Comments on: A Fence of Real Chain Link http://septembersongs.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/a-fence-of-real-chain-link/ a song a day (video and sometimes a few lyrics), for one month only Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:03:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Craig (Maito Sewa Yoleme) http://septembersongs.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/a-fence-of-real-chain-link/#comment-16 Craig (Maito Sewa Yoleme) Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:37:18 +0000 http://septembersongs.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/a-fence-of-real-chain-link/#comment-16 For me the touching part of the Ellen Greene performance was having these pink-and-plastic dreams in a skid row flat so dreary it could be filmed in black-and-white, with an arm broken by her violent boyfriend. The images of domestic bliss were so over-the-top, so hopelessly perfect, as dreams of escape usually are. And the <em>I Love Lucy</em> clip is one where Lucy gets messy with the chocolate: all muss and fuss is kept carefully sequestered to the black-and-white life of the television where it can't hurt anyone. She even has a community of friends, the ladies for whom she can play hostess at the Tupperware party, when in real life she has no one. It's those kinds of contrasts that get me. For me the touching part of the Ellen Greene performance was having these pink-and-plastic dreams in a skid row flat so dreary it could be filmed in black-and-white, with an arm broken by her violent boyfriend. The images of domestic bliss were so over-the-top, so hopelessly perfect, as dreams of escape usually are. And the I Love Lucy clip is one where Lucy gets messy with the chocolate: all muss and fuss is kept carefully sequestered to the black-and-white life of the television where it can’t hurt anyone. She even has a community of friends, the ladies for whom she can play hostess at the Tupperware party, when in real life she has no one. It’s those kinds of contrasts that get me.

]]> By: indigo bunting http://septembersongs.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/a-fence-of-real-chain-link/#comment-14 indigo bunting Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:12:49 +0000 http://septembersongs.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/a-fence-of-real-chain-link/#comment-14 First, yes, you are very clever! I've actually seen this show a couple of times in the last few years, as I had a friend who appeared in it in Middlebury and another who was in it in Dorset. (I did see the 1986 film years ago but barely remember it.) And both times I found "Somewhere That's Green" heartbreaking, as you say. Maybe I need the context of the whole thing to feel that, because I'm just not getting that from the Ellen Greene clip. (Or perhaps I've hardened over the years...) First, yes, you are very clever!

I’ve actually seen this show a couple of times in the last few years, as I had a friend who appeared in it in Middlebury and another who was in it in Dorset. (I did see the 1986 film years ago but barely remember it.) And both times I found “Somewhere That’s Green” heartbreaking, as you say. Maybe I need the context of the whole thing to feel that, because I’m just not getting that from the Ellen Greene clip. (Or perhaps I’ve hardened over the years…)

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