Larry Duff
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5. Skinhead
Half Dozen Game
- Thread starter Rafa.the.Magnificent
- Start date
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6. Mullet
All Things Las Vegas:
1. AYCU Buffets
All Things Las Vegas:
1. AYCU Buffets
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2. World series of poker
Mike Bulgakov
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4. An infamous UPS Store
Larry Duff
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6. Elvis impersonators
New topic: Elvis songs
1. A Little Less Conversation
New topic: Elvis songs
1. A Little Less Conversation
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2. Can't Help Falling in Love
Mike Bulgakov
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3. "Heartbreak Hotel"
Larry Duff
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4. Way down
happyandbob
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3. Nick Nolte
Larry Duff
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5. Prince Andrew
Mike Bulgakov
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6. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian tennis players past and present:
1. Dmitry Tursunov
Russian tennis players past and present:
1. Dmitry Tursunov
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2. The true GOAT Anna Kournikova
Mike Bulgakov
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3. Leo Tolstoy & Natalia Vodianova
Larry Duff
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4. Safin
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Kiki agrees, that is, Enrique Iglesias.2. The true GOAT Anna Kournikova
5. Daniil Medvedev
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6. Alsan Karatsev
New topic: Uniquely Russian things:
1. Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to Vladivostok, takes about 8 days.
New topic: Uniquely Russian things:
1. Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to Vladivostok, takes about 8 days.
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Interrupting the thread, what was so bad about this UPS Store?4. An infamous UPS Store
happyandbob
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2. Russian squat dance
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3. Samovar
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Poster @dgold44 owned a UPS Store that became infamous on this forum.
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4. Alternative tragic film endings for Russian market in early 20th century.
Why did foreign films in Russia have sad endings?
Anna Popova
Jan 04 2025
Did you know that, at the beginning of the 20th century, foreigners filmed alternative movie endings for Russian audiences? It's true: movie fans in the Russian Empire appreciated dramatic intensity and were not afraid of sad endings.
At that time, cinema was one of the most accessible forms of entertainment. According to film historians, there were at least four cinemas on the main streets of even small towns with populations of just 25,000-30,000 people.
Why did the studios go to such lengths? The answer was given in a publication of the Russian ‘Kinogazeta’ magazine in 1918: “Russian cinema chooses its own path. Everything is good that ends badly… We need tragic endings.”
“It can be assumed that alternative endings were a way to improve box office receipts, but not only. It is impossible not to take into account the psychology of the Russian viewer, their mentality and, of course, the traditions of Russian literature,” explains director Olga Olgina. “We should not forget about Stanislavsky's system, because the movies of that time also featured theater actors who had gone through his school. The tragic ending of a movie gave it a greater emotional intensity, making the audience empathize and sympathize with the characters.”
https://www.gw2ru.com/arts/211192-foreign-films-sad-endings
Why They Did It
Research into the psychology of the early Russian viewer suggests that tragic endings were perceived as having greater "emotional intensity" and psychological depth, reflecting the heavy influence of 19th-century literature like Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.
The End of the Tragic Ending
By the early 1930s, the "Russian tragic ending" was officially banned. Under Stalin, tragedy was seen as "counter-revolutionary" and decadent. Cinema shifted to Socialist Realism, where films were required to have a "positive hero" and a triumphant ending to show the inevitable victory of Communism.
Why did foreign films in Russia have sad endings?
Anna Popova
Jan 04 2025
Did you know that, at the beginning of the 20th century, foreigners filmed alternative movie endings for Russian audiences? It's true: movie fans in the Russian Empire appreciated dramatic intensity and were not afraid of sad endings.
At that time, cinema was one of the most accessible forms of entertainment. According to film historians, there were at least four cinemas on the main streets of even small towns with populations of just 25,000-30,000 people.
Why did the studios go to such lengths? The answer was given in a publication of the Russian ‘Kinogazeta’ magazine in 1918: “Russian cinema chooses its own path. Everything is good that ends badly… We need tragic endings.”
“It can be assumed that alternative endings were a way to improve box office receipts, but not only. It is impossible not to take into account the psychology of the Russian viewer, their mentality and, of course, the traditions of Russian literature,” explains director Olga Olgina. “We should not forget about Stanislavsky's system, because the movies of that time also featured theater actors who had gone through his school. The tragic ending of a movie gave it a greater emotional intensity, making the audience empathize and sympathize with the characters.”
https://www.gw2ru.com/arts/211192-foreign-films-sad-endings
Why They Did It
Research into the psychology of the early Russian viewer suggests that tragic endings were perceived as having greater "emotional intensity" and psychological depth, reflecting the heavy influence of 19th-century literature like Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.
