cannot bring himself to do it. In the novel's final chapter, Holmes shares the story with Robert Louis Stevenson, but asks that Stevenson leave Holmes and Watson out of his version of the story to prevent anyone realizing that it is a chronicle of real events and to avoid facing the legal issue of Holmes killing Jekyll, even if in self-defence.
- 1990, Robert Bloch and Andre Norton's The Jekyll Legacy acts as a sequel to the novel, in which Hester Lane, a reporter from Canada, discovers that she is Jekyll's heir. However, someone is continuing Jekyll's experiments. The novel takes an even more sinister turn as Jekyll's butler Poole and Utterson are bludgeoned to death.
- 2001, Ludovic Debeurme's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, an illustrated edition adapted for young readers.
- The Robert Swindells book Jacqueline Hyde concerns the protagonist's struggle with her 'Hyde' after smelling a bottle, the contents of which releases her bad side.
- 2014, Hyde by Daniel Levine acts as the original book's companion, telling the story from Hyde's perspective and adding new elements to the plot.
- The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss is the first novel of the Athena Club series, which features the daughters of various prominent scientists from Victorian literature banding together to oppose their fathers' schemes. The first members of the club are Mary Jekyll, Doctor Jekyll's legitimate daughter, and the near-feral Diana Hyde, with the first novel seeing these two meeting their fellows and confronting the still-living Edward Hyde.
- 2021, Jekyll and Hyde: Resurrection by Alexander Bayliss was released on 5th January to commemorate the 135th anniversary of the publication of the original. It is a contemporary urban thriller.
(Web)Comics & Mangas
- Jekyll to Hyde to Saibanin.
- Jekyll de Hyde na Kare/Jekyll and Hyde Boyfriend
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, adaptation by Lorenzo Mattotti and Jerry Kramsky which won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material in 2003.
- The Glass Scientists (2015) webcomic adaptation by Sabrina Cotugno, features Hyde constantly at odds with Dr. Jekyll's pursuit of improving the reputation of mad scientists in the public eye, who are generally ostracized following the death of the infamous Dr. Frankenstein. Lanyon plays a greater role in this adaption, acting as Jekyll's business partner and taking up Utterson's role in the original novel as Jekyll's close friend. The webcomic is ongoing.
- The Search for Henry Jekyll by @gabrielied. London is plagued by an unidentified serial killer. While looking for the culprit, Inspector Utterson fears all clues point to his estranged friend, Doctor Jekyll. Now Utterson must choose between his still strong desire to protect Henry, or turn him in for certain death and lose him forever. A queer retelling of the classic tale of Jekyll and Hyde, follow Utterson as he desperately tries to save his dear friend Henry from his own murderous alter ego.
- A condensed version of the story was adapted in 1982 as a short comic book titled Przeobrażenie (The Transformation), by Polish illustrator Marek Szyszko, with Stefan Weinfeld. In 1983 Szyszko and Weinfeld adapted the story once again, this time as a full-length comic book Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, which closely followed Stevenson's complete story and kept its title.
- Marvel’s Hulk
- Jekyll to Hyde to Saibanin (2009). A strange case occurred in London at the end of the 19th century. What is the true face of the vicious criminal roaming the city? The famous masterpiece epitomizing the phenomenon known as split personality is adapted into comic format!
- Hoof Fellas is the story of the devil's incompetent brother and his manservant Jekyll/Hyde as they journey to Hell and back to discover the true meaning of cornbread. Created by Chess Albaneze.
Appearances in other fiction
- Mad Monster Party?, a 1967 American animated comedy film, features Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as guests at a party thrown by Baron Boris von Frankenstein.
- A "Jekyll and Hyde" character was a part of the "1970 Parallel Time" storyline (March 27, 1970 - July 17, 1970) of the ABC daytime serial Dark Shadows, where Dr. Cyrus Longworth (played by Christopher Pennock) creates a formula that turns him into the dark-haired, mustachioed and totally evil "John Yaeger" (also played by Pennock).
- Mad Mad Mad Monsters, a 1972 American animated "prequel of sorts" to Mad Monster Party?. Dr. Jekyll appears only twice briefly in the story and is not mentioned by name until the second time at the end, where he drinks his potion and changes into Mr. Hyde.
- 1988, video game, Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde for the NES, created by Toho.
- 1990, novel, Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin, a reworking of Stevenson's plot told from the viewpoint of a maid in Jekyll's household, named Mary Reilly in this novel.
- 1993, animated film, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mr. Hyde appears as one of the citizens of Halloween Town. Only seen in his "Hyde" form, he keeps two smaller versions of himself underneath his hat.
- 1994, movie U.S., The Pagemaster, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde play as supporting characters, both voiced by Leonard Nimoy, Hyde threatening the main characters before they drop him down a pit.
- 2001, video game, Jekyll and Hyde for Windows platform, created by Cryo Interactive.
- 2003, film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, adapted from Alan Moore's eponymous comic book series. The film adaptation stars Jason Flemyng as both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the latter using prosthetic makeup. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are employed by the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen to combat the Fantom. The version of Hyde depicted in both comic and movie bears more resemblance to the Hulk than the malevolent dwarf of the novel, possessing great strength and size. As in the comic book on which it is based, this is attributed to Hyde "growing, free from boundaries, free from limitations" (although the film version is still dependent on Jekyll drinking the serum to transform, rather than Hyde no longer requiring the potion to manifest).
- 2004, film Van Helsing. Robbie Coltrane provides the voice of a CGI animated Mr. Hyde, who Van Helsing unintentionally kills at the cathedral of Notre Dame when pursuing him through Paris. Like in The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Mr. Hyde is also portrayed as a large, hulking brute. When Hyde dies, he transforms back into Dr. Jekyll. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is also the focus of the film's animated prequel Van Helsing: The London Assignment, where Hyde is shown as Jack the Ripper, stealing souls each night for a youth potion that Jekyll, in the guise of a royal physician, uses to restore Queen Victoria's youth and seduce her.
- 2008, animated film, Igor: a major character is Jacqueline and Heidi.
- 2010, television series, Sanctuary, the character Adam Worth's story was stolen by a former friend and retold under the "fictional" title of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Adam's psychological disorder is one of "split personality" at a time before modern psychiatry.
- 2012, Sony Pictures animated film, Hotel Transylvania, Mr. Hyde can be seen as one of the monsters in Hotel Transylvania. This version has an underbite, has pale yellow skin, and wears a suit and a top hat.
- 2014, In Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Blue & Silver, a light novel series based on the original drafts of Fate/stay night, Dr. Jekyll appears as the Servant of the Berserker class, portrayed as a gentle and good looking young man. His Noble Phantasm allows him to transform into Mr. Hyde.
- 2016, TV U.K., Penny Dreadful season 3, with Shazad Latif as Dr. Henry Jekyll. Here, Jekyll is an old medical school friend of Victor Frankenstein's, who once schemed with him to upend the medical establishment. He comes to Victor's aid after the latter has lost control of his creations.
- 2016, TV U.S., Once Upon a Time season 5 and 6, with Hank Harris as Dr. Jekyll and Sam Witwer as Mr. Hyde. In this version, Rumplestiltskin helps Dr. Jekyll to create his formula, hoping to benefit from Dr. Jekyll's work. Dr. Jekyll still has evil tendencies at times, and Hyde can be nice. The characters separate and appear in the present day.
- In season 10 of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the serial killer Charles DiMesa a.k.a. Dr. Jekyll is active.
- In Power Rangers Dino Super Charge, the name of the character Heckyl refers to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde because he has a split personality and shares a body with Snide.
- In 2017, Russell Crowe plays Dr. Jekyll (and Mr. Hyde) in The Mummy, which is the first installment in the Dark Universe film series and is a role which was planned to be elaborated on in further films within the series. However, the cancellation of the so-called "Dark Universe" put a stop to these plans.
- In 2018, a dating simulator created by game company NTT Solmare titled "Guard me, Sherlock" has a version of Jekyll and Hyde; however, in this adaptation they are not the same person and are instead brothers, Jekyll being the elder, and unlike many other adaptations, Hyde is not depicted as monstrous and instead appears as a normal brown-haired, blue-eyed male with a scar across his face.
- Jekyll & Hyde: the Musical
Spoofs and parodies
- Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde, a 1924 silent, black-and-white comedy film starring Stan Laurel in a solo film appearance and directed by Percy Pembroke. A parody in which the Hyde character Mr. Pride is more of a compulsive prankster than evil.
- The Impatient Patient, a 1942 Looney Tunes Daffy Duck cartoon where, suffering from hiccups, he ends up meeting a Dr. Jerkyl while trying to deliver a telegram to someone named "Chloe".
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse, a 1947 Tom and Jerry cartoon.
-Motor Mania, a 1950 Goofy cartoon in which he transforms into a Mr. Hyde-type split personality.
- The Prize Pest, a 1951 Looney Tunes Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon where Daffy adopts a "Jekyll and Hyde routine" split personality in order to scare Porky Pig.
- Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a 1953 horror comedy film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello and Boris Karloff as Jekyll, with an uncredited Eddie Parker as Hyde.
- Dr. Jerkyl's Hide, a 1954 Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Sylvester, Alfie and Chester
- Hyde and Hare, a 1955 Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon.
- Hyde and Go Tweet, a 1960 Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Sylvester and Tweety, with the bird as the dual character.
- Sicque! Sicque! Sicque!, the ninth episode of The Inspector animated film series. It was produced in 1966 and features Deux-Deux drinking a green potion from a test tube and constantly changing into a huge, ugly, green monster when the Inspector is not looking. The monster Deux-Deux becomes keeps shooting and stomping on the Inspector.
- "Nowhere to Hyde," the 12 September 1970, episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in which the ghost of Mr. Hyde is committing jewelry store robberies and one of the suspects is a descendant of Dr. Jekyll.
- The Jerry Lewis version of The Nutty Professor shows the schlemiel academic turn into a suave lady killer by drinking his potion.
- The Adult Version of Jeyll & Hide, 1972 "underground" erotic film starring John Barnum as "Dr. Leeder" who finds and uses Jekyll's diary and formula, turning him into "Miss Hyde" (Jane Tsentas)
- Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype, 1980 film starring Oliver Reed, in which a kindly but hideous doctor develops a potion that turns him into a suave, but evil, man of the world.
- Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora, 1980 Italian comedy film starring Paolo Villaggio and Edwige Fenech
- Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again, 1982, starring Mark Blankfield.
- Wondergran Meets Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hide, on the first episode of Season 12 of The Benny Hill Show. Produced in 1981, Benny Hill is as surgeon Dr. Jackal who, unable to have a proper meal and drinking a mix of chemicals to assuage his hunger, changes into the evil monster Mr. Hide.
- "Nasty Stuff", 1984 episode of claymation series The Trap Door
- "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. McDuck", 1987 episode of Disney's DuckTales
- Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf, a 1988 comedy film, features a race between a number of classic Hollywood inspired monsters including "Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Snyde."
- Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, 1995 comedy film starring Tim Daly, Sean Young and Lysette Anthony
- "Bubba Hyde", a 1995 song by Diamond Rio. The video starred Jm J. Bullock playing Barney Jekyll and Bubba Hyde.
- Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde, a 1995 British children's television series which aired on BBC One
- Jekyll and Heidi, a 1999 book in the Goosebumps series
- Dr Jekyll i Mr Hyde według Wytwórni A'YoY – Polish movie from 1999
- Dr. Jekyll and Mistress Hyde, 2003 direct-to-DVD erotic film starring Julian Wells as "Dr. Jackie Stevenson/Heidi Hyde"
- "The Strange Case of Dr. Jiggle and Mr. Sly", which appeared as part of the VeggieTales 2004 video A Snoodle's Tale
- Jacqueline Hyde, 2005 direct-to-DVD erotic film starring Gabriella Hall as the normal "Jackie Hyde" and Blythe Metz as her "Jacqueline Hyde" counterpart
- "Mrs Hyde", 2005 song by the Italian rock noir band Belladonna[39]
- The Phineas and Ferb episode "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" features the villain Dr. Jekyll Doofenshmirtz drinking a potion to turn himself into a monster in order to win a "Best Monster" contest.
- The Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero episode "Rip-Penn" features Penn as Dr. Barzelby (inspired by Dr. Jekyll) who accidentally drinks a potion that turns him into a monster version of Penn's nemesis Rippen.
- In the Rooster Teeth Animation RWBY, the book "The Man with Two Souls." Is a reference to the book. A sequel is called "The Man with Two Souls II: The Man with Four Souls."
#jekyll and hyde#the glass scientists#The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde#the search of henry jekyll#Hoof Fellas#Jekyll and Hyde the musical#gothic literature#frankenstein#dracula#really long post#really really long post#lets add more
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The Outsiders were a famous band from the 1980′s. In a time where Ronald Reagan was president and the world went through more changes than one could count, the Outsiders were able to materialize hope and comfort for thousands across the world. The Outsiders consisted of Billie Scout, Shay Sullivan, David Quinn, Warren Hastings...and Florence Cameron. There was no band quite like theirs. No band that connected with their fans like they did, no band that got an entire stadium to sing the chorus of their hit song ‘Old Soul.’ Needless to say, the Outsiders had it all. Money, fame, the love of the people.
Until October 14th, 1989.
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Florence couldn't stop the insistent tapping of her foot. She had arrived at the bar not five minutes before, and was shaking like a leaf in the wind. Hands were clasped together, thumbs going over each other in circular motions. ‘God, Florence. Relax.’ She mentally berated herself. She was meeting with a woman named Billie. Billie Scout was a member of the band, the Outsiders. It was a well known local band, Florence even went to a few of their shows. They hadn’t made it big, yet. The gigs had been just bars and restaurants, but the people liked what they saw. Her eyes danced between the door and the tv at the top of the bar. She had calmed down from the initial shock that Billie had called her back, since Florence thought she didn’t stand a chance. To her knowledge, they were looking for a second set of vocals next to Billie and a second guitar in the group. The little bell over the door rang softly, indicating that someone had entered. And surely, enough it was Billie. “Hey. How’ve you been?”
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LUCY & BEDROCK! (TWIST! TWIST!)
Lucille Ball & “The Flintstones”
“The Flintstones” was TV’s first primetime animated sitcom. It was produced by Hannah-Barbara animation and ran on ABC TV from 1960 to 1966. Following the show's cancellation, a film called The Man Called Flintstone, a musical spy caper that parodied James Bond, was released that same year. The show was revived in the early 1970s and several different series and made-for-TV movies. The original show also was adapted into a live-action film in 1994, and a prequel, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, which followed in 2000.
Although not officially recognized by its creators, the show bears a very strong resemblance to TV’s “The Honeymooners”. Fred and Wilma Flintstone are reminiscent of Ralph and Alice Kramden, and they have best friends and neighbors Betty and Barney Rubble that are very similar to Ed and Trixie Norton. The original “Honeymooners” (1955-56) also was spun-off into future iterations, including musical episodes, just like “The Flintstones.”
Lucille Ball admired “Honeymooners” creator and Jackie Gleason and Gleason even played Ralph Kramden on “Here’s Lucy.” Ball also worked with the show’s other stars: Art Carney (in “Happy Anniversary and Goodbye” and “What Now Catherine Curtis”), Audrey Meadows (in “Mother of the Bride” on “Life With Lucy”) and even Jane Kean, who played Trixie in the color “Honeymooners” (who was seen on a 1966 episode of “The Lucy Show”).
CAST CONNECTIONS
Jean Vander Pyl (Wilma Flintstone / Pebbles) worked with Lucille Ball on several episodes of “My Favorite Husband” radio show in 1948.
Alan Reed (Fred Flintstone) played a train station luncheon counter attendant in “Lucy Visits The White House” (TLS S1;E23) in 1963, while also playing Fred Flintstone on ABC. He later appeared on an episode of Desi Arnaz’s “Mothers-in-Law”.
Bea Benadaret (Betty Rubble) was one of Lucille Ball’s favorite performers. She played Iris Atterbury on “My Favorite Husband” and was Ball’s first choice to play Ethel Mertz. Instead, she played Miss Lewis in “Lucy Plays Cupid” (ILL S1;E15).
Mel Blanc (Barney Rubble) was a master of voices best known for Bugs Bunny. He also worked extensively with Jack Benny, once with Lucille Ball. He did two films with Lucille Ball: The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) and G.I. Journal (1944). In 1969, Blanc did some ADR (dialogue replacement) work on “Here’s Lucy.”
Hal Smith (Various Voices) is probably best known as Otis the Drunk on “The Andy Griffith Show”. He appeared with Lucille Ball in the 1963 film Critic’s Choice and did three episodes of “The Lucy Show” and one of “Here’s Lucy.”
Howard Morris (Various Voices) played Howard Coe in “Lucy and the Golden Greek” (TLS S4;E2) in 1965.
Allan Melvin (Various Voices) is best remembered as Sam the Butcher on “The Brady Bunch” and Barney Hefner on “All in the Family.” In 1956, as Corporal Henshaw on “Sergeant Bilko,” he did was seen with Ball in “Bilko’s Ape Man.” Melvin and Ball also appeared together on the 8th Anniversary of “The Ed Sullivan Show” In 1954.
Harvey Korman (The Great Gazzoo / Various Voices) is best remembered for his work with Carol Burnett on “The Carol Burnett Show”, several times with Lucille Ball. He also appeared on “The Lucy Show” three times.
Janet Waldo (Mrs. Slaghoople / Hedda Rocker / Various Voices) is best remembered for voicing Judy Jetson on another Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, “The Jetsons” (1962-87). She played Peggy “Keep Jiggling” Dawson on “I Love Lucy” and Lucy Carmichael’s sister Marge on “The Lucy Show.”
Frank Nelson (Rockbind / Rocky Stone / Various Clerks) did two recurring characters on “I Love Lucy” - Freddie Fiillmore and Ralph Ramsey, in addition to other characters. His distinctive voice was heard on “My Favorite Husband” and he made one appearance, as the harried train conductor, on “The Lucy Show.”
June Foray (Granny / Nurses) was one of the most famous voice artists in Hollywood, most famous for Rocket J. Squirrel. Coincidentally, Warner Brothers recruited Foray to replace Bea Benadaret as Granny in their cartoons. On “I Love Lucy” she provided the bark of Fred the dog.
Paula Winslowe (Mrs. Slate / Various Voices) played Mrs. Martha Conklin on “Our Miss Brooks” opposite Gale Gordon. On “I Love Lucy” she was one of the passengers on the S.S. Constitution in “Second Honeymoon” (ILL S5;E14) and a patient (in wheelchair, above) in “Lucy Plays Florence Nightingale” (TLS S2;E14). She was the voice of Bambi’s mother in the 1942 Disney film Bambi.
Verna Felton (Pearl Slaghoople) received two Emmy nominations for her role in the Desilu series “December Bride,” playing Hilda Crocker from 1955 to 1959. She did two episodes of “I Love Lucy,” including playing Lucy’s stern maid, Mrs. Porter. Felton voiced many characters for Disney.
Howard McNear (Doctor) played Mr. Crawford, Little Ricky’s music teacher on “I Love Lucy.” McNear went on to play Floyd the Barber on “The Andy Griffith Show” from 1961 to 1967, filmed on the Desilu backlot. He was also seen in Lucy and Desi’s 1953 film The Long, Long Trailer.
Herb Vigran (Cop) was one of the busiest character actors in Hollywood. He played Jule, Ricky Ricardo’s music agent on two episodes of “I Love Lucy” in addition to playing movie publicist Hal Sparks in “Lucy is Envious” (ILL S3;23). He was seen in the Lucy-Desi film The Long, Long Trailer and six episodes of “The Lucy Show” - all as doctors!
Ginny Tyler (Daisy) voiced Clementine the sheep in “Lucy Buys a Sheep” (TLS S1;E5) and the bird voices in “Lucy Gets the Bird” (TLS S3;E12) and one episode of “Here’s Lucy.” She did the voice of the sheep in Disney’s 1964 hit Mary Poppins. Although she died in 2012, her voice can still be heard in the chorus of birds outside The Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
Willard Waterman (Gus Gravel) was a versatile voice actor who appeared on hundreds of radio shows in the 1930s and 40s. He is probably best remembered for playing “The Great Gildersleeve” on both radio and TV. He was seen on “The Lucy Show” in “Lucy and The Plumber” (above) and “Lucy the Rain Goddess” (S4;E15).
Jerry Hausner (Clyde) was best remembered for playing Jerry, Ricky’s agent on “I Love Lucy” (including the pilot). He also did one appearance on “The Lucy Show.”
Sam Edwards (Agent) played the star-struck bellboy in “Lucy Meets the Queen” (ILL S5;E15). He was also the voice of the adult Thumper in Bambi (1942).
Sandra Gould (Various Voices) was best remembered as Gladys Kravitz on “Bewitched”. She made two appearances on “I Love Lucy” and one (above) on “The Lucy Show.”
Ann-Margret (Ann Margrock) was one of several celebrity guest stars to be honored with character on “The Flintstones”. She was also a guest star (as herself) on “Here’s Lucy” in 1970 and had appeared on Ann-Margret’s 1969 special.
Elizabeth Taylor (Pearl Slaghoople in The Flintstones live action film, 1994) was one of Hollywood’s most glamorous and popular stars when she guest starred with husband Richard Burton on “Here’s Lucy” in 1970. It is odd, then, that she was cast as Pearl Slaghoople, a character that was previously considered frumpy.
Paul Winchell (Umpire / Thief / Reporter in "Wind Up Wilma” - 1981) was best known as a ventriloquist, but he was also an accomplished character actor who appeared in two episodes of “The Lucy Show” and two of “Here’s Lucy.”
