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Have you ever been to a historical re-enactment?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on August 18, 2008
“Yes, I have. There was an actor in Ottawa who did a re-creation of Annie Oakley. I’m kind of a local history fan, so I like going to historical sites and that sort of thing.”
“No, I haven’t. I’d rather read about it in a book or watch a documentary.”
“Yeah. They had a Civil War re-enactment and encampment in the town I grew up in. It was a fictional battle where one side would win one day and the other side would win the next.”
“No. I avoid them at all costs. It’s not my cup of tea.”
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jonas 4 years, 9 months ago
No, but I sometimes reenact the Battle of Trafalgar in my bathtub with lots of little ships and a bottle of rum to honor Admiral Nelson.
snap_pop_no_crackle 4 years, 9 months ago
Sink the Bismark!
nobody1793 4 years, 9 months ago
"Yeah. They had a Civil War re-enactment and encampment in the town I grew up in. It was a fictional battle where one side would win one day and the other side would win the next."What? If it is fictional, it is not a reenactment. It's just a bunch of tools running around playing guns.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 4 years, 9 months ago
Occasionally the spousal unit and I re-enact scenes.
billbodiggens 4 years, 9 months ago
It's my understanding that Justice Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court is a re-inactor who once showed up at a conference of judges wearing buckskin and waving a real musket and Bowie knife. Go figure.
Topside 4 years, 9 months ago
Wow looks like Julie Brown was downtown. Har. Har.
sgtwolverine 4 years, 9 months ago
I go to my local community fair's demolition derby, and I'm pretty sure that's a re-enactment of any given day of driving on the interstate.
WereAllMonkeys 4 years, 9 months ago
I read this paper....lol
75x55 4 years, 9 months ago
nobody1793 - bingo!
tangential_reasoners_anonymous 4 years, 9 months ago
CC: "I will send you my perspective in my collected poems."I, for one, will be looking forward to them... Time Travelers as we are.
hitme 4 years, 9 months ago
Agnostick,That was too funny!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 4 years, 9 months ago
"Yes, my own birthday." - WindlassInto that whole spanking thing huh?
milkman_dan 4 years, 9 months ago
a spitter eh?
geniusmannumber1 4 years, 9 months ago
"If it is fictional, it is not a reenactment. It's just a bunch of tools running around playing guns."I would argue that this would be the case regardless of whether the underlying battle is fictional or not.I once saw the Batley's Townwomen's Guild reenact the Battle of Pearl Harbor.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMqSmiC_xHg
tangential_reasoners_anonymous 4 years, 9 months ago
Yours is indeed a unique vantage point in the cosmos, ChristmasCarol.
Agnostick 4 years, 9 months ago
LooPerkinsucks (Anonymous) says:"I like to go to the bars every weekend, get smashed and take home a fat chick or two. Is that considered a reenactment?"___________What the hell kinda re-enactment is that?!?Oh wait, I get it... that's the Clinton presidency...--Ag
Pywacket 4 years, 9 months ago
Ag~ thanks for that laugh! Jonas~ You must get your tricorn hat. It's all about the accessories.Instead of history, ChristmasCarol must've studied mid-20th-century literature. Stream-of-consciousness gonzo drugged & drunk out-of-your-gourd writing, to be exact.I'd go to a historical reenactment of an Incan human sacrifice ceremony--if I could help pick the honoree to throw into the volcano.
tangential_reasoners_anonymous 4 years, 9 months ago
"Have you ever been to a historical re-enactment?"Hmm... I forget.So, I guess the answer is "yes."
Agnostick 4 years, 9 months ago
I don't know how "historical" this is, but a few years back, I sat through Hal Holbrook's one-man show, "Mark Twain Tonight," that he's been doing for about 50 years.Magical!Agnostickagnostick@excite.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twa...
hitme 4 years, 9 months ago
Well, I've read Bill Mayer's columns.
jonas 4 years, 9 months ago
"It is like history is a required taste."Hah, you're probably still on the watered-down American history, too. Wait until you get into German or Irish history, that's another required taste entirely.Py: Think I've found the portrait, quite nice. Unfortunately, I have yet to own a tricorn hat. Looks like you can get one for 20 bucks or so on Ebay, though.
tangential_reasoners_anonymous 4 years, 9 months ago
"Did you graduate LHS?"No, out-of-towner, assimilated ( ... resistance was futile ) .Spent too many years in college here, went away, came back....Wish that local, early 80's music scene would be reenacted... nightly.[ sigh ]
Pywacket 4 years, 9 months ago
Jonas~ How authentic is your reenactment? Does your tricorn hat have a feather cockade?http://www.allposters.com/View_HighZoomResPop.asp?apn=1214576&imgloc=12-1253-228T000Z.jpg&imgwidth=714&imgheight=840I find the whole idea of Civil War reenactments creepy and disturbing. When enough time has passed, will the horror and stark reality of other wars fade enough to permit the folksy and romantic atmosphere necessary for similar dramatic handling?Or are there already, perhaps, community Axis and Allied reenactments, with Nazi stormtroopers happily enthusing over their realistic costumes and what a dead ringer the 7th-grade shop teacher is for Hitler? Boy, that sounds like fun! I think I'll stop eating now, in anticipation of my role as a concentration camp survivor. (shudder)And, yes, I know they raise money for good causes... There are lots of self-indulgent, theatrical behaviors that people can justify simply by charging money and contributing it to "heart-warming" causes. I just can't buy into that, myself.
Aisling 4 years, 9 months ago
It is like history is a required taste.ChristmasCarol, did you mean an acquired taste? Although both are perhaps appropriate.
Pywacket 4 years, 9 months ago
Sorry--my link didn't work correctly (not sure why). I had found a lovely portrait of Adm. Nelson, resplendent in his tricorn, cockaded hat and grabbed the link from the enlarged view of that. For some reason, clicking on the same link takes you to the home page of the site. Oh, well..
milkman_dan 4 years, 9 months ago
Sometimes...after a big meal.
tangential_reasoners_anonymous 4 years, 9 months ago
MD: "Let's all go recreate 5/$1 tacos at Taco Grande."Oh, Multi, I had forgotten.... MD: "Or JAWS at Sunset Drive Inn."3-D?
tangential_reasoners_anonymous 4 years, 9 months ago
Py: "Instead of history, ChristmasCarol must've studied mid-20th-century literature. Stream-of-consciousness gonzo drugged & drunk out-of-your-gourd writing, to be exact."CC: "Actually I take my history with a bit more reasoning than that cute blonde that sticks her hand in the Dinosaur poop in "Jurassic Park" Whoa... Py... and anti-Py...I say we get these two into a room together and see if mutual annihilation results.
tangential_reasoners_anonymous 4 years, 9 months ago
Incomparable.
LooPerkinsucks 4 years, 9 months ago
I like to go to the bars every weekend, get smashed and take home a fat chick or two. Is that considered a reenactment?
tangential_reasoners_anonymous 4 years, 9 months ago
MD: "Gammon's? ... Ichabod's"Only cameo appearances at each... memorable, though.
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