just who is this jackie o?
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prspeed — 17 years ago(August 18, 2008 12:33 PM)
I directed the play "The House of Yes" last year, and had to do massive amounts of research for it The title, according to the author, comes from a personal experience when she was driving around the wealthy D.C. suburbs one day and kept seeing all these beautiful exteriors and wondering what went on inside. Later, she saw graffiti on a wall that mentioned a "house of yes," meaning "a world where people find themselves to be so above everything that they get what they want and don't understand the concept of 'no'." The pink hairbrush is to a: set up the joke later about hairbrushes and combs and Leslie only having a comb and b: to show that Jackie-O is mentally off balance with her freakout over not being able to find the hairbrush. Jackie-O's real name, as far as anyone knows, is Jackie Pascal and Jakie-O is/was a pet name from Marty that stuck with Anthony. In the play, Mrs. Pascal does call her Jackie-O a couple of times, but not like the boys do.
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bambina_13 — 19 years ago(January 22, 2007 05:51 PM)
Parker Posey is amazing indeed.
I had to watch this film for a class im taking on the Kennedys. Pretty interesting
My favorite lines are:
"leave now with your symbology intact" -the mom to Lesly
"its not a gun, its a camera" -Jackie about the gun the mom finds -
XoYazminXo — 17 years ago(July 08, 2008 03:29 PM)
This movie has one of the most creative & original dialogues I have ever heard beforeI don't remember the exact lines, but I especially like the exchange they have about the wine in the living room (German/French thing)It was so funnyAnd Tori Spelling's reaction was just hilarious
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vagingo — 15 years ago(September 08, 2010 07:07 AM)
In response to 5. C. - I think Tori Spelling's wardrobe is supposed to be dowdy and pilgrim-esque to reinforce the glamour and sophistication of Jackie O. Plus, it adds to the puritanic, conservative nature of Spelling's character.
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partridgestorm — 15 years ago(September 24, 2010 01:24 AM)
I figured out what the missing painting is. Based on the blurry image one gets from pausing the DVD and zooming in on the painting, I strongly believe that the painting is Edouard Manet's "The Railway." Here is a good write up about the painting.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/manet-edouard-the-railway-1873-810754.html
I can't figure out the significance of the painting, or why it is not on the wall in 1983. It is a passing snapshot of modern life with limited evidence to the identity to the woman or of the child who is facing away from the viewer. The woman does have a dog in her lap, so loyalty figures into the message of the painting.
I love the House of Usher connection you made in another thread. When I read that, I had one of those, "Why didn't I think of that," moments!
Oh, and, "You never get hungry in the desert. Because of the sandwiches!" -
Violet_Loves_Iliona — 15 years ago(September 30, 2010 09:54 PM)
Hello
rogueking
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Most of your questions have been answered, but I'll my contribution to the remaining questions:
the house of yes. yes. hm. is this because jackie o is, like lesley says, spoiled? and like her mother says, she gets what she wants? because for the most part, the title seems a bit ineffective and unfocused. until the end, of course, when jackie o ultimately does get her way, in a very bad way! then the title takes on a more powerful meaning. right?!
The answer below from someone who directed the play is a very interesting answer indeed.
Also, someone wrote in another thread about the similarity, both in title and theme, to "The House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. This had occurred to me too. Whether it was a conscious decision to base the title on Edgar Allan Poe's work or whether this was in the back of her mind, I don't know.
5. and other random wonderings: [a] what is goo made of?
do poor people really eat chicken pot pie (or pancakes for that matter)? [c] why does tori look like a pilgrim? [d] does the fact that they are all grown and still drinking "loving mothers milk" add to the incest-factor at all? [e] do brushes really make your hair gleam more than combs? [f] whats so bad about pennsylvania, dont they have a ton of chocolate or something?
Ha ha! Yes, I'm sure poor people DO eat pancakes disproportionately to the rest of the population. And popcorn, too, because they're cheap and they fill you up.
[c] Because she's so pure & virginal, which the costume department emphasised to the enth degree.
[d] In this context, absolutely! Add to the fact they're so wealthy, so there must be a reason they're drinking this rather affordable wine.
[e] Yes, brushes do make one's hair shine, as does repeated brushing (I seem to remember being told to brush my hair 100 times before bed as a child)
[f] Jackie would have made fun of wherever she was from, but PA is I suppose the poor cousin to NY, in the same way that NV is the poor cousin to California.
6. what was your favorite line of the movie? i know its pretty impossible to pick just one, because every line is phenomenal.
Jackie: We're not going to bed until one of three things happens: the hurricane ends, or we run out of rum.
Marty: That's only two.
Jackie: Hmmm
This is one of my favourite quotes of all time, and perfectly sums up the relationship between Jackie and Marty.
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