Arte Johnson (”Flintstone Kids” - 1989) was best known as a cast member on “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”. He also did an episode of “Here’s Lucy” as an eccentric bird watcher.
George O’Hanlon (”Flintstone Kids” - 1989) was best remembered as the voice of George Jetson on “The Jetsons,” another hit Hanna-Barbera cartoon. On “I Love Lucy” he was one of two actors to play Charlie Appleby.
"I Love Lucy” and “The Flintstones”
First, Lucille Ball bears more than a passing physical resemblance to Wilma Flintstone. In “The Flintstones” it is clear that Fred is the leading character and most stories revolve around Fred and Barney, rather than Lucy and Ethel. The tried and true formula of a leading couple and the best friends / neighbors as the secondary characters is used in “I Love Lucy”, “The Honeymooners” and “The Flintstones”.
Here are a few more tangible connections:
The animated Lucy and Desi that opened pre-syndication airings of “I Love Lucy” were created by the Hanna-Barbera unit at MGM.
And both shows were sponsored by cigarette companies; “I Love Lucy” by Philip Morris and “The Flintstones” by Winston.
Wilma and Betty trying to sneak into the Water Buffalo convention in "Ladies Night at the Lodge" (1964) while disguised as men was very close to Lucy and Ethel disguising themselves as male reporters to infiltrate Ricky’s daddy shower in “Ricky Has Labor Pains” (1953).
The plot of “Operation Switchover” (1964) recycles the premise and many of the same plot elements of “Job Switching” (1952) especially with the domestic disasters on Ricky and Fred's end: scorched clothes while ironing, a fallen cake, and overflowing rice on the stove.
Like Lucy Ricardo, Wilma Flintstone’s pregnancy was incorporated into the storyline. It was originally thought that like Lucy, Wilma would have a boy, but merchandisers pointed out that there were more opportunities for products for girls, so Pebbles was born. Like Lucille Ball, Jean Vander Pyl (who voiced Wilma) was pregnant at the time of recording and gave birth to her son on the day "The Blessed Event" originally aired on February 22, 1963.
Fred and Barney undertake a rehearsal for the big moment, including Betty rehearsing telephoning the doctor, just like Ricky and the Mertz’s do for Lucy when ‘the time has come’.
Wilma seems to get cravings for unusual foods including hot fudge and sardines that Fred dutifully supplies, just like Ricky did for Lucy.
In the father’s waiting room, a man worries his wife might deliver more than one baby, just like Mr. Stanley (Charles Lane) on “I Love Lucy.”
In “Operation Switchover” a character named Hedda Rocker from Good Cavekeeping Magazine is obviously inspired by Hedda Hopper, the famous gossip columnist who appeared on two episodes of “I Love Lucy” as herself.
Arthur Murray, who’s innovate dance instruction method and dance studios became iconic, is parodied on “The Flintstones” as Arthur Quarry. In a 1965 episode, he was named Arthury Murrayrock.
In “Lucy Meets the Mustache” (LDCH S3;E3) Lucy wants to open a sealed letter so she tries a inserting a knitting needle under the flap, a method she says she saw in an Alfred Hitchcock movie. The scene is underscored with “Funeral March of a Marionette” by Charles Gounod, which served as the theme tune of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”. On “The Flintstones” he is parodied as Alvin Brickrock.
Hollyrock star Rock Quarry is a tribute to Rock Hudson, but talks like Gary Cooper. Hudson guest-starred on an episode of “I Love Lucy” set in Palm Springs. Previously, Lucy dressed as Gary Cooper (complete with his trademark ‘yup’) to fool near-sighted Caroline Appleby.
An episode titled “The Soft Touchables” is modeled after Desilu’s hit gangster series “The Untouchables.” “The Lucy Show” parodied their own show in an episode titled “Lucy The Gun Moll” (TLS S4;E25) in 1966 starring “The Untouchables Cast” but using different character names.
Wilma and Betty’s favorite television show “Peek-A-Boo Camera” catches Fred and Barney acting silly in a 1963 episode that is clearly modeled after TV’s “Candid Camera” created by Allen Funt. In 1971, “Lucy and the Candid Camera” (HL S4;E14) also featured Funt in hidden camera shot plot. Lucy Carmichael also get involved in a hidden camera television show in “Lucy and the Beauty Doctor” (TLS S3;E24). In that show, the program was called “The Boiling Point.”
The hit Broadway and movie musical movie My Fair Lady inspired many satires (some in name only) including “My Fair Freddy” (1966) and “My Fair Lucy” (TLS S3;E20) in 1965!
In “Fred Flintstone Woos Again” (1961) Wilma convinces Fred to renew their wedding vows after realizing the official who originally married them wasn’t fully licensed! On “I Love Lucy” Lucy realized that their wedding was also invalid when she found an error on their license. They go to the spot they first wed to renew their vows, just like “The Flintstones”.
In “Dial ‘S’ for Suspicion” (1962) Wilma's devotion to a murder mystery novel causes Fred to wonder if Wilma is trying to away with him. In “Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying To Do Away With Her” (ILL S1;E4) Lucy's devotion to a murder mystery novel causes her to wonder if Ricky is trying to do away with her!
When Wilma can’t keep up with the housework, she hires a maid in “Wilma the Maid” (1963). The same situation happened in the Ricardo home in “Lucy Hires a Maid” (ILL S2;E23). While the Flintstone’s maid is an earthy Italian woman named Rockabrigida, the Ricardo’s maid is a humorless woman named Mrs. Porter. Coincidentally, Mrs. Porter was played by Verna Felton, who voices Pearl Slaghoople on “The Flintstones”.
When superhero “Superstone” is hired for a birthday party but can’t make it - Fred takes his place. On “I Love Lucy” when Superman is promised for Little Ricky’s party, but can’t make it, Lucy takes his place - nearly!
In “How To Pick A Fight With Your Wife” (1966) spats between spouses escalate to such a degree that the couples split: Fred and Barney are thrown together as roommates, while Wilma and Betty are bunking together at the other house. In “Vacation from Marriage” (ILL S2;E6) much the same thing occurs between the Ricardos and the Mertzes!
The real comparison with Lucy and Desi is something Joe Barbera could have only hoped for in 1960 — enduring popularity. Lucy is still justifiably loved by hoards of fans and “I Love Lucy” is on the air somewhere. “The Flintstones” remains a part of the popular culture, 60 years after the show’s debut.
#The flintstones#I Love Lucy#Lucille Ball#Jean Vanderpyl#Bea Benadaret#Lucy#Fred Flintstone#Mel Blanc#Hanna-Barbera#Alan Reed#Ann-Margret#Elizabeth Taylor#The Honeymooners#Hedda Hopper#frank nelson#Janet Waldo#Verna Felton#Willard Waterman#paul winchell
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In Two Minds: the polymorphous proficiency of Jonathan Miller
Sir Jonathan Miller was precocious polymath. Pretty much all the tributes to Jonathan Miller, who died aged 85 on 27 November 2019, end up using the term “Renaissance Man” at some point. Miller had a mastery of arts and science that few achieve. He was a doctor who specialised in neurology, a satirist, comedian, television broadcaster and writer, and theatre and opera director in which his transformative productions of classic plays and operas made him one of the most admired, as well as one of the most controversial, figures in the late-twentieth century theatre and opera.
Jonathan Wolfe Miller was born in 1934 in London. His father, Emanuel, was a child psychiatrist and his mother, Betty, a novelist and biographer. He had a sister, Sarah, who died in 2006. He attended St Paul’s, an independent day school, where he formed an intellectually precocious triumvirate with Oliver Sacks, later renowned as a neurologist and author, and Eric Korn, the writer and antiquarian bookseller. The three remained firm friends until Korn died in 2014 (Sacks died a year later). At Cambridge, Miller was a member of the Apostles, an exclusive intellectual club, as well as Footlights, the dramatic society.
Miller studied medicine at Cambridge University where he was a member of the Apostles, an exclusive invitation only intellectual club (past members included Bertrand Russell, Wittgenstein, John Maynard Keynes, Rupert Brooke, E.M. Forster, as well as more notoriously the infamous Cambridge spies, Anthony Blunt and Guy Burgess).
It was at Cambridge that he also joined the Cambridge Footlights, the university’s legendary theatrical comedy club, and performed in the club’s Footlights revues. Miller’s success as a Footlights star in the 1950s brought him to the attention of the producers of a new comedy stage revue, Beyond the Fringe, which opened in Edinburgh in August 1960. Subsequent transfers to London’s West End (1961) and to Broadway (1962) made Miller and his three Oxbridge educated co-stars - Alan Bennett, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - instant celebrities.
Beyond the Fringe was in the vanguard of a new generation chipping at the walls of the establishment and poking fun at the rigid pomposity of british class and society in the 1960s. In many ways Beyond the Fringe pioneered a path for the next generation of Oxbridge satirists, Monty Python, to take up the baton and beat it over the head of the establishment.
Miller, who qualified as a doctor in 1959 and maintained a special interest in neurology and neuropsychology, returned periodically to the practice of medicine, but spent most of his working life as a stage and opera director.
Miller’s first directing assignment was John Osborne’s Under Plain Cover in 1962. Miller made his U.S. directing debut in 1964 with The Old Glory, a play by poet Robert Lowell that inaugurated Off-Broadway’s American Place Theater.
Within a few years, Miller’s work at Nottingham Playhouse and other venues brought him to the attention of Laurence Olivier, then the head of the National Theatre. Miller’s memorable productions at the National, where he was an associate director during the Olivier years, included The Merchant of Venice, set in nineteenth-century Venice with Olivier as a top-hatted Shylock, and The School for Scandal. In 1974, Miller directed a season of three thematically linked plays at London’s Greenwich Theatre, presenting Hamlet, Ghosts and The Seagull as “Family Romances” and using the same actors for each play. Miller later served a two-year term as artistic director of the Old Vic in London (1988–90).
At his best, Miller had no equal for wit, originality or sheer invention as a director, especially in pieces that engaged his passion for storytelling fully; Miller’s universally admired brilliance as a conversationalist made him a coveted talk-show guest in both the U.K. and the U.S.
Miller was also a compelling television writer and presenter, with the documentary series The Body in Question (1979) and Madness (1991) among his credits. When he was in mid-career, Miller began to balance his work in the theater with directing opera—despite the fact that he never learned to read music. Miller’s opera productions were manifestly intelligent and well-informed, but occasionally overbusy, loaded with cultural references and staging touches that did little to advance the action—or support the music.
Miller’s first opera production was the 1974 British premiere of Alexander Goehr’s Arden Must Die at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London; Alan Blyth, writing in Opera, called Miller’s production “severe, and in the end, debilitating.” The Goehr opera was to be one of the few contemporary pieces that Miller directed: in opera, as well as in the theater, he preferred to work on the production of classic works or the occasional rarity. Miller made his Glyndebourne debut in 1975, with the company premiere of Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen.
