SansFin
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> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote}
> I didn't have it on my DVR schedule for today though so it will have to be next time, but I believe it's a flick I've seen pop up on TCM from time to time.
I do hope it airs again soon. It aired several times many years ago. I believe it has aired nearly as many times recently. I hope it has not run the gamut of TCM's licensed airings.
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> {quote:title=SonOfUniversalHorror wrote:}{quote}
> I don't understand what is wrong with being able to restore a person's hearing, sight, or voice if the medical or technilogical means are available. What's so wrong with that...if the person wants it restored, of course?
I believe the problem is that exaggeration of the benefits and hiding of the risks is causing society to exert pressure which forces bad decisions on a segment of the population.
Every surgery carries risk of death. The mortality rate for children is higher than that for adults. Many implants preclude the patient having an MRI when needed for diagnosis of other serious illness. Some procedures create great risks for pneumococcal meningitis or other infections. Some procedures have a high risk for facial palsy or other nerve damage.
I believe each person should be free to weigh the risks and benefits of a procedure and make a decision in their own best interest with no pressure from people who apparently believe the person should be dead rather than deaf or blind.
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> {quote:title=RMeingast wrote:}{quote}
> The medical community regards hearing-impaired people as broken and who need to be fixed by medical technology.
They believe the same of any person who is short or bald or has an I.Q. lower or blood pressure higher than 130 or BMI lower than 20 or higher than 20.1 or who has sex less often than daily or who does not like tofu or who does like vodka or who ...
They are in many ways identical to those who believe that only are all right and proper and are corrupt, lazy and evil.
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> {quote:title=Hibi wrote:}{quote}
> I'm ageless!
I believe you may have misunderstood what they meant when they say you have not grown up.
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I hope you soon have time to groove to *The Divorce of Lady X* (1938).
I believe few other actors could make work the line: "We have ample opportunities in this court for learning what women mean, or what they mean they mean if in these days they mean anything at all."
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> {quote:title=casablancalover2 wrote:}{quote}
> I did recognize one
That is to be expected. Many things which Russian did first were copied by the West.
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> {quote:title=casablancalover2 wrote:}{quote}
> I had been given a better view of Soviet entertainment, is that correct? Is that what we are seeing? Please tell.
We had great variety. These are two versions of the same song:
I have heard Pidmanula Pidvela as a ballad and as a chorus and as a rock number.
There were many genres of songs and singers varied widely:
Several translations are given in the comments.
I could post more but I do not know many names in Latin letters and there is a glitch that I can not open bookmarks when I have keyboard set as Cyrillic.
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> I guess I'm just not a fun guy.
I have never thought of you as a fungi even although you do grow on people.
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> SansFin, I am aware that you, probably more than most people who visit this website, are in touch with those who live with medical problems of one kind or another, and I respect that. I imagine that you are better than most at seeing things from another's point-of-view, and that includes "disabled" people. So I will try to tread lightly about this.
I am flattered you consider me more sensitive than some others. I am not truly so but it is nice to be thought I am!
Any small ability I might have to consider things from another person's point of view does not come from my training or work. I have great detachment there and I suffer greatly when I slip and have empathy for a patient.
My experience is that I have been on both sides of issues related to abilities.
Do you know of pysanky? They are Easter Eggs which look as if they are embroidered. A steady hand is needed to make them well. My mother despaired of me and my aunts called me lazy, disrespectful and sinful because I could not master even simple designs. I felt less than a proper human when I could not do what every other person I knew could do well.
I never placed highly in sports or swimming in the DOSAAF but I was excellent from the very first day at marksmanship. It was easy for me to bring all the factors together. I tried very hard to help my friends be better and I could not understand how they could miss so very often. I lost my best friend because of her envy and because I came to see her as less than a real person because she could not do a thing so simple and basic.
It was not until many years later that I learned that a steady hand is beyond my ability because a neurological issue causes over-corrections which results in micro-tremors. This contributed to my marksmanship because I sense it without knowing I do and it provides a timing basis and allows me to be applying slightly less or slightly more pressure at a critical moment than a truly steady hand could.
This one thing made me less of a person among my family and won me prizes and privileges far beyond what my friends earned.
I believe this explains why I am not quick to judge others on their abilities and I hope it excuses my occasional lapses into schizophrenia.
> To be honest, I see the five senses that usually are part of a human being's biology as the "normal", typical, way to be. We are supposed to have five senses.
I will mention this in passing because I found it very interesting when I learned of it: scientists have identified more than twenty senses. Explanations of the basic ones can be found at:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/07/humans-have-a-lot-more-than-five-senses/
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> But what about allowing the procedure for a young child, say, 2 or 3, who probably has not yet developed their life around the "hearing impaired " culture?
