Posts by Craig Ranapia
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Sorry for the inappropriate link hoing, I wasn't particularly impressed by passive aggressive argumentum ad Hilterium either. Shouldn't we be pleased that the Summer hols are fast approaching...
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Up Front: That's Inappropriate!, in reply to Tess Rooney,
The only people I know who dress like streetwalkers are streetwalkers. And if my fourteen year old was dressed for night out on the stroll, the first thing I’d be doing is going through my credit card statements with the proverbial nit-comb. (I don’t know any teenage girls with full-time jobs that allow them to buy their own clothes.)
I’ll also admit that my experience of teenage girls is somewhat limited, but calling the little dears “sluts” or “whores” asking to be raped strikes me as a somewhat counter-intuitive way of securing a desired outcome.
ETA: FWIW, a quick look at any Hollywood award show red carpet would strongly suggest there's a lot of women whose idea of "dressing for the male gaze" involves full-length gowns, enough jewellery to choke a horse and the attentions of a small army of stylists. What's that about?
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Up Front: That's Inappropriate!, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
and men, of course, now have Mantrol ©TM*
Epic #brandingfail. Don't know about anyone else, but I've got enough MAN TROLL in my life and not enough bridges to keep them under.
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The end of the road West, in reply to Lilith __,
Well, James Griffin has his take here:
Wayne is no saint and OF was not a series for saints. Think about it for a second. He's a rescuer - he falls for the Princess in the tower. (Remember the story of the gang girl from way back? Cheryl herself, trying to escape the bad bastard Wolf. Why do you think he's a sucker for all Van's romantic rescue plans? Jeez, even tolerating Grandpa can be seen in this light.) So there's Pascalle - trying to keep the ship afloat after Mum implodes - she is so his territory.
Then you factor in the stuff that Wayne and Cheryl were going through - the hurt he felt when she abandoned him after Tama's death; the fact they never actually resolved any of that stuff. And then Cheryl starts breaking the rules that formed a big part of what made him admire her in the first place? Hell, in that situation I would go with Pascalle over Cheryl any day of the week.
This is OF, it doesn't follow storybook, fairytale rules. Our characters follow their heart, even if that takes them in unexpected, unpopular directions. It's a bit like life, in that respect.
And that is kinda what we were thinking.
Also a rather prosaic take for why Wolf was nowhere to be seen...
Grant Bowler really loved OF - to the extent that he made a lot of career sacrifices to keep appearing as Wolf - flying back from all over the world to do his bit. In return, the production would tie itself in knots to work around his burgeoning career overseas, to find ways of keeping Wolf alive. In Series 2, I think it was, we even went to the extent of issuing a separate Wolf script, incorporating a whole bunch of Wolf scenes from episodes that hadn't actually been written yet, just so he could fly in, shoot them all and then get back to the US as quickly as possible.
For a while, by doing stuff like this, we found a way that suited both parties. But by the time Grant came back down here to shoot Series 5 Ep.17, it had become so hard to manage this that it really wasn't working on either side of the equation. Back then we knew it wasn't ever going to happen, getting Grant back in for Series 6, so we planned accordingly.
And to all those who pined for Wolf to walk in at the end, to punch Judd in the face and with a "g'day love" to reclaim his woman - think about what you're really asking for. Cheryl started her journey to get away from the life Wolf created for her family, so to go back to him at the very end would have been to trash everything she has tried to do over six seasons. Alone, facing an uncertain future, is surely better than turning your back on everything you've fought for, right?
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As for the teacher being a dean and her being senior and she should know better – well I’m sorry but really good people have bad days.
Can't say I've noticed anyone saying otherwise. FFS, I've gone out my way to say I couldn't do her job for any length of time without going bonko.
But here's a notion: Teachers (like doctors and nurses and police officers) enjoy enormous public esteem because people recognise we expect a lot of them, but there's a quid pro quo attached. Having a bad day is one thing; slipping into denial and enabling mode, rather than accepting full and unqualified accountability for a serious abuse of power is quite another.
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I've now solved the #slutskirt crisis - spray-on gold hotpants for everybody.
And, of course, here's how you can have a floor-length gown that's uber-slutty before you drop to your knees.
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Up Front: That's Inappropriate!, in reply to linger,
I’m planning to go straight just long enough to father a daughter, who I will christen Muffy ( WARNING: LINK CONTAINS NSFW IMAGE ). What use are Australians if you can't make them blush?
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I have enormous respect for teachers, and sympathy for the ones who’ve had to deal with both myself and my daughter.
Indeed – and I have a good friend who is a dean, and simply won’t have any contact with some students (and, even worse, their truly vile parents) without a third party in the room. I can understand why she doesn’t want to be alone behind a closed door with a mother who thinks “uptight fucking cunt” – and forcing someone to get an unlisted home phone number because of prolonged harassment – is an acceptable mode of discourse.
I don’t think anyone here would be delusional enough to pretend teaching is a lifetime pass to Easy Street. But, FFS, who’s the adult here?
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Up Front: That's Inappropriate!, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
There should be, but on reflection I probably should change it before the Copywrong Cops get on my arse. :)
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I really don’t think this is fair on the teacher. No question she failed but equally setting her up as an example of teacher bullying is also a failure of fairness.
OK, I’m going to assume Ms. King wasn’t forced at the business end of a taser to become a dean of students (which involved spending a lot of time on disciplinary matters with truculent recidivists I'd get Mr Stabby with in a matter of minutes); and if she can’t handle stress without being abusive, I’ve got to ask where the frak is her professional support? The principal and the board’s attempts to mitigate and enable her unprofessional misconduct doesn’t impress me either.
And, as I’ve said elsewhere, don’t try and tell me a simple oral apology would be acceptable if the shoe was on the other foot. As I said up-thread, the teacher unions have been demanding zero tolerance for verbal abuse of their members by students and parents for years.
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