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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
TNY is using some words and phrases that are utterly new to me.
The author of the article about the Barbie movie and other Mattel toys being made into movies (July 10 and 17) uses the word ouroboros. I'd never heard of that word, but it's meaning is quite interesting (thanks to Webster online):
: a circular symbol that depicts a snake or dragon devouring its own tail and that is used especially to represent the eternal cycle of destruction and rebirth
2
usually ouroboros or less commonly uroboros : something (such as a never-ending cycle) that is likened to or suggestive of the Ouroboros symbol
In another article, a review in an issue a while ago (which I didn't keep), a character is described as someone's "woo-woo husband."
"Woo-woo?"
serious crayons:
I think I might faintly remember that woo-woo. Was it a review of the TV series "Beef"?
My son and I watched the entire 10-episode series (each episode 30 minutes) when I visited him in Chicago in May. The day was cold and rainy and we couldn't think of anything to do that seemed worth venturing into that weather. (I mean, sure, Chicago has a few other attractions, but I guess we weren't in the mood.) Anyway, it was pretty good. I've never done that -- never watched more than two episodes of a show back to back, and even that just a handful of times. Sometimes I have to divide a 60-minute episode over two nights! But it was fun and I have fond memories of that day.
So back to woo-woo, the husband was, I guess, a slightly New Agey, spiritual, therapy-speak, laid back, positive thinking kind of guy. The wife was intense, ambitious, more of a realist and, in the plot of "Beef," extremely angry at the person with whom she had a beef.
Here are a couple of definitions of woo-woo, per Google: "A person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations." "Relating to or holding unconventional beliefs regarded as having little or no scientific basis, especially those relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative medicine."
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 12, 2023, 02:10:44 pm ---I think I might faintly remember that woo-woo. Was it a review of the TV series "Beef"?
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That sounds familiar. I think it might have been.
southendmd:
Hello, I rarely post here. However, some kind friend gifted me a year subscription to the New Yorker. I doubt I'll post much, as I have precious little time to actually read the damned thing. They seem to come every week! Who has the time! I mean, really!
To me, it's like the medical literature: it quickly becomes furniture, all piled up and all.
Any whoo, as for the fiction edition: I have to say I was disappointed by the japanese one. Also, as much as I like Jumpa Lahiri, I was totally underwhelmed by her rather boring and long-short story about P's parties. Yawn.
I did like the Barbie article, but it seemed like the whole thing was like a bad shouts and murmurs fake thingie. An UNO movie? Really???? Oy.
Anywhoo, the best thing is reading the New Yorker whilst sunning oneself by the bay in Provincetown! Cheers, darlings!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on July 12, 2023, 10:35:13 pm ---Hello, I rarely post here. However, some kind friend gifted me a year subscription to the New Yorker. I doubt I'll post much, as I have precious little time to actually read the damned thing. They seem to come every week! Who has the time! I mean, really!
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Most of us have precious little time to read the damn thing. I multitask; I read the damn thing while I'm eating lunch or dinner.
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