I believe there are no easy answers. I can understand a parent's reluctance to cause their child to undergo an operation they can not understand which results in constant and unfamiliar stimuli which causes confusion and which can not be explained to them.
Would it be more responsible to wait until the child is of an age where it can be explained to them so they will know what to expect and how they are to handle it? I am happy I do not have to make such decisions.
The ethics of the situation are quite complicated. It saddens me to see so many here believe that people who are not like them in some way should undergo surgery, leave their established community and learn complicated new skills just so they can be more like the majority.
Edited by: SansFin on Oct 9, 2012 1:26 PM
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I believe you could exercise your way into a heart attack with this tune:
This one has a nice even cadence:
This one always gets me blood pumping:
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> this is the sort of film that's generally shown weekdays during the day.
I feel as if the first movie of Prime Time on Sunday evenings is never expected to be important movie of social significance which requires deep musings and sophistication to understand. It is the time period for the Essential Junior during the summer and I find it nearly always fun movies.
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> {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote:}{quote}
> But I wonder if there are amputees who vehemetly refuse fittings for prosthetic limbs for fear of losing their "uniqueness"?
I have not heard of such a thing but I would not be surprised if it happened because of the variability of human personality traits.
I believe it is not truly equivalent. Those who receive cochlear implants must be distanced from the deaf community in the beginning in order to become proficient in understanding spoken words.
This means not only the loss of friends but losing contact also with a rich community as the speakers they encounter most often will be of their own nationality while ASL is used almost universally and they can communicate with people from nearly any country in the world.
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> {quote:title=wouldbestar wrote:}{quote}From Psalm 128
> "Your children shall be like olive plants around your table".
> I think this meant they were good to have around not be toppings for a salad.
I believe it means children should be seen and not heard ala' "as silent as a tree".
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> {quote:title=darkblue wrote:}{quote}
> It's interesting that some people will forego being able to hear, choosing to retain the inability first and foremost, and yet might balk at where the word 'deaf' might come in a description of their personage. People are c-o-m-p-l-i-c-a-t-e-d.
I believe both are linked to antagonism towards the concept that people must fit into a specific mold in order to be considered fully human.
For a person who is deaf to have a hearing implant is thought by many as on a par with a person who is Jewish having plastic surgery so they appear Aryan.
For a person who is deaf to be labeled: "Deaf John Smith" rather than: "Mr. Smith, who is deaf" seems to many to be a qualifier which indicates they are not fully human or at the very least that their deafness defines them in a way apart from being a "normal" human.
The anti-surgery movement is not alone in its rebellion against forcing people into a generic mold. There has been research into a certain form of genetic dwarfism which has led to a possible "cure" which is done by gene manipulation in the womb. Researchers were surprised that many rejected the experimental treatment.
It may appear at first blush that any parent wants their child to be "normal" but one must ask where such things might lead. Is there a need to "cure" also eye, hair or skin colour or the propensity towards small breasts?
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It is thought perhaps that it is better to feed them at a single source so as to prevent them from scattering. They might spread widely in search of food if TCM did not act to contain them in this manner.
It is comforting to know that the CDC has prepared contingencies for them. Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse can be seen at:
http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> Russia had a lot of female snipers during WW II.
I believe Eve Arden's character was based loosely on Lyudmila Mykhailivna Pavlichenko. She toured the United States and met with Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt who regarded her highly. She was not flamboyant as Eve Arden portrayed her but she was considered by many to be odd because she was fought the same as men.
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I like the movie very much. It has no pretensions of being socially significant. It is good honest entertainment which is the purpose of movies.
I find Jane Wyman's performance excellent. It is not easy to play a ditz so convincingly with nary a crack in the persona.
It is grounded in befuddlement and has many over-the-top moments which are the hallmarks of good comedies of its era.
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> {quote:title=SonOfUniversalHorror wrote:}{quote}
> I don't understand...why is it a "HUGE" concern, and why does it "send the wrong message"?
> I see it as drawing awareness to the disability...I don't get your point on this. ?:|
Some people feel that saying the disability first places more emphasis on the disability than is warranted. It becomes an ersatz title which categorizes the person in the same manner as calling a person "WASP John Smith" or the same manner as "Mrs. John Smith" is seen as robbing a woman of all identity except that of being a wife.
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote}
> You can't believe something so fake looks "real" in the movie.
I have been captivated by the new series on SyFy called Hot Set where they construct movie sets. Even although I see how it is all put together there is a disconnect when I see the finished product because it looks as it they are real places.
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I thank you, markbeckuaf, for highlighting so many wonderful movies this week.
