Official Great Works Draft (1 Viewer)

[Genedoc]

While we wait for Genedoc, I offer a whimsical interlude from a play I assume no one will select...

http://www.avenueq.com/videoclips.html

I invite you to witness the greatness of "The internet is for Porn" and offer it as explanation for the sudden disappearance of the Genedoc at the moment of his pick.

NSFW (language)

I am not a fan of musicals and had to be convinced by more than a couple of people who's taste I trust to see this. Hilarious and brilliant and a must-see for anybody visiting. IIRC, the show starts with a song called "everyone's a little racist" and goes up/downhill from there.

Sesame Street was filming directly across from our apt last week and I ran over with our 2yo son to watch a little of Murray- the entire time I couldn't help but think of the depravity of Ave Q.

Close - it starts with "What do you do, with a BA in English?"

 

[Yankee23Fan]

My two are coming up in a few minutes....

 

[El Floppo]

While we wait for Genedoc, I offer a whimsical interlude from a play I assume no one will select...

http://www.avenueq.com/videoclips.html

I invite you to witness the greatness of "The internet is for Porn" and offer it as explanation for the sudden disappearance of the Genedoc at the moment of his pick.

NSFW (language)

I am not a fan of musicals and had to be convinced by more than a couple of people who's taste I trust to see this. Hilarious and brilliant and a must-see for anybody visiting. IIRC, the show starts with a song called "everyone's a little racist" and goes up/downhill from there.

Sesame Street was filming directly across from our apt last week and I ran over with our 2yo son to watch a little of Murray- the entire time I couldn't help but think of the depravity of Ave Q.

Other than video clips, I haven't seen it myself yet. I hear it is absolutely one of the funniest productions around. Living in Albuquerque I haven't seen it heading to a theater near me, but I keep hoping.

Pretty sure it tours... just googled:Avenue Q Gammage Auditorium

Tempe, AZ 03/09/2010 - 03/14/2010

 

[Tirnan]

While we wait for Genedoc, I offer a whimsical interlude from a play I assume no one will select...

http://www.avenueq.com/videoclips.html

I invite you to witness the greatness of "The internet is for Porn" and offer it as explanation for the sudden disappearance of the Genedoc at the moment of his pick.

NSFW (language)

I am not a fan of musicals and had to be convinced by more than a couple of people who's taste I trust to see this. Hilarious and brilliant and a must-see for anybody visiting. IIRC, the show starts with a song called "everyone's a little racist" and goes up/downhill from there.

Sesame Street was filming directly across from our apt last week and I ran over with our 2yo son to watch a little of Murray- the entire time I couldn't help but think of the depravity of Ave Q.

Other than video clips, I haven't seen it myself yet. I hear it is absolutely one of the funniest productions around. Living in Albuquerque I haven't seen it heading to a theater near me, but I keep hoping.

Pretty sure it tours... just googled:Avenue Q Gammage Auditorium

Tempe, AZ 03/09/2010 - 03/14/2010

I think I may make the drive for that. It is high on my "want to see that soon" list.

 

[Tirnan]

If this goes well, we should be able to drop the next 8 or nine picks fairly rapidly on the turn.

This end hasn't been holding things up.

With this pick, I'm legitimately torn. There are 6 or 7 things which all should have been taken by now, some of which are in categories I need, others not so much. Still, seeing the amazing value that Antigone and Long Day's Journey Into Night were, I've decided not to pick for team need yet and just keep hammering away where I see great value. I'll start throwing stuff in "wildcard" if I have to. That said, I'm taking another movie. It's one that shouldn't surprise any of you who've followed the draft. IMHO, it's the masterpiece of one of the greatest directors in history AND it's the masterpiece of one of the greatest actors in history. It's an unpleasant story told beautifully and frankly. Widely regarded as one of the finest films ever made. Genedoc and Bonzai are pleased to select....

21.18 - Raging Bull - Movie

A true great!

 

[Yankee23Fan]

First pick is a painting. My list of known works is shrinking so I'm going to grab this now. In 2006 it sold for the largest single amount in art history at $140 million. Jack the Dripper is a cool name too.

I select, Jackson Pollock's No. 5, 1948

 

[Genedoc]

If this goes well, we should be able to drop the next 8 or nine picks fairly rapidly on the turn.

This end hasn't been holding things up.

With this pick, I'm legitimately torn. There are 6 or 7 things which all should have been taken by now, some of which are in categories I need, others not so much. Still, seeing the amazing value that Antigone and Long Day's Journey Into Night were, I've decided not to pick for team need yet and just keep hammering away where I see great value. I'll start throwing stuff in "wildcard" if I have to. That said, I'm taking another movie. It's one that shouldn't surprise any of you who've followed the draft. IMHO, it's the masterpiece of one of the greatest directors in history AND it's the masterpiece of one of the greatest actors in history. It's an unpleasant story told beautifully and frankly. Widely regarded as one of the finest films ever made. Genedoc and Bonzai are pleased to select....

21.18 - Raging Bull - Movie

If that's not the greatest opening scene in movie history, it's one of the top 5. The beauty of the music juxtaposed to the violence of the man. The slow motion black and white movements of the boxer in the background alone in the ring slowly pacing back and forth.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Next pick is going to close up my documentary debacle, so to speak. I was going to go with a Michael Moore pick here but then I realized that I'm me, he's him, and just typing his name makes me want to throw out my keyboard.

So, instead I'll take the documentary that has been ranked on at least one documentary association list on the internet as a top 3 selection. It's so far the only documentary I can recall being selected that actually changed a legal result and helped to set a man free. The film was directed by Errol Morris and scored by Philip Glass. The film has had a considerable influence on later television and documentary film and is often credited with pioneering the style of modern crime-scene reenactments.

Morris' investigation demonstrated that five witnesses had committed perjury. As a result of publicity around the film, Adams (whose death sentence had been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1980 and commuted to life in prison) had his conviction overturned by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the case returned to Dallas County for a retrial. The district attorney's office declined to prosecute the case again and Adams was subsequently ordered released as a result of a habeas corpus hearing in 1989.

I select, The Thin Blue Line .

 

[krista4]

DOCUMENTARY RUN!

 

[thatguy]

Going to take my first movie. I think most of my movies will be more recent as I have not seen most of the classics and don't want to pick something I've never seen.

The Silence of the Lambs

Hopkins gives us one of the all time great performances as the deranged yet brilliant Hannibal Lecter. Jodie Foster is very solid as Clarice Starling - pretty much the perfect actress for the role and she delivered a fantastic performance. Ted Levine is amazing as Buffalo Bill - simultaneously fascinating and repulsive.

