![]() ![]() ![]() It’s hard to pinpoint exactly, but I feel like the plot somewhat bolsters the idea that he’s the one seeking revenge with the mailing of the cartridges. Important question is to ask why the references? What do they aim to achieve in IJ and why are they important to understand it?įor when you’re going through 24, I especially wonder what you make of the plots of these two films:ġ) The Night Wears a Sombrero-my vague feeling is that Smothergill is playing/transmigrating Orin. ![]() Himself’s film company is called ‘Poor Yorick Entertainment’ the film and camera references parallel the ‘play’ from Hamlet The acceptance of mortality pervades Hamlet and IJ, especially in the frequent references to ‘playing’ and ‘games’ (Tennis as “one facet of the real gem: life’s endless war against the self you cannot live without” the wheelchair assassins train jumping ‘game’ Kate Gompert: “I didn’t want to play anymore.” there are plenty more Eschaton’s real world thermonuclear war implications / references The whole idea of the Entertainment as it relates to the notion of ‘infinite jest’, which we know because Yorick died, is not infinite after all. The emotional effect that ^ troubling relationship has on the rest of the family, Hal (Hamlet) most of all The entire family dynamic & troubling relationship between April and Tavis (mirroring Hamlet’s mother remarrying her dead husband’s brother) There are so many it’s hard to even know where to start. ![]()
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