{"id":3877,"date":"2009-10-09T17:13:15","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T21:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=3877"},"modified":"2009-10-09T17:13:15","modified_gmt":"2009-10-09T21:13:15","slug":"last-post-before-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2009\/10\/09\/last-post-before-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Post Before the Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3879\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/10\/sebastiane.jpg\" alt=\"sebastiane\" width=\"332\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/10\/sebastiane.jpg 332w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/10\/sebastiane-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Derek_Jarman\" target=\"_blank\">Derek Jarman\u2019s <\/a><em>Sebastiane<\/em> (Latin with English subtitles) one Roman soldier calls another \u201cOedipus.\u201d No prizes for guessing how the subtitles translate that!<\/p>\n<p>Last thought for this holiday weekend: as the story of a woman\u2019s ultimate triumph, <em>The Color Purple<\/em> can be grouped with Esther, Ruth, and Judith, and given Celie\u2019s erotic awakening (which I remember well from the book, but can\u2019t recall how prominent it is in the film), The Song of Solomon. \u201cI am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clip from <em>The Color Purple<\/em> after the break.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sSctbcBWy_Q\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sSctbcBWy_Q<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Derek Jarman\u2019s Sebastiane (Latin with English subtitles) one Roman soldier calls another \u201cOedipus.\u201d No prizes for guessing how the subtitles translate that! 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