Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 11:31:04 EDT From: How to pop culture? I used a thumbtack! Subject: EXERCISE: Highlander (SPOILED?) At Sun, 28 Sep 1997 22:04:47 PDT, jeannie eddy swung into the action with a huge claymore and said... :) I can't believe they killed off Richie!!!! To restore your balance, pick one of the following and turn in your assignment promptly at the end of class: 1. Explain what the heck "Highlander" is? Some of us don't keep track of popular American TV shows...This is the one with the immortals who get killed every show, right? (talk about your basic contradictions--we are immortal, except when we kill each other...) 2. Explicate your sentence! Why can't you believe it? Who are "they"? And who the heck is Richie? 3. Okay, I'll take fanfic for 3,000 words...write us your favorite story based on the characters, setting, etc. of Highlander. 4. How about "back from the dead" for 2,000 words or so? The network and the actor have found the right magic number, and you are now faced with writing a script which brings Richie back to life! 5. How about "characters who deserve it" for a thousand words or so? Pick your favorite series (or even a movie, story, etc.) and kill off that character that you really loath. Trampled underfoot in a press meeting? Sure. Run down by a careening penguin in the San Diego Zoo? Well, if that's your preferred modicum of removal, write it up! Yes, you may have another blue book. Blue bodies? Only for the picts... tink