Better Living Through Humiliation
January 13th, 2008So, this is what I’m doing for the next two months: studying films like this for cultural meaning and significance. I love school!
How did Barbara get that stain on her sweater, anyway?
watching horror movies since 1974
About The House of Mirth
Thanks for dropping by. I'm Meg, and I write offbeat stories about media and the culture that shapes us.I have one foot firmly planted in today and one in a pink kitchen in a suburb in 1957. It's not that I want to live in the past; I just love the aprons. I also have a thing for horror movies.
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Dear god… I am just like Barbara (except I can’t bear to go out with spotted clothes.) Why can’t I be more like Helen? *cries bitterly*
Do we ever find out why she was crying? What HAPPENED??
Anyhow sounds like a great class. I hope you will write about it.
brilliant video! in fact, i had to watch part two, too!
these kinds of shorts are just quite a kick to me. i’m like beverly: i need to be more like helen!!
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