Once again I am late in blogging but I figured what does it matter since it's only here because we think its here and this long sentence is only long because we perceive it to be long and actually it does not exsist because it does exist.
Did anyone else think that Jubile Early may have been the most evil villian that has ever been on television? I can't think of another character who came out and said they were straight up going to rape another character if they speak. And saying it in such an uncaring manor was pretty intense. I thought it was crazy at the time, but then thinking back I thought, "Whoa!"
I think there should be more baddies like Early since he played it so straight. It is almost serial killer-esque in how he acted. I was also thinking if him being black made a difference in the role? We were talking about race before so I thought I'd bring it up again. I don't think so myself.
This really has nothing to do with the class other than the title but it's a good song. I like the girl too
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I, like you, was very taken aback by Early's threats to Kaylee. I didn't expect straightforwardness from a villain. Early is mysterious, but it seems to me that his forward nature makes him even more dangerous and unpredictable.
I love this song and it is exactly what I think of when anyone says the word "existentialism."
Thank you for making the reference (the straylight song) that taught a lot of us what existentialism meant.
Not a fan of this genre of music buuut I did look up the lyrics. I think this post has a lot to do with what this class is about. In essence the class is in it's very nature challenging that English can be a study multi-media in nature. That limiting the study of English to books just isn't fair in a culture that is overflowing with different media that add depth to words. I'm sure I'm not alone that I've been in English classes where I feel like shouting, "omg this is so boring and dating. Why the hell are we reading this dated white dude's garbage."
Also, the song is sort of existentially themed, although I'm not sure how much depth the writers actually have of the philosophy.
But the lyrics:
"There are moments when,
When I know it and
The world revolves around us,
And we're keeping it,
Keep it all going,
This delicate balance,
Vulnerable all knowing,"
The world revolves around us, in that the world can revolve around a couple. Maybe one that doesn't ascribe to cookie cutter values that are presented in a very judgemental society that can seem to get back its puritanical roots (in some ways, we've come far). Also, "the delicate balance" could be a realization that society, in its values, could break into anarchy at any point with the lack of these values. The latter idea is related to Jubal Early's use of existentialism.
Also, the very nature of this post related to an idea in our text book, that I'm too lazy to get up and look at the title right now. "Forwarding", taking two different ideas to further a conversation is what this post does.
So that was a long winded way of me saying give yourself some credit. But you could have gone more in depth as two how Jubal Early, River and this songs use of existentialism all relate and discuss the complicated philosophy that existentialism is. Well, maybe not complicated to some, but I thought my head was going to explode after reading the "We're all just floating in space" hand out. Fascinating stuff, just mind blowing dude *using pseudo stoner voice*.
And I was about to throw the laptop across the room b/c after I initially tried to publish that comment google responded "Sorry we can't process your request" or some b.s. Being the "eff you can't". If that happens to anyone just remember to press the backspace key. :) Avoid launching computers across the room at all cost as well.
And I love my elementary grammar mistakes. Two instead of to. Epic.
K I think I'm done now.
Holly--thanks for the tip! That will certainly save some computers from being launched across the room!
I'm going to use a very non-academic word to describe Whedon's choice to make Early, the black bounty hunter, a potential rapist of white women: ballsy. I mean, really... Anyone care to write a post about that?
There might even be a paper in the idea of "Firefly and the use on Race."
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