Stellaaaaaaaaaaa!

[cloudy]

Stella_Omega has exceeded their stored private messages quota and can not accept further messages until they clear some space.

 

[Stella_Omega]

okay, okay!

 

[gauchecritic]

okay, okay!

It's because of that delicious new AV (and the nakey pics on that thread)

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Gee, I thought this was going to be a thread about Streetcar Named Desire

 

[Byron In Exile]

Gee, I thought this was going to be a thread about Streetcar Named Desire

*thread-hijack!*

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/adc/10103946A~Marlon-Brando-A-Streetcar-Named-Desire-Posters.jpg

 

[cloudy]

*thread-hijack!*

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/adc/10103946A~Marlon-Brando-A-Streetcar-Named-Desire-Posters.jpg

You're quite welcome to threadjack at will. It's already served it's purpose.

 

[Byron In Exile]

You're quite welcome to threadjack at will. It's already served it's purpose.

Well, that's kinda what I figured. But a thread named "Stellaaaaaaa!" seems like it ought to have at least one picture of Brando in it somewhere...

 

[Oblimo]

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/adc/10103946A~Marlon-Brando-A-Streetcar-Named-Desire-Posters.jpg

Marlon Brando and Orson Wells - two actors who went from, "Holy shit, he's sexy," to just, "Holy shit."

 

[cloudy]

Marlon Brando and Orson Wells - two actors who went from, "Holy shit, he's sexy," to just, "Holy shit."

Marlon Brando still rocked, though, even when he got old and fat. Seen Apocalypse Now? Old and fat, certainly, but still a kick-ass actor.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Marlon Brando still rocked, though, even when he got old and fat. Seen Apocalypse Now? Old and fat, certainly, but still a kick-ass actor.

He did a star turn in "Don Juan De Marco," too.

I've written a celeb fic about him-- but not when he was young and glorious, when he was old and fat. Go figure...

 

[cloudy]

He did a star turn in "Don Juan De Marco," too.

I've written a celeb fic about him-- but not when he was young and glorious, when he was old and fat. Go figure...

He's always been one of my favorites. He was an odd one, but the man was good at what he did.

 

[Oblimo]

He did a star turn in "Don Juan De Marco," too.

My favorite autumn-year Brando performance remains "The Freshman."

Edit: Oh, and I should clarify that I wasn't making a comment about weight. Young Brando, the first thing that registers is his megawatt sex appeal. Older Brando, the first thing that registers is "Holy shit, it's Marlon Brando!" I hope that makes sense.

 

[Stella_Omega]

He's always been one of my favorites. He was an odd one, but the man was good at what he did.

Yep, yep, and yep

The kids were saying "What's so great about Brando?" so I got copies of "The Wild One" "Streetcar" and "Waterfront"...

 

[cloudy]

Yep, yep, and yep

The kids were saying "What's so great about Brando?" so I got copies of "The Wild One" "Streetcar" and "Waterfront"...

Remember when Sacheen Littlefeather refused the Oscar for him?

 

[Byron In Exile]

Marlon Brando still rocked, though, even when he got old and fat. Seen Apocalypse Now? Old and fat, certainly, but still a kick-ass actor.

"Are you an assassin?"

"I'm a soldier."

"You're neither. You're an errand boy sent by grocery clerks to collect a bill."

 

[Stella_Omega]

Remember when Sacheen Littlefeather refused the Oscar for him?

Those were the days...

 

[cloudy]

"Are you an assassin?"

"I'm a soldier."

"You're neither. You're an errand boy sent by grocery clerks to collect a bill."

"We train young men to drop fire on people. But their commanders won't allow them to write "fuck" on their airplanes because it's obscene."

 

[Byron In Exile]

Remember when Sacheen Littlefeather refused the Oscar for him?

I was in junior high at the time, but I definitely remember that. He'd sent a statement for her to read, but the producer told her if she spoke longer than 45 seconds she'd be forcibly removed, so she was forced to just improvise. I remember some scattered applause, though mostly boos. Really threw a wrench into the works for the rest of the evening. Nobody seemed to know what to say.

