Comments for College Avenue Magazine http://www.collegeavenuemag.com Rocky Mountain Student Media Corp. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:14:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 Comment on Born Again Virgins: A (Non)Sexual Revolution by Josh Clayton http://www.collegeavenuemag.com/features/hot-button/born-again-virigins-a-nonsexual-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Josh Clayton Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:14:10 +0000 http://www.collegeavenuemag.com/?p=596#comment-352 I unfortunately have had to sit through some of those Disney Channel shows but how they riff very uneasily with the growing sexuality of their characters is very interesting. Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus accusing each other of stuffing their bras in an episode of Hannah Montana, or an even better example Demi Lovato loses her shirt in the middle of the school hallway in an episode of Sonny with a Chance and her friend runs to stand in front of her, saying "Nothing to see here" and Demi replies "Hey, wait!" implying that there IS in fact something to see. In both cases sex/sexual features are proposed by the show and then immediately dismissed/deflated but as Demi shows with her reply, the dismissal is not quite successful or complete and there is an uneasy tension that cannot be shaken. In regards to born again virginity, I have recently written/directed a feature film called THE VIRGINS that deals with this topic. http://joshclaytonfilm.wordpress.com/the-virgins/ . The synopsis: With her boyfriend Wes coming home on leave from the armed forces, Emma asks her best friend Danielle to pretend to be the mother of the baby Emma conceived with Wes the night before he left but had kept secret. And Danielle, dogged by an infatuation for the child amid ambivalence towards her own sexual inexperience, agrees. But with the deception well in hand, Emma takes an extra, seemingly unnecessary step of telling Wes she is a born-again virgin. As Wes unravels the reasons for Emma’s sudden decision, Danielle begins to worry about the wider implications of this new virginity and she starts to undermine Emma’s plan. I unfortunately have had to sit through some of those Disney Channel shows but how they riff very uneasily with the growing sexuality of their characters is very interesting. Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus accusing each other of stuffing their bras in an episode of Hannah Montana, or an even better example Demi Lovato loses her shirt in the middle of the school hallway in an episode of Sonny with a Chance and her friend runs to stand in front of her, saying “Nothing to see here” and Demi replies “Hey, wait!” implying that there IS in fact something to see. In both cases sex/sexual features are proposed by the show and then immediately dismissed/deflated but as Demi shows with her reply, the dismissal is not quite successful or complete and there is an uneasy tension that cannot be shaken.

In regards to born again virginity, I have recently written/directed a feature film called THE VIRGINS that deals with this topic. http://joshclaytonfilm.wordpress.com/the-virgins/ . The synopsis: With her boyfriend Wes coming home on leave from the armed forces, Emma asks her best friend Danielle to pretend to be the mother of the baby Emma conceived with Wes the night before he left but had kept secret. And Danielle, dogged by an infatuation for the child amid ambivalence towards her own sexual inexperience, agrees. But with the deception well in hand, Emma takes an extra, seemingly unnecessary step of telling Wes she is a born-again virgin. As Wes unravels the reasons for Emma’s sudden decision, Danielle begins to worry about the wider implications of this new virginity and she starts to undermine Emma’s plan.

]]> Comment on Famous Fort Collins: The Hidden Hollywood History by Daryle Dickens http://www.collegeavenuemag.com/entertainment/famous-fort-collins-the-hidden-hollywood-history/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Daryle Dickens Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:28:01 +0000 http://www.collegeavenuemag.com/?p=700#comment-246 When talking Hollywood and Fort Collins you can't forget John Ashton who calls Fort Collins home. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039226/) When talking Hollywood and Fort Collins you can’t forget John Ashton who calls Fort Collins home. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039226/)

]]> Comment on A Lifetime of Movie Lovin’ by Clarence http://www.collegeavenuemag.com/entertainment/a-lifetime-of-movie-lovin/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Clarence Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:33:16 +0000 http://www.collegeavenuemag.com/?p=419#comment-170 These are good points that Stacey made. I think that films appeal to personal taste and experience. Different viewers can have radically different responses to the same movie. And this has always struck me as surprising. I have always thought that movies were an expression of style and substance combined. We can appreciate a movie that isnt necessarily outstanding in substance-but the style of the movie makes up for it. Or substance can make up for style . I suspect that Hollywood is making a mistake with most of today's movies--too much money thrown at the big name actors-and too little money offered to the writers. The writer is the soul of the movie-the actors are just tools to express this soul. And by the way-that Father of Stacey's sure sounds like a "character". These are good points that Stacey made.

I think that films appeal to personal taste and experience. Different viewers can have radically different responses to the same movie. And this has always struck me as surprising.

I have always thought that movies were an expression of style and substance combined. We can appreciate a movie that isnt necessarily outstanding in substance-but the style of the movie makes up for it. Or substance can make up for style .

I suspect that Hollywood is making a mistake with most of today’s movies–too much money thrown at the big name actors-and too little money offered to the writers. The writer is the soul of the movie-the actors are just tools to express this soul.

And by the way-that Father of Stacey’s sure sounds like a “character”.

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