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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on May 24, 2020 1:21:01 GMT
Did you know the origin of these horrifically bloodthirsty spectacles was religious?
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Post by Flying Monkeys on May 24, 2020 9:48:40 GMT
You can't just leave a snippet like that. More! (Please.)
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Post by Roxy on Jun 4, 2020 9:04:16 GMT
Did you know the origin of these horrifically bloodthirsty spectacles was religious? Ludi Romani? Horrifically bloodthirsty? Are you sure you're not thinking of The Hunger Games, Colin? ![[help]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/b0xXBZKcMiDSzOyogyjO.gif) |
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Post by Top Bloke on Jun 4, 2020 13:48:26 GMT
Imagine if the Romans sent Jesus there. He could have used his powers to defeat everyone.
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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Jun 4, 2020 22:11:32 GMT
Did you know the origin of these horrifically bloodthirsty spectacles was religious? Ludi Romani? Horrifically bloodthirsty? Are you sure you're not thinking of The Hunger Games, Colin? My mistake. They're easily mixed up. |
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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Jun 4, 2020 22:13:08 GMT
More importantly, who is the lady you have made your new avatar? Is she a famous actress or singer or something?
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Post by Roxy on Jun 5, 2020 0:06:05 GMT
More importantly, who is the lady you have made your new avatar? Is she a famous actress or singer or something? She was, in fact, in my previous avatar; in that photo, she's standing behind Luke Wilson.  It's Gwyneth Paltrow as Margot Tenenbaum from The Royal Tenenbaums, one of my three favorite Wes Anderson films. His first three are my favorite; Owen Wilson co-wrote all three with him, then left the business of screenwriting: Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums. |
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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Jun 5, 2020 1:01:38 GMT
Thanks!
Everyone raved about The Royal Tenenbaums but it didn't do a lot for me.
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Post by Roxy on Jun 5, 2020 1:23:51 GMT
Thanks! Everyone raved about The Royal Tenenbaums but it didn't do a lot for me. You're welcome! Aww. Maybe the hype hurt your viewing experience. That happened for me with Lost in Translation, on a cinematically unrelated note. I love how The Royal Tenenbaums treats the real sadness of the human condition in surprising ways. Since you've already seen the movie, this clip wouldn't be a spoiler. How it really goes might surprise you; I had forgotten, myself. |
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Post by mowlick on Oct 26, 2020 23:46:18 GMT
Did you know the origin of these horrifically bloodthirsty spectacles was religious? Well sort of.
According to Daniel Mannix, who wrote the book Those about to die, there had always been parades, horse races etc. However, in 264 BC the brothers Marcus and Decimus Brutus decided to to have a few slaves fight to the death over the grave of their father. As you say, this was a form of human sacrifice and thus had religious overtones. |
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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Oct 31, 2020 2:14:05 GMT
I read Those About To Die decades ago. A tremendous page turner but not exactly academic. More recently I read Alan Baker's The Gladiator, which was a bit of an improvement although not much. The games Marcus and Decimus Brutus held were not so much a form of human sacrifice as a development from it, and more humane in that one participant survived.
To go back to Mannix, he could really paint a picture. Even after all these years I can just see the young men and women on a barge, thinking, with no reason to think otherwise, they were taking part in a festival of music and song, before the sudden sick realization that they were there for a very different form of entertainment.
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Post by mowlick on Oct 31, 2020 22:53:39 GMT
I read Those About To Die decades ago. A tremendous page turner but not exactly academic. More recently I read Alan Baker's The Gladiator, which was a bit of an improvement although not much. The games Marcus and Decimus Brutus held were not so much a form of human sacrifice as a development from it, and more humane in that one participant survived. To go back to Mannix, he could really paint a picture. Even after all these years I can just see the young men and women on a barge, thinking, with no reason to think otherwise, they were taking part in a festival of music and song, before the sudden sick realization that they were there for a very different form of entertainment. Sadly, Mannix's Memoirs of a sword swallower is not available on Z library, but I still recall the memorable scene where Mannix swallowed a neon tube, his stomach lit up and half the audience fainted ![[thumbsup]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/JTWDGX0WSTuhvZHmeENd.gif) |
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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Nov 2, 2020 1:57:15 GMT
A circus performer and a historian? A man of parts.
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