LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Monday, September 30, 2013

The Originals

Premiering Thursday, October 3, this series spun-off from soapy The Vampire Diaries is set in New Orleans, the supposedly natural home of vampires and other supernatural creatures.  Perhaps more to the point Louisiana provides supernatural tax breaks and other assistance to movies and television productions produced within itself.


In the featured vampire voice-over in the trailer informs us that he and his family owned New Orleans for centuries, and now he is demanding to have it back.

What I want to know then, since he was a New Orleanian from way back, why does he call the city New Orleeeenes?  Nobody born in New Orleans pronounces the name of the city that way, at least no one I've ever met who was born there,  or Louisiana, for that matter.  Not saying nobody pronounces it that way, just that I've never heard it done.

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