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* Ship of Fools (1965): Stanley Kramer now steers the camera for real as the director in addition to being producer, and he steers a cruise liner full of a cross-section of society across the Atlantic toward 1933 Germany. Written by Abby Mann (Judgment at Nuremberg) from a novel by Katherine Anne Porter, Ship of Fools is a series of interlocked vignettes that travel the decks of the boat, showing the different levels of society, dissecting an international cast of characters. An Austrian anti-Semite philanderer (Jose Ferrer) rubs elbows with a deposed Spanish contessa (Simone Signoret), an alcoholic ex-baseball player (Lee Marvin), an idealistic but naïve painter (George Segal), a lonely middle-aged woman (Vivien Leigh), and many others. Each has their own shortcomings, usually enflamed by their shortsightedness, and putting them together, trapping them in one space for a specific period of time, only serves to call more attention to what ails them. Only two people are conscious of the humanity around them. The ship's doctor (Oskar Werner) is aware of the failings of others, and it makes him despair of his inability to exact change, causing him to pay the ultimate price. With him is the dwarf (Michael Dunn), the narrator who speaks to the audience on either side of the cruise. Being below most people's sight lines gives him a unique perspective, and the film being made in 1965 also allows Stanley Kramer to imbue the story with a sense of prescience for what is to come. The human tragedy that is only years away plays out on the ship. All the bad ideas, all of the selfishness, and all of the denial is right there for our viewing pleasure, and most of us may be disheartened to find ourselves somewhere in the population of the Ship of Fools. It may feel a little tidy or preachy today, but its truth holds strong.
The Jester atop Harrah's Casino in Las Vegas seemed like a fitting photo to upload for today!
Happy April Fools!
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Releasing My Inner Foodie Communist - Food For The People By The People, #2: fruit, creamy yoghurt & kirsch "parfait". June, 2010.
Photo by @Kmeron
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A Easter Sunday / April Fools Day wonder around Birmingham City Centre.
The canal area was quiet, although due to the bank holiday weekend, the National Sealife Centre Birmingham was busy with a queue forming!
Arena Birmingham - E Entrance sign
Elias wasn't really in the mood to have his picture taken tonight. He had the pillow over his face to hide from his dad's camera. I moved to the side and told him to block his dad's camera by holding the pillow out between him and the camera. The minute he did I started snapping away. He knew he had been fooled and was actually a good sport about it.
michael bowman freezin' for a reason at this year's fishkill polar plunge, a fundraiser for the ny special olympics.
THANK YOU to everyone who donated!
Fantastically clever ad making the most of the royal wedding by rotating the 'M' badge. Copy rather good too. Congratulations to whoever thought this one up.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
George Strait, the king of country music!
FOOL HEARTED MEMORY
George Strait
Nickels and dimes, memories and wines - she's on his mind once again.
The same old stool, the same old fool; played by the rules, but didn't win.
There's an old love in his heart that he can't lose.
He tried forgettin', but he knows that it's no use.
He's got a fool hearted memory.
It won't let him see that she walked out the door.
He's got a fool hearted memory,
And he sits patiently here every night so it can fool him more.
She was his girl, his only whirl, that string of pearls that slipped away.
A thousand dimes, a thousand times - he doesn't mind what they say.
He fills the jukebox, and plays the same old song.
He fills his glass, and then he turns her memory on.
But it's a fool hearted memory.
It won't let him see that she walked out the door.
He's got a fool hearted memory.
And he sits patiently here every night so it can fool him more.
He's got a fool hearted memory.
It won't let him see that she walked out the door.
He's got a fool hearted memory.
And he sits patiently here every night so it can fool him more.
"So you say you build guitars for a living?" As April was setting the table I felt obliged to snap this photo. It's Thanksgiving here in the States and we had ours on one of my workstations...well, it used to be our kitchen table. Next year my business goal is to not eat among the toxic chemicals.
Feliz dia 1º de abril!!
Pode instalar o programinha!! :o)
Vamos brincar muito!!
Dia da mentira
Há muitas explicações para o 1 de abril ter se transformado no Dia da Mentira ou Dia dos Bobos. Uma delas diz que a brincadeira surgiu na França. Desde o começo do século XVI, o Ano Novo era festejado no dia 25 de Março, data que marcava a chegada da primavera. As festas duravam uma semana e terminavam no dia 1 de abril.
Em 1564, depois da adoção do calendário gregoriano, o rei Carlos IX de França determinou que o ano novo seria comemorado no dia 1 de janeiro. Alguns franceses resistiram à mudança e continuaram a seguir o calendário antigo, pelo qual o ano iniciaria em 1 de abril. Gozadores passaram então a ridicularizá-los, a enviar presentes esquisitos e convites para festas que não existiam. Essas brincadeiras ficaram conhecidas como plaisanteries.
Em países de língua inglesa o dia da mentira costuma ser conhecido como April Fool's Day ou Dia dos Tolos, na Itália e na França ele é chamado respectivamente pesce d'aprile e poisson d'avril, o que significa literalmente "peixe de abril".
No Brasil, o 1º de abril começou a ser difundido em Pernambuco, onde circulou "A Mentira", um periódico de vida efêmera, lançado em 1º de abril de 1848, com a notícia do falecimento de Dom Pedro, desmentida no dia seguinte. "A Mentira" saiu pela última vez em 14 de setembro de 1849, convocando todos os credores para um acerto de contas no dia 1º de abril do ano seguinte, dando como referência um local inexistente.
fonte: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia_da_mentira
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A Tia BIBI está lançando uma rifa para ajudar a castrar os aUmigos de Cuiabá!!
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