Robin Hood
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incandescensI am disappointed by tonight's Robin Hood, and seriously debating whether to bother to watch any more of it.
Robin himself was as dull as dishwater, and about as strong a character. Much was comic relief. The Sheriff couldn't decide whether he was Caligula or Nero. The older Scarlett apparently thought he was in a production of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The dialogue was a mess between attempted period and "Boyz in the Wood". One of the few interesting points was Guy of Gisbourne, who actually had some ambiguity to him, plus having the sort of strength of character that Robin should have had, and the ability to project it. Oh, and there was a Marian, but it's not as if she got to do or say much. Though she had more political sense than Robin. (Though that wasn't difficult.)
The scenery was pretty, though. Pity about the rest of the show.
Must also do some serious suitcase-hunting.
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Spring Giddiness
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep.
I would love to kiss you.
The price of kissing is your life.
Now my loving is running toward my life shouting,
What a bargain, let's buy it.
Daylight, full of small dancing particles
and the one great turning, our souls
are dancing with you, without feet, they dance.
Can you see them when I whisper in your ear?
All day and night, music,
a quiet, bright
reedsong. If it
fades, we fade.
-- Jalaluddin Rumi
(Excerpted from The Essential Rumi, translations by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, 1995.)
Robin himself was as dull as dishwater, and about as strong a character. Much was comic relief. The Sheriff couldn't decide whether he was Caligula or Nero. The older Scarlett apparently thought he was in a production of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The dialogue was a mess between attempted period and "Boyz in the Wood". One of the few interesting points was Guy of Gisbourne, who actually had some ambiguity to him, plus having the sort of strength of character that Robin should have had, and the ability to project it. Oh, and there was a Marian, but it's not as if she got to do or say much. Though she had more political sense than Robin. (Though that wasn't difficult.)
The scenery was pretty, though. Pity about the rest of the show.
Must also do some serious suitcase-hunting.
---
Spring Giddiness
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep.
I would love to kiss you.
The price of kissing is your life.
Now my loving is running toward my life shouting,
What a bargain, let's buy it.
Daylight, full of small dancing particles
and the one great turning, our souls
are dancing with you, without feet, they dance.
Can you see them when I whisper in your ear?
All day and night, music,
a quiet, bright
reedsong. If it
fades, we fade.
-- Jalaluddin Rumi
(Excerpted from The Essential Rumi, translations by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, 1995.)
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