Θρῇκἐς τε γλαυκοὺς καὶ πυρρούς… – Xenophanes
The Jordan shines with sliver chits
That flit like fish. They just wait there
For true-blue eyes and steady wits
To fling upon the killing air.
I’m no fisherman, though – I’m told
The sea’s never been in my loins.
So I’ll take the sun…. See! It’s gold
Has turned my hair to flaming coins!
Such coin’s as good as any oil
That drips upon a rabbi’s beard.
But dip a finger in his bowl –
And would he say so? Not a word!
“We should act,” he’d say, “as we know” –
But judge: who is free to do so?
Hey JOB
I don’t mean to hijack your post, but I noticed that the Godsbody crowd is doing most of the heavy lifting on the blog. Where’s the Korrektiv people?
There’s three other names on that tombstone. Where’s the production people? I want to be entertained.
Kome on, Kubeland Mystik, you cnow it’s the Kwality that kounts at Korrektiv, not the Kwantity.
The Korrektiv just has a cnack for koming up with the right amount of carma, you cnow?
JOB
I am not trying to kause trouble or anything like that. Just pointing out some stuff I noticed.
The weeK got away from me. I kant vowch for the others. Should we change the name to GodsbodKins?
Mr Finnegan is presumably busy all day driving buses, and all night finishing Bird’s Nest in Your Hair.
Godsbody is dead, long live Godsbody.
Lots of k’s. I suppose we do forget stories that influence us, or I have anyway.
Anyway, I’m healthy enough after all.
‘The letter “K” has always appealed to the oafish risibles of the American plain people.’
-H.L. Mencken
That should be our tagline.
Oafish risibles, blogging at a time near the end of the world.
They offered money
I don’t know why I took it
(Sorry, I’m sorry.)
I dare you to make that a triolet.
Challenge accepted.
http://theresadarknessuponme.blogspot.com/2011/12/silver-and-sadness-i-do-not-know-why-i.html
!!!
Splendid, Mr Simpson. And the title!
Mr JOB, you might want to take a look at this one.
“Thrῇkes tech glaucous And russet” according to Google Translate.
Ethiopians say that their gods are snubnosed and black
Thracians that they are pale and red-haired.
This is striking. Was it inspired by the image?
It was a sort of mutual inspiration, actually.
“Xenophanes meet the Evanglists; Evangelists meet Xenophanes.”
JOB
Has anybody here seen or read the 2005 play The Last Days of Judas Iscariot?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Days_of_Judas_Iscariot
I saw it, and thought it was a basically good, dramatically effective, entertaining piece of work — and one which, probably more than the author himself, took the possibility and meaning of damnation surprisingly seriously. (And the Communion of Saints, too. A scene featuring Mother Teresa was electrifying.) It was refreshing.
Based on my reaction, and the reactions of the heretic and heathen friends I saw it with, I’d call it a play that has something to say to the reprobate and the rest of us. If you can get past some rather ham-handedly irreverent humor.
That ubiquitous and sanguine casuist, Fr James Martin, SJ, wrote a book (for Loyola Press) about his involvement with the production. I haven’t read it, but here’s the press release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/A-Jesuit-Off-Broadway/Father-James-Martin-SJ/prweb2232934.htm
But back to the question: Has anybody seen or read this play? If so, what did YOU think?
*Just to clarify, ‘the author himself’ referenced above means ‘playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis’, not ‘Angelico Nguyen’. I saw an interview which indicated Guirgis doesn’t identify as Christian. All the more impressive that he treats our teachings and ideas as if they deserve to be stated fairly and dramatized effectively.
The possibility of damnation scares the hell out of me.
I haven’t seen it but now I want to.
The play vibes ‘bad Catholic’ as much as anything I’ve ever seen.
I think you’d dig it. Even if you didn’t, your takedown would be worth reading.
*weeps*
Why so serious?
Don’t mind me. I’m just jealous.
Envy, Caution
You’d actually be an excellent interviewer for playwright Giurgis, Mr Lickona. I hope circumstances will conspire to make that interview happen.
Cubeland,
I’d say your hijacking was thoroughly successful.
hee hee
JOB