The movies keeps the viewer on the edge of his seat throughout, and has many small twists that add to the viewing experience. It is full of some of the most memorable scenes of all time.

"It rubs the lotion on its skin, it does this whenever it's told. It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again."

"Would you #### me? I'd #### me. I'd #### me hard. I'd #### me so hard."

"You still wake up sometimes don't you? Wake up in the dark to hear the screaming of the lambs."

"Have the lambs stopped screaming Clarice?"

"I have to go now, I'm having an old friend for dinner."

"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."

 

[Tirnan]

I’ll likely need some judges to rule on my request for the entire work (tetralogy) as one work. It was originally performed as such and was intended to illustrate a change in Athenian society. If not allowed, I’ll keep the Agamemnon (first part) as it is the best known. It is still on a few rare curriculums in universities and High Schools.

22.02 PLAY The Oresteia by Aeschylus

Although this work was written to tell the story of a fallen house , it actually is an affirmation of the fairly new the change in Athenian society to democracy after the destruction of the invading Persian army at Marathon (Aeschylus was actually a veteran of that famous battle.). It specifically extols the importance of reason in the development of laws, and, lauds the ideals of a democratic Athens. Written as a 4 part play (of which no copies survive of the 4th part Proteus), it is in effect one larger work (similar to The Lord of The Rings as a trilogy).

Aeschylus ( c. 525 BC/524 BC – c. 456 BC/455 BC) was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father of tragedy, and is the earliest of the three Greek tragedians whose plays survive extant. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in plays to allow for conflict among them; previously, characters interacted only with the chorus.

The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. Though originally written as tetralogy, it is the only surviving example of a trilogy of ancient Greek plays; the fourth play, Proteus, a satyr play that would have been performed as finale, has not survived. The Oresteia was originally performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC, where it won first prize. Overall, this trilogy emblemizes the shift from a monarchal system of vendetta in Argos to a democratic system of litigation in Athens.

Agamemnon details the homecoming and eventual murder of Agamemnon, King of Argos, from the Trojan War.

The Libation Bearers is the second play of the Oresteia. It deals with the reunion of Agamemnon's children, Electra and Orestes, and their revenge.

The Eumenides (Εὐμενίδες, Eumenides; also known as The Furies) is the final play of the Oresteia, in which Orestes, Apollo, and the Erinyes go before Athena and a jury consisting of the Athenians at the Areopagus (Rock of Ares, a flat rocky hill by the Athenian agora where the homicide court of Athens held its sessions), to decide whether Orestes' murder of his mother, Clytemnestra, makes him worthy of the torment they have inflicted upon him.

Although Proteus, the satyr play which originally followed the first three plays of The Oresteia, is lost, it is widely believed to have been based on the story told in Book IV of Homer's Odyssey, where Menelaus, Agamemmnon's brother, attempts to return home from Troy.

Worth noting here is the metaphorical aspect of this entire drama. Initially, in their role as avengers of bloodshed, the Erinyes are classical equivalents to the Code of Hammurabi and the Torah, which demand “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”. Thus, they initially embody the concept of lex talionis, or “law of retribution”.

The change from an archaic self-help justice by personal revenge or vendetta to administration of justice by trial symbolises the passage from a primitive society governed by instincts, to a modern society governed by reason: justice is decided by a jury of peers, representing the citizen body and its values, and the gods themselves sanction this transition by taking part in the judicial procedure, arguing and voting on an equal footing with the mortals. This theme of the polis self-governed by consent through lawful institutions, as opposed to tribalism and superstition, recurs in Greek art and thought.

The dramatization of societal transformation in this myth (the transition to governance by laws) is both a boast and justification of the then relatively new judicial system. The concept of objective intervention by an impartial entity against which no vengeance could be taken (the state) marked the end of continuous cycles of bloodshed, a transition in Greek society reflected by the transition in their mythology – the Erinyes are a much greater part of older Greek myths than comparatively more recent ones. The reflection of societal struggles and social norms in mythology makes plays like these of special interest today, offering poignant cultural and historical insights.

 

[Abrantes]

Picking both Raging Bull and DeNiro's performance seems like overkill to me with so much good stuff out there, but there's no denying that they deserve to be picked.

 

[krista4]

I’ll likely need some judges to rule on my request for the entire work (tetralogy) as one work. It was originally performed as such and was intended to illustrate a change in Athenian society. If not allowed, I’ll keep the Agamemnon (first part) as it is the best known. It is still on a few rare curriculums in universities and High Schools.

22.02 PLAY The Oresteia by Aeschylus

Although this work was written to tell the story of a fallen house , it actually is an affirmation of the fairly new the change in Athenian society to democracy after the destruction of the invading Persian army at Marathon (Aeschylus was actually a veteran of that famous battle.). It specifically extols the importance of reason in the development of laws, and, lauds the ideals of a democratic Athens. Written as a 4 part play (of which no copies survive of the 4th part Proteus), it is in effect one larger work (similar to The Lord of The Rings as a trilogy).

Aeschylus ( c. 525 BC/524 BC – c. 456 BC/455 BC) was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father of tragedy, and is the earliest of the three Greek tragedians whose plays survive extant. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in plays to allow for conflict among them; previously, characters interacted only with the chorus.

The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. Though originally written as tetralogy, it is the only surviving example of a trilogy of ancient Greek plays; the fourth play, Proteus, a satyr play that would have been performed as finale, has not survived. The Oresteia was originally performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC, where it won first prize. Overall, this trilogy emblemizes the shift from a monarchal system of vendetta in Argos to a democratic system of litigation in Athens.

Agamemnon details the homecoming and eventual murder of Agamemnon, King of Argos, from the Trojan War.

The Libation Bearers is the second play of the Oresteia. It deals with the reunion of Agamemnon's children, Electra and Orestes, and their revenge.

The Eumenides (Εὐμενίδες, Eumenides; also known as The Furies) is the final play of the Oresteia, in which Orestes, Apollo, and the Erinyes go before Athena and a jury consisting of the Athenians at the Areopagus (Rock of Ares, a flat rocky hill by the Athenian agora where the homicide court of Athens held its sessions), to decide whether Orestes' murder of his mother, Clytemnestra, makes him worthy of the torment they have inflicted upon him.

Although Proteus, the satyr play which originally followed the first three plays of The Oresteia, is lost, it is widely believed to have been based on the story told in Book IV of Homer's Odyssey, where Menelaus, Agamemmnon's brother, attempts to return home from Troy.

