The More Tragic The Better

grantaire-dont-care: dancing queen young and sweet only sewenteen

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:03:02 -0400

dancing queen

young and sweet

only sewenteen

resilientkate: softgore: “This piece was primarily a trust...

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:20:13 -0400

softgore:

“This piece was primarily a trust exercise, in which she told viewers she would not move for six hours no matter what they did to her. She placed 72 objects one could use in pleasing or destructive ways, ranging from flowers and a feather boa to a knife and a loaded pistol, on a table near her and invited the viewers to use them on her however they wanted.

Initially, Abramović said, viewers were peaceful and timid, but it escalated to violence quickly. “The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”

This piece revealed something terrible about humanity, similar to what Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment or Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiment, both of which also proved how readily people will harm one another under unusual circumstances.”

This performance showed just how easy it is to dehumanize a person who doesn’t fight back, and is particularly powerful because it defies what we think we know about ourselves. I’m certain the no one reading this believes the people around him/her capable of doing such things to another human being, but this performance proves otherwise.”

this is why performance art is important

latenightjimmy: Morgan Freeman Falls Asleep in the Late Night...

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:37:43 -0400

latenightjimmy:

Morgan Freeman Falls Asleep in the Late Night Audience

neukgol: QUEEN.

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:55:29 -0400

neukgol:

QUEEN.

voodooish: shadowgentleman: Being part of a fandom but not really caring about the show...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:30:11 -0400

voodooish:

shadowgentleman:

Being part of a fandom but not really caring about the show anymore

Being into a show where it’s fandom has already died off.

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Sat, 25 May 2013 14:48:19 -0400

discoart: hello ot3 how are you today

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:05:29 -0400

discoart:

hello ot3 how are you today

femmeforeverybody: Nichelle Nichols (Uhura on the original...

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:29:36 -0400

femmeforeverybody:

Nichelle Nichols (Uhura on the original series):”Whoopi Goldberg, she’s just marvellous. I had no way of knowing that she was a Star Trek fan. When I finally met her it was her first year on the Next Generation.

She loved the show so much and she told her agent she wants a role on Star Trek. Well agents go ‘Big screen, little screen, no, you can’t do that’. Well you can’t tell Whoopi ‘You can’t do that’.

And so they finally asked, and they had the same reaction at Star Trek office, specifically Gene. And she said, ‘I want to meet him and I want him to tell me to my face. If he tells me he doesn’t want me and why, I’ll be fine.’

Knowing Gene he had to take that challenge, and so he met with her. She said, ‘I just wanted you to tell me why you don’t want me in Star Trek.’

Gene said, ‘Well, I’ll just ask you one question and I’ll make my decision on that. You’re a big screen star, why do you want to be on a little screen, why do you want to be in Star Trek?’

And she looked at him and she said, ‘Well, it’s all Nichelle Nichols’ fault.’

That threw him, he said, ‘What do you mean?’

She said, ‘Well when I was nine years old Star Trek came on,’ and she said, ‘I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, “Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there’s a black lady on television and she ain’t no maid!”’ And she said, ‘I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be, and I want to be on Star Trek.’

And he said, ‘I’ll write you a role.’

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/nichols/page4.shtml

“It’s this dumb thing that Ross made up ‘cause he was trying to...

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:42:59 -0400

“It’s this dumb thing that Ross made up ‘cause he was trying to fool our parents. It’s a way of giving the finger, without actually having to give it.”

leonardsmccoy: she wears short skirts, i wear blue shirts, she’s cheer captain and damnit jim, i’m...

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:44:26 -0400

leonardsmccoy:

she wears short skirts, i wear blue shirts, she’s cheer captain and damnit jim, i’m a doctor

sabi7: These are the things people have written about you? [x]

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:17:58 -0400

sabi7:

These are the things people have written about you? [x]

s-tuffoflegend: Doctor and Rose things → [5/8] Protectiveness

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:35:23 -0400

s-tuffoflegend:

Doctor and Rose things → [5/8] Protectiveness

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Fri, 24 May 2013 22:20:13 -0400

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Fri, 24 May 2013 22:11:53 -0400

Whenever someone says to me “Jerry Lewis says women aren’t...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:10:18 -0400

Whenever someone says to me “Jerry Lewis says women aren’t funny or Christopher Hitchens says women aren’t funny..do you have anything to say to that? “

YES. WE DON’T FUCKING CARE IF YOU LIKE IT

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Fri, 24 May 2013 20:59:43 -0400

joeydeangelis: MORE INPUT

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:27:57 -0400

joeydeangelis:

MORE INPUT

Les Mis Movie Meme: 9 characters (8/9) - Fantine

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:45:09 -0400

Les Mis Movie Meme: 9 characters (8/9) - Fantine

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Fri, 24 May 2013 19:02:57 -0400

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Fri, 24 May 2013 18:21:02 -0400