‘The film presents an Odysseus who feels very bad about things that he's done in war, and is struggling to process them in a very modern, psychiatrised way – and needs drugs to do so! He seems to feel bad about being a warrior, and we… pic.twitter.com/m0rfyHd7Ux
JUST IN: Emily Wilson, whose translation of Homer's Odyssey influenced Christopher Nolan’s film, slams its screenplay as “abysmal.” pic.twitter.com/YskevvqzSd
WordPress, in their infinite fucking wisdom, have removed the classic block function that I use to change font size or use a different coloured text to differentiate whether I’m talking to you, Dear Reader, or to Clicky. I’m having to relearn how to do things and even so posts won’t look the same. Therefore, if I come across as a tad grumpy, please accept my apol…
*I’m somewhat pissed off about it, Clicky. Not Eris-pissed levels but close…*
Dear Reader, there has been a confluence of ‘home’ syncs in the past week, specifically relating to Homer, Homelander and the word Home itself.
It started at the beginning of May with the release of the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s take on ‘The Odyssey’, Homer’s epic poem on the travails of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, as he tries to return home with his men after attaining victory in the Trojan War. The trailer has caused something of a never-ending shitstorm online as Lord & Lady Nolan, presumably in their quest for further Oscar recognition following their successful Oppenheimer collab, have decided to hold Homer at arms length in order to fully embrace a trollop dollop of Wokeness, which will inevitably deliver Hollywood’s glittering prize to them. Everybody else gets thin gruel sloppy seconds, with a Newgate’s Knocker Helen, a wispy transman Achilles, dumbed down language and…
*Wow, the South Park creators were rather prescient with that caricature, Clicky. I just thought they were being unkind. Ironically, they’ve gone Woke too… /sigh…*
…People are rightfully pissed off at the wanton vandalism on display. Clicky has posted about it several times…
*You are taking me off on a tangent, Clicky. Stop it…*
… And who has decided to pen his own translation. It’s really rather good…
… And rather reminded me of Donald Trump if he were Odysseus. For a start, he’s crafty as a F-O-X and so much smarter than his critics are prepared to give him credit for. They take him at face value, a bit like the Trojans did with Odysseus’ wooden horse. It will be their undoing. Trump is also famous for sacking…
… And took the White House, Washington D.C’s sacred citadel. Twice. Like a chud. Seemingly unnecessary side quests appear to be have been taken in Venezuela and Iran, and as for the reckless retardation of his bros…
*RINOS are being thrown overboard. I mean, how fucking hard is it to follow your Captain’s orders…*
… Moving on from Trump’s Odyssey Bros, Dear Reader, to Trump and The Boys. It’s a TV show, not one that I’ve watched, but I recognise the main character, Homelander, as he’s used a lot as a meme and the show seems to be quite popular. Major controversy erupted last week, however, with the series finale when Hollywood’s TDS struck again. It’s all so tedious…
*Yeah, I don’t think I’ll be belatedly indulging in that series…*
… And then on my birthday – cough – President Trump strategically posted the word ‘HOME‘…
As you can see, the 23rd volume of the Underdog Anthology has been published and is now available to buy. The link, above, is for the paperback version that costs a fiver, but the Kindle version will also be available on Amazon very soon and that is considerably less expensive. Alternatively, if you really can’t wait and you only have 79p (99 cents) to spare, the ebook version can be purchased now via Smashwords…
*No, Clicky, Smashwords, not Smash Mouth… /rolls eyes… It’s a different thing altogether…*
*Oh I see, the anthology has 7 authors, one’s a woman… /lights up and smokes… I guess our stories are full of mystery…*
As is my usual want, I’m reproducing the Afterword, below. If you like it, you should maybe buy a copy of the anthology, and if you don’t like the Afterword, then you should probably still buy a copy, as the short stories are really very entertaining 😉
Turkish proverb: "When a clown moves into a palace he doesn't become a king, the place becomes a circus."
*That’s the tweet that gave me the idea for the Afterword, Clicky ;)…*
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Afterword
by Roo B. Doo
We live in Clown World, Dear Reader.
It’s possible that Clown World was ushered in with the release of the movie Joker in the autumn of 2019. On 9th February 2020, 3 months later after its release, the movie’s lead, Jokin’ Phoenix, picked up the Oscar for Best Actor at the 92nd Academy Awards. Two days later on 11th February (that’s a 9/11 wink *wink*), the World Health Organisation announced that they’d named the disease from a new and virulent coronavirus, released out of an Asian lab in the autumn of 2019, ‘Covid-19’.