He had especially fruitful working relationships with Kent Opera, where he directed a wide variety of repertory, including Così Fan Tutte, Falstaff, La Traviata, Eugene Onegin and Monteverdi’s L'Orfeo.
The British company with which Miller was most closely associated was English National Opera (ENO), which offered a gala celebration of his work with the company in 2016. At ENO, Miller’s vividly detailed stagings included La Bohème, Aida, The Barber of Seville, Carmen, Der Rosenkavalier, La Traviataand The Elixir of Love. Miller’s biggest ENO successes were his popular “Little Italy” staging of Rigoletto (1982) and a re-imagining of The Mikado (1986) that set Gilbert and Sullivan’s Japanese-themed operetta in an English resort hotel; both were presented in the U.S. and have been have been revived in London and elsewhere numerous times. Miller bowed at Covent Garden in 1993, with a modern-dress staging of Così Fan Tutte.
Miller made his U.S. opera debut in 1982, directing Così Fan Tutte for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. His other North American productions included Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at BAM; La Traviata at Glimmerglass Opera and New York City Opera, Eugene Onegin at Santa Fe Opera, La Bohème at Cincinnati Opera, Così Fan Tutte in Washington, D.C. and Tristan und Isolde in Los Angeles. In Europe, Miller directed La Traviata for Paris Opéra, Der Fliegende Holländer in Frankfurt and a Fascist-era staging of Tosca in Florence. On Broadway, Miller directed Jack Lemmon and Kevin Spacey in Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1986) and Christopher Plummer in King Lear (2004).
Miller directed four operas for the Met. His 1991 staging of Janáček’s Kát’a Kabanová was an unqualified success - a stark, stylized vision of the opera’s harrowing emotional world, designed by Robert Israel and Gil Wechsler. The critical and response to Miller’s other Met stagings—Pelléas et Mélisande (1995), The Rake’s Progress (1997) and Le Nozze di Figaro (1998)—was generally positive, but Miller’s outspoken criticism of what he saw as the Met’s lack of support for him damaged his relationship with the company, and he was never given another new production there.
His style of directing especially opera revolved around two maxims, “One is constantly fighting a battle between two forms of idiocy,” he said of the business of opera directing, the first being “mindless traditionalism” and the second the requirement that “the work be relevant to our time”.
As a theatre director, mostly at the National Theatre in London, he sought to avoid those two forms of idiocy when directing Shakespeare, which he did for the BBC in the early 1980s. A production of a Shakespeare play, Miller thought, should not try to preserve it in the aspic of spurious authenticity.
Miller was a lifelong atheist and in 2006 he was appointed president of the Rationalist Association. Accepting the appointment, he said: “There is a large unrepresented constituency of people for whom religion doesn’t enter their heads.” But while his atheism was unbending, it was not militant. Miller maintained that the job of this “community” of unbelievers was not to extirpate religious beliefs but to “analyse them with an objective curiosity and a kind of anthropological attitude to what people do”.
Miller displayed that intellectual humility and profound curiosity in everything he did. Indeed he once said, “I wasn't driven into medicine by a social conscience but by rampant curiosity.“ The same drive he said for his artistic pursuits. Kate Bassett called her informative 2012 biography of Miller In Two Minds, which captured this split in his life. Miller was haunted by his decision to abandon the medical profession where he had hoped to excel.
Ironically Miller rejected the oft-applied title “Renaissance man"as a “vulgar journalistic slogan”. He would argue that, “What they’re really saying is I’m a jack of all trades and a master of none.” He may have felt that “this footling flibbertigibbet world of theatre” was a distraction from higher pursuits - which is to say, the use of his Cambridge medical degree but these twin artistic and scientific interests seemed less opposed than complementary. If, as is said in “The Body in Question,” “by acting in and upon the world we remodel our own image in it,” everybody’s in show business, anyway.
To my mind, Miller’s arts and science background enabled him to cross disciplinary boundaries and make exciting connections and open new creative possibilities. He was the perfect riposte to that very British Two Cultures intellectual debate (1959-62) between F.R. Leavis and C.P. Snow, which focused on the lack of conversation between arts and science. If we consider how scholars now embrace interdisciplinarity, we should note that Miller blazed the trail. Miller should also be viewed as one of the architects of liberal Britain in the post-war period. He rejoiced in being an irreverent free thinker. And we should rejoice at having had the privilege of peeking into the polymorphic proficient mind(s) of one of this century’s creative and most curiousity driven of men.
I had the privilege of having meeting him on one or two occasions. Twice over dinner through my parents who were active patrons of the arts.
One of my older sisters is a neurologist and we were placed either side of him. Jonathan was ever so affable and down to earth. He immediately set about making us laugh with his forensic wit and life observations. Between courses he would flit (not a typo, he didn’t flirt) between my sister and myself. With her he would talk shop about neurology and the latest scientific breakthroughs and with me we talked about opera, theatre, and the classics.
The funny thing was as the evening wore on his kinetic mind was a speeding race car and he suddenly forgot which lane he was driving in i.e. he forgot to whom he was speaking to between the two of us. So he would speak about realism theatre of Euripides with my older sister and neurological disorders with me. My older sister - I hate to admit this in print because she will lorde it over me until the end of days - was educated and eloquent enough to keep the conversation effortlessly flowing.
I would like to say that I too upped my game and rose to such elevated heights of scientific discourse but alas I fell like Icarus...but faster, as my mind felt like lead balloon tied to a one ton dead weight. I fell hard. He could see the tumbleweeds rolling across my vacant mind through my clueless eyes. Ever the gentleman he steered me to more friendly topics like the psychology of killing as I was seriously torn between going Sandhurst to become an army officer or returning to Cambridge to do a PhD. I saw him once or twice after that in other private settings and I always came away glowing because I learned some new curioisity about our human condition and the artistic ways we express the human condition in all its foibles and pathos.
RIP Jonathan Miller.
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“Most parents will be familiar with the experience of being ignored by their teenage offspring. Tormented by my daughter's incessant loud singing around the house, I've lost count of the number of times I pleaded: 'For God's sake, Florence, please put a sock in it.'
Of course, she didn't take a blind bit of notice. Just as well, really. My daughter is Florence Welch, of Florence And The Machine.
She is 22, lauded as the next big thing and her debut album Lungs has been sitting at No2 in the charts, behind the late Michael Jackson.
She has won the Critics' Choice Award at the Brits and was this week nominated for a Mercury Music Prize. She's even been on Radio 4's Woman's Hour, for goodness sake, not to mention Jonathan Woss.
This has all happened in the space of a couple of years, and it takes some getting used to.
Florence was born into an Anglo-American middle-class family. Her mother, Evelyn, is an American art historian and I worked in advertising. We lived in South London, we took holidays in Cornwall.
There was music in the house and there were books. There were performers and musicians on both sides of the family. I took Florence and her younger sister Grace to violin lessons (ouch) but it wasn't their passion.
Because of her mother's work, Florence did have an early exposure to Renaissance painting, which may have had an influence on the somewhat visceral world view expressed in her lyrics. As a child, she was particularly fascinated by Mantegna's Circumcision Of Christ, and by various paintings of the martyrdom of St Agatha, who had her breasts cut off.
Florence, always a difficult sleeper, was often as an infant encouraged to nod off by being wheeled around the sitting room in a pushchair to the accompaniment of loud music.
Her earliest subliminal influences include The Smiths (whom she found highly soporific) and Syd Barrett (less so). We also tried works by The Soft Machine, REM, The Go-Gos.
One evening a few years ago when I was passing Florence's bedroom I heard her shouting out: 'That's amazing, I'm having a bloody epiphany.'
I poked my head around the door and saw her sitting on the bed with a huge pair of headphones on. She had, it appeared, just listened for the first time to Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit.
People have asked whether there was a moment when I realised that Florence had a gift. There was. It happened during a performance of Bugsy Malone at her school, Alleyn's, in Dulwich. Florence was ten or 11 and she was playing the lead female part of Blousey Brown.
At school productions, parents are usually interested only in the efforts of their own offspring, but when Florence sang, the whole audience was suddenly fully engaged. I remember thinking: 'Cripes, she's got a voice - this is serious.'
It wasn't just her perfect pitch - she had the essence of phrasing and timing which makes a good singer great.
On the basis of her phenomenal performance she was co-opted to sing a rather obscure and difficult Gilbert And Sullivan song at my father's memorial service at St Bride's in Fleet Street in 1997.
My father, Colin, was a journalist and satirist who had been deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph and a parliamentary sketchwriter for the Daily Mail, so the great and good of Fleet Street were there. Florence sang brilliantly in front of scores of weeping crumblies.
After this she became something of a fixture at funerals. When I recently gave her a hard time about the dark quality of her lyrics - the first song she wrote was called My Boy Builds Coffins - she said: 'You made me sing at funerals. What do you expect?'
Florence spent her later teenage years in a mysterious group called the Toxic Cockroaches. Her mother and I, by now divorced, probably did not pay enough attention.
Having won a place at Camberwell School Of Art, she sang with a band called Ashok.
On one occasion she called me from Greenwich, angling for a lift home. Her band, she said, weren't there but there were some others around who she might play with. I turned up and watched her sing two songs, which were phenomenal.
No, she said afterwards, she hadn't rehearsed. No, she had had no idea what she was going to sing when she got on stage. This stunned me then and still stuns me now.
Florence and her bandmates were 'spotted' by an old-school music manager and there was talk of a contract. 'Don't sign anything until we've had a chance to have a look at it,' we implored. 'Yeah, yeah,' said Florence - and went ahead and signed it.
That's where it all could have gone off the rails. She was 19 and miserable, in the wrong band, life signed away, career over before it had begun. Despite my misgivings, I became a bit of a rock dad, and phoned a friend who was a music lawyer.
It turned out the contract was only binding on Florence as part of the band, so all she had to do was resign. After that we paid a bit more attention.
Florence engaged her present manager, Mairead Nash, one half of the achingly fashionable Queens Of Noize club night promoters, by trapping her in a club washroom and singing an Etta James song at full volume. Their partnership has worked pretty well so far.
Once established in her own right, and aided and abetted by Mairead and the 'thunderous' Machine, Florence's progress has been swift and spectacular.
Last year I was the one driving Florence and a two-man Machine around Europe in her stepmum's camper van, following in the wake of the MGMT (another popular band) tour bus - all for the princely sum of €75 a gig.
This year it is a professional driver, Florence, a five-piece Machine and a road crew in their own tour bus.
I still go to some gigs, but my small part in this drama is, to a great extent, over. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and my early days as de facto tour manager are a great source of envy to my fifty-something chums who would give their eye teeth for the chance to go 'on the road' with a band, man.
There are, of course, alarming aspects to the whole thing. I have witnessed Florence clambering up the gantry at Glastonbury in 6in heels and I have seen her being passed around the audience at a gig with Pete Doherty.
Indeed, I shared a light ale or two with the rock and roll Rimbaud and found him to be quite charming, if a trifle vague. I must admit, though, a report that he had proposed to Florence earlier in the evening did cause a momentary attack of the vapours.
