Public Address | Cafe | Muse: Confound The Ignorant, And Amaze Indeed! https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252740#post252740 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252740#post252740 What a pity I didn't get to say that hello! I arrived in the rain, a little before 6, to find wonderfully large crowds at the Town Hall. Anyone who was there wouldn't be surprised to know that many, including myself, missed out.

It all worked out even though, I…

]]> Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:20:35 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252672#post252672 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252672#post252672 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:24:05 +1300 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252616#post252616 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252616#post252616 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:07:48 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252612#post252612 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252612#post252612 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:36:52 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252610#post252610 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252610#post252610 The Englishness of Christchurch was perfectly represented in that movie. Not least by casting one of its daughters; filming against the Gothic architecture; and having fantasy castles and knights in chainmail rather than pa and warriors.

And The Holy Roller was probably the last film made in ChCh before the…

]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:18:39 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252609#post252609 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252609#post252609 t is not English; and now much of the transplanted Englishness in the form of neo-Gothic buildings has upped sticks and stones

Totally agree – except at the time of the murder, a large part of the CHCH population both believed and perceived the city to be "the most English…

]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:14:14 +1300 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252606#post252606 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252606#post252606 A little bridie told me it was standing room only in the Concert Chamber

If you start using pastries as sources, it'll end in tears.

bring your dinner. :)

Something Cornish? ;-)

]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:16:24 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252605#post252605 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252605#post252605 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:10:45 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252303#post252303 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252303#post252303 tired old myth

not disagreeing with you

]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:24:23 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252299#post252299 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252299#post252299 The Englishness of Christchurch was perfectly represented in that movieIt is not English; and now much of the transplanted Englishness in the form of neo-Gothic buildings has upped sticks and stones, it will be interesting to see how that tired old myth plays out. Antique dealers here joke that they… ]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:29:15 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252282#post252282 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252282#post252282 battered & hiding I’d guess – like mine, which is currently lurking out on the beach
(to the bemusement of sundry loops…)

]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:48:44 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252260#post252260 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252260#post252260 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:56:51 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252259#post252259 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252259#post252259 Sasha

oi

]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:53:29 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252258#post252258 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252258#post252258 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:49:07 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252256#post252256 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252256#post252256 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:28:24 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252231#post252231 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252231#post252231 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:51:13 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252217#post252217 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252217#post252217 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:08:17 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252182#post252182 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252182#post252182 work that is grounded, nourished, thrives & and impresses & permeates our world here

You'd have a hard time claiming none of those apply – not that I'm encouraging a protracted conversation when we've had this one before.

The craft of our local artisans involved in those overseas-financed productions is building a…

]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:04:02 +1300 chris https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252180#post252180 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252180#post252180

Peter Jackson is no longer part of ANZ culture.

As much as I'd like to take umbrage at the preclusion, it sounds spot on. Sir Anthony Hopkins was a greater exponent of ANZ culture in the last decade. Still, have you got around to watching Heavenly Creatures yet Is?

]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:48:44 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252169#post252169 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252169#post252169 Let’s prove there’s more to New Zealand culture on the world stage than Peter Jackson (I hates Hobbitses – blow me)

Peter Jackson was part of ANZ culture: Peter Jackson is no longer part of ANZ culture.

By "ANZ culture" I mean work that is grounded, nourished, thrives & and impresses…

]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:54:03 +1300 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252156#post252156 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252156#post252156 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:52:13 +1300 Rob Hosking https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252129#post252129 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252129#post252129 Hamlet’s career as an impresario was short, messy and not well-received

Chortle.

]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:07:28 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252126#post252126 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252126#post252126 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:46:18 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252125#post252125 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/muse-confound-the-ignorant-and-amaze-indeed/?p=252125#post252125 Discussion from blog post.

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