Oakley Hall essay

The Great Quail quail at libyrinth.com
Mon Aug 14 11:27:32 CDT 2006


> At first I thought that all the "fucking"
> expletives was anachronistic (probably so), but after watching for a while
> it started to feel right.  Sort of a way to bring us into the time period by
> using modern expletive, when "correct" ones would put a wall of atique
> between the viewer and actor.

Nope. The cursing is pretty accurate, from what I understand. And some of
the stranger language, too -- such as "got the sand for it" to mean "have
the balls."

--Quail







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