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Yay! It‘s back! Great list! #threelistthursday #TLT

We‘re encouraged to maximize our scores, so I included something I‘ve only seen as a play*. This brought my score to 42/70. 😎

Here‘s the survey if you want to play along.
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These are three that I‘ve read AND seen the movie.
1. The Hobbit
2. And Then There Were None
3. Anna Karenina

*My sister played Rebecca Nurse in her high school‘s production of The Crucible.

@dabbe and @TheBookHippie - just came across this on social media and thought of you both and your passionate posting. I know we try to keep the content book related but I also want you to know - you are not alone. #silenceiscompliance

Cary Grant is my fave Old Hollywood actor (I own all 72 of his movies 😳). My fave movie of his by far is the hilarious dark comedy Arsenic & Old Lace. It was filmed in 1941 but released in 1944. During this time, Cary became a United States citizen & donated his entire salary from this movie to the war effort. Can‘t recommend it enough!

insanity runs
in his family — no it
practically gallops!

#haikuhive #moviehaiku #CaryGrant #OldHollywood

No I haven‘t fallen off the face of the earth I‘ve just been moving… still 🥴 But I finally got to listen to this cast audio version of Angels in America which was fantastic. I see a subscription to National Theater at Home in my future. Maybe a reward for when this moving nonsense is behind me. 🙃

High tension moment,
the pain palpable — in the
end, laughter triumphs.

You had your chance, M‘Lynn,
to be the first to say I
slapped Ouiser Boudreaux! 👋🏻

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #steelmagnolias #moviehaiku

When I feel adrift, I remember Emily‘s words and they seem to shift everything into a perspective I can live with💔

Do you have something that pulls you back into the will to move forward?

#perspective

The set of Two Gentleman of Verona at #bardonthebeach

Shakespeare in the park. I love summer.

I could have caught up on the #CampLitsy25 read for discussion, but instead I went to a local OPS showing of the tagged. The actors do things as close to Shakespeare's days as they can - they do not rehearse, carry scrolls with their lines and cues, gender bend (but this is PDX so don't we all normally?), They also have a guy with a whistle who calls our lines when needed and stops everything when a plane goes overhead.

The Winter‘s Tale, by William Shakespeare (ca. 1610)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Premise: A paranoid tyrant destroys his family and friendships, but everything works out in the end.

Review: I‘m slowly working my way through Shakespeare‘s catalog, and have to say this was my least favourite so far. The plot depends on a wholly unmotivated turn by a main character, whip then disappears for the meat of his narrative arc, only to reappear in time for a happy ending. ⬇️