Gröning proposed the idea for the film to the monks in 1984, but the Carthusians said they wanted time to think about it. They responded to him 16 years later to say they were willing to permit him to shoot the movie if he was still interested.
tchaikowsky donating his skull to the royal shakespeare company in the hopes of becoming yorick is the most dramatic ass dark academia shit ever and you can’t convince me otherwise
I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS TRUE and you will not believe it that they never used on actual productions, only rehearsals because people got creeped out and didn’t want to use it, UNTIL DAVID TENNANT IN 2008
THAT MAD MAN ACTUALLY PERFORMED WITH THE REAL SKULL!
They had to stop using cause once the audience found out that was Tchaikovsky’s fucking bones(!) they got creeped out too and didn’t want it there, BUT DAVID JUST WENT “YEAH, LET ME HOLD THIS PIANIST’S FUCKING SKULL, WHO CARES”
Tchaikovsky DONATED IT FOR THAT PURPOSE. why did this creep anyone out? and why did they cave to the audience’s weird hangups?
some people are cowards
Cowards
I’m not watching Hamlet unless there’s a real-ass skull in there
Let the man have his post-mortem stage time.
Man if you have the chance to recite Shakespeare to Tchaikovsky’s actual skull and you turn it down, I have already lost faith in your ability to embody Hamlet
Guys, guys I looked up the rest of the story and it turns out this isn’t the end of it:
After the use of Tchaikowsky’s skull was revealed in the press, this production of Hamlet moved to the West End and the RSC announced that they would no longer use Tchaikowsky’s skull (a spokesman said that it would be “too distracting for the audience”).[10] However, this was a deception; in fact, the skull was used throughout the production’s West End run, and in a subsequent television adaptation broadcast on BBC2.[11] Director Gregory Doran said, “André Tchaikowsky’s skull was a very important part of our production of Hamlet, and despite all the hype about him, he meant a great deal to the company.”[11]
They told everyone they stopped and then QUIETLY KEPT USING IT because OF COURSE they did.
For anyone who might not know, Andre Tchaikowsky is not the same (or even related to) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (composer of Swan Lake and The Nutcracker)
Andre Tchaikowski was born in the 1930’s and even adapted some of Shakespeare’s work including his seven sonnets and an opera based on The Merchant of Venice!
He passed away in 1982 which is almost funnier to me. Like this isn’t the Tchaikovsky who died in 1893, this is the skull of a man who saw the rise and fall of disco
Ohhhhh. Okay. Right. I was wondering for half a minute there. It was a super modern bequest.
There is no autism that makes white people unable to understand racism and when they’re being racist. Please. Be serious with yourself and us.
If I and other autistics of color can recognize the signs, experience the outcomes, can even find different ways to explain them to you, then you can take the time to recognize how, regardless of your intent, you’re being a bigot. I loathe this mentality here. Absolutely despise it. It fills me with a deep disdain and utter disrespect for people who act like it. It’s not cute, it’s not funny, and it’s not acceptable.
Like y'all do realize that essentially saying “white autistics can’t help being racist” is not only ableist but… Means that you’re saying we shouldn’t trust you, inherently? Is that a hill you really wanna die on? I can’t fathom that. If I were a white autistic I’d swing on everyone trying to lump me in with that.
This one blew up 🤣 I’m glad we’re having the conversations. Btw I do run a blog that includes media analysis and racial awareness when it comes to Black characters/design, y'all should check my work out so that you’re NOT this white person thinking that autism prevents you from understanding the humanity of POC. Wild thing to stand on when I’m providing you free resources.
“In the same way that your heart feels and your mind thinks, you, mortal beings, are the instrument by which the universe cares. If you choose to care, then the universe cares. If you don’t, then it doesn’t.” – Brennan Lee Mulligan, D20, Fantasy High
Neil de Grasse Tyson doesn’t even think the humanities are a worthwhile topic of research of course he doesn’t think like that. Or much at all really.
listen i am not american. i understand that even democrats fucking suck and its a genuinely shitty situation to be in. im so sorry. but hey, hey look at me. why are you guys bullying people for saying “you should still vote blue?” Like im curious about the alternatives youve got. voting red? firebombing walmart? tumblr user catboyssepticbutthole, i know you will not be firebombing walmart.
you guys are falling into the “the revolution will fix everything” mindset and then not even occupying tv buildings or organising the coup or anything. youre just posting. Don’t encourage being complacent under the guise of encouraging revolution
If a gnome loses his hat through a silly game of running through the brambles and berry bushes, or perhaps because he was fishing for minnows and a frog leapt out of tge water after him and he ducked but his hat stayed in the air like an old loony toon, or by setting it aflame as he takes out a fresh batch of raspberry scones from his oven made of a single acorn, then that’s quite alright! Gnomish hats, while they may seem iconic and important organs to us, are actually only connected to the gnome through the thinnest membranes. Most gnomes have evolved to be able to detach their hats from them in order to escape predation, or for aerodynamic movement, or to say “aw, golly!” and toss it on the ground in mock rage if they lose a game of tag with their packmates. There are almost no vital organs in a gnome’s hat and it will regrow within the time it takes to sing 3 or 4 jolly songs about using a single leaf as a paraglider or declaiming the virtues of being fat and boisterous and eating an entire sugar granule in one sitting because you’re feeling baddddd teehee
Had a coworker tell me they hadn’t texted once because of the time. “I didn’t want to wake you.”
I stared at them through the dawning realization that they lived in a world where that was remotely possible. “My phone is on do not disturb if I’m sleeping. Why would I let random texts wake me up? My sleep is important.”
Equally baffled they replied, “What if someone at work needs you?”
“I am not a manager. No one at work will ever need me badly enough to interrupt my sleep. If I’m not working then there’s no reason to be calling me.”
“Not even if you need to cover?”
I laughed, “I don’t need to cover. They could ask me to cover but good luck getting ahold of me if I’m sleeping.”
They looked distressed at this idea.
To console them I added, “I have important people like my mom and my wife set to override. If they call they get through no matter what.”
There was a small pause before they asked, “You can do that…?”
So friendly reminder. Become unreachable. Work does not need you that badly. Sleep.
A fun but admittedly petty thing I do is when I see a post on social media where someone is saying “God bless Trump!! Pray for Trump!!”and suchlike, I comment, “Amen! Psalm 109:8-17!” And depending on the platform I’ll get likes/hearts/prayer hands emojis etc. but I’ve been doing this for months and so far no one has actually read the verse, I don’t think. Lol.
ALT
