【 Shining Nikki CN+TW 】
【 Shining Nikki CN+TW 】
Alliance Shop : Guild Theater
The cleaning process has now been started and the task will be completed without any errors.
Suit Display ::
Original :: Cleaning Instructions (清扫指令)
Recolor :: Hunting Command (猎心指令)
Designer :: Caprico (魔羊)
Collection :: Ruins of Galaxy
Rarity :: SSR
Attribute :: Fresh
Date :: 10/11/2023…..
Type :: Guild Theater
Guild Theater • Season 8
“What's in the hot pot ?”
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honestly i'm about to write a college essay on the writers guild strike and how it is fundamentally a demonstration of the battle between capitalism and basic rights that's been simmering for ages and while the fight has gotten some attention (like talk of corporations like amazon, walmart, disney) this is the first thing where truly everyone feels the affects because the entertainment industry is something that undeniably shapes the day to day lives of people. the strike breaks the struggle down to its core and strips back all the bullshit about how it doesn't affect people who aren't directly involved. do you think a liberal arts college will like that
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【 Shining Nikki TW+CN 】
Alliance Shop : Guild Theater
【 Shining Nikki TW+CN 】
Alliance Shop : Guild Theater
Travel into comics and experience dimensional adventures.
Suit Display ::
Original :: Dreaming About You (逢君入梦)
Recolor :: Peach Blossom Dream (桃华芳梦)
Collection :: Feast in Cloud
Designer :: Chi Xiaoyu (池小鱼)
Rarity :: SSR
Attribute :: Elegant
Date :: 26/05—09/06/2023
Type :: Guild Theater
Guild Theater • Season 7
“The Ranking of Tea Mint”
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three observations / thoughts from reading the editorial notes in my new physical copy of Hamlet (the pelican edition, edited by a. r. braunmuller):
1. There's this bit from Act 2 Scene 2 where Hamlet is telling Ros and Guil about how he's depressed, how all the beautiful things in the world mean nothing to him. The thing that stuck out to me on this flip-through was the highlighted line and associated footnote below:
If we go with what is "traditionally supposed" as canon, then, it makes this line one of the most direct fourth-wall breaks in the whole show (that isn't a narrative device i.e. the soliloquies), because it implies that Hamlet sees the literal ceiling of the theater the play is being performed in.
You could just say that the golden fire refers to the real stars and such, making the "roof" metaphorical... but that's less fun.
2. There are a lot of bird allusions and metaphors in this play. Not just the “special providence in the fall of a sparrow” line that seems to haunt me specifically, but a lot of times that people are compared to birds.
marcellus calling for hamlet like how a falconer would apparently call a hawk in act 1 scene 5 when he's left on the battlements after the ghost disappears ("Illo ho ho, my lord!")
woodcocks (foolish birds) caught in springs (traps) (see polonius in act 1 scene 3 (talking about hamlet or ophelia, i think?), and laertes once he starts dying)
knowing a hawk from a handsaw, a spy from a true friend (act 2 scene 2) (according to the book "handsaw" is also supposed to sound like "hernshaw", a type of heron)
"it cannot be but i am pigeon-livered" (also act 2 scene 2)
cladius' limed soul (act 3 scene 4), "limed" apparently referencing birdlime, a gluey material used to snare birds
osric, the "lapwing" who "runs away with the shell on his head", comparing him to a freshly hatched baby bird
and at least one or two more that are currently slipping my mind.
Now, I’m relatively new to analyzing Shakespeare's works in this depth, so maybe this is a trademark in all his stuff, or maybe it was just common at the time; maybe it isn’t meant to be a pattern.
But amongst all those lines, I read this (part of Hamlet talking to Horatio after the play-within-a-play, leading up to him bragging to Horatio that he could definitely get a whole share in an actors' company):
And, given how meta Hamlet is as a play (see section 1/3 of this post)… perhaps this line, as unemphasized as it is, is meant to re-contextualize the rest of those bird references as pointing out / reminding us that all the characters are actors? Both in the literal meta sense and also the thematic “every character is playing a role for others and engaging in varying levels of deceit” sense?
Again, it’s possible I’m giving this more weight than it’s due because of my lack of context, but. It’s an interesting possibility, at least.
3. Okay, this last one is just funny. Remember when Laertes and Claudius are just beginning to brainstorm how they’ll eliminate Hamlet in the last scene of Act 4, and Claudius alludes to some skill of Laertes’ (fencing) that someone else has been spreading the word about? Do you remember who that someone was?
Well, the thing about this noted excellent horse-rider is…
Obviously, the only conclusion to draw from this is that the guy talking up Laertes’ fencing prowess is the literal Grim Reaper, setting things in motion for the fated fatal duel, and neither Claudius nor Laertes had the thought that taking such inspiration from a guy named as such might lead to an unfavorable end. Good job, you two.
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Break A Leg, But Not The Strike Line
A suggestion for fans and viewers. Another way to support the WGA & SAG-AFTRA strike (and really, other guilds that surround the arts) is to check out your local art scene wherever you live if you haven't yet done so. A lot of talent from coast to coast in towns and cities small and large have theater productions of all types, independent productions (including cinema), children's theater, dance, and so on.
It is where the spark may be turned into a flame! From behind the scenes with sets, costumes, the list goes on and on. Watch, volunteer, have a blast, art is for you!
*I should add that I know stage production is different, but I'm going to plug all of it because writers/actors/costumers/ etc all get started someway, somehow, somewhere, and why not celebrate human creativity wherever and whoever you are?!
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