Worth noting here is the metaphorical aspect of this entire drama. Initially, in their role as avengers of bloodshed, the Erinyes are classical equivalents to the Code of Hammurabi and the Torah, which demand “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”. Thus, they initially embody the concept of lex talionis, or “law of retribution”.

The change from an archaic self-help justice by personal revenge or vendetta to administration of justice by trial symbolises the passage from a primitive society governed by instincts, to a modern society governed by reason: justice is decided by a jury of peers, representing the citizen body and its values, and the gods themselves sanction this transition by taking part in the judicial procedure, arguing and voting on an equal footing with the mortals. This theme of the polis self-governed by consent through lawful institutions, as opposed to tribalism and superstition, recurs in Greek art and thought.

The dramatization of societal transformation in this myth (the transition to governance by laws) is both a boast and justification of the then relatively new judicial system. The concept of objective intervention by an impartial entity against which no vengeance could be taken (the state) marked the end of continuous cycles of bloodshed, a transition in Greek society reflected by the transition in their mythology – the Erinyes are a much greater part of older Greek myths than comparatively more recent ones. The reflection of societal struggles and social norms in mythology makes plays like these of special interest today, offering poignant cultural and historical insights.

I would consider this one work, and it was on my list, ya jerk.

 

[Tirnan]

I’ll likely need some judges to rule on my request for the entire work (tetralogy) as one work. It was originally performed as such and was intended to illustrate a change in Athenian society. If not allowed, I’ll keep the Agamemnon (first part) as it is the best known. It is still on a few rare curriculums in universities and High Schools.

22.02 PLAY The Oresteia by Aeschylus

Tirnan attacks forums with a wall of text...

I would consider this one work, and it was on my list, ya jerk.

Mea Culpa baby, Mea Culpa.Glad I grabbed it though!

 

[Genedoc]

:shrug; Picking both Raging Bull and DeNiro's performance seems like overkill to me with so much good stuff out there, but there's no denying that they deserve to be picked.

But they're being judged in separate categories, which I viewed as completely independent decisions. I didn't plan on it, but it just kept getting passed over, and I'm not going to sacrifice quality for diversity. I sincerely hope one won't be downgraded due to the presence of the other on the team.

 

[krista4]

I’ll likely need some judges to rule on my request for the entire work (tetralogy) as one work. It was originally performed as such and was intended to illustrate a change in Athenian society. If not allowed, I’ll keep the Agamemnon (first part) as it is the best known. It is still on a few rare curriculums in universities and High Schools.

22.02 PLAY The Oresteia by Aeschylus

Tirnan attacks forums with a wall of text...

I would consider this one work, and it was on my list, ya jerk.

Mea Culpa baby, Mea Culpa.Glad I grabbed it though!

Love your edit above.I'll forgive you, it being so close to Memorial Day and all.

 

[Fennis]

While we wait for Genedoc, I offer a whimsical interlude from a play I assume no one will select...

http://www.avenueq.com/videoclips.html

I invite you to witness the greatness of "The internet is for Porn" and offer it as explanation for the sudden disappearance of the Genedoc at the moment of his pick.

NSFW (language)

I am not a fan of musicals and had to be convinced by more than a couple of people who's taste I trust to see this. Hilarious and brilliant and a must-see for anybody visiting. IIRC, the show starts with a song called "everyone's a little racist" and goes up/downhill from there.

Sesame Street was filming directly across from our apt last week and I ran over with our 2yo son to watch a little of Murray- the entire time I couldn't help but think of the depravity of Ave Q.

Other than video clips, I haven't seen it myself yet. I hear it is absolutely one of the funniest productions around. Living in Albuquerque I haven't seen it heading to a theater near me, but I keep hoping.

ywia: http://www.newspaceentertainment.com/albuquerque/avenueq/

 

[krista4]

:shrug; Picking both Raging Bull and DeNiro's performance seems like overkill to me with so much good stuff out there, but there's no denying that they deserve to be picked.

But they're being judged in separate categories, which I viewed as completely independent decisions. I didn't plan on it, but it just kept getting passed over, and I'm not going to sacrifice quality for diversity. I sincerely hope one won't be downgraded due to the presence of the other on the team.

In judging movies, I don't care what else you have on your team. I was very surprised that Raging Bull hadn't been selected much earlier. I don't have the same fondness for the movie that many people do (though will set that aside to the extent possible for judging purposes), but I'm shocked at some of the movies that were selected before it.

 

[Genedoc]

:shrug; Picking both Raging Bull and DeNiro's performance seems like overkill to me with so much good stuff out there, but there's no denying that they deserve to be picked.

But they're being judged in separate categories, which I viewed as completely independent decisions. I didn't plan on it, but it just kept getting passed over, and I'm not going to sacrifice quality for diversity. I sincerely hope one won't be downgraded due to the presence of the other on the team.

In judging movies, I don't care what else you have on your team. I was very surprised that Raging Bull hadn't been selected much earlier. I don't have the same fondness for the movie that many people do (though will set that aside to the extent possible for judging purposes), but I'm shocked at some of the movies that were selected before it.

:groundsforappealifnotpleasedwithrankingnoted:Next pick incoming...

 

[Abrantes]

:shrug; Picking both Raging Bull and DeNiro's performance seems like overkill to me with so much good stuff out there, but there's no denying that they deserve to be picked.

But they're being judged in separate categories, which I viewed as completely independent decisions. I didn't plan on it, but it just kept getting passed over, and I'm not going to sacrifice quality for diversity. I sincerely hope one won't be downgraded due to the presence of the other on the team.

Oh, I don't think either will suffer as a consequence of you taking both, and I like the picks. It's just that from a personal drafting strategy, there are so many movies and performances that I want to highlight that I couldn't justify handcuffing two picks hinging on the same performance like that. Taking just Raging Bull would be enough for me to say "there, I've given DeNiro's performance its due credit".Might not be "smart" for drafting purposes, but I'm having fun with it.

 

[El Floppo]

If this goes well, we should be able to drop the next 8 or nine picks fairly rapidly on the turn.

This end hasn't been holding things up.

With this pick, I'm legitimately torn. There are 6 or 7 things which all should have been taken by now, some of which are in categories I need, others not so much. Still, seeing the amazing value that Antigone and Long Day's Journey Into Night were, I've decided not to pick for team need yet and just keep hammering away where I see great value. I'll start throwing stuff in "wildcard" if I have to. That said, I'm taking another movie. It's one that shouldn't surprise any of you who've followed the draft. IMHO, it's the masterpiece of one of the greatest directors in history AND it's the masterpiece of one of the greatest actors in history. It's an unpleasant story told beautifully and frankly. Widely regarded as one of the finest films ever made. Genedoc and Bonzai are pleased to select....

