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Celeste
Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 814 Location: Fukuoka City, Japan
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2003 1:42 am Post subject: |
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Born In East LA starring Cheech Moran
Cheech is mistakenly deported to Mexico where he gets a job teaching Spanglish to Asian illegal immigrants so they can blend in to LA. |
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shirley
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 45 Location: Italy
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2003 3:14 am Post subject: |
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My favorite EFL scene: Good Morning Vietnam - Robin Williams teaching English to Vietnamese students |
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zakiah25
Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 155 Location: Oman
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 4:45 am Post subject: I say......I say........I say.......... |
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My favourite cartoon is the one where Foghorn Leghorn (rooster) is trying to teach the chickenhawk how to catch a live "chicken" (the farm dog) or he's trying to convince the skinny hen that the dog would make a fine husband!
"I say.... I say... I say there......Miss Prissy. Is any of this getting through into that head of yours under that pretty little bonnet?"
YYYYEEEEEERRRRRSSSSS!!!!!!! (she always has that one word/line) |
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R
Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 277 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 10:29 am Post subject: |
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Leon
Guest of Japan: Finding Forrester won my heart with an ultra-realistic shot of the kid protoge's book collection. A shot of many paperbacks, all well-thumbed except for a practically untouched copy of Finnegan's Wake! |
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Lucy Snow
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 218 Location: US
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Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 1:25 pm Post subject: Finnegan's Wake |
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I was told by a professor that one does not actually read "Finnegan's Wake"--one experiences it.
And it was an experience I avoided all through my BA and my MA in Literature. |
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xnihil
Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 92 Location: Egypt
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Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Samuel Jackson teacher movie: 187 (he goes psycho on a bunch of inner city thugs-not one of his better movies).
Teacher movie example of how NOT to teach: The Paper Chase
Another almost teacher movie: Waterlands (Jeremy Irons trying to interest his bored history class tells them a real story)
Summer School: Better than you think, but it still stinks. |
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Lucy Snow
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 218 Location: US
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2003 8:12 am Post subject: |
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xnihil--Love your avatar. |
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guest of Japan
Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 1601 Location: Japan
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2003 8:28 am Post subject: |
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I also liked the bookshelf shot in Finding Forrester. You can't blame the kid for not putting a whole lot of effort into Finnegan's Wake. I expect to be avoiding that book for at least another decade.
Lucy Snow: Did you ever get around to reading it? The closest I got was trying to read a paragraph in a bookstore just after university. I felt real dumb. |
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Lucy Snow
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 218 Location: US
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2003 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Nope. And I avoided Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" too. I concentrated on historical lit, because I found that Chaucer made a lot more sense to me than Joyce. Still does.
My husband who has read "Finngan's Wake," thinks I'm a barbarian. |
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R
Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 277 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2003 8:55 am Post subject: |
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Your husband's read Finnegan's Wake? Wow! Can I stare at him with a mixture of awe, horror, respect and bewilderment sometime?
Rob. |
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Lucy Snow
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 218 Location: US
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2003 11:25 am Post subject: |
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Please--he's conceited enough about it already. |
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biffinbridge
Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 701 Location: Frank's Wild Years
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 9:09 am Post subject: Teaching films |
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Anyone seen 'Tracie Tours Thailand'? |
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