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Tom Baker
from Camp Speicher, Iraq
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| 3/31/2005 3:06:16 PM |
I can't believe I found a website for JVTV! Just got the DVD from the states from my wonderful wife who knows me too well and I've watched it many times. Something about it always makes me feel good.
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john
from los angeles
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| 3/30/2005 10:27:49 PM |
What kind of luggage did joe buy?
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lucy
from uk
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| 3/26/2005 8:20:34 AM |
hey :)
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Tracy
from California
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| 3/24/2005 1:48:32 PM |
Just found your site... well done! Glad you are here.
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Lanny
from Waponi area of Atlanta
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| 3/13/2005 6:39:09 AM |
Greetings all. Mark's interview with Mr Shanley is now on the main website. Go to "Miscellaneous", then the "John Patrick Shanley" area, last paragraph.
Answered are some key questions many of us have pondered, like the origin of the lamp.
You may have noticed that the ability to post new messages here disappears from time to time. Sometimes spam gets overwhelming and I just have to turn off the feature to retain what's left of my sanity. But never fear...if you have a need to make a post, just email me and I'll turn the post feature on long enough for you to get your 2 cents worth in. Sorry ...really sorry... for the inconvenience, peoples.
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Mark B
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| 3/8/2005 5:10:57 AM |
OK all.. the questions have been asked. Just waiting for Mr. Shanley's responses and with Lanny's help, we'll get them posted up on the main site!
Thanks to everyone who submitted a question. They were very helpful!
MB
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Karen
from Houston, TX
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| 3/7/2005 7:18:41 AM |
This psychological examination leads me to view "Joe's luggage" in terms of his own "emotional baggage" that he must carry "for the rest of his life..." Like we all must do with our own... I see the "luggage salesman" as perhaps a therapist or psychologist that Joe "sees" who also offers sound and wise advice to Joe for his journey. I love the line by the luggage salesman that implies the "journey by ship" as being real vs. the "journey by plane" as fake. And we also see how the character Marshall helps Joe "carry" his "emotional baggage" (luggage on top of the limo). Matter of fact, we also see how Angelica help Joe "carry" his "emotional baggage" and how Patricia helps Joe "carry" his "emotional baggage." Patricia pays the greatest price for her sacrifice, though, in bearing some of Joe's past BUT it propels her forward in her own spiritual journey, doesn't it?
My own marriage has taught me that your "emotional baggage" becomes part of your spouse's, and your spouse's "emotional baggage" becomes part of yours. And together you carry the load, rely on the knowledge, wisdom, and understanding you've gained from examining and "putting it together." Recall that first Joe puts all four pieces of luggage together to make the raft that he and Patricia will have, yet at the end of the movie, we don't know exactly who puts the raft together but perhaps it is both Joe and Patricia (which would make sense this second time around).
You gotta love this movie! :-) Are you "wooed" yet? KJC
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Karen
from Houston, TX
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| 3/7/2005 6:51:09 AM |
I love the idea that the American Panascope factory is the "inside of Joe's head..." This offers a great beginning to examining JVTV from a strictly psychological viewpoint.
The notion of Joe having a "brain cloud" to me is representative of Joe's negative thinking patterns ingrained probably due to a childhood deprived of warmth and unconditional love. In this regard, I see the character Mr. Waturi as representative of Joe's own father and perhaps the harsh and strict parenting Joe received. Children who grow up without unconditional love become adults who may function intellectually but remain children emotionally. And this ingrained negativity about oneself and the world can definately lead one to poor health. Sure, the deplorable conditions in the factory also contribute to the illnesses we see in the characters Joe and DeDe but in illness there is always the mind/body connection as well.
I think one of the best books written on this subject is by Blair Justice, Ph.D. titled "A Different Kind of Health." Dr. Justice is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the Univ. of Texas Houston Health Sciences Center - School of Public Health. His book integrates the scientific (biological) and the spiritual elements that together determine our health (or lack thereof). His insights bring wisdom to the topic of healing, health and wholeness, and I highly recommend this book whether you are blessed or suffer (or both)... KJC
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Karen
from Houston, TX
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| 3/7/2005 6:34:52 AM |
Correction to former quote by James Bisse:
"We were CHAFF, now we are wheat; we were dross, now we are gold..."
I find interesting the contrast between the characters Graynamore (the father) and Marshall (the limo driver) and think such offers insight into who Samuel Harvey Graynamore might really be.
Graynamore the father doesn't care how Joe is dressed when he calls on him at his apartment. Marshall is just the opposite - to him "clothes make the man" and he's agitated over Joe's passivity and ignorance about himself. Marshall does rise above his natural tendency here, though, and we do see other evidence that he's a mature man (family man, etc.) who perhaps is sent (by Graynamore?) to help Joe move forward.
Who then is Samuel Harvey Graynamore? Besides being the biological father (or step-father?) of Angelica and Patricia, I see Graynamore (the father) as a God-head figure in the movie akin to God the Father in the triune God. When you view this character in this way, the movie takes on a whole new light and meaning.
Sometimes God "sets us up" in order to teach us lessons about ourselves and others, to protect us from a greater harm that we cannot perceive, and most especially to teach us something about the nature of God. We end up far better off that we would have been following our own plan... KJC
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KJC
from Houston, TX
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| 3/7/2005 6:24:15 AM |
Would like to further explore the idea of "wealth" that we confront in JVTV...
Acquiring not material wealth but SPIRITUAL WEALTH...
"We were bhaff, now we are wheat; we were dross, now we are gold..." -- James Bisse
What is the significance of the "superconductor" element in the movie? When Samuel Harvey Graynamore states to Joe Banks that he knows nothing about "superconductors" but "owns" a "huge company" that dominates the world market for superconductors - what could this mean beyond the literal take that Graynamore is a wealthy industrialist trying to exploit for his own gain? I would say that the introduction of the element "superconductor" refers to supernatural love (agape) or the kind of love that God possesses that we should strive to imitate. The "mineral on the island" is the means for building such a love within yourself for God and for others. Minerals that conduct electricity are, for example, nickel (good conductivity), copper (better), and especially gold (even better). As Joe tells us in his "quitting the job" scene, "like gold in my hand..." This to me is a forshadowing of how Joe is to acquire spiritual wealth above all else.
It's interesting to examine the dialogue between Waturi and Joe as follows:
Joe: "Robinson Crusoe"
Waturi: "You blew this job."
Joe: "Romeo and Juliet"
Waturi: nothing said
Joe: "The Oddyssey"
Waturi: "You blew this job."
Joe: "Ukelele"
Waturi: nothing said
Perhaps Joe failed in his real-life jobs by worldly standards BUT he doesn't fail at his job to learn how to love unconditionally. His true life's vocation... KJC
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