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Aesop - The Kings Son and the Painted Lion

December 26th, 2023

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 The King's Son and the Painted Lion (thing) See all of The King's Son and the Painted Lion, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by Aesop Wed Mar 01 2000 at 15:49:45 Aesop's Fables A KING, whose only son was fond of martial exercises, had a dream in which he was warned that his son would be killed by a lion. Afraid the dream should prove true, he built for his son a pleasant palace and adorned its walls for his amusement with a...

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Stealing Reason from God - Theft in Time Bandits and The Fisher King

August 31st, 2023

Time Bandits (1981) | Avco Embassy Pictures> Theft as metaphor/metaphor as theftWho is the God of the white man of the midwestern United States? And once we know who God is, we have to ask: does he have anything worth nicking? Former American Terry Gilliam has directed 12½ feature films, all of them fantastical reflections of our society and its foibles. Gilliam is the most cynical fantasist in cinema, and his surreal, misty films often put our own bad behavior on display. Gilliam crafts a sh...

Good King Henry (thing) by hectorthebat - Everything2.com

March 5th, 2022

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Good King Henry (thing) See all of Good King Henry, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by hectorthebat Fri Aug 02 2002 at 7:14:36 This vegetable has many other names- mercury, lincolnshire spinach, poor man's asparagus and so on, and it has been grown as a vegetable in cottage gardens for hundreds of years. However, fashions change, and now this dual-purpose vegetable is a rarity. It's a perennial which reaches about 2 ft hig...

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Edward's Syndrome - Everything2.com

February 15th, 2021

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Edward's Syndrome (thing) by BioTech Fri Nov 02 2001 at 16:00:15 Edward's Syndrome (also known as trisomy 18 or trisomy E) is a congenital disorder caused by a baby having an extra copy of chromosome 18 (in other words, the baby has three copies instead of the normal two). Characteristics of the disorder include widespread defects in internal organs throughout the body and malformed physical features of the face and skeletal s...

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A Happy Immoralist: The Case of Richard Rich

September 11th, 2020

A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt’s 1960 play about Sir Thomas More, is usually interpreted as a defense of living and dying in accord with strict adherence to moral principle. The situation, however, is not so straightforward.  The plot, based on the historical record, is well known. King Henry VIII’s desire for a son leads him to seek a divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, in order to marry Anne Boleyn. Thomas More, previously named Lord Chancellor of England, is a devou...

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August 15th, 2019

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