{"id":22731,"date":"2013-05-25T05:14:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T05:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=22731"},"modified":"2013-05-25T05:14:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T05:14:21","slug":"a-hop-and-a-skip-youtube-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=22731","title":{"rendered":"A hop and a skip, YouTube-style"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — on a brief random walk through YouTube, an ambulation for a sedentary soul — nothing serious, I promise ]
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Back when I was a wee lad at Oxford there was another wee lad, also of a poetic disposition, named Heathcote Williams<\/strong>. For some reason, the other evening I stumbled on a clip of Heathcote performing the role of a psychiatrist in a movie I haven’t seen, but will probably keep an eye out for. <\/p>\n

Here’s that (somewhat ob)scene:<\/p>\n

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Well, I’m the nomadic type, and my eye somehow strayed from there to this:<\/p>\n

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Okay? I get the sense I’m on a roll here, Salma Hayek<\/strong> is compellingly beautiful, and so I compulsively gamble away a few more minutes of my precious time, and find… You’ll forgive me, I hope, and see this clip through to the end, because in its own light-hearted way it’s about miracles. <\/p>\n

And as you know, I have theological interests:<\/p>\n

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So that was my evening’s delectation a couple of days ago, delivered here today for yours.<\/p>\n

If, however, you are willing to take a grander leap into anti-monarchical, pro-poetic, anti-theological polemic, you might take a look at Heathcote’s fiery account of Shelley<\/strong>, his volatile predecessor at Oxford, in seven parts beginning on YouTube here: Shelley at Oxford<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Heathcote takes the liberty of speaking his mind, and consequently several of my own sacred cows get scorched to steak along the way — you have been warned. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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