21.18 - Raging Bull - Movie

Love it. I kinda prefer the opening scene for Requiem for a Heavyweight (which RB borrowed heavily from, IMO... and now that I think of it- The Wrestler is basically a remake or atleast homage).

 

[Tirnan]

While we wait for Genedoc, I offer a whimsical interlude from a play I assume no one will select...

http://www.avenueq.com/videoclips.html

I invite you to witness the greatness of "The internet is for Porn" and offer it as explanation for the sudden disappearance of the Genedoc at the moment of his pick.

NSFW (language)

I am not a fan of musicals and had to be convinced by more than a couple of people who's taste I trust to see this. Hilarious and brilliant and a must-see for anybody visiting. IIRC, the show starts with a song called "everyone's a little racist" and goes up/downhill from there.

Sesame Street was filming directly across from our apt last week and I ran over with our 2yo son to watch a little of Murray- the entire time I couldn't help but think of the depravity of Ave Q.

Other than video clips, I haven't seen it myself yet. I hear it is absolutely one of the funniest productions around. Living in Albuquerque I haven't seen it heading to a theater near me, but I keep hoping.

ywia: http://www.newspaceentertainment.com/albuquerque/avenueq/

Nice find! I'll be at that one. I suspect my beautiful bride of ten+ years will be once more convinced she married a moron after I invite her out for a culturally refined "night at the theater".

 

[Tirnan]

I’ll likely need some judges to rule on my request for the entire work (tetralogy) as one work. It was originally performed as such and was intended to illustrate a change in Athenian society. If not allowed, I’ll keep the Agamemnon (first part) as it is the best known. It is still on a few rare curriculums in universities and High Schools.

22.02 PLAY The Oresteia by Aeschylus

Tirnan attacks forums with a wall of text...

I would consider this one work, and it was on my list, ya jerk.

Mea Culpa baby, Mea Culpa.Glad I grabbed it though!

Love your edit above.I'll forgive you, it being so close to Memorial Day and all.

I put on my wizard hat and robe....

 

[Genedoc]

As with Raging Bull, this is playing to a strength and not a need, but I can't let it slide any further. It should have been selected in the top 10 plays right after a couple by the Bard, Oedipus Rex, and Antigone. Also like Raging Bull, it should just about assure us a top finish in it's category since we'll have 4 of the top 10-20 of the 100 to be selected. I strongly prefer it over The Oresteia because it's still performed and still adapted much more frequently than The Oresteia is. And it's still topical, still timely, still relevant.

"In vain, my children, have I brought you up,

Borne all the cares and pangs of motherhood,

And the sharp pains of childbirth undergone.

In you, alas, was treasured many a hope

Of loving sustentation in my age,

Of tender laying out when I was dead,

Such as all men might envy.

Those sweet thoughts are mine no more, for now bereft of you

I must wear out a drear and joyless life,

And you will nevermore your mother see,

Nor live as ye have done beneath her eye.

Alas, my sons, why do you gaze on me,

Why smile upon your mother that last smile?

Ah me! What shall I do? My purpose melts

Beneath the bright looks of my little ones.

I cannot do it. Farewell, my resolve,

I will bear off my children from this land.

Why should I seek to wring their father's heart,

When that same act will doubly wring my own?

I will not do it. Farewell, my resolve.

What has come o'er me? Shall I let my foes

Triumph, that I may let my friends go free?

I'll brace me to the deed. Base that I was

To let a thought of wickedness cross my soul.

Children, go home. Whoso accounts it wrong

To be attendant at my sacrifice,

Let him stand off; my purpose is unchanged.

Forego my resolutions, O my soul,

Force not the parent's hand to slay the child.

Their presence where we will go will gladden thee.

By the avengers that in Hades reign,

It never shall be said that I have left

My children for my foes to trample on.

It is decreed."

Genedoc/Bonzai proudly select...22.03 - Medea by Euripides - Play

 

[El Floppo]

DOCUMENTARY RUN!

 

[El Floppo]

As with Raging Bull, this is playing to a strength and not a need, but I can't let it slide any further. It should have been selected in the top 10 plays right after a couple by the Bard, Oedipus Rex, and Antigone. Also like Raging Bull, it should just about assure us a top finish in it's category since we'll have 4 of the top 10-20 of the 100 to be selected. I strongly prefer it over The Oresteia because it's still performed and still adapted much more frequently than The Oresteia is. And it's still topical, still timely, still relevant.

"In vain, my children, have I brought you up,

Borne all the cares and pangs of motherhood,

And the sharp pains of childbirth undergone.

In you, alas, was treasured many a hope

Of loving sustentation in my age,

Of tender laying out when I was dead,

Such as all men might envy.

Those sweet thoughts are mine no more, for now bereft of you

I must wear out a drear and joyless life,

And you will nevermore your mother see,

Nor live as ye have done beneath her eye.

Alas, my sons, why do you gaze on me,

Why smile upon your mother that last smile?

Ah me! What shall I do? My purpose melts

Beneath the bright looks of my little ones.

I cannot do it. Farewell, my resolve,

I will bear off my children from this land.

Why should I seek to wring their father's heart,

When that same act will doubly wring my own?

I will not do it. Farewell, my resolve.

What has come o'er me? Shall I let my foes

Triumph, that I may let my friends go free?

I'll brace me to the deed. Base that I was

To let a thought of wickedness cross my soul.

Children, go home. Whoso accounts it wrong

To be attendant at my sacrifice,

Let him stand off; my purpose is unchanged.

Forego my resolutions, O my soul,

Force not the parent's hand to slay the child.

Their presence where we will go will gladden thee.

By the avengers that in Hades reign,

It never shall be said that I have left

My children for my foes to trample on.

It is decreed."

Genedoc/Bonzai proudly select...22.03 - Medea by Euripides - Play

Well ####.

 

[El Floppo]

Picking both Raging Bull and DeNiro's performance seems like overkill to me with so much good stuff out there, but there's no denying that they deserve to be picked.

I'm with you. Obviously deserving, but kinda lazy to grab the same movie and acting role... ... gotta find some kinda whole in gene's team.eta: hole... not whole

 

[Tirnan]

As with Raging Bull, this is playing to a strength and not a need, but I can't let it slide any further. It should have been selected in the top 10 plays right after a couple by the Bard, Oedipus Rex, and Antigone. Also like Raging Bull, it should just about assure us a top finish in it's category since we'll have 4 of the top 10-20 of the 100 to be selected. I strongly prefer it over The Oresteia because it's still performed and still adapted much more frequently than The Oresteia is. And it's still topical, still timely, still relevant.

