tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post4170638986651262400..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: MM@M: The Quiet Man, The Foreign Ones.NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-81597746054898719132010-07-15T05:37:02.449-04:002010-07-15T05:37:02.449-04:00Oh, you should really give "The Quiet Man&quo...Oh, you should really give "The Quiet Man" a chance - it's one of my all time favorite movies! (And I have the clover tattoo to prove it.....) and I NEVER knew there was a musical based on it - how fascinating! I'll go look it up straight away. Thanks!Leeheenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-75088749776524877352010-07-14T11:06:12.918-04:002010-07-14T11:06:12.918-04:00that's far and away my favourite pete line (al...that's far and away my favourite pete line (although i love your interpretation that he was somehow saving a little one from a broadway show)<br /><br />i'm amazed at how fond i've become of that weasel pete over three seasons - surely it's trudy's excellent influencepar3182https://www.blogger.com/profile/03647653154201086767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-84936868762914123052010-07-14T09:11:12.649-04:002010-07-14T09:11:12.649-04:00thanks for clearing that up. I adjusted the post.thanks for clearing that up. I adjusted the post.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-73240411369732200312010-07-14T09:01:29.653-04:002010-07-14T09:01:29.653-04:00Donnybrook is actually a place in Ireland (Dublin ...Donnybrook is actually a place in Ireland (Dublin 4- now very posh!) where there was a fair that was notorious for brawls.corneliusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-43670116147153553502010-07-14T08:53:59.501-04:002010-07-14T08:53:59.501-04:00okay i see
"A brawl or fracas; a scene of ch...okay i see<br /><br />"A brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos"<br /><br />that makes sense. FUN WORD. I shall try to use it in a sentence this week.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-8585637365871699952010-07-14T08:52:58.228-04:002010-07-14T08:52:58.228-04:00well... i just assumed the word had to come from s...well... i just assumed the word had to come from somewhere and since they were already talking about movies ;)<br /><br />it's a weird enough word that i figure the origin must be rooted in something very specific.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-25409331608645638302010-07-14T08:47:50.448-04:002010-07-14T08:47:50.448-04:00See the entry:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/donn...See the entry:<br /><br />http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/donnybrook<br /><br />Donnybrook is the sort of word which would have been used more back in the 60's than now. It wasn't a word we used in my family, but it would have been used enough in public that I knew what it meant. (In fact, when I watched the episode, I never looked for any sort of Broadway or theatrical or cinematic meaning.)Bill_the_Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-89362674867454183852010-07-14T08:28:39.905-04:002010-07-14T08:28:39.905-04:00oh in that case the title of the musical is just n...oh in that case the title of the musical is just named after a fight. right you must be.<br /><br />makes sense.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-26326039389927674652010-07-14T08:21:18.998-04:002010-07-14T08:21:18.998-04:00I think "donnybrook" is just an old-scho...I think "donnybrook" is just an old-school term for a fight or confrontation.<br /><br />Along with "A Night to Remember," this is my favorite episode of season 2. That thing about "the late Marilyn Monroe" is spooky!Liznoreply@blogger.com