I recently discovered the TV show
Go On and liked it. I am wondering if you guys know of any other show (or movie) that has the same feel?
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posted by pleasebekind
on Apr 4, 2013 -
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I was in a traumatic event a few years ago which was followed by shock and near complete amnesia. Recently I've been getting memories back, and, following different triggers, experiencing physical and emotional exhaustion. Help me understand what to expect, and how best to deal with it ? (More specific qs after the cut)
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posted by EatMyHat
on Aug 23, 2012 -
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BookFilter: Noir and postmodern fiction in sci-fi clothing. Find me
The Big Sleep of science fiction.
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posted by Nomyte
on Jul 8, 2012 -
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A cousin that my 7-year-old son has a deep friendship with drowned today during recreational lake swimming and is now dead. How do I tell my son about this tragedy, especially the existential/metaphysical questions about death?
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posted by u2604ab
on Jul 26, 2011 -
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Looking for books written by someone who lived a normal stable life and due to a tragic unexpected event beyond their control, their life was turned upside down.
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posted by vizsla
on Oct 11, 2010 -
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Can someone suggest how to help my poor tomato plant which has keeled over or is it too late for it already?
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posted by astapasta24
on Feb 24, 2010 -
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Why is it when a child dies, the parents' relationship will often grow worse (many times leading to divorce) instead of stronger?
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posted by thisperon
on Jan 21, 2010 -
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What should I say when people who I don't know well or recently met share personal, usually tragic, information about their lives with me?
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posted by abdulf
on Feb 3, 2009 -
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ElizabethanDramaFilter. I'm considering doing a PhD (because apparently I'm a masochist who doesn't have
quite enough student loan debt yet), and my area of emphasis is Elizabethan/Jacobean revenge tragedies. I'm trying to find a book on the comprehensive history of the form, but the most recent one I've been able to find is Fredson Bowers'
Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy, 1587-1642 from around 1940. Does anyone know of something similar that was written in the last fifteen years or so?
posted by Mr. Bad Example
on May 20, 2008 -
6 answers
I'm looking for writings about human psychological endurance in the face of extreme hardship, whether that hardship is by choice or circumstance. Examples inside.
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posted by desjardins
on Apr 4, 2008 -
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At least once a week, I read about a mall shooting or something similar. Today's story is about a 16 year old girl who murdered her parents and siblings. What gives?
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posted by fogster
on Mar 2, 2008 -
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A number of years ago I witnessed a comedic reinterpretation of Shakespeare's
Titus Andronicus, a decidedly non-comedic play. Can anybody direct me to more information on this version of the play?
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posted by lekvar
on Nov 14, 2007 -
7 answers
How can one sell/rent a great old traditional house in a great part of Japan for full value, when terrible real-estate practices hamper the endeavor.
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posted by Redruin
on Jul 22, 2007 -
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Do you know this film? A girl whose dead boyfriend's heart has been transplanted, tries to find the transplant recipient. She arranges a meeting but the recipient turns out to be a fat, middle-aged man. She stays hidden, but follows him for a while, then eventually steps off a tram/streetcar and walks off. The film might be Italian.
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posted by flutable
on Dec 6, 2006 -
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Philosopher-Filter:
I lost the source to something Schopenhauer once said...
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posted by archae
on Oct 1, 2006 -
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Years ago, I had an English teacher show our class a film version of
Oedipus Rex. The prof explained that the director had taken pains to make the movie has period-accurate as possible, as far as the production design: costumes, sets, setting, etc. I think it was made in the early 70s or late 60s. What was this movie called, and/or who made it?
posted by everichon
on Aug 2, 2006 -
8 answers
Why do I associate Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree with great tragedy?
posted by cillit bang
on Dec 22, 2004 -
33 answers