"In vain, my children, have I brought you up,

Borne all the cares and pangs of motherhood,

And the sharp pains of childbirth undergone.

In you, alas, was treasured many a hope

Of loving sustentation in my age,

Of tender laying out when I was dead,

Such as all men might envy.

Those sweet thoughts are mine no more, for now bereft of you

I must wear out a drear and joyless life,

And you will nevermore your mother see,

Nor live as ye have done beneath her eye.

Alas, my sons, why do you gaze on me,

Why smile upon your mother that last smile?

Ah me! What shall I do? My purpose melts

Beneath the bright looks of my little ones.

I cannot do it. Farewell, my resolve,

I will bear off my children from this land.

Why should I seek to wring their father's heart,

When that same act will doubly wring my own?

I will not do it. Farewell, my resolve.

What has come o'er me? Shall I let my foes

Triumph, that I may let my friends go free?

I'll brace me to the deed. Base that I was

To let a thought of wickedness cross my soul.

Children, go home. Whoso accounts it wrong

To be attendant at my sacrifice,

Let him stand off; my purpose is unchanged.

Forego my resolutions, O my soul,

Force not the parent's hand to slay the child.

Their presence where we will go will gladden thee.

By the avengers that in Hades reign,

It never shall be said that I have left

My children for my foes to trample on.

It is decreed."

Genedoc/Bonzai proudly select...22.03 - Medea by Euripides - Play

and with that all 3 of the great (early) Tragedians are on the board.While the Medea is much more relevant today, I still like the Oresteia for its period significance and its later influence on some of the other great playwrights to come.

 

[mad sweeney]

Going to take my first movie. I think most of my movies will be more recent as I have not seen most of the classics and don't want to pick something I've never seen.The Silence of the LambsHopkins gives us one of the all time great performances as the deranged yet brilliant Hannibal Lecter. Jodie Foster is very solid as Clarice Starling - pretty much the perfect actress for the role and she delivered a fantastic performance. Ted Levine is amazing as Buffalo Bill - simultaneously fascinating and repulsive.The movies keeps the viewer on the edge of his seat throughout, and has many small twists that add to the viewing experience. It is full of some of the most memorable scenes of all time."It rubs the lotion on its skin, it does this whenever it's told. It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again.""Would you #### me? I'd #### me. I'd #### me hard. I'd #### me so hard.""You still wake up sometimes don't you? Wake up in the dark to hear the screaming of the lambs.""Have the lambs stopped screaming Clarice?""I have to go now, I'm having an old friend for dinner.""A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."

I worked a season with Ted on Monk. It was impossible not to think about Buffalo Bill every time we heard him speak. Myself and one of the PAs had a great time doing physical mimicry of him (when he wasn't around). I'd come around the corner with some gels or paperwork, stop and sort of let them fall out fo my hand as I went back around the corner (as when he dropped the business cards at his house when Starling realizes he's the killer). Or wandering around with random "Uh, was she a great big ol fat girl?" into the radio. Fun times. My favorite part though is at the end of the season they were going to fire the Unit Productin Manager and his parking space was right outside the stage door. Levine was wandering around smoking and looked down, saw the name of the UPM and mumbled in a very near BB voice "Oh, um, looks like I'm standing in my new parking spot, hmmm". Guess you had to be there but with his voice and sort of lost personality it was drop dead hilarious.To the best of my knowledge, no one did the tuck.

 

[Genedoc]

Picking both Raging Bull and DeNiro's performance seems like overkill to me with so much good stuff out there, but there's no denying that they deserve to be picked.

I'm with you. Obviously deserving, but kinda lazy to grab the same movie and acting role... ... gotta find some kinda whole in gene's team.eta: hole... not whole

We may not win the whole thing, but by God if you come to our "personal museum", YOU WILL BE ENTERTAINED!

Casablanca

Vertigo

Raging Bull

Medea

Oedipus Rex

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Doll's House

Pet Sounds

Huck Finn

Pride/Prejudice

Don Quixote

 

[anborn]

dcthunder must be writing a novel.... he's been italicized for a while now.

 

[Genedoc]

As with Raging Bull, this is playing to a strength and not a need, but I can't let it slide any further. It should have been selected in the top 10 plays right after a couple by the Bard, Oedipus Rex, and Antigone. Also like Raging Bull, it should just about assure us a top finish in it's category since we'll have 4 of the top 10-20 of the 100 to be selected. I strongly prefer it over The Oresteia because it's still performed and still adapted much more frequently than The Oresteia is. And it's still topical, still timely, still relevant.

"In vain, my children, have I brought you up,

Borne all the cares and pangs of motherhood,

And the sharp pains of childbirth undergone.

In you, alas, was treasured many a hope

Of loving sustentation in my age,

Of tender laying out when I was dead,

Such as all men might envy.

Those sweet thoughts are mine no more, for now bereft of you

I must wear out a drear and joyless life,

And you will nevermore your mother see,

Nor live as ye have done beneath her eye.

Alas, my sons, why do you gaze on me,

Why smile upon your mother that last smile?

Ah me! What shall I do? My purpose melts

Beneath the bright looks of my little ones.

I cannot do it. Farewell, my resolve,

I will bear off my children from this land.

Why should I seek to wring their father's heart,

When that same act will doubly wring my own?

I will not do it. Farewell, my resolve.

What has come o'er me? Shall I let my foes

Triumph, that I may let my friends go free?

I'll brace me to the deed. Base that I was

To let a thought of wickedness cross my soul.

Children, go home. Whoso accounts it wrong

To be attendant at my sacrifice,

Let him stand off; my purpose is unchanged.

Forego my resolutions, O my soul,

Force not the parent's hand to slay the child.

Their presence where we will go will gladden thee.

By the avengers that in Hades reign,

It never shall be said that I have left

My children for my foes to trample on.

It is decreed."

Genedoc/Bonzai proudly select...22.03 - Medea by Euripides - Play

and with that all 3 of the great (early) Tragedians are on the board.While the Medea is much more relevant today, I still like the Oresteia for its period significance and its later influence on some of the other great playwrights to come.

I have to say I'm stunned to have both Oedipus and Medea on the team. I sincerely thought that shortly after someone took Oedipus that Antigone would go a round later with Medea and The Oresteia shortly to follow. Maybe I took Oedipus Rex too early, but I like the way things are filling out.

 

[Genedoc]

dcthunder must be writing a novel.... he's been italicized for a while now.

I said exactly the same thing waiting on him Friday....

