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Post by Jon Reiss on Feb 21, 2011 15:03:38 GMT -5
Hey guys, Here's my column for this week's ep of BL, DIVOCE. I decided to focus on what was going on beneath the surface of this weeks episode, let me know what you think! su.pr/A6Ehau |
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Post by BigLoveRocks! on Feb 21, 2011 15:11:14 GMT -5
LOVE IT!  |
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Post by marigoldmama on Feb 21, 2011 15:12:47 GMT -5
Nice
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Post by Jon Reiss on Feb 21, 2011 15:26:37 GMT -5
This board is so awesome, I wish I'd discovered it during season 1. So little time left to talk about Big Love. So, why does frank seem to genuinely care for Lois all of the sudden? Why is Ben interested in Rhonda and who is gonna leave the marriage?
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Post by duets on Feb 21, 2011 15:51:19 GMT -5
Jon, I loved it, wonderful work! Thanks for posting.
I will add, I LOLed when you were speaking of the liquor stores being open & closed @ certain times. Where I come from, (TN) it was known as "Dry Sunday", which stems from the legally known, Dry Law, "Chiefly US a law prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages".
Of course, there were always locally known under-ground houses where one could drive up to a window & purchase their liquor of choice, just had to ask a local & be sworn to secrecy! Just a tid-bit of info for ya.
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Post by Jon Reiss on Feb 21, 2011 16:30:13 GMT -5
Duets,
Underground liquor stores? Wow! that sounds like the few bars where you can smoke here in NYC. It's funny I've heard of places where the stores are closed on sundays, I think most of PA is like that, but in UT, if you buy a bottle of Jack, it's actually significantly lower proof than regular alcohol. I mean, it's just really interesting that we separate church and state in the US, but in Utah, that's not so much the case, it's a Mormon state. Big Love shines a light on that.
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Post by duets on Feb 21, 2011 17:01:16 GMT -5
Yes, Utah is pretty much it's own country within the US. From what I've read about it, they have a few other distinctions: lowest divorce rates, highest use of Rx drugs like Xanex etc among the women (they attribute it to, it's hard to remain sweet/happy; so might as well take a happy pill, lol), low African American residents (due to the M's rule of being black) [ Black people were not allowed to have the priesthood until 1978]. Even still today there is a lower presence of residing blacks in Utah. In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public highway, I have no idea where that one came from; but it's on the books!
" In LDS theology you can be forgiven for any sin, save two. First, denying the Holy Spirit, and second, murder. Also, God is infinitely forgiving, until the second coming. After that, you end up where you end up, no matter what. There are no second chances. Period."
If that's the case, then Alby is in a whole lot of trouble when his time comes, lol. Oh, I forgot, he didn't do it; he hired a hit man aka Albyite.
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Post by southernsong on Feb 21, 2011 17:19:32 GMT -5
Oddly enough, Utah leads the nation in porn usage. I thought that was a bit odd, and then laughed when I thought of the Teeny storyline from last season.
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Post by duets on Feb 21, 2011 17:29:03 GMT -5
but in UT, if you buy a bottle of Jack, it's actually significantly lower proof than regular alcohol. I mean, it's just really interesting that we separate church and state in the US, but in Utah, that's not so much the case, it's a Mormon state. Big Love shines a light on that. The makers of alcohol liquors must have a Mormon on staff or something. They have their hands of ownership/partnership in many companies in the USA & abroad. If it's a big profit business then it's very likely, or even small for that matter! |
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Post by duets on Feb 21, 2011 18:23:18 GMT -5
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Post by rissmeek on Feb 25, 2011 0:39:00 GMT -5
Where I am in KS we have a town who just got its first liquor store about a month ago. We have just started to allow Sunday sales and right now only liquor stores can sell 5.0 beer and hard liquor. There is a bill to allow grocery stores to sell 5.0 beer, wine, and hard liquor but people are outraged about it. It makes me giggle only because I spent a lot of time in Missouri where you can fill up your car and get a fifth of jack at the same place.
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Post by southernsong on Feb 25, 2011 9:34:30 GMT -5
rissmeek, my husband is from Kansas and he told me that KS is the state with the second most strict laws regarding alcohol. We can all guess what is first.
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Post by MomB on Feb 25, 2011 23:23:53 GMT -5
duets,
I think there was something about birds in Mormon history??
Also, they are really big on bees.
We spend a part of the summer in Cedar City each year (Shakespeare Festival). It's always culture shock.
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Post by withay on Feb 26, 2011 0:26:36 GMT -5
This board is so awesome, I wish I'd discovered it during season 1. So little time left to talk about Big Love. So, why does frank seem to genuinely care for Lois all of the sudden? Why is Ben interested in Rhonda and who is gonna leave the marriage? Unfortunately, that would not have been possible. This board did not exist until season 4, right after HBO redid their boards, making them impossible to navigate! |
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Post by withay on Feb 26, 2011 0:35:34 GMT -5
Duets, Underground liquor stores? Wow! that sounds like the few bars where you can smoke here in NYC. It's funny I've heard of places where the stores are closed on sundays, I think most of PA is like that, but in UT, if you buy a bottle of Jack, it's actually significantly lower proof than regular alcohol. I mean, it's just really interesting that we separate church and state in the US, but in Utah, that's not so much the case, it's a Mormon state. Big Love shines a light on that. There are still "dry" counties in Georgia; I live in one! You can get beer and wine here, except on Sundays, but no liquor. I bet there is a place to get liquor if you are in the know and it also is available in the next county, right over the line. When my mother was growing up in the north georgia mountains, you could get liquor on Booze mountain. That's seriously what it was named! If there was a sign where you turned onto the road to go up the mountain that said "Fresh Meat", it meant they had booze for sale! Moonshine, too. |
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