S'woh ! language is use, try reading a bit of chomsky or ee cummings !!! conducting a brass band ain't going to take you into the 21st century ! : o )
@osip7315 Actually, if anything, the play criticizes the lack of human empathy that can be found within the medical system. Vivian's doctors treat her as a research subject rather than as an actual person, and Jason in particular shows a downright sociopathic inability to relate to another's anxiety and need for comfort, not to mention his contempt for other people in general and his decision to study cancer because he views it as a challenge, rather than out of any desire to help others.
@osip7315 Actually, if anything, the play criticizes the lack of human empathy that can be found within the medical system. Vivian's doctors treat her as a research subject rather than as an actual person, and Jason in particular shows a downright sociopathic inability to relate to another's anxiety and need for comfort, not to mention his contempt for other people in general and his decision to study cancer because he views it as a challenge, rather than out of any desire to help others.
@osip7315 He's consistently callous, and Kelekian, though perhaps less of a sociopath, is no less detached. He patronizes Vivian by calling her "Miss" instead of "Dr." until they commiserate over the density of their students, and shows her no sympathy over the course of the play. Neither is the play "full of educational system worship", since Vivian's approach to teaching is not at all shown in a positive light, but rather used to highlight both her previous harshness and the changes in her.
@osip7315 Although I can't speak for the film, since I've only read the play, I enjoyed "Wit", and I don't think your unnecessarily dismissive review does it any sort of justice.
@osip7315 Hard to accept anything, as a 'review,' if you do not spell "HOW'S" without the apostrophe, let alone capitalizing it. Pretentious, maybe; but there is nothing wrong with using grammar and using it well.
The intelligence, part and parcel the movie's very fabric, is near palpable in it's substance. Such movies are a rare gem in fulfilling the innate potential, hither to largely uncultivated, embedded within the cinematic medium.
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S'woh ! language is use, try reading a bit of chomsky or ee cummings !!! conducting a brass band ain't going to take you into the 21st century ! : o )
osip7315 2 months ago
I did this in English A1 literature HL IB
arkian2912992 3 months ago
the film and the play are entertainment trying to reach poetic and philosophical worlds in the usual inept way public entertainment does !
i can only suggest you read some of john donne's poetry and most importantly his life !
then you might get a gliimer of what i am on about !
your basic issue is you are trying to inscribe gravity on an insufficient support !
osip7315 5 months ago
it's a pretentious film, full of medical and educational system worship *r^ p!
hows that for a review !
osip7315 5 months ago
@osip7315 Actually, if anything, the play criticizes the lack of human empathy that can be found within the medical system. Vivian's doctors treat her as a research subject rather than as an actual person, and Jason in particular shows a downright sociopathic inability to relate to another's anxiety and need for comfort, not to mention his contempt for other people in general and his decision to study cancer because he views it as a challenge, rather than out of any desire to help others.
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@osip7315 Actually, if anything, the play criticizes the lack of human empathy that can be found within the medical system. Vivian's doctors treat her as a research subject rather than as an actual person, and Jason in particular shows a downright sociopathic inability to relate to another's anxiety and need for comfort, not to mention his contempt for other people in general and his decision to study cancer because he views it as a challenge, rather than out of any desire to help others.
oranjellofish 5 months ago
@osip7315 He's consistently callous, and Kelekian, though perhaps less of a sociopath, is no less detached. He patronizes Vivian by calling her "Miss" instead of "Dr." until they commiserate over the density of their students, and shows her no sympathy over the course of the play. Neither is the play "full of educational system worship", since Vivian's approach to teaching is not at all shown in a positive light, but rather used to highlight both her previous harshness and the changes in her.
oranjellofish 5 months ago
@osip7315 Although I can't speak for the film, since I've only read the play, I enjoyed "Wit", and I don't think your unnecessarily dismissive review does it any sort of justice.
oranjellofish 5 months ago
@osip7315 Hard to accept anything, as a 'review,' if you do not spell "HOW'S" without the apostrophe, let alone capitalizing it. Pretentious, maybe; but there is nothing wrong with using grammar and using it well.
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The intelligence, part and parcel the movie's very fabric, is near palpable in it's substance. Such movies are a rare gem in fulfilling the innate potential, hither to largely uncultivated, embedded within the cinematic medium.
wisdomtrek 5 months ago
@wisdomtrek i'm interested in how you learnt to pack so many cliches into two sentences?
osip7315 5 months ago 6
actually i prefer the herbert grierson editing of this poem rather than helen gardner's
ashfords analysis misses the point of the poem which is actually not really expressable!
osip7315 6 months ago
Ms. Atkins, you are AMAZING!!!!!
BrBilal 6 months ago
This clip emphasizes what is so powerful about poetry. In good poetry, the punctuation matters. Every choice in the prose means something.
Unfortunately I now have the terrible urge to go around saying, "Death, capital 'D'." I somehow doubt my friends would approve.
AntiqueThings 10 months ago 7
I love this part of the fim. Now off to find the Helen Gardner edition!
Loumademe 1 year ago 2
@Loumademe I felt the same way!
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