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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 2h

#OctoberHorrorFilms #FilmSky #cinema #film #movies #horror

Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 3h

They represent a majority of voters. Those who didn’t vote, didn’t get a say. And that, for better or worse, is what counts.

Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 12h

[Titania and her Fairies exit.]

OBERON:
Well, go thy way. Thou shalt not from this grove
Till I torment thee for this injury.

#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #aMidsummerNightsDream #ForgivenessAndRevenge

Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 13h

Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.

#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #TitusAndronicus #ForgivenessAndRevenge #PrideAndPrejudice

a man in a suit and tie is saying `` forgive me '' while standing in the rain .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying `` forgive me '' while standing in the rain .

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 1d

#OctoberHorrorFilms #FilmSky #cinema #film #movies #horror

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 1d

And the sky was happy until it heard about the coastal storm that’s coming.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 1d

And millions of Americans voted for him to be president.

Maybe defunding public education and dismantling public schools wasn’t such a great idea.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 1d

If at first you don’t succeed...

Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 1d

From 2024: #Parajanov

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Out of the shadows: Sergei Parajanov

Parajanov was imprisoned by the Soviets and his films were suppressed, but his magical vision and his bold championing of folk tradition endure long after the fall of the USSR. We celebrated the uniqu...

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 1d

For #NationalComingOutDay, a video review of U.S. TV’s first prime-time, network lesbian love story: THE WAR WIDOW (1976). #wlw

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She gives up everything for a woman | The War Widow

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 1d

Personally, I would like to think that Shakespeare wrote “The Dream” during the plague years—when the theatres were closed, before the Lord Chamberlain’s Men were officially formed—and first performed it in a makeshift venue, but I don’t have evidence to support this. #PipeDream

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