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I think Chapter 60 is basically done. My plan is to finish the rewrite of the ending this week. Then I have four weeks, which should be enough time to go over the entire manuscript at least four times. So far, I'm kind of scaring the hell out of myself.

Watched Disney's Fantasia over the weekend. Man, I really do enjoy that film despite my general loathing for Disney Corp. I was discussing this on Facebook recently in fact. I had heard a rumor that Disney removed the fat squirrel scene from The Sword in the Stone, which is one of my fave Disney features. My VHS copy of that movie has the fat squirrel, and the version I saw that was downloaded online had it. So I haven't actually confirmed that it's been taken out, I just heard that it was. Anybody know? After watching the footage again, I really found nothing to get offended about.

I wanted to post the infamous "Sunflower" footage for those of you who have never seen it. But it appears that it's only on YouTube once, and is not embedable. So here's the link. This is the entire pastoral symphony, which is almost 10 minutes long. Sunflower, as you may guess as you watch it, is the slave horse who makes the pale horses beautiful, and never gets a partner unlike every other horse. So it's not just two-thingsism.
In the interest of fairness, Disney was not the only company putting out racist cartoons. Looney Tunes has a handful of things they don't show anymore, including the spear-chucking native, the burning mohican, and the "slanty eyed bastards" of WWII. Even Ralph Bakshi, who I love, has done some really offensive shit.

Okay, I'm tired so I'm going to bed even though I'm closing tomorrow and don't have to be in until 4pm.
I know, right? What kind of office work starts at 4pm?!?

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R&I watched Fantasia a couple weeks back. It really is an awesome film. Our copy doesn't have the uncut pastoral symphony scene, though. I'd forgotten about that. Ugh.

That's the thing, it's such an incredible display of imagination and talent. But right smack in the middle of it is something incredibly racist and offensive. It's a bummer. Taking the scene out doesn't change the fact that initially, and for over 35 years, the company thought it was just fine.

*nods* Same with Song of the South. Beautifully made, but damned ignorant.

I just scored a copy of that recently, though I haven't watched it. I thought H might be interested, but he's not as into angrying up his blood like I am. ;-]

I think I've only ever seen clips of it. It was unavailable for a long time.

Indeed. They played it on TV in the 70's, and I'm pretty sure my Mom took me to see it at the theatre. But then, it was suddenly gone.

Wow, I'd heard of that, but never seen it..

Just finished Sadie last week, btw. :)

Really?
I'd love to hear your thoughts!

I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would, story-wise (just as it's not my usual reading fare). Clever/witty writing (I expected that, from you), engaging plot, lots of surprises and suspense, gets emotions going... all that jazz. ;)

Sometimes I had to re-read bits to make sure I was following correctly (I think that was done on purpose, though, as "seen" through the main character and her illness and coping mechanisms). I liked the various bits of insight throughout the book that made the character seem "saner" than everyone around her. The only bit I felt went a bit too far in that regard (as much as I personally agreed with all of it and was like YEAH! in my head) were the musings on Christianity. It almost seemed to get too... passionate/in-depth/detailed for the character, which didn't quite fit, based on her other nuggets of observation flatly laid out throughout the rest of the book on other subjects.

All in all, really impressive work! I will definitely read more of your stuff. I passed Sadie on to a friend of mine that I think will enjoy it, too.

Interesting that you should mention the anti-Christianity stuff. When she talks about that, she is in rehab, which means she is not using any drugs. As such, she is more focused and articulate than she normally would be. It's pretty subtle though, not sure a lot of people would have picked up on that. :-]

Thanks for the kind words. If you think of it, I can always use more reviews on Amazon!

You're not creepy!! Although perhaps serial killers SHOULD be afraid...

C'mon...I must be at least a little bit creepy. Becky Thomas was terrified of me when we first met. :-]

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