Welcome Aboard Episode 090, of the Daughter of Godcast, our 9th episode number palindrome, with the next palindrome coming up in 11 weeks. And this week I’ll turn 55, another palindrome. I’ve definitely cleared the half century hurdle and am striding steady and strong. I’ve hardly broken in this incarnation of super fine physicality, human comma male, with the 1111 year warranty.  Every breath is more fun, beautiful and interesting.

…and our movie is getting made with feedback for Scene 089, Check It Out.

Christina’s got objections and Uncle Joe’s got solutions. The crux of the quest is revealed and the path is about to light up. The feedback question is, Is Christina putting up token or credible resistance? What does she ultimately want?

Allison, Seamus and Jil responded to the feedback question.

Jil via Vimeo

“Token resistance. She wants to believe that Uncle Joe’s story is true.”

Seamus via dog.movie

“It’s definitely token resistance…for now. She’s somewhat uncertain about the whole situation, but she’s intrigued and wants to know more. She’s open enough to the idea that she’s willing to joke about it.”

Allison via FB

[snip] overall, I didn’t really sense resistance so much as hesitantly going along.

I prompted Allison for her overall impression, and she responded with an auspicious association.

[snip]

I’m reminded of a Wizard of Oz feeling, from the beginning, when Dorothy meets the traveling salesman. She’s not worldly and she too trusting, but she doesn’t quite buy it, either. And her unadulterated persona ends up leaving him feeling guilty about messing with her.

That’s not quite how I remember Dorothy’s interaction with Professor Marvel. His crystal ball session is pretty convincing  to Dorothy and she rushes back home, which is what she wanted to do all along anyway. In this sense, there’s a lovely parallel to Joe and Christina. Jil Allison and Seamus see Christina as going along with Joe’s sales pitch, of wanting what he says to be true. Here’s the Professor Marvel scene from the W of O.

A few words about Professor Marvel. Interesting that he references Egypt at the get go, and then makes two uncanny guesses. Dorothy’s barn has a weather vane of a running horse, and that Aunt Em stands for Emily. Perhaps running horse weather vanes were all the rage in Kansas, but according to thinkbabynames.com back in the 30’s Emma was a more common name than Emily. Maybe Professor Marvel has a little real magic going on. I’d trust Dorothy’s judgement any day.

I really love that Allison made the connection to the Professor Marvel scene. The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite films.

The end was confusing for Allison and Tim. Joe whips out a media disk, reflects rainbows into Christina’s face, then inserts the disk into a laptop and the scene ends.

and Tim via FB “Trying to figure out why the play with the reflection on the CD.”

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