Writing and Reading

I’m betting everyone loves to hear and see Spacey do his thing, with that haunting monotone voice of his, the strange blank stare on his round face. He really is the pinnacle of mystery that adds the right tint to dialogue, a deep enigmatic elysium of purity, seemingly untainted–just like his face, in fact!

I mean, seriously, who ever has seen Kevin with any facial hair? No scars, no wrinkles almost. He’s pure. He’s… Kevin Spacey.

So here’s an edition of an Eloquence of Words. Kevin Spacey.

I’m a sucker for research, and quite frankly, it’s been awhile on Writing and Reading since I’ve written a post about a particular in-depth topic of literary quality and/or content. As it does say…”Writing and Reading”, you know? I can’t always be writing posts about sheer randomness and oddities and utter craziness–

OFF THE BED, CHUCK STAKE, AND PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON!

Back to the topic–

ROMANCE

Cue in regal Victorian music and give me a picture of that heavily busty-dressed buxom blonde struggling to breathe, causing her boobage to rise and fall like the waves of the ocean.

Yes, the romance genre of literature.

In my early years as a budding English major, I burned through all those literature classes studying Shakespeare and Sydney and the Earl of Surrey and Marlowe and the Beowulfs and Homers of classicism–

And NEVER realized that, in truth, the romance genre essentially started with those particular elements–elements of fantasy, usually regarding a chivalrous knight saving a fair maiden. As always was the case, love conquers evil. Hence, in these literary works, there was an ‘evil’ to be thwarted to save the princess or the kingdom or the town or whatever so that the knight or pauper or prince or heavily-clad barbarian could then pull in the pretty damsel and plant a big kiss on her sweet face. The End. (End credits and cue in epic soundtrack).

Such works originating the genre include King Horn, Robert the Devil, Emare and Havelok the Dane.

How diverse the genre was! Who would’ve thought the whole basis for that sleazy beach read that Chuck Stake likes so much originated from such classic literature?

Romance even took a turn into more gothic elements, presenting darker images, elements of horror and terrifying drama, such as Bram Stoker’s DRACULA. Yes, that same blood-sucking vampire we all love. Yes, he was a romantic guy. He had to be if he could convince a girl to let him suck on their necks.

The genre transcended any staple or covered box with a label pretty easy, and the only way I can think that that would happen is simply this:

Romance is something we all long for. We’re human. We all hope to fall in love. We all hope to have that fuzzy feeling in our chest, the sweaty palms, the sleepless nights. We all dream of being swept off our feet. We’re self-destructive like that. It’s in our nature.

So, naturally, the romance genre continues to be one of the most long-lived, popular genres in literature and film today! In all its forms, too. Erotic romance, classic romance, epic romance, romantic comedy, romantic tragedy, horror romance, romantic drama. You name it.

We love it.

Nothing illustrates that more than this trailer, I think enjoy. And remember…oh, yeah, baby…to give a passionate kiss to the other in your life who always makes your heart race…you know it, baby. Enjoy.

Yep. Long weekend. But a good one. And you know what that means? Time for some “late night snacks”. No, I don’t mean fudge brownies and untoasted pop tarts and Kool-Aid and leftovers in the fridge (although at this time of night, that sounds like pure Heaven). I mean INDULGENCE. I mean mindless surfing on the web, finding things that can turn my restless insanity into something that of such chaos that it somehow brings me back around to that place of peace where everything is right in the world and it’s okay to be in my boxers and nothing else on. In fact, all I’m wearing are my boxers right now.

But to the point–here, I’ve found the most insane trailers for films that will probably NEVER be made. Feast your eyes on the power of insanity! HOOWAAHH!!