TurquoiseB wrote: > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote: > >> "Alice" is a "re-imagining of" Alice in Wonderland. It's a >> two night TV mini-series that will show in December on Syfy. >> Not to be confused with the Tim Burton movie with Johnnie >> Depp releasing next year. And look who's playing the Queen >> of Hearts! >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbvt1_ug0iQ >> > > Inspired. Kathy Bates has played some of the most > chilling characters in cinema. The standout, of > course, has to be the cock-a-doodie madwoman in > Stephen King's "Misery." I always wanted to do a > rewrite of that plot (the obsessed fan who manages > to get the author of her favorite romance books > trapped in her house as her prisoner) in an ashram. > > Imagine what would happen if a similarly-deranged > spiritual seeker had managed to get a spiritual > teacher in their power, and wouldn't rest until he > "lived up to" all of her fantasies about him, in- > cluding her being the most important thing in his > life. Then I'd have the spiritual teacher "wise up" > and cut her off from his shakti and his attention. > Murder, madness, and mayhem would follow. > > Sadly, I have seen this happen (without the murder > part). It's not a pretty sight. That's what would > make it such a good story. There is little on earth > more dangerous than someone totally obsessed with > another human being. Their whole *life* revolves > around the other person; they can spend decades > stalking the other person, and trying to suck his > attention (and, occasionally, other parts). And then, > when that person dumps them (for their own good) > and withdraws his attention, all hell breaks loose. > > I'd make the story about a woman because I've seen > this phenomenon more in women seekers than men > seekers, but in the TM movement you could just as > easily imagine some closeted toady like Bevan doing > the same thing. Hell...if she put on a few pounds, > Kathy Bates could even play Bevan. :-)
I was thinking of starting an FFL as Wonderland rap. The reader would be Alice, of course, and who would be the other characters? ;-)
