tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post6538603352520341237..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Small C, Big PDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-13529250443182764912011-02-09T11:36:15.804-05:002011-02-09T11:36:15.804-05:00This is a good blog. Keep up all the work. I too l...This is a good blog. Keep up all the work. I too love blogging and expressing my opinionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-5446229005485996032011-02-05T08:43:08.567-05:002011-02-05T08:43:08.567-05:00Hey, possibly this post is not on topic but in any...Hey, possibly this post is not on topic but in any event, I have been browsing about your site and it looks really neat. It is easy to see I am creating a new blog and I am struggling to make it look great, and supply excellent subject matter. I have learned a lot here and I look forward to additional updates and will be returning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-83465021046354262432010-08-30T16:10:41.991-04:002010-08-30T16:10:41.991-04:00I was out of town for a week with poor internet ac...I was out of town for a week with poor internet access for most of that week so I'm behind in reading these posts.<br /><br />But I agree with Amanda: if someone has to pretend that I'm hearing and not deaf, or thin and not overweight, or not wearing glasses, or have no acne (yup I'm 40 and still get the occasional pimple or three) in order to like me, then frankly I don't see that as complimentary. No, none of these things are the most important part of me, but they're all there and they're all still part of me. If you genuinely like ME, the person, then you'll be genuinely comfortable with the fact that, yes, I'm deaf and whatever else, it's not the center of who I am but it's not a trivial cosmetic detail either. I don't want my deafness or my appearance or whatever to be the ONLY thing you see, but I also don't really want to hang around people who have to pretend those things out of existence before they can be comfortable around me either.Andrea S.http://wecando.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-7561349601794450472010-08-26T07:21:21.043-04:002010-08-26T07:21:21.043-04:00Hi, I appreciate the idea that people get more or ...Hi, I appreciate the idea that people get more or less attractive as you get to know them. But this film has close ups of the moles disappearing - if they are trying to get the message across that she is becoming more beautiful to the children ... it's really not clear. I agree with Amanda, see me for who I am, with what I've got ...Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-17843110514284314032010-08-26T00:59:11.394-04:002010-08-26T00:59:11.394-04:00The thing about people "not seeing the traits...The thing about people "not seeing the traits that made her ugly", is that.. okay as a person who's often considered ugly, I'd really rather people <em>see</em> my unibrow and various other traits that most people consider ugly, <em>and see those things as beautiful</em>. Rather than come to <em>ignore</em> what I happen to look like, until I look conventionally beautiful to them because I'm beautiful "under the skin" or something. It's the same way I don't like it when people "don't see the wheelchair". It's far better to see the wheelchair, see the unibrow, whatever, and <em>accept those things for what they are</em>, than it is to eventually come to believe they're not there. I'm notsure if this is coherent, it's late at night, but hopefully my meaning gets across.Amandahttp://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-5832356549025120422010-08-25T12:04:31.842-04:002010-08-25T12:04:31.842-04:00I agree with Second Susan. There's a line in t...I agree with Second Susan. There's a line in the first movie where one of the children says of Evangeline (late in the film, when she's dressed up and prettier), "she's beautiful!" and Colin Firth's character says "She's always looked that way." To me, that is meant to apply to Nanny as well.<br /><br />But I've only seen the first one, maybe the second is different.Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704810407872873565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-79350004241546369852010-08-24T10:17:45.609-04:002010-08-24T10:17:45.609-04:00I, too, felt that it was not Nanny who had changed...I, too, felt that it was not Nanny who had changed, but rather the way the kids (and therefore us) saw her. But as I read your reflections I can see that maybe that message is buried a little deep for viewers (especially children) to catch.Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544829393527683616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-80883751646893924812010-08-24T09:53:39.169-04:002010-08-24T09:53:39.169-04:00I agree with what the second Susan said. In the s...I agree with what the second Susan said. In the same respect, a person that is "beautiful" in appearance can become less attractive or even ugly as you get to know their true inner self. And if you remember, in Beauty and the Beast, Belle came back for the Beast and only when she realized the handsome prince before her was still him did she accept him for the man she was looking for.Debbie @ Three Weddingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778199494515694006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-54594812024861432010-08-24T08:56:27.563-04:002010-08-24T08:56:27.563-04:00I have often wondered what the writers of the film...I have often wondered what the writers of the film intended by making her "blemishes" fade away. It is difficult to tell.heidi @ ggiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05245994200237421760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-49103421431589491532010-08-24T05:04:59.561-04:002010-08-24T05:04:59.561-04:00Dave, I have a whole different take on Nanny McPhe...Dave, I have a whole different take on Nanny McPhee becoming beautiful. I took it that as the children began to love her one by one they stopped seeing the traits that make her ugly until to them she was radiant. The fact that she started the second film ugly again just reinforces my opinion that as you get to know someone you see past any physical imperfections.<br /><br />SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616961883243542351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-76822756635447640992010-08-24T00:35:12.149-04:002010-08-24T00:35:12.149-04:00Kinda like Shrek... That must be why I liked that...Kinda like Shrek... That must be why I liked that movie so much. Shrek and his princess ended up being beautiful just being themselves... and whatever the rest of the world thought - who cared? But we ended up loving them anyway - all the more! At least I did... <br /><br />Now you've got me looking forward to meeting Nanny McPhee.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527926041729913404noreply@blogger.com