Watched Notting Hill last night. Key moment: she - ‘famous actress’ Anna Scott aka Julia Roberts - says to bumbling bookshop owner Will Thacker - aka Hugh Grant: “fame, it means nothing really. Don’t forget that underneath it all, I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her”. interesting. Fame can give the illusion a person is on a pedestal, rich, has all they could want.. But she’s saying, it’s external show and façade, I have the same human vulnerability everyone else has, the same desire to be loved, facing the same risk of rejection. She’s even dressed in a simple skirt and cardy that makes her look like a little girl
I’m intrigued by correspondences between human reality and relationships, and the heavenly/earthly. We could explore how the human soul before God is like that little girl, seeking to be loved. How the layers of earthly paraphernalia, like the trappings of fame, keep the soul from awareness of its vulnerability and desire for that surpassing love, and how they might be stripped away.
I don’t mean to be a complete big softie. The other classic scene is of course the rhys ifans buttock clenching one.
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what an enchanting piece of prose - no comment !
Never seen the butt clenching (can't stand Hugh Grant)
What's the difference between what you wrote and the need for a comfort blanket/psychological crutch?
Is dependency on this not psychologically/emotionally dammaging in the same way you think alcohol or other "false gods" are
mr s.
happy new year to you
you been out walking in this snow ? - I was out in craggy northumbeland last week courtesy of a friends 4x4 - it was amazing - walking in 3 foot drifts of snow !
r
ps A false dichotomy is what I would call your proposal about mark's endings and non endings. I dont see why it has to mean either of the things you mention.
One mans contradiction is another mans "balance without compromise" bruce did wesley say that ? or was it kendrick ?
er, not sure rob, but thanks all for comments, including anonymous, who now has me wondering who you are!
Hi Rob,
I have indeed been out and about. Some of the softest powder I've ever seen.
It's not a false dichotomy, but a fact. The earliest manscript do not have the snake handling and poisin drinking ending of Mark. Many bibles even point this out. However, if you believe they are both valid endings, then why wont christians drink poison?
I never said they were contradictory. I said it was not original and had implications for reliability.
Wesley also said the bible contained no errors - comments?
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