 

[DCThunder]

Since it seems that there is a run on picking stage plays, I'll continue the trend. But mine isn't a play written by a dead Greek guy three thousand years ago, but rather a play about a time in the recent past of America that probably seems like it was a thousand years ago, but in reality was only 25 years or so ago. My play won a Tony Award for Best Play in 2 successive years and is author won a Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. It was developed into both an opera and a TV mini-series.

22.04--Angels in America (Millennium Approaches and Perestroika)-Tony Kushner-Play

Angels in America is about AIDS and closeted gays and Roy Cohn and the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg and Judaism and Mormonism and politcs and America in the last decades of the 20th century. Written in two parts, but usually performed together, the plays feature only 8 actors who play multiple roles. Heavy on the politics and theatrics, the play contains meny Biblical themes and fantasy voyages and special effects. While it may be somewhat dated today, there is no question of its importance when it was written and performed for the first time.

 

[ScottNorwood]

As with Raging Bull, this is playing to a strength and not a need, but I can't let it slide any further. It should have been selected in the top 10 plays right after a couple by the Bard, Oedipus Rex, and Antigone. Also like Raging Bull, it should just about assure us a top finish in it's category since we'll have 4 of the top 10-20 of the 100 to be selected. I strongly prefer it over The Oresteia because it's still performed and still adapted much more frequently than The Oresteia is. And it's still topical, still timely, still relevant.

"In vain, my children, have I brought you up,

Borne all the cares and pangs of motherhood,

And the sharp pains of childbirth undergone.

In you, alas, was treasured many a hope

Of loving sustentation in my age,

Of tender laying out when I was dead,

Such as all men might envy.

Those sweet thoughts are mine no more, for now bereft of you

I must wear out a drear and joyless life,

And you will nevermore your mother see,

Nor live as ye have done beneath her eye.

Alas, my sons, why do you gaze on me,

Why smile upon your mother that last smile?

Ah me! What shall I do? My purpose melts

Beneath the bright looks of my little ones.

I cannot do it. Farewell, my resolve,

I will bear off my children from this land.

Why should I seek to wring their father's heart,

When that same act will doubly wring my own?

I will not do it. Farewell, my resolve.

What has come o'er me? Shall I let my foes

Triumph, that I may let my friends go free?

I'll brace me to the deed. Base that I was

To let a thought of wickedness cross my soul.

Children, go home. Whoso accounts it wrong

To be attendant at my sacrifice,

Let him stand off; my purpose is unchanged.

Forego my resolutions, O my soul,

Force not the parent's hand to slay the child.

Their presence where we will go will gladden thee.

By the avengers that in Hades reign,

It never shall be said that I have left

My children for my foes to trample on.

It is decreed."

Genedoc/Bonzai proudly select...22.03 - Medea by Euripides - Play

and with that all 3 of the great (early) Tragedians are on the board.While the Medea is much more relevant today, I still like the Oresteia for its period significance and its later influence on some of the other great playwrights to come.

I have to say I'm stunned to have both Oedipus and Medea on the team. I sincerely thought that shortly after someone took Oedipus that Antigone would go a round later with Medea and The Oresteia shortly to follow. Maybe I took Oedipus Rex too early, but I like the way things are filling out.

Dear Gene,You can stop slapping your own ass now

 

[El Floppo]

dcthunder must be writing a novel.... he's been italicized for a while now.

Or he's seriously waffling

 

[El Floppo]

Since it seems that there is a run on picking stage plays, I'll continue the trend. But mine isn't a play written by a dead Greek guy three thousand years ago, but rather a play about a time in the recent past of America that probably seems like it was a thousand years ago, but in reality was only 25 years or so ago. My play won a Tony Award for Best Play in 2 successive years and is author won a Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. It was developed into both an opera and a TV mini-series.

22.04--Angels in America (Millennium Approaches and Perestroika)-Tony Kushner-Play

Angels in America is about AIDS and closeted gays and Roy Cohn and the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg and Judaism and Mormonism and politcs and America in the last decades of the 20th century. Written in two parts, but usually performed together, the plays feature only 8 actors who play multiple roles. Heavy on the politics and theatrics, the play contains meny Biblical themes and fantasy voyages and special effects. While it may be somewhat dated today, there is no question of its importance when it was written and performed for the first time.

MOTHER####ER.This was going to be my next play pick. The best thing I've ever seen live on stage (minus some Mitchell Bros... but that's another category) and was one of the must-haves for team Floppo.

This one hurts.

 

[TidesofWar]

As with Raging Bull, this is playing to a strength and not a need, but I can't let it slide any further. It should have been selected in the top 10 plays right after a couple by the Bard, Oedipus Rex, and Antigone. Also like Raging Bull, it should just about assure us a top finish in it's category since we'll have 4 of the top 10-20 of the 100 to be selected. I strongly prefer it over The Oresteia because it's still performed and still adapted much more frequently than The Oresteia is. And it's still topical, still timely, still relevant.

"In vain, my children, have I brought you up,

Borne all the cares and pangs of motherhood,

And the sharp pains of childbirth undergone.

In you, alas, was treasured many a hope

Of loving sustentation in my age,

Of tender laying out when I was dead,

Such as all men might envy.

Those sweet thoughts are mine no more, for now bereft of you

I must wear out a drear and joyless life,

And you will nevermore your mother see,

Nor live as ye have done beneath her eye.

Alas, my sons, why do you gaze on me,

Why smile upon your mother that last smile?

Ah me! What shall I do? My purpose melts

Beneath the bright looks of my little ones.

I cannot do it. Farewell, my resolve,

I will bear off my children from this land.

Why should I seek to wring their father's heart,

When that same act will doubly wring my own?

I will not do it. Farewell, my resolve.

What has come o'er me? Shall I let my foes

Triumph, that I may let my friends go free?

I'll brace me to the deed. Base that I was

To let a thought of wickedness cross my soul.

Children, go home. Whoso accounts it wrong

To be attendant at my sacrifice,

Let him stand off; my purpose is unchanged.

Forego my resolutions, O my soul,

Force not the parent's hand to slay the child.

Their presence where we will go will gladden thee.

By the avengers that in Hades reign,

It never shall be said that I have left

My children for my foes to trample on.

It is decreed."

Genedoc/Bonzai proudly select...22.03 - Medea by Euripides - Play

and with that all 3 of the great (early) Tragedians are on the board.While the Medea is much more relevant today, I still like the Oresteia for its period significance and its later influence on some of the other great playwrights to come.

I have to say I'm stunned to have both Oedipus and Medea on the team. I sincerely thought that shortly after someone took Oedipus that Antigone would go a round later with Medea and The Oresteia shortly to follow. Maybe I took Oedipus Rex too early, but I like the way things are filling out.

