‘Manic pixie dream girl (MPDG) is a name given to a type of stock character in films.
Film critic Nathan Rabin, who coined the phrase after seeing Kirsten Dunst in Elizabethtown, describes the MPDG as “that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men [...]
The past is another country
A crap one, like Belgium
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Where the only telly is repeats
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Cos I was born on those streets
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Made my peers [...]
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Great nations drowned in lakes of flame
Men screamed for God or cursed His name
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It was, in truth, not very nice;
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In hidden coves and caves of ice
That echoed with their cries.
They cried [...]
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But before I move on
There’s a man here in spirit
Sorry madam – who’s John?
I’m being told John
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Homework 2013 1. Taster
26 JUNE
Sample an extract from three new live literature shows by Luke Wright, Ross Sutherland & Tim Clare.
2. Research
31 JULYNew writing based on research.
3. True Stories
28 AUGUSTTure stories told live without notes.
4. Monologue
25 SEPTEMBERMonologues, poetic and not so poetic, some with actors, some without.
5. Transport
31 OCTOBERNew show by Osborne & Wright about the Beeching Axe, plus transport related new material in support.
6. Chat Show
27 NOVEMBERMove over Wossy, Homework reinvents the chat show for one night only. Plus special guests.
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