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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Heavy Metaphor

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 9:51 pm

Earlier posts that are also tagged "Points Omega" suggest some 
context for a May 19 New Republic  illustration.

      x -1/x
 

  See as well
"Flowers and Brown."

The Senator from Central Casting

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 11:10 am

From the above obituary

"A debonair Virginian, Mr. Warner was sometimes called
the senator from central casting; his ramrod military posture,
distinguished gray hair and occasionally overblown
speaking style fit the Hollywood model." — Carl Hulse

Related material — The previous post and . . .

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Jersey Hymn

Filed under: General — Tags: , , — m759 @ 11:44 am

An upload from Good Friday, 2019

"Daisy, when she comes to tea at Nick's house,
refers to the flowers brought by Gatsby as being
appropriate for a funeral and asks 'Where's the corpse?' 
Gatsby enters immediately thereafter. This foreshadows
what will happen to Gatsby. The dialogue is not in the novel…."

— Discussion of the 2000 TV movie version in
Learning Guide to The Great Gatsby 

Correction to the midrash: 

Sorvino actually says, when there is a knock at the door,

"That must be the corpse."

Jersey girls are tough.

A Separatrix for McCormack

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 10:59 am

The McCormack of the title is the current owner
and editor-in-chief of The New Republic .

Note the separatrix  between
Stoppard and Nichols.

Related cleavage art

http://www.log24.com/log/pix08A/080801-Puzzlement.png

— http://xkcd.com/457/

Alternate title: Art for Suckers.

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