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ravenSeveral fairly unusual things have happened.
I watched the M*A*S*H film last night. It was... well, odd. Darker, more surreal, more Suicide is Painless (it has the version with lyrics) and some frankly disturbing moments - the attempted suicide of the Painless Pole comes to mind, along with the musical accompaniment provided by Hawkeye - and it has no recognisable plot.
Some things are the same, but only just enough to jerk you every so often with the familiarity of it. And some things from the book which made it into the series hadn't made it into the film - stuff like Hawkeye's feigned insanity. The mermaid-hunting and the search for an epileptic whore in Tokyo seem to have stayed in the book and gone nowhere else.
The beginning of the film is typical - less than thirty seconds in, Hawkeye has already stolen a jeep. Consequently, I think it has the best ever closing line:
"Did Hawkeye steal that jeep?"
"No, sir, it's the one he came in."
Because I stayed up watching that, I didn't expect today to be such a fantastic day, but so far it's gone well. Reviews and feedback are always good for the ego, and something else happened that was good for my ego, too. The people dealing with the Bengali book Kajol have been in touch with my mother. They say they think the translation is superb, and that my mother should keep an eye on the translator, as he/she must be a "rising star."
My mother didn't mention she can't tell them who it is, because it's me. I am the translator who will gently disappear and never be heard of again.
I have now revised the long-and-short-term causes of the first world war. And I suppose I ought to go back to it, but I don't want to.
Of course.
Oh, well...
One more quote:
"I think you ought to see a proctologist about brain damage..."
I watched the M*A*S*H film last night. It was... well, odd. Darker, more surreal, more Suicide is Painless (it has the version with lyrics) and some frankly disturbing moments - the attempted suicide of the Painless Pole comes to mind, along with the musical accompaniment provided by Hawkeye - and it has no recognisable plot.
Some things are the same, but only just enough to jerk you every so often with the familiarity of it. And some things from the book which made it into the series hadn't made it into the film - stuff like Hawkeye's feigned insanity. The mermaid-hunting and the search for an epileptic whore in Tokyo seem to have stayed in the book and gone nowhere else.
The beginning of the film is typical - less than thirty seconds in, Hawkeye has already stolen a jeep. Consequently, I think it has the best ever closing line:
"Did Hawkeye steal that jeep?"
"No, sir, it's the one he came in."
Because I stayed up watching that, I didn't expect today to be such a fantastic day, but so far it's gone well. Reviews and feedback are always good for the ego, and something else happened that was good for my ego, too. The people dealing with the Bengali book Kajol have been in touch with my mother. They say they think the translation is superb, and that my mother should keep an eye on the translator, as he/she must be a "rising star."
My mother didn't mention she can't tell them who it is, because it's me. I am the translator who will gently disappear and never be heard of again.
I have now revised the long-and-short-term causes of the first world war. And I suppose I ought to go back to it, but I don't want to.
Of course.
Oh, well...
One more quote:
"I think you ought to see a proctologist about brain damage..."
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on 2003-01-05 10:44 am (UTC)Plus I liked the attempted suicide. But maybe that's just me.
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on 2003-01-05 10:52 am (UTC)Poor Painless.
Anyway... I don't think it would have been funny if it made sense...
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on 2003-01-05 10:58 am (UTC)no subject
on 2003-01-05 01:31 pm (UTC)YOu know, I've never bothered watching the commentary and stuff...
Muct do so!
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on 2003-01-05 03:04 pm (UTC)