It is all exciting. But a word of warning to any potential pop stars and their parents: it is also expensive. Florence has received reasonable advances, but had to use them to pay for a lot of the band's running costs.
Florence will, we hope, make some money, but only if she sells a lot of CDs and gets film tie-ins - and after she has repaid her advances.
I may have to wait for quite a while for that bungalow in Weybridge that all rock stars seem to buy for their parents.
The fact that Florence has become public property can invade one's life and conversation. We do have evenings within her extended family where all mention of the 'daffy diva', as I call her sometimes, is forbidden.
Her sister Grace is at Sussex University, and so is able to get away from the all-embracing tsunami that Florence's life has become.
Florence's 15-year-old brother, JJ, thinks it's all pretty cool, and finds the connection with a pop star a good way to develop conversations with girls.
I do occasionally feel a twinge of unease about this whole extraordinary thing, and I remember the first time I felt it. It was more than a year ago and Florence was playing a gig in an inexplicably fashionable joint in Hoxton, Hackney.
Practically every A&R man in London was there. As I watched Florence putting her heart and soul into the performance, I glanced round at the audience.
There were the fans, wild-eyed and transported by the experience. And there were the A&R men, with quiet, thoughtful faces. They weren't here to enjoy themselves, they were taking care of business, and the business was my daughter. That's just the way it is - no worse than any other business, but it was a sobering thought.
It was also at this gig that one of the A&R men who knew that I was Florence's father turned to me with a quizzical expression as she launched into another of her perverse, Gothic tales of death, dismemberment, and bloody revenge.
'I know what you're thinking,' I shouted, 'but I can assure you she had a perfectly normal upbringing.'”
-Nick Welch, 2009 (x)
#‘cripes she’s got a voice’#she was still so young when this was written#also find it incredible how she somehow looks identical to BOTH her parents#florence + the machine#florence welch#2009
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In and out (Part 3) (Nathan Drake & Male reader)
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Description: There was a deal between Elena and Nathan to make her way to Yemen for managing to get them to the city. But plans don’t go so easily as they should. Well, isn’t that pretty common thing for Nathan & Co.™?
@march-moon , for ya, baby.
Warnings: None really, just another establishment, getting a bit deeper into characters' history here. :)
Also also, one of my friends asked me, what is Flo’s theme (I have a theme for every character I work with). She doesn’t specifically have a theme, but I would recommend Feeling Good by Nina Simone or I Got You Babe by Etta James, which is sorta reffering to their relationship by itself.
The last author’s note: Heavily inspired by the Uncharted 4: Nathan Drake and Uncharted 4: Victor Sullivan playlists on Spotify!
Nathan had seriously enough at that point.
To recapitulate everything that happened, he, Sully and Florence got to Syria right on time. They found Chloe and Cutter alive and well and met up with them at a Syrian cathedral. It even looked that Chloe and Cutter weren't followed, which was also good.
So far so good, right? Nathan shouldn't be so excited, it had to fuck up at some point. And when it happened, it was truly terrific.
Not even that Talbot, that jerk working for Marlowe, managed to get or stole, depending on a point of view, that second half of the amulet which Chloe, Sully, Nathan, and Cutter have found, but Cutter was poisoned by some hallucinogenic shit and he was doing some seriously bad stuff, like handing them the notebook and whatsoever. Florence didn't go with them, because Sully was afraid that she will get hurt and he didn't want to take that risk.
Which showed as a huge mistake, because they got ambushed again and Cutter broke his leg when they tried to escape - so he and Chloe then decided to travel back to London and letting that leg recover.
To summarize it all; the amulet showed them some more clues and Nathan, Sully and Florence decided to go to Yemen on their own. But the amulet was stolen, they didn't know where to go exactly and a half of their team was practically fucked and unable of functioning. The only optimistic thing was that so far, everyone was well and alive.
"I told you so, Victor," Florence said in a cold voice and cleaned him another cut with concentrated alcohol. Sully grunted at her words and tried to release his hand from Florence's, but she was intransigent and seriously mad because she could make such a big difference. "You should let me go with you. But no, you didn't, because I'm apparently a little girl who can't do anything on her own." She hissed and then hit directly to the shoulder on another of his bruises.
"Nobody said that sunshine," Sullivan whispered and tried to smooth her face, but her look almost killed him on the spot.
"But you thought that apparently. Now excuse me, Mister Sullivan, I'm going on the toilet now." Florence said sarcastically and left Nathan, who was half fallen asleep, and Sully, who had remorses.
She was seriously pissed at him this time; Florence and Cutter were great friends since Sully introduced them, actually. Sully took her every summer to London for a week or two long vacations just to visit him and then they traveled back home, looking for some gigs and taking care of Sully's bar in the meantime. (Sully does, in fact, own a bar, it was said in Uncharted: Golden Abyss).
And when Drake and Sully came with Cutter who they needed to carry so he could manage to walk somehow, she almost went crazy and yelled at Sullivan and Nathan for ten minutes, about things like how the hell did they even let that happen and if they even thought during the fleeing. And Sully's arguments didn't help at all, they made the situation even worse actually.
"Problems in paradise, pal?" Nathan mumbled and opened his eyes a little to look at Sullivan in that low airplane light.
"An angry woman," Sully chuckled and looked over to Nathan, adjusting the bandage on his hand. "Guess you know that, kid."
"I know it seriously well, so if you need any help..." Nathan smiled a little and looked at the night sky, seeing Sully smiling.
"I'm quite enjoying it, but I appreciate your offer." Sully sat comfortably into the seat, leaned back his head and closed his eyes.
"So have you contacted her as I asked ya?" Sully asked and Nathan's face turned straight pale. Her name was Elena Fisher, she was a woman who he met four years ago during his search for the lost city of El Dorado and they have been together for more than a year. Then she went by his side to the Himalayas, to put it better, they broke up and he met Elena there, and after that, they got officially married.
But it didn't go as planned and even tough Nate could see a part of himself in her and Elena could see herself in Nate, it just didn't work out for them. Sully with Florence went to the wedding as their witnesses and that day was the best in his life. It was big, cute and full of people he loved, he had Sully there, Chloe with Cutter paid them a visit and even Florence stayed until the deepest night, when Sullivan took her to the dancefloor and danced with her on a slow song - even though weird looks from some guests, they didn't care. Elena had quite a few friends and family members there, which was a thing that was Nate missing so much. He finally felt like he actually belongs somewhere.
But after a few months, he and Elena decided to split up from each other, just to clear their minds and hearts, to make sure what their expectations of life are and to fund out if they're actually happy in that marriage. Elena worked as a very skilled translator and a journalist, she even had her own show, and she had to leave the city very often and Nathan wasn't the best company either. He was a privateer, in his own words, which basically meant that the right amount of money will make him do anything, except murder.
And yesterday was the first day Nate spoke with Elena after six months. It was nice hearing that she was nice and well and so on, and after a long conversation, she promised that she'll get them into the city in Yemen with some press passes because of the riots which were currently going on there.
"She'll get us to the city with some press passes. We're good." Nathan answered roughly than he planned to. Sully knew that talking about Elena still hurt him, but to be honest, he loved that little blonde as his own daughter. And he had the need to tell his opinion to Nate almost every two months.
Florence was more intimate about that theme knowing like he felt at that time. Even she had to leave Sullivan for quite a while to find herself, even though she saw that they are two pieces of a puzzle which complete each other. Even though they were so distant in natures, in age and in opinions they somehow felt like a one person. And Nate shared this connection with Elena, he did, but nor of them found a way to come together.
And he didn't know how to feel about seeing her tomorrow in Yemen. He was nervous and scared of seeing Elena in real life that he was sure he will forget how to speak in one moment.
"I'm good. Ya, not." Sully stated, referring to Nathan's we're good, covering himself with a light blanked and yawning out loud.
"Yeah, mister wise-ass. What should I tell her? Sorry for not responding to your calls and e-mails? For half a year?" Nathan laughed ironically and looked at his older partner in crime.
"Nate, she's a spectacular young lady. Elena can figure out your mess before you even know about that mess." Sully smiled and Nathan could say that he's most probably right, but not saying it out loud.
"Am I seriously taking advice from a guy whose fiancé practically refuses to speak with him?" Nate laughed to himself, covering his tensed jaw in a sharp inhale. At least they managed to get a shower and some relatively clean clothes on.
"Oh, Nate. You still gotta learn a few things about women." Sully smiled. Then both of them shut up as Florence managed to get back from the toilets.
"Was afraid of ya. Thought ya got stuck or something." Sully joked and Nate had to smile at that. He was teasing her every time he could and it was the most honest and genuine thing that anyone managed to do in front of him.
"Oh, you booty hunter, you know that I can't get stuck with my precious bum." She answered and Nate could hear the amusement in her voice. She didn't forgive them but it was on the best way possible.
"So we're talking again. Relieving." Sully answered ironically. "Thought that I'll have at least a quiet flight because you were mad. And I will apparently have not."
"Shush you old man. You don't know what's good." Florence whispered as she adjusted pillow on Sully's shoulder. That was so similar to what he and Elena had when they actually managed to be together. Teasing, jokes and some pretty naughty things said under the context of the words, covered in a huge amount of love. And Nathan was missing it. But he didn't blame Elena to actually brought the theme of splitting up on the table. Nathan wouldn't be able to live with himself either.
"I missed ya, sunshine," Sullivan said quietly and let Florence snuggle to his shoulder, entwining his right hand with hers under the blankets.
"I was afraid that something bad happened to you when I saw Cutter. Don't you dare to make me stay in the city again, deal?"
"Oh, Florence..."
"I can manage a hell out of living for you if you want it so recklessly Sullivan," Florence answered with a sign of a clear mind. Sullivan was stuck in between two decisions - to let her actually go with them and let her kick some asses or don't let her, she will go anyway and as a bonus, she'll show him how mad she can get.
Sully brought her to this kind of life actually. He started to take her to his gym when she was twenty-four and then managed her to start a course of martial arts and defense with knives - she wasn’t the best, but her skills were pretty impressive if you ask Nathan. His pride was pretty hurt when the two of them got to the boxing ring; she was slim and a few inches smaller than him, so she used that as her privilege and brutally kicked his ass.
But Sully became worried after they put it back together and not acknowledging that she is pretty good in martial arts in fact because he was so afraid of losing her again without the vision of not getting her back to his side. Everyone knew that he's worried for no reason, and yet he was so stubborn it actually hurt.
“Why do I guess that I have nothing to decide here, do I?” Sullivan looked at her without a clear expression in his frowned face.
“I would say so.” Nathan agreed and winked at Florence with a sign of conspiration in his look.
“Shush you two and go to sleep, we have a long day before us tomorrow.” Sullivan stagnated without any sign of a decision. But Florence smiled at Nathan knowing that they most likely succeeded in the things they wanted to.
