tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post4874414734170174000..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: The roughest roadAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-90071850711499173422010-10-28T18:20:36.323-07:002010-10-28T18:20:36.323-07:00LOL!LOL!Jeremy Jansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218395232783877050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-9956223897743290442010-10-28T17:05:37.556-07:002010-10-28T17:05:37.556-07:00Two peoples divided by a common language. :-)Two peoples divided by a common language. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-91783929674488226482010-10-28T16:15:31.009-07:002010-10-28T16:15:31.009-07:00Yeah the word here is used more to refer to heavy ...Yeah the word here is used more to refer to heavy industry. If it's not big and industrial, we don't call it manufacturing.Jeremy Jansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218395232783877050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-43539862521535467422010-10-27T15:30:33.521-07:002010-10-27T15:30:33.521-07:00Not at all, Jeremy. I just wonder if there is a d...Not at all, Jeremy. I just wonder if there is a different sense in which the word 'manufacture' is used here and the States? Here it simply means making things, legal or illegal, from the largest industrial enterprise to the smallest cottage industry.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-47541822272591641132010-10-26T20:49:44.870-07:002010-10-26T20:49:44.870-07:00@Ana: Cascade mountains of Washington State aren&#...@Ana: Cascade mountains of Washington State aren't like that at all, then again it's different there because the people who came to the Cascades came to work on the railroads, logging camps, and cattle ranches, usually from other earlier settled areas of Washington. They're actually some of the friendliest and most open people in the state, though then again the major thoroughfares run through their towns, and the areas outside of these towns are too rugged and inhospitable to be long-term habitable to human life. These towns only exist because of the engineering of the railroad companies and highway bureaus - without the explosives and the cement, nothing but grizzly bears and elk would live there. That's the difference.<br /><br />In any case, I apologize if I seemed condescending. I figured you had assumed from their mentality that they seemed like Manchester people.Jeremy Jansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218395232783877050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-10186182823282652712010-10-26T15:34:20.752-07:002010-10-26T15:34:20.752-07:00Jeremy, I'm happy to be corrected on points of...Jeremy, I'm happy to be corrected on points of fact, but when I say it was a 'manufacturing area' I meant of illegal products like moonshine and crank. I'm guessing the former although the movie is pretty explicit about the latter. Yes, the people were generally hostile and self-contained, but I think this is probably a feature of highland communities across the world.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-43754727744042855262010-10-26T15:27:04.245-07:002010-10-26T15:27:04.245-07:00Spot on, Rehan.Spot on, Rehan.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-41877858289183999362010-10-26T11:19:01.543-07:002010-10-26T11:19:01.543-07:00I'm really glad you got to see a great film ab...I'm really glad you got to see a great film about rural America. Still, I have to correct you on a few facts:<br /><br />1) The Ozarks were never a manufacturing region. The industry in this area was located further North in an area called the Great North that extends approximately from St. Louis to the Canadian Border, placed there because it was the termination point of 4 different trans-continental railroad lines. Like most other mountainous areas of the South, the Ozarks were populated by land seekers who couldn't find land anywhere else, and were really the last area of America settled this way. The Ozarks are awful farmland, but are far away from any central authority and cheap, and thus attracted redneck types who didn't want to be under the nose of law and order and didn't want to work for anybody else either.<br /><br />2) America is a huge, huge country. All of Europe, British Isles, et cetera, discluding Russia would fit in the United States. It has a lot of different rural areas, and a lot of different urban areas as well. You could spend your entire life trekking across America and still not see all of it. But yes, the Ozarks are most certainly a part of it, have always been a hostile place, and will probably always be a hostile place. For a really great comic musical about the Ozarks, I recommend "Little Abner."Jeremy Jansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218395232783877050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-83883495057913124012010-10-26T05:37:06.927-07:002010-10-26T05:37:06.927-07:00Thus Auden:
The sense of danger must not disappea...<b>Thus Auden:</b><br /><br /><i>The sense of danger must not disappear:<br />The way is certainly both short and steep,<br />However gradual it looks from here;<br />Look if you like, but you will have to leap.</i>Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-46578261821653250442010-10-26T01:27:54.725-07:002010-10-26T01:27:54.725-07:00Calvin, do let me know what you think if you manag...Calvin, do let me know what you think if you manage to see it.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-64782537132288880142010-10-26T01:27:10.089-07:002010-10-26T01:27:10.089-07:00Anthony, I know these communities are 'close k...Anthony, I know these communities are 'close knit' in more ways than one!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-29226011838650092302010-10-25T20:51:48.756-07:002010-10-25T20:51:48.756-07:00Compelling trailer. I'll look for it.Compelling trailer. I'll look for it.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-57582254593998612862010-10-25T19:23:43.762-07:002010-10-25T19:23:43.762-07:00This sounds like an interesting movie. We still do...This sounds like an interesting movie. We still do have some inbreds in the hills and trailer parks.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-57546080717613592442010-10-25T16:55:19.984-07:002010-10-25T16:55:19.984-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-2739839533650079232010-10-25T16:54:37.539-07:002010-10-25T16:54:37.539-07:00Based on Maugham's novella, I assume? Thanks f...Based on Maugham's novella, I assume? Thanks for reminding me about the Hancock. I'm now about half way through but other things keep getting in the way!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-5707620799615418102010-10-25T16:29:16.941-07:002010-10-25T16:29:16.941-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-17018071778648474332010-10-25T16:28:26.626-07:002010-10-25T16:28:26.626-07:00I'll try and fit it in. Thanks, Adam.I'll try and fit it in. Thanks, Adam.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-51113625788326389562010-10-25T16:27:21.706-07:002010-10-25T16:27:21.706-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-53464605937141226322010-10-25T16:22:59.234-07:002010-10-25T16:22:59.234-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-36852176977608486092010-10-25T16:21:07.384-07:002010-10-25T16:21:07.384-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.com