Did I mention that South Korean movie Parasite picked up Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay Oscars at the 92nd Academy Awards, along with the Joker‘s Jokin’?
Actually, this is just a working theory, bolstered by circumstantial evidence, such as the election of a literal clown, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, to Ukraine’s highest office in May 2019, whilst Boris ‘Clown Prince’ Johnson was elected to be U.K. Prime Minister in December 2019, book-ending the release of the Joker movie nicely.*
Now, throw in the election of ‘I’m not Joe King’ Biden to U.S. Prez (81 million votes, please) and No Vax Joker’s Itch winning and not collapsing at major tennis tournaments in the years since, and I’m sure you can start to see the appeal of my Clown World Theory. Unfortunately, Dear Reader, it’s in danger of morphing into a Many Clowns Worlds Theory.
Just last year, the University of South Wales surveyed 987 people with a psychometric questionnaire to assess their fear of clowns (coulrophobia). A whopping 53.5% were found to suffer from this affliction, 5% of which were severely affected. Now apply that to the population of our Clown World and the result is that over half are living in a constant state of fear, simply by living in Clown World!
Therefore, for this Underdog Anthology Dead Poets’ Page, only one song will suffice for the ritual sacrifice: ‘Send In The Clowns’ from the musical ‘A Little Night Music’ by Stephen Sondheim. By the way, the song features in the subway scene of Joker. If you’ve seen the movie, Dear Reader, you’ll know the one I mean. Fittingly, Stephen Sondheim died during Clown World, in September 2021.
With another U.S. Election taking place this November, Clown World continues.
See you for Halloween 😉
Send In The Clown Show
Isn’t it rich?
Aren’t they a pair?
Trump winning hearts all around,
Joe falls on a stair,
Send the Media clowns
Isn’t it news?
Don’t they approve?
Trump who campaigns on the ground,
Joe who can’t move,
Where are the clowns?
The Media clowns
Just as Trump stopped the U.S. starting new wars,
Finally knowing that all Joe ever wanted were more
Inflating his case again and again in front of the Media glare
Can’t say his lines
None of them care
Ukraine’s a farce
It’s Trump’s fault, we hear
You thought that Joe would want detente
Sorry, oh dear!
But where are the clowns
Mainstream Media clowns
Don’t bother, they’re here
Isn’t it rich?
The Media steer
Global hegemony lost so late in Joe’s career
But where are the clowns?
Trump-hating Media clowns
They’ll blame him next year
* Clown World Fun Fact: Boris and the Little Green Man (Zelenskyy actually means ‘green’) managed to scupper a peace deal hashed out with the Russians in March 2022, one month into the Ukraine conflict. Now Ukraine has no men, NATO has no weapons, Europe has no industry and Boris has no job. No joke.
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"F**king Clown Show": Unsealed Court Docs Reveal Biden DOJ Colluded With National Archives To Target Trump, Jack Smith Tried To Conceal https://t.co/scaJrTL5wc
Today proved why Democrats need Trump trapped inside of his cage in court. Every time he escapes, whether it's a construction site or the bodega, as MSNBC said, it's a "dangerous situation." He wins the hearts and minds of crowds, while Biden keeps losing his base. So the… pic.twitter.com/UjohMl7SVe
Well, hello there, Dear Reader 😀 I thought I’d pop out of Clicky’s shadow and let you know that the latest Underdog Anthology, No.21, has now been published and is available for purchase on Kindle and paperback…
… And to share the Dead Poets Page, or Afterword, with you…
*No, Clicky, I cruelly mutilated Walt Whitman’s poem in Underdog Anthology… /thinks… Nine. It was about…*
As you can see, the latest volume of the Underdog Anthology is now available to buy. It’s only available as a Kindle book at the moment, but the paperback will follow shortly. The cost of the Kindle book is only 79p, which works out at less than 10p a tale, and that’s throwing the Afterword in for free! I draw this to your attention, Dear Reader, as it seems to be a hell of a bargain, and something you may well want to take advantage of 😉
*Well, yeah, the stories in it are pretty dark, Clicky, but nothing like real life, right now. Seriously, have you seen who the UK government and mainstream media are fervently supporting in Ukraine?*
As a further enticement to purchasing a copy of UAXX, Dear Reader, the Afterword is reproduced in full below… I did say it’s for free 😉
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Afterword
by Roo B. Doo
Welcome, Dear Reader, to the Afterword of this here Underdog Anthology. Not sure if you’ve realised but this volume bears the sign of the double-cross. Watch out! How we’ve managed to get to number XX I’ll never know 😉
A double-cross is an ‘act of treachery’. In 1941, MI5 set up a military counter espionage unit called The Twenty Committee. The naming of this unit clearly linked the double crosses of the Roman numerals for twenty (XX) with one of the unit’s aims, which was to ‘double cross’ Germany by coercing German spies to become English double agents. In April XX-XX, the UK’s chief of the defence staff General Sir Nick Carter revealed the secretive 77th Brigade of the British Army was involved in countering coronavirus misinformation online. A double dose of double-cross. Yikes to be on the end of that!