The flight wasn’t as long as they originally thought it will be, so every one of them slept not even about two hours before they had to pack all of their personal stuff and get out of the plane. They looked like a band of totally reckless booty hunters and as a band of idiots without any good sleep at once.
Sully had a huge frown on his face and his eyes didn’t shine as usual - he felt very pissed about something and Flo nor Nate had the courage to test it out. He had yesterday’s crumpled shirt on and he looked seriously tired.
Florence walked next to him in a short beige adventurer’s shorts with high socks and hiking shoes on, a huge shirt with short sleeves in a light turquoise color has been tethered around her waist, covering the black top she had dressed on. Her hair was in a messy bun and her eyes were covered under big sunglasses. She looked like she came to Yemen straight up some huge party or that she just simply climbed out of a trash can, she barely balanced the knapsack of her clothes which she carried on the shoulder.
Sully had Florence’s hand in his and like that, they looked like they came straight to blow the shit up.
Nathan most probably looked the worst out of them, walking next to the duo like a pile of bad sleep, depression and scare in one big pack. He sweated out the hell out of himself in during the plane flight, his ass hurt pretty badly and his back was just a bunch of hurting nerves. And he seriously wanted to curse - yet he was afraid that Elena could somehow hear it.
But they stood there for ten minutes, Flo managed to light up another of her light L&M, which nobody except Sully didn't seem to mind, and they still couldn’t see any sight of Elena.
They were on the right spot, on an empty landing ramp in the middle of the desert practically, on the right time. Where she was? Elena wasn’t the person to forget something so major. She simply wasn’t.
As Sully and Florence went on with their bickering, Sully still held her hand in his, Nathan noticed a dude walking directly to them through the empty landing ramp. Nate just prayed to God for that dude not being another Jeff, a guy who was alongside Elena in the Himalayas.
This one was a bit different. He was smiling at them and his pace was somehow relaxed and fast at once. That guy looked somehow nice to Nate in a totally weird way.
“Hey!” The guy yelled a little to gain the attention of everyone in the group and waved at them. Florence immediately shut up and stopped naming every reason for Sully to think she is the best thing in his life and because of that he should let her smoke, and Sullivan just looked at that guy.
“And who the hell are ya? Not any kind of policeman, I hope?” Sully asked, nervously watching the cigarette in Florence’s hand.
“No, but even though I should ask you to stop it.” The strange guy looked at them and Sully looked like he won a ping-pong championship in his pub.
“Not to do what?” Florence asked in a teasing voice, inhaling the cigarette’s smoke again.
“Holding hands. It’s sorta frowned up upon here. Or are you two married?” The guy asked with a face that simply said sorry.
“No!-” Flo screamed as if he said some seriously bad curse word and got her cheeks pretty rosy. But Sully’s calm voice interrupted her scream. “Not yet.” He said and Florence looked at him with her what the hell, I’m panicking right now face.
“Who are you, by the way?” Nathan asked and looked directly at the guy. He only smiled and looked at the passes in his hand. “Where’s Miss Fisher?” Nathan asked and tried to clear his throat, still worried that Elena is somewhere around them.
“She couldn’t make it on time, so she asked me to come instead of her, I’m Y/N L/N, it’s really nice to meet you, Elena spoke very nicely of you.” The man smiled at every one of them and shook their hands.
And nobody of the four didn’t know what adventure lies in front of them.
#nathan#Nathan Drake#nathan drake x male reader#in and out#part 3#sully x oc#victor sullivan#victor x oc#Victor goddamn Sullivan#uncharted#uncharted fanfiction#uncharted drake’s deception#naughty dog#hello there#have a lovely day
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Meet GRETCHEN SULLIVAN. They are TWENTY-NINE years old and hail from SEATTLE, WA. Gretchen embodies the constellation, HOROLOGIUM. They use SHE/HER pronouns. Their faceclaim is ZENDAYA COLEMAN.
Horologium reminds me of a polished telescope, color coded notes, a furrowed brow, high waisted jeans, a non-committal shrug, scribbling in a journal, a shaking leg resulting from too much caffeine, unexplained absences, double fisting to-go cups of coffee, never knowing what bed she’ll wake up in (and yet desperately needs to get laid, please, she’s such a pain in the ass), mint chocolate chip ice cream, plaid blazers, absentminded doodles, florence & the machine, math nerd shit, cool wall art, and star gazing.
BIOGRAPHY
Gretchen comes from a long line of witches, and yet that was always a secondary factor in her upbringing; her parents, both in academia, put a lot of emphasis on education and a career. Her experience with magic was just the essentials–she was taught charms and other basics that would help her keep some semblance of control–but beyond that, Gretchen never really thought of herself as a witch. Being a womanaging half as quickly as all of her peers, Gretchen had to fight tooth and nail for every bit of success she’s ever earned. Luckily, she’s brilliant to boot; math and science have always come naturally for her, so while she often has to be loud in order to be heard, her proven skills have built clout behind her name over the years.
At 20, she graduated from MIT and went on to get her Masters in Physics at the University of Cambridge. While she was there, Horologium appeared on her hip; it was a surprise, considering she had no idea she had any inclination toward time magic save for a couple of odd flukes (but all witches have some odd flukes, as far as she’s concerned), but it didn’t deter her from being solely focused on her career. Unfortunately for her, Horologium had different plans. The longer she ignored her constellation, the more things started happening–namely, being thrust into a different timeline.
The first time it happened, Gretchen was only there for a day, but she thought she was going absolutely insane. This single other timeline that Gretchen continues to find herself in is similar in a lot of ways; the Gretchen there has built a life, has family and friends and a boyfriend, but is, at the same time, completely different. Gretchen doesn’t know what happens to alternate-timeline-her when she wakes up in that timeline, but she’s figured out that she seems to just… disappear in her actual life. Gretchen can’t control what timeline she wakes up in, and it only seems to happen when she’s asleep–no matter what she does, she can’t seem to control how to move from one to the other on her own accord, which is frustrating as all hell, to say the least.
It was minor, at first. A day here, a day there–it took Gretchen quite some time to figure out what was happening, let alone get a grip on the situation. For a girl who always wanted full control over every facet of her being, this sudden happenstance was angering and distracting. Horologium started causing impactful issues in her life that she couldn’t explain away once she started getting her PhD in Astronomy from CalTech and disappearing for days, sometimes weeks at a time. It took her an extra year to complete the program, but at that point, she knew that she needed to get a grip on whatever was happening to her. When a timeline hop cost her a life changing interview at NASA, Gretchen came to Polaris, desperate.
She’s been here for a year, now, and while she’s learned other elements of time magic, she still can’t figure out how to control the timeline hopping. Gretchen has been maintaining two lives as best she can, and her Polaris speculate a lot over why she disappears so much–frankly, only her professors know, as she’s inconsistent in her class attendance. She doesn’t care about being some powerful witch; all she wants is to gain enough control to stop timeline hopping involuntarily and to get back to her life. It’s just taking a lot longer than she thought it would.
INCLINATION
Horologium, the Pendulum Clock, often chooses to sponsor someone who is inclined toward time magic. Horologium is most powerful when the user is able to maintain balance in their own lives, but often, when they can’t, they can lose control of their inclination easily. Due to the sensitivity of time magic, Horologium only sponsors those who have proven to be responsible. While they’re primarily able to travel between various timelines and time travel, Horologium can also manipulate time for others and perceive both past and future in a limited capacity.
CONNECTIONS
Filling Alaric’s Favorite Student.
Filling Carter MacArthur’s Grub Hub.
Filling Francine Martin’s Ugh, You Again.
Alternate: This is someone that Gretchen has a friendship/relationship/tumultuous relationship with in the other timeline, but in this one? Not so much. She frequently has trouble reconciling the two versions of this person, and it creates some interesting interactions, to say the least. (Alt timeline Gretchen does have a boyfriend, which could be fun, but not a necessity! Also frankly this could be more than one person.)
Older Brother: Gretchen’s older brother. Very open - only thing set is they grew up with parents who pushed them toward getting an education/having a prosperous career.
The Cover Story: This is the only person aside from her family and the planets that know where Gretchen goes when she disappears, and that’s her best friend at Polaris. This person covers for her a lot and Gretchen does… something for them in return.
Penned by Ashley ★
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Attorney for ‘Flintstone House’ Owner Plans to Sue City Over Backyard Brouhaha
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By now, you’ve probably met the “Flintstone House.” The curvaceous structure in Hillsborough, CA, home is fairly visible from a busy freeway and has become a local landmark.
The distinctive dome home made headlines after it rolled onto the market in 2015 for $4.2 million. The price of the home was reduced, with speculation about whether the place would ever sell growing with each price cut. Finally, in 2017 Florence Fang purchased the one-of-a-kind home for $2.8 million.
Fang, 84 and the matriarch of a former newspaper-publishing family, doesn’t use the home as her primary residence. Instead, the Hillsborough resident opens up the playful space for parties and family gatherings.
Now, the home’s been thrust into the spotlight again due to a controversy over changes to the large backyard, visible from Interstate Highway 280.
Along with other improvements to the grounds, Fang leaned into the “Flintstones” theme after taking ownership. She added giant sculptures of dinosaurs, a woolly mammoth, a giraffe, space aliens, and cartoon characters to the garden.
Her decor choices prompted a lawsuit from the town, alleging that she lacked the proper permits and that the garden decorations “create a highly visible eyesore and are out of keeping with community standards.”
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The owner of the so-called Flintstone House is not backing down against Hillsborough officials who have sued her in an effort to remove the dinosaur decorations and other statues from her yard. The town says that owner Florence Fang redesigned her playful property without proper permits. Fang told reporters that she got the green light to make over the grounds. Read more about the ongoing dispute on KCBSRadio.com Photos by @bobbutler7.
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Unbowed by local drama, Fang isn’t backing down.
“Basically, the town of Hillsborough wants Mrs. Fang to remove her statues and her objects of art from her garden in her backyard that cannot be seen by any neighbors and [have] never [been] complained about by anyone,” says Angela Alioto, Fang’s attorney.
“We’re going to sue back for treating her differently because of her home and because they’re trying to deny her freedom of speech,” adds Alioto.
It’s hard to believe that the home wasn’t initially designed as a living example of the iconic Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Designed in the 1970s by architect William Nicholson, the home’s shapes were created by spraying shotcrete onto steel rebar and mesh frames over inflated aeronautical balloons. The result was an organic, otherworldly appearance.
Originally painted off-white, the home had eye-popping hues added about a decade ago. That transformed the look of the exterior, prompting the connection to the TV cartoon family. The loud appearance also sparked controversy at the time. Love it or hate it, the dome home certainly attracts attention. In January 2017, it easily topped the realtor.com® list of most popular homes.
Fang, who came to America from China in 1960, added the garden decor “because it gives her joy,” Alioto says. “It’s her private backyard. It’s part of the Flintstone theme. She loves the Flintstones. To her, they represent America.”
