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Dirnentragodie (“Tragedy of the Street”). 1927. Josef Fenneker.
36 ½ x 72 1/8 in./92.7 x 183.2 cm
You can already see, in this riveting two-sheet poster, why the Danish actress Asta Nielsen was the first international star of silent film: the large dark eyes, a haunted face, her boyish figure. She often portrayed headstrong, passionate women trapped by tragic circumstances: transforming this melodramatic trope with naturalism and overt eroticism – leading her films to be heavily censored in the U.S. “Dirnentragodie,” or ‘Tragedy of the Street,’ was Nielsen’s final silent role. The film epitomizes the Weimar movement called The New Objectivity, which tried to create a middle ground between Brechtian alienation and Expressionist emotionalism by forcing middle-class characters into the oppressive social circumstances of the street. “Dirnentragodie” features Nielsen as an aging prostitute who takes in a young man running away from his middle-class family. She fantasizes about a different future; the man returns to his family; she’s accused of murdering her pimp. This 1927 Fenneker design was used for the release of the film in Vienna.
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Black Flag Flyer - Middle Class, Social Distortion, Adolescents, China White - 1981 Raymond Pettibon - Image: Ryan Richardson
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I’m not trying to be political, but I feel the need to say this.
If those “rich” or “elite” people who think they know what’s best for us in the middle class would spend a day, a week, or, even *gasp*, a month in our shoes, they would see that what they are doing is hurting us. Not to mention those who are saying they know us or we can afford it. My only thought is this, they only care about helping themselves, not us “little” people, and I’m tired of it.
Will it get any better or worse? Thoughts?
About Elly (2009)
Dir: Asghar Farhadi
DOP: Hossein Jafarian
“A bitter ending is better than an endless bitterness.”
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I bet that at some point in your life you’ve thought that your family was weird, don’t worry you’re not the only one. Meet the Yamada’s!!
This is the ultimate family movie. When it started I thought ‘is this a thing for kids?’ Even though I watch movies made for children (child at heart <3) I was taken by surprise. It is nothing like any anime movie, Ghibli never cease to surprise me. No, it is not hand painted, the whole movie is made on computer and given water color effects.
It is a compilation of various incidents of the Yamada family. This is the story of a middle class Japanese family. What makes it special is its simplicity. The characters are well developed and you can’t help but smile at the quips. Shige, the grandmother is stubborn, wise and a little childish. The father Takashi is hard working and daydreams about taking a break. The mother Matsuko is a typical housewife, and every child can relate to her mom-hood! The siblings are great, Noboru, a teenage boy with witty remarks and his sister, sweet innocent Nonoko.
Sometimes the story gives us advice, sometimes it makes us laugh and sometimes it makes us emotional but it never bores you. You can understand the nature and personality of each of the characters, even the supporting characters in just 104 minutes. And the haikus just add to the charm of this movie.
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This week we received a response to a letter we sent to Senator Richard Bloomenthal (D-CT). This information and more is now available on the new “Influential Supporters” page of our site. http://wageratio.tk/
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With drastically rising income inequality, we need wage ratio legislation now to help solve this problem. Visit wageratio.tk for more information
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Share of U.S. income going to middle class falling dramatically; 43% in 2014, down from 62% in 1970: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/12/09/the-american-middle-class-is-losing-ground/
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this is like just a fourth of a whole musical medley addressing that you can’t live like the simpsons anymore. harsh :(
This must be the closest the simpsons has come to decent social commentary in a while
This same season had an episode about Cancel Culture that was actually surprisingly good
-While undeniable that people overreacted to Homer’s mistake, the episode makes clear that Homer made the situation worse by doubling down and insulting people (“You’re all too sensitive!”) rather than appologizing or simply keeping his head low until the moment passed.
-shows how people use cheap, performative stunts to change public opinion about them while also pointing out that, at times, people are too critical regarding people that legitimately want to change.
-Points out that those that benefit most from “cancelling Cancel Culture” are NOT Average Joes Who Made a Little Mistake™️ but objectively awful and dangerous people (includes not-so-subtle callouts against Trump and Martin Shkreli–I’m spelling his nams based on how I hear it, the Insulin guy).
-Doesn’t actually use the term “cancel culture” once in the episode! So it doesnt come off as an old man shouting angrily at a cloud, but instead as a perfectly cromulent social commentary about social faux pas and punishment.
Really, The Simpsons has some pretty good takes on social issues sometimes…unless it’s regarding Apu.
This actually makes me want to start watching again
Animated a video about defunding the police for Inequality Media: https://youtu.be/_4_LbohtTpA
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this is like just a fourth of a whole musical medley addressing that you can’t live like the simpsons anymore. harsh :(
YASS! I listened to Planet Money when they initially questioned this and it turns out a Simpsons’ writer was also listening!
Are The Simpsons Still Middle Class? : The Indicator from Planet Money
JOIN, OR DIE
My submission for Francoise Mouly, Nadja Spiegelman, and Gabe Fowler’s RESIST! political comic newspaper baby. Copies of RESIST! launch today, please see their website to find distribution points in your neck of the woods. Also, prints are available of this image with 50% of proceeds going to the ACLU. Visit here to grab that.
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The middle class is the allotment of entertainment potential and social status to a select few who in exchange become willing to defend the asylum that is capitalism.
this is like just a fourth of a whole musical medley addressing that you can’t live like the simpsons anymore. harsh :(
