Mozzie Quates and interesting little knowledge

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S1EI Pilot

Neal meets Mozzie for the first time, quote from Mozzie

I saw the best minds of my generation were run down by the drunken taxicabs of Absolute Reality.

From "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg, the original text is available at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), American poet. His most famous work is the long poem " Howling ". In this poem he praised the Beats ' partners for their attitudes towards the materialism and unconventionalism that was rampant in the United States at the time. Made a violent criticism. He also played an important role in the anti-Vietnam War protests and left-wing movements in the 1960s and 1970s. Its first line is very famous: "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked..." (I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked... .) "Howl" was considered irritating when it was first published because of the frequent vulgar language. After it was published by Citylight Bookstore in 1956, it was banned as an obscene book. (From Wikipedia)

movie

  • " Roar of Poetry ", played by James Franco as Ginsburg
  • " Kill Your Love ", played by Daniel Radcliffe as Ginsburg

Snow White

This episode mentions the story of Grimm’s fairy tale "Snow White" (1812) and the fairy tale poem "The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights" (1833) by the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin Aleksandr Pushkin (1833) look alike. There are dwarves in Grimm's fairy tales, and seven warriors in Pushkin's poems. The historian Bartels said that the historical prototype of Snow White was Maria Sofia von Eltal, who was born in 1725 in Lohr am Main in western Germany.

1944 Spanish Victory Bond

The curator of the museum said that the Spanish Victory Bond was issued in 1944 to support the Spanish underground organizations in the fight against the Axis powers. This is the history of errors. The Spanish Civil War ended from 1936 to 1939. Although Franco, the dictator of the government army, was a fascist and was helped by Hitler of Germany and Mussolini of Italy, he never joined the Axis powers. Remain neutral in the war.

The Spanish Civil War is considered to be the prelude to the beginning of World War II, and it also involves ideological struggles. During this period, there were many terrorist massacres and many deaths. Among them, the famous painting Picasso's "Guernica" is one of the tragic events that occurred during the Spanish Civil War. one.

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Spanish Victory Bond

The paintings on the Spanish Victory Bond were made by Francisco Goya (1746-1828), a painter of the Spanish Romantic School. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish royal family. He stayed in Madrid during the Peninsular War and painted a portrait of Joseph Bonaparte, the coveted Spanish throne. He also used his paintings to record the war. That is to say, there are still many disagreements in the research of "War of War". disaster".

Goya's style of painting is strange and changeable. From the early Baroque style to the later expressionism- like works, he always changed throughout his life. Although he never established his own school, he still has a great influence on the realism and romanticism of later generations. He and Impressionism have a great influence, and he is a figure that connects the past and the future. His style of painting inspired later painters such as Edward Manet, Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon. (Wikipedia)

The name of the work above: the second of may 1808/"The Uprising on the Square on May 2"

Goya witnessed the French occupation of Spain in 1808. Both paintings were completed in 1814 within two months. After 1808, Spain was occupied by Napoleon's army, and he created a batch of tragic works full of passion and lifelike expression. When the French army withdrew in 1814, he immediately created "The Uprising in the Square on May 2" and "The Killing of the Insurgents on the Night of May 3." He said: "I will use my paintbrush to immortalize this great and heroic uprising against European tyrants.

High- resolution large image of the Spanish Museum : http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-2nd-of-may-1808-in-madrid-or-the-fight/57dacf2e-5d10 -4ded-85aa-9ff6f741f6b1

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Extended Reading

White Collar quotes

  • Peter Burke: I know all your tricks.

    Neal Caffrey: Not all of them.

  • Neal Caffrey: My favorite protection is avoiding situations where people might shoot me.

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