Maybe some decided to shy away from the ancient works to a degree, for thematic purpose?? Older or Younger does not equate to better - just older or younger

 

[El Floppo]

I might have to run... skip me if I come up.

 

[Postradamus]

Since it seems that there is a run on picking stage plays, I'll continue the trend. But mine isn't a play written by a dead Greek guy three thousand years ago, but rather a play about a time in the recent past of America that probably seems like it was a thousand years ago, but in reality was only 25 years or so ago. My play won a Tony Award for Best Play in 2 successive years and is author won a Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. It was developed into both an opera and a TV mini-series.

22.04--Angels in America (Millennium Approaches and Perestroika)-Tony Kushner-Play

Angels in America is about AIDS and closeted gays and Roy Cohn and the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg and Judaism and Mormonism and politcs and America in the last decades of the 20th century. Written in two parts, but usually performed together, the plays feature only 8 actors who play multiple roles. Heavy on the politics and theatrics, the play contains meny Biblical themes and fantasy voyages and special effects. While it may be somewhat dated today, there is no question of its importance when it was written and performed for the first time.

MOTHER####ER.This was going to be my next play pick. The best thing I've ever seen live on stage (minus some Mitchell Bros... but that's another category) and was one of the must-haves for team Floppo.

This one hurts.

Great pick, on the shortlist.

 

[DCThunder]

Since it seems that there is a run on picking stage plays, I'll continue the trend. But mine isn't a play written by a dead Greek guy three thousand years ago, but rather a play about a time in the recent past of America that probably seems like it was a thousand years ago, but in reality was only 25 years or so ago. My play won a Tony Award for Best Play in 2 successive years and is author won a Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. It was developed into both an opera and a TV mini-series.

22.04--Angels in America (Millennium Approaches and Perestroika)-Tony Kushner-Play

Angels in America is about AIDS and closeted gays and Roy Cohn and the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg and Judaism and Mormonism and politcs and America in the last decades of the 20th century. Written in two parts, but usually performed together, the plays feature only 8 actors who play multiple roles. Heavy on the politics and theatrics, the play contains meny Biblical themes and fantasy voyages and special effects. While it may be somewhat dated today, there is no question of its importance when it was written and performed for the first time.

MOTHER####ER.This was going to be my next play pick. The best thing I've ever seen live on stage (minus some Mitchell Bros... but that's another category) and was one of the must-haves for team Floppo.

This one hurts.

Sorry bro. The inspiration to take this just suddenly hit me. Almost didn't take it because I thought it could wait. Glad I didn't.

 

[Genedoc]

As with Raging Bull, this is playing to a strength and not a need, but I can't let it slide any further. It should have been selected in the top 10 plays right after a couple by the Bard, Oedipus Rex, and Antigone. Also like Raging Bull, it should just about assure us a top finish in it's category since we'll have 4 of the top 10-20 of the 100 to be selected. I strongly prefer it over The Oresteia because it's still performed and still adapted much more frequently than The Oresteia is. And it's still topical, still timely, still relevant.

"In vain, my children, have I brought you up,

Borne all the cares and pangs of motherhood,

And the sharp pains of childbirth undergone.

In you, alas, was treasured many a hope

Of loving sustentation in my age,

Of tender laying out when I was dead,

Such as all men might envy.

Those sweet thoughts are mine no more, for now bereft of you

I must wear out a drear and joyless life,

And you will nevermore your mother see,

Nor live as ye have done beneath her eye.

Alas, my sons, why do you gaze on me,

Why smile upon your mother that last smile?

Ah me! What shall I do? My purpose melts

Beneath the bright looks of my little ones.

I cannot do it. Farewell, my resolve,

I will bear off my children from this land.

Why should I seek to wring their father's heart,

When that same act will doubly wring my own?

I will not do it. Farewell, my resolve.

What has come o'er me? Shall I let my foes

Triumph, that I may let my friends go free?

I'll brace me to the deed. Base that I was

To let a thought of wickedness cross my soul.

Children, go home. Whoso accounts it wrong

To be attendant at my sacrifice,

Let him stand off; my purpose is unchanged.

Forego my resolutions, O my soul,

Force not the parent's hand to slay the child.

Their presence where we will go will gladden thee.

By the avengers that in Hades reign,

It never shall be said that I have left

My children for my foes to trample on.

It is decreed."

Genedoc/Bonzai proudly select...22.03 - Medea by Euripides - Play

and with that all 3 of the great (early) Tragedians are on the board.While the Medea is much more relevant today, I still like the Oresteia for its period significance and its later influence on some of the other great playwrights to come.

I have to say I'm stunned to have both Oedipus and Medea on the team. I sincerely thought that shortly after someone took Oedipus that Antigone would go a round later with Medea and The Oresteia shortly to follow. Maybe I took Oedipus Rex too early, but I like the way things are filling out.

Dear Gene,You can stop slapping your own ass now

Dear Norwood, We regret to inform you that the ### slapping is likely to continue for another 10, maybe fifteen minutes. When my own personal ### slapping is completed, I will be inviting Bonzai in to continue unabated.

 

[Bonzai]

Dear Gene,

You can stop slapping your own ass now

Dear Norwood, We regret to inform you that the ### slapping is likely to continue for another 10, maybe fifteen minutes. When my own personal ### slapping is completed, I will be inviting Bonzai in to continue unabated.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Since it seems that there is a run on picking stage plays, I'll continue the trend. But mine isn't a play written by a dead Greek guy three thousand years ago, but rather a play about a time in the recent past of America that probably seems like it was a thousand years ago, but in reality was only 25 years or so ago. My play won a Tony Award for Best Play in 2 successive years and is author won a Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. It was developed into both an opera and a TV mini-series.

22.04--Angels in America (Millennium Approaches and Perestroika)-Tony Kushner-Play

Angels in America is about AIDS and closeted gays and Roy Cohn and the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg and Judaism and Mormonism and politcs and America in the last decades of the 20th century. Written in two parts, but usually performed together, the plays feature only 8 actors who play multiple roles. Heavy on the politics and theatrics, the play contains meny Biblical themes and fantasy voyages and special effects. While it may be somewhat dated today, there is no question of its importance when it was written and performed for the first time.

MOTHER####ER.This was going to be my next play pick. The best thing I've ever seen live on stage (minus some Mitchell Bros... but that's another category) and was one of the must-haves for team Floppo.

This one hurts.

no spotlighting

seriously, though, Angels came out right about the time I stopped going to plays on my annual NYC jaunts, cuz the prices went nutz, so i didnt see it, but the HBO movie blew me away.

