Today's Julia-7/23

[Raineypark]

I'm not surprised to find Sicilians among the fans of this show......

We're such fatalistic people.....we treat Death like a personal adversary whom we know intimately.  We're not "too rational" to believe in "otherworldly entities" shall we say?  

Mostly I think it's because this is, after all, a soap opera and we love stories on the grand scale of opera....life, death, witches, demons, lovers, enemies, Good, Evil.....yep, that's us!!

Raineypark

[franimal]

My husband (Irish ancestry) and I were both raised Catholic.  He's from Massachusetts and I'm from New York.  And I remember when I was first married - about 100 yrs ago   , talking about the Italian feasts - you know the ones where the saint "dances"?  I think it may be San Gennaro.  My husband looked at me incredulously and said, "Does the Pope know about this?"  

Franimal

[Gothick]

Julia, that's an interesting point about Julia's smoking on the show.  For me, her smoking types her more as a "professional" and a member of the medical profession, than as bad ... though her character was definitely morally ambivalent (and continues to be so as the show continues).

There are still a couple scenes where Julia smokes. The one I remember best is in the cottage--great camerawork in that (pretty extraordinary given that they were more or less just making it up as they went along).

Today, it seems like a death-knell if a character is seen smoking on network tv.  You know, they light up a cigarette and 10 seconds later they get run over by a mack truck.  The only exception I've noticed (I don't really watch network TV anymore) is Justin on Queer as Folk.

Steve

[scout75]

Spike on Buffy smokes...unless, of course, he quits 'cuz he's got a soul now...

Oh, but why not smoke when you're already dead?!