 

[Byron In Exile]

Sacheen Littlefeather at the Awards presentation:

"Marlon Brando ... has asked me to tell you, in a very long speech which I cannot share with you presently — because of time — but I will be glad to share with the press afterward, that he must... very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award. And the reason for this being... are the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry... excuse me... and on television in movie re-runs, and also the recent happenings at Wounded Knee. I beg at this time that I have not intruded upon this evening and that we will, in the future... our hearts and our understanding will meet with love and generosity. Thank you on behalf of Marlon Brando."

Brando's statement: (intended for the presentation, but read to the press afterward)

For 200 years we have said to the Indian people who are fighting for their land, their life, their families and their right to be free: "Lay down your arms, my friends, and then we will remain together. Only if you lay down your arms, my friends, can we then talk of peace and come to an agreement which will be good for you."

When they laid down their arms, we murdered them. We lied to them. We cheated them out of their lands. We starved them into signing fraudulent agreements that we called treaties which we never kept. We turned them into beggars on a continent that gave life for as long as life can remember. And by any interpretation of history, however twisted, we did not do right. We were not lawful nor were we just in what we did. For them, we do not have to restore these people, we do not have to live up to some agreements, because it is given to us by virtue of our power to attack the rights of others, to take their property, to take their lives when they are trying to defend their land and liberty, and to make their virtues a crime and our own vices virtues.

But there is one thing which is beyond the reach of this perversity and that is the tremendous verdict of history. And history will surely judge us. But do we care? What kind of moral schizophrenia is it that allows us to shout at the top of our national voice for all the world to hear that we live up to our commitment when every page of history and when all the thirsty, starving, humiliating days and nights of the last 100 years in the lives of the American Indian contradict that voice?

It would seem that the respect for principle and the love of one's neighbor have become dysfunctional in this country of ours, and that all we have done, all that we have succeeded in accomplishing with our power is simply annihilating the hopes of the newborn countries in this world, as well as friends and enemies alike, that we're not humane, and that we do not live up to our agreements.

Perhaps at this moment you are saying to yourself what the hell has all this got to do with the Academy Awards? Why is this woman standing up here, ruining our evening, invading our lives with things that don't concern us, and that we don't care about? Wasting our time and money and intruding in our homes.

I think the answer to those unspoken questions is that the motion picture community has been as responsible as any for degrading the Indian and making a mockery of his character, describing his as savage, hostile and evil. It's hard enough for children to grow up in this world. When Indian children watch television, and they watch films, and when they see their race depicted as they are in films, their minds become injured in ways we can never know.

Recently there have been a few faltering steps to correct this situation, but too faltering and too few, so I, as a member in this profession, do not feel that I can as a citizen of the United States accept an award here tonight. I think awards in this country at this time are inappropriate to be received or given until the condition of the American Indian is drastically altered. If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

I would have been here tonight to speak to you directly, but I felt that perhaps I could be of better use if I went to Wounded Knee to help forestall in whatever way I can the establishment of a peace which would be dishonorable as long as the rivers shall run and the grass shall grow.

I would hope that those who are listening would not look upon this as a rude intrusion, but as an earnest effort to focus attention on an issue that might very well determine whether or not this country has the right to say from this point forward we believe in the inalienable rights of all people to remain free and independent on lands that have supported their life beyond living memory.

Thank you for your kindness and your courtesy to Miss Littlefeather. Thank you and good night.

 

[cloudy]

I was in junior high at the time, but I definitely remember that. He'd sent a statement for her to read, but the producer told her if she spoke longer than 45 seconds she'd be forcibly removed, so she was forced to just improvise. I remember some scattered applause, though mostly boos. Really threw a wrench into the works for the rest of the evening. Nobody seemed to know what to say.

I was 11 or 12, but I remember it. Of course, being native, I would.