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Stealth, what was it like growing up in South America? Where dod you live, and how long did you live there?
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Ram Boy, Italian art-gore movies were Italian horror and murder mystery movies made in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. They featured astouding visuals created on modest budgets, a generally misanthropic view of humanity, and some very Catholic anxieties about sexuality and personal identity. Off the top of my head, the most essential ones would definitely include: Black Sunday, Blood and Black Lace, The Bird with the Crystal Plummage, Five Dolls for an August Moon, Lisa and the Devil, A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, Don't Torture a Duckling, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Deep Red, Suspiria, Zombie, The Beyond, City of the Living Dead, The House by the Cemetery, Tenebrae, Demons, Demons 2, Opera, The Church, and The Sect.
Kent, I lived in Ecuador from kindergarten through my sophomore year of high school. One of the best things about growing up there was the absence of the sensory-overload culture of the States, and I also gained a greater appreciation of certain comforts that a lot of people who grew up in the States take for granted. But there was not much more that can be filtered thru rose-colored lenses -- during the time I lived there, we had political corruption of the kind not seen in the States until the current administration, we had constant blackouts and water shortages, and skyrocketing rates of crime, violence, and strikes; then there were the toxic levels of misogyny and racism and classism and homophobia (trust me, as bad as they are in the States, they're much worse over there.) The States may be far from perfect, but it's still one of the better places to live in, and I'm grateful every day that I live here.
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Stealth, I miss you! I grabbed the issues of New Warriors v1 you suggested, though, and am planning to read them once my life relaxes a bit. Will you be around to commiserate with when I'm done?
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FC, I got back home last night, but I knew I was too tired to be at my best, so I decided I'd make Tuesday night my big return to Legion World.
Cali, I've missed you too. Fangirls forever! And I'm very glad that you've gotten the early New Warriors v. 1 issues -- I will most definitely be here to comisserate about them.
Ram Boy, the highlights for me were, as usual, adding to my collections. I found, in no particular order: a used CD of the soundtrack of one of my favorite movies, The Last of the Mohicans (I've had it on cassette for almost 15 years, and that's probably not gonna last much longer); a used vinyl copy of one of my favorite 70s rock albums, Mott the Hoople's "The Hoople", which I'm sure will sound even better than the CD; a used DVD of Shampoo, one of the few award-winning 70s movies I haven't seen yet (the 70s really is my personal golden age of cinema); and used paperbacks of two of the novels in E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman series, which I've heard were a big influence on my favorite LSH writer, Paul Levitz.
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Play a recording of the Australian radio interview from a couple years ago where animal-rights activists confronted Jennifer Blow-pez and she reacted like the proverbial deer in the headlights. That'll be good for a laugh.
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Fangirls forever! And I'm very glad that you've gotten the early New Warriors v. 1 issues -- I will most definitely be here to comisserate about them.![[Smile]](smile.gif)