There is also a double-cross in ‘vaxx’ which, sadly to say, people are continuing to discover is entirely apt.
How about a sing-song, Dear Reader, to cheer ourselves up? As is traditional on this dead poets page, the lyrics of a poem or song are carved up, mangled and mutilated to fit a current thing. This time, to add a little piquancy, only one of the songwriters, Kelly Gordon, is dead. Dean Kay is alive and thriving, according to Wikipedia, which makes this a dead but alive offering.
The most famous version of this song is by Frank Sinatra and it’s a belter. He’s definitely dead but, in life, had a reputation for hanging out with Mafia types and, it is said, the famous singer/movie superstar character, Johnny Fontane, in The Godfather was based on Frank Sinatra. That resulted in a bed full of horse’s head. The Mafia, now there’s an organisation where the double-cross is just part and parcel of doing business.
Considering where we are, some might say that’s also apt…
Vaxx Life
Vaxx life
(Vaxx life)
That’s what all the politicians say
Get the first jab in April, shot two in May
They said we’d have to be immune
If we wanted to see Disney World in June
They said Vaxx life
(Vaxx life)
Governments and Media scream
‘You Anti-vaxxers get your kicks
Stopping our Build Back Better dream
But they don’t let it, let it get them down
Cause they believe they can still win us around
They tried persuasion, peer pressure, payola, proscription
And pure gaslighting
We’ve been set up, locked down over and over
Just to get one thing
Each lie they come up with
Told to our face
‘It’s safe & effective’
They’re a fucking disgrace
Vaxx life
(Vaxx life)
They tell us, ‘you must comply’ yet
The thought of acquiescing, baby
Well, my heart just ain’t gonna buy that
Cause if I wobble and take one single try
What’s the betting that I’d be that one to die
Or get blood clots, Bells palsy, brain tumour, breast cancer
or blood poisoning
On top of getting Covid over and over
The ‘Long Covid’ thing
Each time the Media tries lying
Right to our face
‘It’s safe and effective’
They’re a fucking disgrace
Vaxx life
(Vaxx life)
There’s anger, I can’t deny it
The thought of cutting heads off, I must still decry it
But if they ever give it one more try
People will rise up
And this time they’ll die
No Lie
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I’ll also be posting up my story from Underdog Anthology XX later this week. It’s called Wholly Ghost and it’s the eighth installment of my Ronageddon series. If you are unfamiliar with previous seven stories, there is a link to them under ‘Pages’ on the left-hand sidebar.
‘There has been an overwhelming war like effort to force a needle in every arm and it’s very intentional and it has every government behind it worldwide to accomplish this. Something very bad is happening in the world’ ~ Dr Peter McCullough pic.twitter.com/E3b2P0hDVM
I wonder why… What could it be? The smoking gun just shot out the Pfizer adverse reaction report that Pfizer tried to hide for 75 years : https://t.co/CdIcDjlVguhttps://t.co/zzp7EstOOX
Mask mandates Medical coercion Medical discrimination Closing schools (D govs) Closing churches (D govs) Destroying businesses Trillions in added debt A manufactured supply chain crisis Hundreds of billions to Ukraine Billions to violate contracts A proxy war with Russia
More likely they'll soon be called 'carts' – due to the prohibitive cost of electricity, if you want to travel in one you'll need a horse to pull it. https://t.co/iMUdDla0ck
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