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elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2010-09-28 02:51 pm
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Couple of links.

Essay: The Ecstasy of Grief. Absolutely brilliant examination of Jenny Calendar by [livejournal.com profile] eleusis_walks.

And a better link to Vogue, [livejournal.com profile] sockkpuppett's fabulous '300' vid. Trust me, you do not need to have seen the film to appreciate the vid!

Summary: Bite me, Frank Miller. Or, to borrow someone else's description, because it's spot-on: In Vogue, Luminosity punctures the violence of 300 by defiantly aestheticizing both the battlefield and the men on it. She conflates the battlefield and the dance floor, subjecting the men to a female and queer gaze and setting Madonna up as this world's reigning pagan goddess. An instant classic that went straight into vidding canon.