There was so much material to write about in “Girls (and Boys) in Film” that I only just now finished sorting through the bookmarks I collected. And then I remembered that this was originally meant to be the last episode before the hiatus, so I’m not surprised at its density anymore.
This week, there was a lot of collaborative meta (where people expanded on each other’s thoughts) rather than many long solo posts (that stand for themselves). I am especially charmed by this after an episode that started with a collaboration instead of a competition (“Shout”)…
I figured it would be good to get this up as soon as possible so you have a chance to at least start reading some of this before the next episode airs later tonight. Which is why you get your “High Notes” in a different format this week, namely as a list of links with only a very brief description what the post/conversation behind them is about. Have fun exploring!
General themes and symbols in the episode
Using movies to work through real-life issues
- For whom it works and for whom it doesn’t (and why)
- “Moulin Rouge” parallels in storytelling
- Truths revealed and the language of cinema
- Parallels to “Moulin Rouge”: Fainting, creative families, gender, sex work, love
- Directors, actors, audiences throughout the episode
Stars, astronomy, astrology (and other symbols)
- List of star imagery: home decor, zodiac sweaters, Crab Nebula, astronomy classroom scenes
- Supernovae, black holes, Defying Gravity, creation/art, death/rebirth
- Rachel’s new apple slice/celestial/sanddollar necklace pendant
- Lotus blossoms
Relationships
Lima, Ohio
New Directions
- Everyone is making a different part of movies happen
- Mash-ups, girls vs. boys, competition (older article) + new commentary
“Shout”
- “Shout” vs. “We Got The Beat”
- “Shout,” gender, unity + further commentary
- What the people in the background think (many gifs)
Marley/Jake/Ryder
- Spec about Marley’s thoughts during “Unchained Melody” and more generally about relationships
- Gifs (from 4×14) with polyamory meta
- Marley and “The Hunger Games” (also check out the comments/reblogs!)
Emma/Will
New York
Santana
Kurt/Blaine/Adam
- Adam plays Daisy from “Downton Abbey”
- Kurt wears camouflage while playing Solitaire…
- …and chainmail armor the day before
- …and everyone wears brownMirror scenes in 4×14 and 4×15
- Astigmatism is blurry vision, and Adam has a solution in his bag
“Come What May”
- CWM in stage directions = the Klaine relationship + the same idea in pictures
- CWM is explication, not movement + commentary + further commentary
- What an “automat” is (and why it’s related to the “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend/Material Girl” mash-up) + the gay angle of automats
— This week’s High Notes were selected and compiled by Andrea (TeileDesGanzen).
Editors’ Note: ‘High Notes’ are a collection of meta quotes and links that caught our attention in the first few days after a new episode aired. Our selection of them is of course entirely subjective and limited to what we actually read and doesn’t imply that other pieces weren’t equally noteworthy. Please feel free to recommend such things to us after the following episodes (before the next High Notes post goes up), especially longer pieces that haven’t been posted on Tumblr (but no guarantees that we’ll use them).
Deconstructing Glee 