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By: profacero

profacero — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:59:09 +0000

More on Pan’s Labyrinth: it has been pointed out to me that in it, people who do not follow rules and recipes, are the good people: Dr. Ferreira, the maid whose brother is partisan, and Ofelia herself, who uses her own judgment.

By: Stephen Bess

Stephen Bess — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:52:24 +0000

*smile* Thank you so much professor. I’m happy that my blog inspires. In fact, it is my hope to inspire in a positive way. As for your blog, I have the highest respect for you as a thinker and educator. I learn so much here. Peace~

By: nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez

nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:47:38 +0000

it was definitely interesting. but i had a real problem with the bifurcated story. i really should watch it again more critically. i can’t speak on it more til then.

and thank you for this. i thought i already had but see i did not.

By: profacero

profacero — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:55:31 +0000

On Pan’s Labyrinth, the students have now convinced me that it is better than I thought. It:

- goes back to the nature of the original fairy tales, not the insipid Disneyized ones
- is the only mainstream film they have seen in which socialists and anarhcists could be good guys
- has an interesting interaction between the fantasy and ‘real’ worlds
- monsters are less monstruous than the Fascist reality

So, OK, I guess it was an sort-of-interesting movie…

By: profacero

profacero — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:02:48 +0000

Love your blog, MB! and yours, RG – it is the Best Academic Blog!

By: MB

MB — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:52:55 +0000

Interesting list — I’m looking forward to exploring. Thank you.

By: Rebel Girl

Rebel Girl — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:19:26 +0000

thanks for the links – you widen my world, per usual. mil gracias.

By: profacero

profacero — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:12:56 +0000

Well thank you CM! You’ve got my e-mail, and yes I’ll give you my address. My birthday is in December.

By: chasingmoksha

chasingmoksha — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:33:09 +0000

One day when you decide to trust giving me your address, I shall send you a subscription as a present, perhaps a birthday present.

By: profacero

profacero — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:53:02 +0000

Greetings to all! CM, I still do not get the New Yorker, but I have heard of Amazing Grace. I would love to hear about the article.

I improved matters last night by seeing a play, “Love Letters,” by A.R. Gurley (1988). It was well done and *so* much less commercial. And on Thursday, I went to a student literary reading which was *also* better than many current films. And I acquired The Harder They Come on DVD. I appear to be moving backwards in time – in terms of what I read/see, but also in terms of developing a strong preference for works of art not aided by mechanical reproduction … even if it means seeing non-famous and perhaps slightly less than stellar artists.