The House of . . . What?
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LunarGlow20 — 19 years ago(July 16, 2006 08:36 PM)
I wouldn't say "society" seeing as how our society is totally against incest.
Honestly though, I agree with most of you in that incest is wrong. However, if one of my friends were to say he and his sister were in love with one another, I'd support them because being in a relationship with someone you are so closely related to has to be one of the most difficult things in the entire world. I am probably saying that because I am gay and I know what it is like to have the majority of the world against me. -
stulta_puella — 18 years ago(October 17, 2007 12:57 AM)
LunarGlow20 i'm gay and if one of my friends told me they had feelings of a romantic and or sexual nature for any one related to them i would not be supportive. and as for your relating being homosexual to incestuous relationships is rather bigoted. reminds me of what all the bible thumpers say.
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Bunnymonsterz — 19 years ago(July 29, 2006 09:03 AM)
Hey thank you for this fascinating post. It inspired me to read "The Fall of the House of Usher" on Project Gutenberg at work the other day (I obviously don't have a very demanding job, lol), and I really enjoyed the story. Creepy as hell! I am an English Lit. major, but for some reason never got into Poe. I think that might change now.
As to whether or not "Fall" had any influence on "The House of Yes". I DO see remarkable similarities. The importance of the actual dwelling in both the story and film is very intersting. The house takes on a life of its own (and is almost a character in itself) in both, and you'll notice that "The House of Yes" is very stagey. The entire plot takes place within the same dwelling that has for so long housed all of the siblings' dark secrets. Same thing with Poe's storythe house almost seems to be alive with the ghosts of its dark history.
Tori Spelling's character is like the narrator in "Fall"both innocent outsiders who are brought in to each of the "houses" to provide the voice of reason in a isolated world full of totally loopy people. We need them there for the purpose of comparision, or else we might get sucked into the world of Marty and Jackie O or Roderick and Madeline, and fall under their spell. They are the voices of normalcy.
Also. At the end of "Fall", the narrator runs out of the house after the deaths of the siblings and the literal collapse of the House of Usher. Tori's character runs out of the house after the death of Marty and what can be called a figurative collapse of that household. Both characters entered a new world when they entered the houses, and returned to the real world when they left.
Wow. Well if I never get a job with my English degree, I suppose I could always write long-winded posts on the IMDB message boards. haha.
Thanks again for the insightful post, Roguekingofnothing.
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Separatista — 18 years ago(April 04, 2008 06:45 AM)
The house being the personification or at least, the symbol for Martys mind is probably an integral point to further appreciate the movies undertones. I am not familiar with The House of Usher but you made an interesting issue regarding the house and its relationship to the characters.
The blackout before Jackie confesses their true relationship to Anthony is maybe, a representation of Martys apprehensiveness toward disclosing such a taboo relationship to public, even to his own brother. And to a lesser note, those candles, they are perhaps a little too obvious of an image that pertains to what may happen in that particular night. The final scene (a close-up of Jackie with a malicious smile) left a thought that yes, Marty probably initiated their relationship but it seems that it may have gone longer and earlier than what the film initially portrays. Meaning, that they may have (metaphorically) started this since birth, recalling what Mrs. Pascal told Leslie at the kitchen Jackie was holding Martys penis at birth more or less to that extent.
Even though it was not mentioned, if we argue that there are similarities with House of Usher and House of Yes then probably I can accept the unusual mental behavior of Jackie, Anthony, Marty and even Mrs. Pascal. Perhaps, with House of Usher being a influential material, all of House Pascal were, at some point in time, were inbreeds.
Regardless, this was a fascinating movie with an outstanding script.
Marty: One day I woke up stupid.
Jackie O: What did you do?
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flyingjaybird — 17 years ago(May 03, 2008 05:29 PM)
"The House of Yes" : The "house" or house hold aka family where everyone says "yes". There are no rules and the children and the mother get whatever they want. No one ever tells them "no"That is until Marty comes home with Leslie. This is an act of Marty saying "no" to Jackie. From this point on the house, or family falls apart.
I love this movie! One of my top three of all time!
I love the play too!
