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Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
Kazza:
I've been in bed fighting some sort of bug, so your interview has probably come and gone Louise, but sending positive vibes your way anyway.
*cough sniff*
I wonder what could poosibly make me feel better?? ;)
Karen
ifyoucantfixit:
--- Quote from: belbbmfan on November 23, 2006, 07:30:04 am ---what would we do indeed. Thank you Jo! :)
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well said, and so true. you have summed up the process by which ennis or any individual who lives a life in turmoil and discontent makes...you are affected by the people and the events in your life.. no way to avoid that happening. the no man is an island is so apprapro in this situation.. the ennis in the movie, vs the ennis in laramie saga has lived an accelerated existance in the past few months compared to the one he had lived before. primarily because of his every day choice to live with ellery. ellery is a kind and loving teacher. he has taught ennis a lot of things about a person who lived in town, vs a solitary life in the back of beyond, and on those lonesome old ranches. Ennis has had the teaching of a man that is gay and wears it proudly not afraid to admit his true feelings. and he has also taught him a bit about a higher educated existance, by benefit of a man that had a college education.. this has been a growing experience that i believe he would have gotten by choice or by association. therefor he not to be the same person he was before. he was not a man unable to learn, simple untaught.
souxi:
--- Quote from: Kazza on November 23, 2006, 11:42:20 am ---I've been in bed fighting some sort of bug, so your interview has probably come and gone Louise, but sending positive vibes your way anyway.
*cough sniff*
I wonder what could poosibly make me feel better?? ;)
Karen
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Awwww Karen, hope you feel better soon hun.xxxx :-* :-*
Lumière:
--- Quote from: magicmountain on November 23, 2006, 09:44:12 am ---Don't tell me I'm ahead of David and Roland!
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The sailor is Hawt, Jo!
But you do realise that we have to put W. Miller's head on that body, right?
Just so we are on the same page ... ;D
(I'll post the "finished product" when I get home tonight! 8) )
Kelpersmek:
--- Quote from: louisev on November 23, 2006, 06:16:17 am ---It does speak volumes that the remaining loud and vocal critics are those who have distorted or misread various plot points and making cliches from them, in order to make the point that I did not write about "The Ennis we love."
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Hello Louise.
First may I wish you luck on your interview.
As you know I am very interested in the ideas and motivations behind your story The Laramie Saga. Iwonder if I could ask you about this comment:
--- Quote ---the man whose biography I used as a partial model in "Taking Chances" did as well, even in the midst of grieving the tragic death of his childhood sweetheart. Those people who say that this could not be "the Ennis we love" because he fell in love overnight, and because he changed and grew, and came out - invalidates all of those (all of us) who have had these experiences,
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I was wondering why you chose to use an existing real-world person (who presumably has a slightly different life to the character Ennis) to base your Ennis upon? I have found him to be a rich character, well fleshed out and full of many hinted at aspects and potentials. As such it interests me why you chose another person to model your character and his experiences upon.
If the criticism being levelled is that it is not Annie Proulx's "Ennis" being presented in the Laramie Saga, doesn't the fact that you based the character upon the life of someone else (as opposed to the work of AP) lend validation to this criticism?
Thank you for your time and consideration in addressing this interesting question.
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