@@@@This comes from above: it’s strongly recommended to use a VPN for cytube. @@@@ There was a thread recently about VPNs and a few you should explicitly avoid.

You can read more about Peertube and potential security concerns here: https://hexbear.net/post/3471120

We will be using Blorptube tonight: https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine It is still recommended to use a VPN for Peertube.

Cud ‘n’ Tith’s Death and Dismemberment Early Thursday Movie Nights

When I started collaborating with @CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net on these early Thursdays I knew we had some overlapping tastes in film and I was excited to see what kind of themes would emerge. 4 weeks in, and a couple more weeks of films’ planned out, the only real consistent theme has been that someone either dies tragically/brutally (but it’s funny) or else someone gets dismembered (and it’s funny). I thought there might be some kind of conversation about the construction of honor or what makes a man a man, but ultimately we both enjoy and want to share films that involve death or dismemberment. So, going forward, we’re making the early Thursday slot into Death ‘n’ Dismemberment Thursday.

Not everything will be quite so darkly tragicomic as In Bruges (2009) or The Banshees of Inisherin (2018), nor will it be so ineptly made as Samurai Cop (1994) or Mafia vs. Ninja (1984). At some point we may show something that does not involve an obvious death or loss of bodily integrity. “But Tithonis,” you may be wondering, “how can it be Death ‘n’ Dismemeberment Thursday if there’s neither death nor dismemberment?” Dear viewer, that is where it gets fun. Cud and I will have to articulate the way in which there is, in some way, shape, or form, at least some kind of spiritual dismemberment, or death, however tenuous, however flimsy the pretext may be. Do we find it moving? Can we convince the other to show it? Then it becomes an exercise for the viewer to figure out where the death and dismemberment are. Sometimes the real death and dismemberment is the friends we made along the way.

Tonight’s Death ‘n’ Dismemberment

First I’m showing Paradis/Paradise (1984), an animated short film directed by Ishu Patel. It’s absolutely beautiful to watch. This one is a stretch to include, but I think it qualifies. It was Oscar nominated for Best Short Film (Animated) in 1984. From the “Education” section of the National Film Board of Canada page on the film:

Brief “lesson launcher type” activity or a series of inquiry questions with a bit of context:

An animated film about the adventures of a bird seeking recognition from others. No dialogue; music and sound effects with animation.

How does the contrast between the backdrop of the palace and the characters/birds create visual interest?

The bird wants to look more colourful, and in the process of trying to obtain the materials for the costume, he disrupts many around him. Have you ever had an experience where you had to take from someone? How did it make you feel? How did others react to your actions?

The bird wants to be acknowledged as beautiful, and when he is, he is captured. Do you think this is what he had in mind? Why or why not?

What makes the bird appreciate his own beauty by the end of the film? What lesson can we learn from the bird’s experience?

The main event is The Big Lebowski (1998), directed by Joel Coen, written by Joel and Ethan Coen. This was considered a flop when it was released but has since developed a cult following. It’s one of the best films they’ve done, in my opinion. I saw it during its initial theatrical run, the second week it was in theaters, and there were 3 or 4 other people there. I’m glad it’s gotten the appreciation it deserves.

Jeff Bridges plays Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, a guy who likes to bowl. There is another Jeffrey Lebowski in Los Angeles, and their paths intersect. Things escalate from there. I thought of it when i saw In Bruges, and again with The Banshees of Inisherin; the way the dialogue in those is written rhymes with the way the dialogue in this is written. There is dismemberment. There is death. There is bowling.

CWs:

Paradis/Paradise

  • Infanticide (a bird’s nest is knocked over)
  • Dismemberment (feathers and a beak are stolen)
  • Interpretive dance

The Big Lebowski

IMDB Parents’ Guide: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/parentalguide/

doesthedogdie.com: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11583

unconsentingmedia.org: https://www.unconsentingmedia.org/items/764

  • Animal is thrown in a bath but seems to survive
  • A teenager is yelled and cursed at by an adult, though the teenager is portrayed as completely unfazed by this act.
  • A character drink and drug drives
  • Someone is restrained
  • Someone is held underwater
  • Pedophilia mentioned
  • Someone is drugged
  • Physical violence
  • Dismemberment
  • The main character has his face held underwater in a toilet
  • Potential sexualization of minors (unclear) -removed or sexual assault mentioned, discussed, implied
  • Sexual harassment (e.g non-consensual grabbing, touching, cat-calling)
  • Death
  • Mannequins
  • Natural bodies of water (the ocean)
  • Micturition
  • Substance use (alcohol, cannabis)
  • Ethnic slurs
  • Nudity
  • Interpretive dance

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