And how it gets you home safe and then messes the house up

[sovay]

Rabbit belated rabbit! After five days without sleep, I seem to have fallen over at night and woken of my own accord in the morning, which is so peculiar that I am enjoying it. I keep feeling I should make toast or something, except I really don't like breakfast.

As soon as I read that Tom Stoppard had extensively script-doctored Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), I couldn't believe the possibility had never occured to me sheerly from "Does anyone here speak English? Or even ancient Greek?" I found a breakdown of the script differences and indeed, the line is Stoppard's.

The nor'easter has left a thin glitter of snow in the yard and a glaze of ice on the tops of the yew trees. I am listening to the immemorial sound of a neighbor scraping off the windshield of their car.

Comments

[selkie]

*pokes curiously*
U can haz diurnal?

[davidgillon]

Yay sleep!

And wow, doesn't that article just show what a good script doctor can do.

[thistleingrey]

(Yay, sleep!)

[gwynnega]

Yay sleep!

[thisbluespirit]

After five days without sleep, I seem to have fallen over at night and woken of my own accord in the morning, which is so peculiar that I am enjoying it.

Hurrah! Also, yikes, though. I thought you had been very quiet, and that is not usually a good sign currently. May there be much more regular sleeping!! *hugs*

I knew Tom Stoppard had done a lot of script-doctoring, but that is an interesting article. idk if I knew about Last Crusade, but then I've only seen it once many many years ago, anyway. I know he did some work on Revenge of the Sith, of course, because of my occasional dives into Prequel fandom. He is supposedly responsible for Padme's iconic: "So this is how liberty dies. To thunderous applause." I certainly see no reason to disbelieve it.

[umadoshi]

Hurrah for sleep!

[cyphomandra]

That is a fascinating article. The Grail Riddles and the father-son relationship are my favourite bits from that movie, and they’re all Stoppard (I expected the dialogue changes but I think I wasn’t expecting such a focus on action and tension).

I’m really hoping one of my local theatres puts on some Stoppard in memoriam.

[sabotabby]

Today I learned.

[a_reasonable_man]

I'm way too late for Rabbit, Rabbit, so Sloth, Sloth!

The only Stoppard work I ever saw on stage was Travesties. Rosencranz and Guildenstern Are Dead I know mostly from reading it, although I've watched at least some of the film. And of course I've seen Shakespeare in Love. But like you, I did not know that Last Crusade was largely his (which explains lines like, "'Jehovah' begins with an 'i' in Latin!"). Also, owing to your post, I looked and found out that he wrote Brazil and Empire of the Sun! My Stoppardiana is a good deal more extensive than I thought!

[radiantfracture]

Tom Stoppard had extensively script-doctored

That was a fun rabbit belated rabbit hole. Thank you.

I am a little jealous of everyone's snow, especially those of you in parts south of here.

Is it breakfasty foods (e.g. elaborate breadstuffs) that you dislike, or more eating in the early hours?

[minoanmiss]

Yay sleep!

ahahahah that makes so much sense. *makes a note to read the script links*

[lokifan]

I've had a few days of being sleepy before midnight and waking after 7 or 8 hours. Not to brag, but it is shocking when it happens! And for more than one day!