Culture Clash + The Epic Book Project
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trinityofoneI’ve been really craving “culture clash” romantic comedies. I’m pretty sure this started because I’ve been rewatching The West Wing (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
siriaeve’s fault) and I was reminded of a Josh/Donna fic I read years ago where Josh, the East Coast Jew, meets Donna’s Midwestern WASP family, and amusing awkwardness and eventual romance ensue. (This is, incidentally, the story of my mother’s family—my Grandpa G. was even from Connecticut and my Grandma C. from Wisconsin!) Anyway, I can’t find this fic anywhere. Does anyone:
1) Know what the heck I might be talking about?
2) Have any other recs for culture clash rom coms—be they books, fic, films, or anything else? (Just don’t say Meet the Parents.)
Second, I used to nobly set aside a Large and Intimidating Classic to read in the summer months of July and August; this is how I tackled Ulysses and War and Peace. I want to start doing this again, but I can’t decide what book I should read. Can I beg your thoughts? (I’d make a poll but I just realized you can’t without a paid account. Pooh.)
Trin should read:
1) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
2) Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
3) Middlemarch by George Eliot
4) Something else that I’ll suggest in the comments
5) The very idea of this project is incredibly pretentious and I think Trin should just read fanfic and more ofakukorax’s Star Trek novels
Thanks, as always, for your suggestions!
siriaeve’s fault) and I was reminded of a Josh/Donna fic I read years ago where Josh, the East Coast Jew, meets Donna’s Midwestern WASP family, and amusing awkwardness and eventual romance ensue. (This is, incidentally, the story of my mother’s family—my Grandpa G. was even from Connecticut and my Grandma C. from Wisconsin!) Anyway, I can’t find this fic anywhere. Does anyone:1) Know what the heck I might be talking about?
2) Have any other recs for culture clash rom coms—be they books, fic, films, or anything else? (Just don’t say Meet the Parents.)
Second, I used to nobly set aside a Large and Intimidating Classic to read in the summer months of July and August; this is how I tackled Ulysses and War and Peace. I want to start doing this again, but I can’t decide what book I should read. Can I beg your thoughts? (I’d make a poll but I just realized you can’t without a paid account. Pooh.)
Trin should read:
1) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
2) Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
3) Middlemarch by George Eliot
4) Something else that I’ll suggest in the comments
5) The very idea of this project is incredibly pretentious and I think Trin should just read fanfic and more of
akukorax’s Star Trek novelsThanks, as always, for your suggestions!
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Date: 2008-06-29 02:30 pm (UTC)Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is also good, and I even read the unabridged version. (Did I have weeks and weeks with nothing better to do? Why yes, yes I did. Why do you ask?)
As far as culture clash romantic comedies go, these are a few of my favorite movies:
Keeping the Faith - a rabbi, a catholic priest, and a hot business woman. What not to like?
My Big Fat Greek Wedding - My friend, who is greek and recently got married to a non-Greek, said that this movie pretty much described her life.
Bend It Like Beckham - Silly and fun. Great music, too.
Ever After - The original Cinderella story. And this Cinderella is actually an intelligent, self-assertive woman. Probably anachronistic, but fun nonetheless.
and Shall We Dance? (the original Japanese version; the American version is CRAP) - I love this movie beyond the telling of it. The culture clash isn't so much between the main characters, as it is between the characters and society. It's great.