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I completely agree! You cannot go wrong if you choose to spend time with @peterhung85!!!:) TruHart1

I acquired my Blu-Ray copy yesterday. It does indeed have the commentary track with Timothée Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg which is often quite interesting. Stuhlbarg says that he continues to be surprised that he has enjoyed multiple viewings of this particular film, which he states isn't that common for him when he is involved with a movie. There is a 'making of' short called "Snapshots of Italy." An 'In conversation' short with Luca, Timothée, Armie & Michael, which includes a question and answer section with the audience. Rounding out the special features is Sufjan Stevens' "Mystery of Love" music video. TruHart1

...and from that great graphic philosopher, Deadpool: TruHart1

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Some more CMBYN fan art: TruHart1

We don't need to be surly about it! Is this Surly Scott Sloan or not? :eek: TruHart1

The salaries paid to the actors in CALL ME BY YOUR NAME! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsW2dE27MJs Most likely much, much less than Armie got for either Man From U.N.C.L.E or The Lone Ranger! I bet Chalamet will be getting more than he was paid for CMBYN in his future film contract negotiations! TruHart1

Posted on Mother's Day, (UK) Sunday, March 11. Russell writes: Happy Mother’s Day to the best person I’ll ever know - my mum! I Love you with all my everything mummy! Mills bills trills xxxx TruHart1

I concur completely!!! Apollo is definitely a real exhibitionist, but if you had the amazing body Apollo has, I have little doubt that you'd be an exhibitionist, too! TruHart1

You have a valid point here, @quoththeraven, but the article you link to here... ...negatively addresses a recent production of Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio where, in an attempt to not offend, a full half-hour of new dialog is inserted to correct the racist and sexist views in the original 1782 libretto. Just sayin'! Is that going to far or should all of these "offensive" works of established masterpieces be bowdlerized? TruHart1

The discussion is not meant to be about demeaning people by "throwing around the phrase "PC"" but about modern viewers' perceptions of established works of art, and whether the older but classic works, here specifically addressing the operas composed by the greats, such as Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, etc. As the OP, I am sorry that I've offended you by using "PC" incorrectly, @nynakedtop, but that was never my intention. My intention was to ask if, in reference to classic operatic or dramatic works, which may have sexist, racist, etc. references written into the libretto or script, we should throw the baby out with the bath water?!! TruHart1

I have always been impressed with Greg Berlanti, the openly gay producer of this film, and so many of the CW super-hero and teen shows and remain grateful to him for his casts of gorgeous young men in most of his projects. This film looks great, especially as a different take on growing up and coming out in high school! TruHart1

I was unaware that Suor Angelica included offstage male chorus voices at the end, though sometimes it seems like Puccini threw everything, including the kitchen sink into it, attempting to create a true miracle from heaven onstage, which did not quite work! I love the opera, especially with a great Angelica and Zia Principessa, but once in a while even with his amazing composing and orchestration talent, Puccini could not get quite the effect he strove for. The final love duet in Turandot is the other example of this. He was stuck, and then ended up dying before he could finish. TruHart1

***************SPOILERS BELOW!*************** Tribes switched - all players are distributed between a new Naviti Tribe and a new Malolo Tribe. Naviti loses the immunity challenge. Disagreement among new Malolo about who to send to Ghost Island because the tribe cannot agree between the original Malolo members & the original Naviti members now on the new Malolo tribe! New Naviti tribe as losing tribe receives stones (one white stone and all others black) because winning tribe cannot agree. As stones are revealed, Chris has the one white stone, so is sent to Ghost Island! At tribal, because Chris is out of play, it appears it is between Angela and Dominick (but many believe Dom has an idol!) Dominick feels safe so he does not play his real idol. The votes are 1 for Libby, 3 for Angela and 4 for Morgan, (who holds that cursed Legacy Advantage!) so Morgan is voted out, willing the Advantage to Dominick, she says, because Dom has always been honest with her. TruHart1