The End of the Tragic Ending
By the early 1930s, the "Russian tragic ending" was officially banned. Under Stalin, tragedy was seen as "counter-revolutionary" and decadent. Cinema shifted to Socialist Realism, where films were required to have a "positive hero" and a triumphant ending to show the inevitable victory of Communism.
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6. Cossacks
New topic: Yul Brynner movies/roles
1. Taras Bulba
New topic: Yul Brynner movies/roles
1. Taras Bulba
Mike Bulgakov
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3. The Magnificent Seven
Larry Duff
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4. the King of Siam in The king and I
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6. Anti-smoking spokesperson
New topic: Related to smoking (or cancer)
1. Lisa Simpson
New topic: Related to smoking (or cancer)
1. Lisa Simpson
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2. Cold Turkey (1971)
Mike Bulgakov
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3. Edward Bernays "Torches of Freedom" campaign (the cigarette as a phallic symbol)
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4. Every Breath You Take - The Police
"Many people across the UK are affected by lung damage and other smoking related illnesses, particularly in the North East where I grew up. I'm pleased to support a programme which works towards giving people the motivation and support they need to quit." — Sting
"Many people across the UK are affected by lung damage and other smoking related illnesses, particularly in the North East where I grew up. I'm pleased to support a programme which works towards giving people the motivation and support they need to quit." — Sting
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5. Lucky Strike Spy Camera
Lucky Strikes Spy Camera was developed for the U.S. Signal Corps c. 1949-1950. The selenium light meter was built by Quavas Corporation. The camera fitted into the actual outer wrapper from a Lucky Strike cigarette packet. It was made to a very high standard with a five-element f/2.7 17.5mm Sonnar-type lens. A focal plane shutter was mounted in front of the lens and provided shutter speeds from B,5,=50,00. Eighteen exposures on 16mm film could be made.
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/22900/lot/775/lucky-strike-spy-camera-mast-development-corp-usa/
Lucky Strikes Spy Camera was developed for the U.S. Signal Corps c. 1949-1950. The selenium light meter was built by Quavas Corporation. The camera fitted into the actual outer wrapper from a Lucky Strike cigarette packet. It was made to a very high standard with a five-element f/2.7 17.5mm Sonnar-type lens. A focal plane shutter was mounted in front of the lens and provided shutter speeds from B,5,=50,00. Eighteen exposures on 16mm film could be made.
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/22900/lot/775/lucky-strike-spy-camera-mast-development-corp-usa/
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6. Doctor approved
New topic: Doctors don't recommend it anymore!
1. Bloodletting
New topic: Doctors don't recommend it anymore!
1. Bloodletting
Mike Bulgakov
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3. Heroin for your cough
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4. Hysterectomy to cure "female hysteria" and "excessive emotions"
en.wikipedia.org
Female hysteria - Wikipedia
Mike Bulgakov
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5. Babylonian Bedside Skull Cure
The Babylonians generally attributed physical ailments to spiritual causes. The 11th–century BCE collection Sakikku (“Symptoms”) contains 3,000 entries enabling an exorcist to visit a patient and, based upon the symptoms displayed and other phenomena encountered in the course of the visit (such as the color of a pig the exorcist might see along the way to the home), diagnose the divine source of the message being conveyed to the sufferer.
A text in the Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen therefore prescribes:
If a man grinds (or, ‘grates’) his teeth in his sleep, you will take a human skull, wash and anoint it with oil, and for seven days it shall be kept in place at the head of his bed. Before he lies down he shall kiss it seven times and lick it seven times—so he will recover.
https://www.thehistoriclife.com/a-slobbery-night-guard/
The Babylonians generally attributed physical ailments to spiritual causes. The 11th–century BCE collection Sakikku (“Symptoms”) contains 3,000 entries enabling an exorcist to visit a patient and, based upon the symptoms displayed and other phenomena encountered in the course of the visit (such as the color of a pig the exorcist might see along the way to the home), diagnose the divine source of the message being conveyed to the sufferer.
A text in the Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen therefore prescribes:
If a man grinds (or, ‘grates’) his teeth in his sleep, you will take a human skull, wash and anoint it with oil, and for seven days it shall be kept in place at the head of his bed. Before he lies down he shall kiss it seven times and lick it seven times—so he will recover.
https://www.thehistoriclife.com/a-slobbery-night-guard/
Larry Duff
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6. Lobotomys
Larry Duff
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New topic
Headcases in tennis past or present.
1. Danny Koellerer
Headcases in tennis past or present.
1. Danny Koellerer
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3. Jeff Tarango
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5. John Tomic, father of Bernard Tomic
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