Hiya Skeleton Crew,
It’s Thursday!
Answers to Last Time
That Tony-winnin’ play by John Patrick Shanley is called Doubt.
Fraudster Billy McFarland was profiled in the WSJ hypin’ up the Fyre Festival II, a sequel to that infamous Fyre Festival that launched not one but TWO documentaries about what a huge friggin’ disaster it was. (Don’t worry, ya get credit as long as ya answered some version a’ the word fire.)
Today’s Trivias
Trivia 1
Yesterday’s answers were Doubt ’n’ Fyre, as in Mrs. Doubtfire, that famous Robin Williams movie that got the musical treatment a few years back. Can ya tell me what was Mrs. Doubtfire’s first name?
It’s a funky spellin’ of a name from Greek mythology, a Mycenaen princess who’s sacrificed by her dad Agamemnon at a place called Aulis while he’s en route to the Trojan War.
Basically what happened is that Agamemnon ticked off the goddess Artemis after killin’ one a’ her sacred stags; as punishment, Artemis withheld the wind from his ships ’n’ told him: “buddy, ya ain’t goin’ NOWHERE—at least not till ya sacrifice yer daughter to me!” So ... that’s what Agamemnon did!! Ah jeez!!!
Don’t worry though, this gal survived the whole ordeal actually. Artemis whooshed her away at the very last moment ’n’ replaced her with a deer instead! Then she went off to live in Taurica, where she ... well, huh, I guess things still didn’t turn out great for her. But that’s maybe a story for another day.
But so anyway I don’t really care too much how ya spell the answer, just try ’n’ get as close as ya can an’ I’m sure it’ll be fine.
Trivia 2
I think I mentioned yesterday that John Patrick Shanley wrote the movie version a’ Doubt? But that’s not his only screenwritin’ credit: he also did that 1993 rugby-cannibalism movie Alive, AND he won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for that Moonstruck. Kinda an eclectic CV, right?
But since we been talkin’ ’bout human sacrifices, let’s stay on theme an’ why don’tcha tell me what Tom Hanks / Meg Ryan romcom did Mr. Shanley write ’n’ direct in 1990? The movie begins with the title character bein’ diagnosed with somethin’ called a “brain cloud”, an’ ends near the title location where he’s told that a “brain cloud” ain’t actually a real thing.
OK then
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