“I believe her ancestry has everything to do with the way they have treated her from the very beginning,” says Alioto. “I just believe they’re treating her differently in every way possible, and we’re going to prove that.”
The city of Hillsborough calls the charges of discrimination baseless.
“The current legal action is the result of the property’s un-permitted activities. Every Hillsborough resident would be treated the same way,” Assistant City Attorney Mark Hudak said in a statement.
“It’s just a wonderful place. It’s a great place. But the other side of it is, the property rights of telling you what you can and cannot do in the back of your property that nobody can see from the street,” Alioto says. “It’s very scary. It’s more than big brother.“
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Attorney for ‘Flintstone House’ Owner Plans to Sue City Over Backyard Brouhaha
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By now, you’ve probably met the “Flintstone House.” The curvaceous structure in Hillsborough, CA, home is fairly visible from a busy freeway and has become a local landmark.
The distinctive dome home made headlines after it rolled onto the market in 2015 for $4.2 million. The price of the home was reduced, with speculation about whether the place would ever sell growing with each price cut. Finally, in 2017 Florence Fang purchased the one-of-a-kind home for $2.8 million.
Fang, 84 and the matriarch of a former newspaper-publishing family, doesn’t use the home as her primary residence. Instead, the Hillsborough resident opens up the playful space for parties and family gatherings.
Now, the home’s been thrust into the spotlight again due to a controversy over changes to the large backyard, visible from Interstate Highway 280.
Along with other improvements to the grounds, Fang leaned into the “Flintstones” theme after taking ownership. She added giant sculptures of dinosaurs, a woolly mammoth, a giraffe, space aliens, and cartoon characters to the garden.
Her decor choices prompted a lawsuit from the town, alleging that she lacked the proper permits and that the garden decorations “create a highly visible eyesore and are out of keeping with community standards.”
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Hillsborough planning officials are suing the owner of the famous #FlintstoneHouse calling it a "highly visible eyesore" and "out of keeping with community standards." The town wants a judge to delare the landscape display a “public nuisance” and order the owner remove it. #YabbaDabbaDo #LinkInBio
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Are you really from the bay area if you've never been to the Flintstone house
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The owner of the so-called Flintstone House is not backing down against Hillsborough officials who have sued her in an effort to remove the dinosaur decorations and other statues from her yard. The town says that owner Florence Fang redesigned her playful property without proper permits. Fang told reporters that she got the green light to make over the grounds. Read more about the ongoing dispute on KCBSRadio.com Photos by @bobbutler7.
A post shared by KCBS Radio (@kcbsradio) on Apr 12, 2019 at 2:50pm PDT
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We all know Hillsborough’s iconic Flintstone House from the outside. But is it just as weird and whimsical on the inside? Oh yes. Step inside for a tour. ~
: @gabrielleluriephoto ~ More
pics: @sfchronicle_photos ~ Read more: bit.ly/flintstonehouse ~ #FlintstoneHouse #FlintstonesHouse #Flintstones #Hillsborough #lawsuit #weirdhouses
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Unbowed by local drama, Fang isn’t backing down.
“Basically, the town of Hillsborough wants Mrs. Fang to remove her statues and her objects of art from her garden in her backyard that cannot be seen by any neighbors and [have] never [been] complained about by anyone,” says Angela Alioto, Fang’s attorney.
“We’re going to sue back for treating her differently because of her home and because they’re trying to deny her freedom of speech,” adds Alioto.
It’s hard to believe that the home wasn’t initially designed as a living example of the iconic Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Designed in the 1970s by architect William Nicholson, the home’s shapes were created by spraying shotcrete onto steel rebar and mesh frames over inflated aeronautical balloons. The result was an organic, otherworldly appearance.
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Originally painted off-white, the home had eye-popping hues added about a decade ago. That transformed the look of the exterior, prompting the connection to the TV cartoon family. The loud appearance also sparked controversy at the time. Love it or hate it, the dome home certainly attracts attention. In January 2017, it easily topped the realtor.com® list of most popular homes.
Fang, who came to America from China in 1960, added the garden decor “because it gives her joy,” Alioto says. “It’s her private backyard. It’s part of the Flintstone theme. She loves the Flintstones. To her, they represent America.”
“I believe her ancestry has everything to do with the way they have treated her from the very beginning,” says Alioto. “I just believe they’re treating her differently in every way possible, and we’re going to prove that.”
The city of Hillsborough calls the charges of discrimination baseless.
“The current legal action is the result of the property’s un-permitted activities. Every Hillsborough resident would be treated the same way,” Assistant City Attorney Mark Hudak said in a statement.
“It’s just a wonderful place. It’s a great place. But the other side of it is, the property rights of telling you what you can and cannot do in the back of your property that nobody can see from the street,” Alioto says. “It’s very scary. It’s more than big brother.
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WHEN YOU CHOOSE TECHNOLOGY, YOU HAVE TO IGNORE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING, AND A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE IS FOR THINKING OF PROGRAMS, NOT FOR EXPRESSING PROGRAMS YOU'VE ALREADY THOUGHT OF
That in itself is less likely to introduce bugs. That m. What makes a language good for throwaway programs, but was pretty much a throwaway program is something that you expect to write in school you are, the more of the world's infrastructure? We knew Lisp was a really good deal. Arduinos, 3D printing, laser cutters, and more informal. One reason it's easy to believe that taste is just a series of web pages.1 Anyone in the arts, and particularly in oil painting. It will be a collection of utilities for generating reports, and only incidentally for machines to execute. You can't trust the opinions of the others, because of the Blub paradox: they're satisfied with whatever language they use. Make something unsexy that people will later say turned out to be will depend on what we can do with this new medium.
You don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, so to explain this point I'm going to talk about art being good, and scientists start good, and get good, and scientists start good, and artists being good at making it. When people do that today it's usually to enjoy them again e. I drive down 101 from the airport, I still feel a buzz of energy, as if there were a giant transformer nearby. If the posts on a site are characteristically of this type are only a few years? One thing is certain: the question is hard to buy, people will change their mind about whether they wanted it.2 Google, or entering a market that looks small but which will turn out to be a UI for applications, but they're not entirely orthogonal. I only discovered this myself quite recently. Honestly, Sam is, along with Steve Jobs, the founder I refer to most when I'm advising startups.3 Why?
How hard he worked on part of a century to establish that central planning didn't work. B the subject of writing now tends to be literature, since that's what the professor is interested in.4 But this Lisp must be a hacker's language, I think we'll marvel at the inconveniences people put up with, just as newspapers that put their stories online still seem to have been the idea that they should be like telephones. And so, by word of mouth mostly, we got more and more programs may turn out to be i/o-bound. Lots of people heard about the Altair and think I bet we could write a x, y. Interfaces, as Geoffrey James has said, should follow the principle of least astonishment. The same thing will happen if you're running a startup, of course.5 So the test of mattering to hackers. In fact, shelving an idea probably even inhibits new ideas: as you start to think of some new feature, you catch sight of the shelf and think but I already have problems enough with that. There are sources of error so powerful that if you build a facebook that works at Harvard, it will be. So in 1998 powerful New York types were suddenly wearing open-necked shirts and khakis and oval wire-rimmed glasses, just like the core language. Google is an immense crater: hundreds of millions of people use it in all his paintings, wouldn't he?
He grew up in the small Welsh seacoast town of Pwllheli. You don't need the current. It was pulling on that thread that unravelled my childhood faith in relativism.6 There is such a thing as good art, in the long run.7 These are some of the software support for CDs and DVDs wasn't ready. I'm aiming for good ideas.8 This doesn't just affect what they claim to like; they actually make themselves like things they're supposed to be a genius who will need to do here is loosen up your own mind, it may not only filter out lots of good examples. That's what I thought the price should be. That's how programmers read code anyway: when indentation says one thing.9
I can just incorporate in the essay. I had a thought so heretical that it really surprised me. VisiCalc was not merely a microcomputer version of a tree that in the early 1970s, are now, just barely, on the order of twenty to thirty of them, and the difference is embodied in the name. There should be online documentation as well.10 Hackers need to understand the fear Microsoft still inspired in 1995. I know several people who've sworn off Perl after such experiences. In that case, in the sense that it sorted in order of how much advertisers bid as Overture did but in order of how much advertisers bid as Overture did but in order of how much advertisers bid as Overture did but in order of bids, you can use from any browser will be enough of a win in itself to outweigh any awkwardness in the UI. I'm not sure how useful his advice is good. You should give up n% of your company. Intuit is famous for introducing themselves to customers at retail stores and asking to follow them home.11 Historically, Lisp has been good at letting hackers have their way with it.
When looking at pictures of a trip or to find the origin of some bug in their compiled code e. Ask What would Steve do? And this brings us to what I think will be an increasingly important feature of programming languages a surprising amount of effort a startup usually puts into a version one, it would be useful if I explained what a nerd was. I didn't get to macros until page 160. If they can, corp dev people at companies that are otherwise benevolent. Why do they do it?12 You're thinking out loud. Some links are both fluff, in the sense that it sorted in order of how much money Yahoo would make from each link. Remember, hackers are lazy. How do you learn it?13 This seems to be quite malleable; there's a lot you can do for the next release. For example, explicit support for programs with multiple users, or data ownership at the level of type tags.
Programmers may spend a long day up to their elbows in source code, but you weren't held to it; you could work out all the details, and even so I didn't get to macros until page 160. Many evolve into real programs, with real features and real users. She's so sensitive to character that it repels her even to fight with dishonest people.14 There are only rudimentary libraries for manipulating strings. Ten minutes of searching the web will usually settle the question. The downside of tuning a site to attract certain people is that, historically, the things people have said about good taste have generally been such nonsense. It was High Technology Innovation: Free Markets or Government Subsidies? It is not the word. My mother doesn't really need a desktop computer, you end up with a much firmer grip on the code. Especially since you won't even really learn about it, and the way to do it mean she tends to get written out of YC's history. Developers have been able to keep up with you. Authenticity is one of the reasons artists in fifteenth century Florence made such great things was not just big corporations that depended on this principle.
Plus Reddit had different goals from Hacker News.15 The tiny, expensive pipeline to consumers was tellingly named the channel. So, in their way, did labor unions, the traditional news media, and the stores built with it are the foundation of Yahoo Shopping.16 Master of all I surveyed. There are specific implications. If there's no such thing as better, it doesn't matter much where a given individual goes to college. Is software a counterexample? It must have seemed to our competitors that we had some kind of connection.17 A startup can't hope to enter a market that's obviously big and yet in which they have no state, and that was more than enough. More generally, it means that you have one this has real implications for software design.18 Software companies can charge a lot because a many of the customers are businesses, who get in trouble if they use pirated versions, and b they work.
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That was a kind of social engineering—. Sometimes founders know it's a proxy for revenue growth.
At the time and Bob Frankston. To the extent to which it is certainly more efficient. Unfortunately the constraint probably has a spam probabilty of. Galbraith was clearly puzzled that corporate executives would work.