 

[rodg12]

Skipped

NONE!!

22.05 - Scott Norwood OTC until :23

22.06 - Bob Lee Swagger On Deck

22.07 - Misfit Blondes In The Hole

22.08 - Uncle Humuna

22.09 - Team CIA (autoskip)

22.10 - El Floppo (autoskip)

22.11 - Thatguy

22.12 - Wikkidpissah

22.13 - Tides of War

22.14 - BobbyLayne

22.15 - Abrantes

22.16 - Doug B

22.17 - Timschochet

22.18 - Postradamus

22.19 - Rodg12

22.20 - Krista4

23.01 - Fennis

23.02 - Rodg12

23.03 - Postradamus

Let's make it back to me today, whaddaya say???

 

[anborn]

Team Norwood/Anborn choose...



22.05 X-Rays (Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, 1895) - Scientific Discovery

X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 10 to 0.01 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz (3 × 1016 Hz to 3 × 1019 Hz) and energies in the range 120 eV to 120 keV. They are shorter in wavelength than UV rays. In many languages, X-radiation is called Röntgen radiation after one of its first investigators, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen who had originally called them X-rays meaning an unknown type of radiation.[3]:1-2 As a result of Ivan Pulyui's experiments into what he called cold light, he is reputed to have developed an X-ray emitting device as early as 1881. Pulyui reputedly first demonstrated an X-ray photograph of a 13-year-old boy's broken arm and an X-ray photograph of his daughter's hand with a pin lying under it.[4] The device became known as the Pulyui lamp and was mass-produced for a period. Reputedly,[who?] Pulyui personally presented one to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen who went on to be credited as the discoverer of X-rays.

I won't go into all their uses... but they pretty much revolutionized the medical field, and have also found applications in astronomy, heavy industry, art history, security, etc. etc. etc.

 

[ScottNorwood]

Dear Gene,

You can stop slapping your own ass now

Dear Norwood, We regret to inform you that the ### slapping is likely to continue for another 10, maybe fifteen minutes. When my own personal ### slapping is completed, I will be inviting Bonzai in to continue unabated.

(_|_)

 

[Genedoc]

As with Raging Bull, this is playing to a strength and not a need, but I can't let it slide any further. It should have been selected in the top 10 plays right after a couple by the Bard, Oedipus Rex, and Antigone. Also like Raging Bull, it should just about assure us a top finish in it's category since we'll have 4 of the top 10-20 of the 100 to be selected. I strongly prefer it over The Oresteia because it's still performed and still adapted much more frequently than The Oresteia is. And it's still topical, still timely, still relevant.

"In vain, my children, have I brought you up,

Borne all the cares and pangs of motherhood,

And the sharp pains of childbirth undergone.

In you, alas, was treasured many a hope

Of loving sustentation in my age,

Of tender laying out when I was dead,

Such as all men might envy.

Those sweet thoughts are mine no more, for now bereft of you

I must wear out a drear and joyless life,

And you will nevermore your mother see,

Nor live as ye have done beneath her eye.

Alas, my sons, why do you gaze on me,

Why smile upon your mother that last smile?

Ah me! What shall I do? My purpose melts

Beneath the bright looks of my little ones.

I cannot do it. Farewell, my resolve,

I will bear off my children from this land.

Why should I seek to wring their father's heart,

When that same act will doubly wring my own?

I will not do it. Farewell, my resolve.

What has come o'er me? Shall I let my foes

Triumph, that I may let my friends go free?

I'll brace me to the deed. Base that I was

To let a thought of wickedness cross my soul.

Children, go home. Whoso accounts it wrong

To be attendant at my sacrifice,

Let him stand off; my purpose is unchanged.

Forego my resolutions, O my soul,

Force not the parent's hand to slay the child.

Their presence where we will go will gladden thee.

By the avengers that in Hades reign,

It never shall be said that I have left

My children for my foes to trample on.

It is decreed."

Genedoc/Bonzai proudly select...22.03 - Medea by Euripides - Play

and with that all 3 of the great (early) Tragedians are on the board.While the Medea is much more relevant today, I still like the Oresteia for its period significance and its later influence on some of the other great playwrights to come.

I have to say I'm stunned to have both Oedipus and Medea on the team. I sincerely thought that shortly after someone took Oedipus that Antigone would go a round later with Medea and The Oresteia shortly to follow. Maybe I took Oedipus Rex too early, but I like the way things are filling out.

Maybe some decided to shy away from the ancient works to a degree, for thematic purpose?? Older or Younger does not equate to better - just older or younger

No worries - I've already been accused of weighing influence upon other/future works/artists too heavily. But we're talking about the greatest achievements of human history, so for me, when something is read/studied/performed 2500 years after it was originally created, that's amazing. IMHO, it places the onus on the newer work to demonstrate that the newer stuff is markedly better than the original. Think about great music/movies that even 10, 20 years later looks/feels dated. Personally, if we're going on a Friday night date, I'd rather go see Avenue Q than The Oresteia or some currently released film rather than Schindler's List. But we're designing our own personal museum, so timelessness and influence are, IMHO, major contributors to be taken into account when judging.

 

[Fennis]

While we wait for Genedoc, I offer a whimsical interlude from a play I assume no one will select...

http://www.avenueq.com/videoclips.html

I invite you to witness the greatness of "The internet is for Porn" and offer it as explanation for the sudden disappearance of the Genedoc at the moment of his pick.

NSFW (language)

I am not a fan of musicals and had to be convinced by more than a couple of people who's taste I trust to see this. Hilarious and brilliant and a must-see for anybody visiting. IIRC, the show starts with a song called "everyone's a little racist" and goes up/downhill from there.

Sesame Street was filming directly across from our apt last week and I ran over with our 2yo son to watch a little of Murray- the entire time I couldn't help but think of the depravity of Ave Q.

Other than video clips, I haven't seen it myself yet. I hear it is absolutely one of the funniest productions around. Living in Albuquerque I haven't seen it heading to a theater near me, but I keep hoping.

ywia: http://www.newspaceentertainment.com/albuquerque/avenueq/

Nice find! I'll be at that one. I suspect my beautiful bride of ten+ years will be once more convinced she married a moron after I invite her out for a culturally refined "night at the theater".

My wife drags me to somewhere around 15 plays a year. I keep waiting for her to be convinced she didnt marry a moron.

 

[Bob Lee Swagger]

22.06 - Painting - Allegoria della Primavera - Sandro Botticelli

Link

Trying to get this one in fast to keep the flow going. Write-up coming later.