So happy to hear someone talk about my favorite film in the world. I actually spent a great portion of last semester comparing the triangulation of desire in _Jules et Jim_ to the that of the Shakespearian sonnets. And if you've ever taken a Shakespeare class as obnoxious as the one I took (complete with 13 other English majors who could see intelligent things like "Well, in the sonnets, Shakespeare uses the word "The" 500 times, but "a" and "an" are only used 497 times. I wonder what that means."), you may well undestand such a possibility. On another scholarly pursuit, I thought about the females characters in B&S songs, and how they portray (Something else I had to work on last semester for another class. If you're bored, please skip this paragraph) the Virgin/Whore dichotomy. They are sexual yet innocent. Promiscuous yet virginal. I'm thinking of Judy, who "did it with a boy when she was young" yet escapes the dreariness of daily life by writing about her own dreams, as she is only happy when sleeping. And also Lisa, who takes up pornography as a "fun" hobby. Sorry if this is boring. Oh, I had completely forgotten to mention something. Last week, when drunk, my best friend M***y (a boy) slept on the couch that rests between my roomate M*****a's (a girl) and my beds. In my own drunken state, though sleeping, I was painfully aware that M***y was present, as I talk in my sleep sometimes and feel uncomfortable about doing so when he is near. So, I fell into a debauched and restless sleep, and dreamed that I was leaning over to say something to M***y on the couch. When I looked down, however, he was not there... BUT THE SONG SNAKE WAS!!! (Actually, it was just a snake, but I like to imagine it was the song snake.) Needless to say, I was petrified. It was worse than the Incredible Hulk nightmares I had when I was a kid. But when i thought about the possibility of said snake being a muse for B&S, I felt relieved. Or maybe I just think of M***y as a phallus. Whatever. XOXOXO, Kristen >
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