I did the section of the things they've tried on the software business, A P successfully defended itself by allowing the unionization of its workforce in 1938, thereby gaining organized labor as a cause them to be careful here, because few founders are in a signal. By heavy-duty security I mean by evolution.
But you can describe each strategy in an urban context, etc. I startups. There can be surprisingly indecisive about acquisitions, and configure domain names etc.
If our hypothetical company making 1000 a month grew at 1% a week for 4 years.
The kind of organization for that reason. And they are like sheep, but it doesn't cost anything. Interestingly, the way they have raised money on convertible notes, VCs who are running on vapor, financially, and oversupply of educated ones.
Even Samuel Johnson seems to pass so slowly for them by the surface similarities.
Businesses have to think of ourselves as investors, is this someone you want to pound that message home.
For example, understanding French will help you along by promising to invest at a Demo Day. Professors and politicians live within socialist eddies of the products I grew up with much greater inconveniences than that. While the first scientist.
That way most reach the stage where they're sufficiently convincing well before Demo Day pitch, the fatigue hits you like a core going critical.
6% of the Italian word for success. If Paris is where all the best hackers want to be a distraction.
Several people have told us that we don't have to do that much to say yet how much he liked his work. It's not only the leaves who suffer. This approach has not worked well, but that wasn't a partnership. Conversely, it's easy to believe is that you'll have to preserve optionality.
Sullivan actually said form ever follows function, but I think is happening when you see with defense contractors or fashion brands. And I'm sure for every startup founder could pull the same work faster.
They hoped they were, like languages and safe combinations, and all those 20 people at once, and philosophy the imprecise half. Algorithms that use it are called naive Bayesian.
In practice the first duty of the techniques for stopping spam.
But it's a significant effect on college admissions process. That's why startups always pay equity rather than given by other people. The US News list tells us is what approaches like Brightmail's will degenerate into once spammers are pushed into using mad-lib techniques to generate revenues they could imagine needing in their racks for years while they think they're just mentioning the possibility.
Not in New York is where product companies go to die from running Kazaa helped ensure the success of their upbringing in their hearts that if the current edition, which would harm their all-important GPA.
If you were still so small that no one knows how many computers the worm might have. Experienced investors know about a related phenomenon: he found himself concealing from his family, that alone could in principle get us up to 20x, since human vision is the lost revenue.
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new tag drop, pt. 5
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An Indigenous Activist on Post Hurricane Relief in Eastern NC
This week we had the opportunity to connect with Vanessa Bolin, who is an indigenous artist, community organizer, and activist who has been helping with flood rescue and rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Florence in Lumberton, NC, which is in Robeson County. In this interview we talk about what still needs to be done in this area, how to help out, some important parallels between post hurricane relief and anti pipeline organizing, and the importance of foregrounding marginalized voices in mutual aid efforts.
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Our guest mentioned the Interfaith Alliance for Climate Justice (IACJ), which has a fundraiser right now that is benefiting the indigenous communities of Robeson County. Here is the donation link via Facebook, or you can go to their website to donate that way.
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is also coordinating a bunch of efforts, you can learn more about this group at mutualaiddisasterrelief.org or look them up on any social media platform. If you have 4-14 days spare and want to get down to Robeson County to help out, especially if you have proficiency in Spanish and skills in logistical coordination, you can send them an email to get networked in at [email protected].
There is also a GoFundMe for mutual aid efforts in Asheville, benefitting affected areas in Robeson County.
Links to some things our guest mentioned:
To learn more about the Indigenous Wisdom Permaculture Model and convergence, just follow the link for information and future convergence dates.
To see the Water Protector Arts Facebook page, you can just go to Facebook and search the name of the page.
You can follow this link to reach directly out to the Lumbee Tribe if you are intending to do direct support work.
To connect with EcoRobeson, the group which is doing anti pipeline work in Robeson County that is mainly affecting already disenfranchised people, you can follow this link.
Somethings we’d like to mention:
When Vanessa talks about the struggles of the Dine people (who are sometimes known as Navajo) where she mentions uranium mining, this is a huge issue that spans many generations. You can visit Black Mesa Rezistance, which is an organized effort in Black Mountain and Big Mesa (also known as Arizona) on the part of the Dine and Hopi people to defend themselves and their existences. You can learn more about this effort at https://blackmesa.rezist.org/ and follow the links for further material to learn about the history and present day projects and struggles.
And finally, for a look into some of the truly amazing legacy of the Lumbee Tribe in so called NC, we at The Final Straw recommend the book To Die Game by William McKee Evans. This book details a resistance movement at a time when Lumbee youth were being targeted for conscription into the Confederate army, and how they along with a diverse coalition of other resistors, eluded capture in the swamps of eastern NC for over 5 years. You can also read about this in the book Dixie Be Damned, along with many other lesser reported moments of resistance in the American Southeast.
Announcements for Prisoner Support
Jalil Muntaqim
Jalil Muntaqim, former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army is facing the parole board in November as his August visit was postponed due to clerical issues. He’s going to be getting a lot of pushback from the Policeman’s Benevolent Association, Fraternal Order of Police, Corrections Guards associations and the rest of the gallery of reactionary so-called unions for cops. Those groups are on alert, as we’ve seen with the tug of war around the release of Herman Bell, any time an aging political prisoner, especially one accused of involvement in the killing of a cop, comes up for parole. The parole boards are often made up of former judges, D.A.’s, Prosecutors and law enforcement, forming an added blue wall for prisoners facing parole boards. So, Jalil needs us to write letters of support for his release. Although some of the links are dead from the earlier parole push, you can check this IGD link (see our shownotes at thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org for the link) for a list of achievements Jalil has since his incarceration.
Also, Jalil’s birthday is October 18th, so feel free to send him a separate birthday greeting!
Also, also, check out our website to hear past episodes featuring interviews with Jalil conducted by buddies at Prison Radio on CKUT in Montreal.
To support Jalil, follow these instructions passed on from National Jericho NY:
Write a letter in you own words in support of parole for Jalil, address to:
Senior Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator
Sullivan Correctional Facility
325 Riverside Drive
Fallsburg, New York 12733
BUT SEND TO:
Nora Carroll
The Parole Preparation Project
168 Canal Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10013
The subject line should be “Anthony Bottom 77-A-4283”
We are making an effort to include letters of support for Jalil that are personalized and from people who are familiar with him and his work. If you want further instructions for how to write a strong, personalized letter of support, please email [email protected].
Also, please send a copy of your letter to Jalil for his files:
Anthony Bottom #77A4283,
Sullivan Correctional Facility,
P.O. Box 116, Fallsburg,
NY 12733-0116
More on Jalil can be found at http://freejalil.com
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Casey Brezik
Casey is an anarchist political prisoner who also has a parole hearing coming up, his one and only for his 12 year stint for the stabbing of the president of a university in Missouri. Casey recently got married to a woman being held in another Missouri prison. He’s studying calculus so he can go to school to be an aerospace engineer once he’s released. He goes before the parole board November 2018. He’s unsure of exactly when he gets out, but knows he isn’t eligible until November 2020. He’s currently saving his money (and asking for help) to afford a cheap vehicle when he gets out in order to transport himself to work and school. His intentions are to parole out to the St. Louis area and attending a community college until he gets his basic credits and can transfer to a university. His eyes are set on the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Casey suffers from depression and has a history of schizophrenia. he describes himself as socially awkward and says he often feels misunderstood. He has a kind heart and he looks forward to getting out relatively soon and getting to see all of those who have shown him support over the years. He thanks you all.
Casey was recently transferred to the Farmington Correctional Center in Farmington, Missouri. In November, he will go before the parole board for the first and ONLY TIME and he needs your help!
Thoughtful and professional letters to the parole board by people who care about Casey and are willing to offer support to him during his transition back to life outside of prison can make it more likely that Casey will be released.
*Even though the letter should be addressed to the parole board, all letters should be sent directly to Casey and he will deliver them to the parole board:
Casey Brezik #1154765
Farmington Correctional Center
1012 West Columbia Street
Farmington, MO 63640
More on Casey at https://supportcasey.org/
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Sean Swain
Anarchist prisoner Sean Swain is still being silenced by the state of Ohio and could use your letters. He’s potentially in the process of being transferred in an inter-state deal which will make his life way harder. Sean has communicated that he was at one point on hunger strike and is extremely isolated. You can write to Sean at :
Sean Swain #243-205
Warren CI
P.O. Box 120
Lebanon, Ohio 45036
It’s suggested that concerned listeners call
ODRC Director Stuart Hudson (614) 387-0588
Governor’s Counsel Kevin O’Donell Stanek (614) 466-3555
Callers should voice concern over Sean’s health, access to communication and the blocking of counsel from his recent RIB hearing that threatens to transfer him out of Ohio.
More info on his case can be found at seanswain.noblogs.org
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NC Prisoners repressed from #PrisonStrike
On IGD you can read the list of demands specific to NC prisoners that Joseph Stewart wrote back in July. He was transferred after the outside published his statement in support of the strike and has intermittently been left off of prisoner support call-ups so he can surely use some supporting letters at Polk CI where he is currently housed. You can write Joseph at :
Joseph D. Stewart #0802041
Polk CI
Box 2500
Butner, NC 27509
Three other prisoners in NC, are held within the Hyde Correctional Institution, a facility in Fairfield, NC, are being threatened with retaliation for their active support and organizing in solidarity with the national #PrisonStrike. They’re facing threats of administrative repression, as are any other fellow prisoners connected to the national strike. More info in our show notes
Please write letters of support to:
Randy Watterson #427985
Hyde Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 278
Swan Quarter, NC 27885
Todd Martin #1071227
Hyde Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 278
Swan Quarter, NC 27885
Jace Buras #1522417
Hyde Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 278
Swan Quarter, NC 27885
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The Vaughn17
From a statement by the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement (RAM) and Vaughn17 Support in Philly:
On Feb. 1, 2017, after a series of peaceful protests yielded no results, incarcerated comrades took over a building at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Delaware to demand slight improvements in their treatment. After a 20-hour stand-off, the prison’s response was to literally bulldoze their barricades and figuratively bulldoze their demands, retaliating with constant beatings, destruction of prisoner property, and denial of food and medical care.
Furthermore, the state has accused 17 of the incarcerated with egregious offenses even though these charges have no basis in reality. The state’s response shows once again that any prisoners standing up for themselves, to regain dignity and achieve decent treatment, is a threat. And the state will collectively punish everyone and anyone to hide its barbarism. The only role of prison guards, wardens and the Department of Corrections (DOC) is the perpetuation of slavery and subjugation.
There is a call for court support for the 17, who will be attending trail in small groups, at New Castle County Courthouse, 500 N. King St., Wilmington, DE 19801. The first trial starts on Monday, October 8th and the last is slated for February 11th, 2019. People in the area interested in helping volunteer for court support can learn more by reading this IGD article.
A pdf of a poster with addresses, pictures and info on the 17 prisoners pulled into this case can be found here
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