I will be rocking and grooving to these movies in addition to the ones you mention:
*The Doughgirls* (1944) is fun in its innocent absurdity. Jane Wyman is perfect as a ditz.
*Libeled Lady* (1936) is William Powell and Myrna Loy at their merry best. I feel they had great chemistry in their light comedies as well as their crime comedies.
*The Divorce Of Lady X* (1938) has great chemistry also but it is between Merle Oberon and Sir Laurence Olivier with Binnie Barnes adding her fine touch.
*The Flight of the Phoenix* (1965) is one of James Stewart's serious roles that I like. I do not remember seeing this on TCM before.
*The Legend Of Lylah Clare* (1968) is intense. I love Kim Novak's performance!
*I Married A Witch* (1942) is one of my favorite comedies. It has a usually serious actor playing befuddled comedy in the same manner as *The Divorce of Lady X* (1938).
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Perhaps one of these will help:
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> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote}
> I like Japanese movies so I think I'll enjoy the Kurosawa and HAUSU, of which I saw some scenes on YouTube. It looks very trippy, lol.
It is very much unlike any of Kurosawa's other works. I would never have connected him with it.
*Hausu* is very trippy. Very nearly all scenes have special effects which contribute to the effect. .
> Not crazy for Charles Bronson, but maybe I've just been watching him in the wrong vigilante-type things.
*Telefon* and *The Mechanic* are the only movies in which I like him. In these his utter lack of emotion is perfect for the role.
> I can't get to sleep. Maybe some hot chocolate would help.
Perhaps you need meditation so you may come into resonance with your inner feline. Have you ever see a cat with insomnia?
It is at times such as this that it is regrettable that you do not drink. Advice is given in *Victor/Victoria* to drink a large cognac because even if it does not put you to sleep it makes staying up much more fun.
A much-overlooked aid to sleep is eating. Many ascribe to tryptophan in turkey the sleepiness which affects many after a large Thanksgiving dinner but scientific research shows its major cause is the ingestion of large amounts or carbohydrates which taxes the system and alters blood flow. A large plate of spaghetti and rolls and an Angel Food cake might do as well for you as a sleeping pill and it would be much more enjoyable.
I wish you pleasant dreams.
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> Of your favorites I have yet to see DODES 'KA-DEN
It is mainly a story of people who know their reality of having to live in a city dump and yet they accept also that reality is not always a good place to live. Many people find this movie very depressing. I would not recommend it to any person who is uncomfortable with Japanese movies or who does not understand symbolism in Japanese movies.
> HAUSU
It is Japanese psychedelic horror comedy. The script was written by a thirteen-year-old girl. It taps into primal fears common to all. I feel it is a very fun romp with truly scary moments. It is Nobuhiko ?bayashi's first movie. I believe it is very strongly a love-it-or-hate-it movie with few people finding it simply "okay". I can not recommend it because I wish all to see it but it is not possible to judge any person's reaction to it and I do not wish to be blamed if they are in the hate-it camp.
> TELEFON
It is a spy thriller with Charles Bronson and Lee Remick with Donald Pleasence. I have read that the plot was based on the fear that there were suitcase nukes smuggled into United States. It is a cold movie. I recommend it only to people who love the stars or Cold War spy thrillers.
> THE ANDERSON TAPES
It is Sean Connery as an ex-con who is using his ex-girlfriend's being now a kept woman as the inroad to rob all of the residents of upscale apartment house. It is an interesting caper movie because the planning and preparations for the caper are witnessed by a variety of law enforcement agencies who are performing illegal surveillance and wire-taps. I find it very interesting in an abstract way. There are no characters with whom a viewer would wish to identify. I believe a person who like film noir will likely like it even although it is not of that genre.
> THE CHEAP DETECTIVE
I find this a very fun romp. It is a live-in-the-moment movie as the plot does not make sense and it is not important except as an easel onto which they have tacked one-liners and easy jokes. The best comparison I can make is that it is a poor-man's Mel Brooks movie. I believe it is considered a companion-piece to *Murder by Death* as there are many similarities.
> MY NAME IS NOBODY
It is Henry Fonda in a spaghetti western made in Mexico. I recommend it to people who do not like most westerns because it is not like most westerns. Many of Terence Hill's scenes make me laugh as his abilities are so very much over-the-top. I believe part of its attraction is that it does not take itself seriously.
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> {quote:title=casablancalover2 wrote:}{quote}Ah, you remind me of Ensign Chekov in Star Trek.
That is a very cute video! I thank you for posting it.
The tell-all folk song was invented in Russia:
Part of the lyrics may be translated to:
I fell in love with Nicholas
Jozef, John, Grisha, Stetsko
also Daniel, Theodore, Stephen.
I believe the West has not copied yet this: