tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post3369417593999563421..comments2024-03-29T07:22:38.372+00:00Comments on Pop Classics: Top Five Doomed Romances in Classical Pop CultureJuliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-30410821938598377232012-02-16T18:23:49.362+00:002012-02-16T18:23:49.362+00:00I need to re-watch Alexander with that in mind act...I need to re-watch Alexander with that in mind actually, as I'm teaching it soon, and there was a bit of a furore about it at the time - but I don't think there was actually that much in there, just a lot of fuss!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-65881031055077028332012-02-16T11:59:54.534+00:002012-02-16T11:59:54.534+00:00Don't feel too bad about being overly heterono...Don't feel too bad about being overly heteronormative here. Since you're dealing with classics in popular culture, you have a fairly narrow window of opportunity for anything else. I don't suppose Oliver Stone delved too deeply into Alexander and Hephaistion (I really wish the DiCaprio/Luhrmann project had come in ahead of Stone) and nobody has ever done anything about Hadrian and Antinoos. Anyway, you might be able to be more inclusive several years from now, but today you have to work with what you're given.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-56904332842907816422012-02-15T22:18:55.903+00:002012-02-15T22:18:55.903+00:00Looking at the list it is a bit excessively hetero...Looking at the list it is a bit excessively heteronormative actually. But I don't really like the Octavia/Servilia romance, and I don't interpret Achilles/Patroclus as homosexual - I could have included Thingummy and Whatisname from Spartacus, that was terribly sad. And Lucretia and Gaia for that matter.Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-24545830161887129322012-02-15T22:16:57.687+00:002012-02-15T22:16:57.687+00:00@NomadUK, Messala and Judah seems a bit too one-si...@NomadUK, Messala and Judah seems a bit too one-sided to me! And KD and JS just don't do it for me I'm afraid - I'm somewhat apathetic towards the Douglases in general!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-11349189303363523402012-02-15T21:58:05.925+00:002012-02-15T21:58:05.925+00:00Thanks ;) I reckon I might scrape together 5 lasti...Thanks ;) I reckon I might scrape together 5 lasting marriages, but it involves not being too picky about one spouse eventually poisoning the other, or one of them running off with someone else for ten years...Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-91307783927178989712012-02-15T14:08:27.892+00:002012-02-15T14:08:27.892+00:00This is great, Juliette!
I would lift a glass of...This is great, Juliette! <br /><br />I would lift a glass of prosecco in the hope that your post next year will be on 5 <b>wildly</b> successful Classical Romances... <br /><br />but I'm not sure there are any! :PCaroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-56203767555165688172012-02-15T12:31:52.242+00:002012-02-15T12:31:52.242+00:00Here's to doomed romances! (In the long run, t...Here's to doomed romances! (In the long run, they're all doomed, I suppose.)<br /><br />There's always Messala and Judah Ben-Hur, you know -- doomed in every possible way!<br /><br />And I have a soft spot for Kirk Douglas and Jean Simmons (*sigh*) in _Spartacus_. But, then, I like the old stuff. (I admit, though, that I haven't seen the Blood and Tits version, which very likely would appeal to my baser instincts.)NomadUKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-26731777811601277462012-02-15T11:29:39.599+00:002012-02-15T11:29:39.599+00:00Thanks Vicky! :)
I reckon Dodgy and Eirene aren&#...Thanks Vicky! :)<br /><br />I reckon Dodgy and Eirene aren't quite doomed enough - if he hadn't gone off with Gaia, they could maybe have made it work (though personally I'd have told him to shove it after he murdered my previous fiancee!)Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-5818069728668042422012-02-15T08:10:35.802+00:002012-02-15T08:10:35.802+00:00great anti-Valentine's Day post! ;o)
I was ex...great anti-Valentine's Day post! ;o)<br /><br />I was expecting something "Rome" to show up... I might have gone for Dodgy and Eirene...CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-75618836583556303792012-02-15T01:35:03.310+00:002012-02-15T01:35:03.310+00:00A perfect Valentine's Day post. Gonna link to ...A perfect Valentine's Day post. Gonna link to it on FB and Twitter!Vicky Alvear Shecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570828339389206203noreply@blogger.com