If anyone is interested, here's the link for Apollo's older reviews under Logan at Maximum Escorts: http://www.daddysreviews.com/review/logan_nyc My first hire of Apollo in May of 2012, was through Maximum as Logan! His most recent review in these older reviews when he worked for Maximum is from 2010. Maximum Escorts went out of business a few years later. TruHart1

Well I certainly know what's more of a turn-ON! Seeing Apollo in my bed, with ME!!! LOL TruHart1

[uSER=5874] Yes! @peterhung85 is always very polite in all of his escort dealings! May I say too, that this man is very HOT in every sense of the word?!! ;) TruHart1 [/user]

You may also try the email address listed on his reviews at Daddy's review site: http://www.daddysreviews.com/review/peter_hung_lv TruHart1

Elizabeth Chambers Hammer Reflects On Her Wild Year And Call Me By Your Name https://www.wmagazine.com/story/elizabeth-chambers-armie-hammer-timothee-chalamet-oscars-tracksuits TruHart1

I recall quite well the very first time I heard the full opera Rigoletto in a broadcast transcription with the musical depiction by Verdi of the 4th act storm gathering and building to the trio which ends with Gilda's stabbing and then dissipating as it moves into the distance really striking my ear with his use of the male chorus as the sound of the wind, beginning softly, building to the storm's climax and finally calming to nothing. I was impressed. Later, listening to Puccini's Fanciulla del West (wherein the first and third acts both use the male chorus atmospherically) and Butterfly (the humming chorus with both male and female chorus) and the Tebaldi complete recording of Catalani's opera La Wally where the composer uses the male chorus as the sounds of the icy winds in the mountains which lead up to the final avalanche, in which Hagenbach is killed and into which Wally leaps to her death! All of these instances were impressive to my ears the first time I heard them and they are still favorites! TruHart1

In actuality, our local opera company uses the Figaro titles system (same as the MET!) with small individual screens on the back of the seats in each row. I recall quite distinctly that the titles in the performance of Rigoletto I attended on Wednesday night translated the Duke as singing "Your sister and some wine!" TruHart1

Armie’s acceptance speech from last Wednesday, March 7, for the Variety "One to Acclaim" award ... “It’s been an incredible ride....” https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155303325077197 Variety: Armie Hammer tells Call Me By Your Name co-star Timothée Chalamet while accepting Variety's "one to acclaim" honor at the Texas Film Awards: "I've handed you about 20 of these over the last couple of months so thank you now for being a part of handing me one" http://bit.ly/2Fhdl4u TruHart1

If you are truly interested in meeting up with Apollo, he has given me permission to post his email at [email protected] for any serious inquiries. I still hire him every time I get to NYC and he remains one of my favorites, always in excellent shape, looking no different than in his porn shoots back in 2007 and 2008! Not only that, he's a great kisser and a hell of a nice all-round sweet, hunky guy! http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bhqw0Z51YqI/T031i6go1mI/AAAAAAAAlJU/bNSU-YN8FMU/s640/Big%20Bob-2.jpghttp://cdn.s3xstatic.com/images/manifestmen.com/the-bb-top-you-wont-say-no-to/apollo-phoenix-389-600x900.jpg TruHart1

This brings up a completely different question, do opera-goers attend opera for the plot/staging or do they attend to listen to glorious singing by great interpreters. In the case of this particular local production, we got a pretty fine baritone as Rigoletto, a great Sparfucile who made his few solo lines down to his lowest notes spooky and somewhat evil, and a Maddalena with a luscious mezzo voice who did not have any trouble keeping to her complicated staccato rhythms in the quartet. Unfortunately we heard a somewhat underwhelming Gilda, (a pretty but bland "bird-songy" voice) and a Duke, who, though he had all the notes, sang it all as if he just needed to "get through it" without much nuance or slancio! Still, listening to a really great performance, such as the commercially recorded Pavarotti, Sutherland, Milnes version, makes one realize why this opera has been a very popular 'bread and butter' opera since its first performance almost 167 years ago. Yes, the characters in the libretto are all unlikeable, yet the music, composed by Verdi, makes it a great opera for great voices! TruHart1