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I, the Worst of All
"The life of brilliant and beautiful 17th-century Mexican poet Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz..."

It's worth watching. I was brought up short when she said, "Able was I ere I saw Elba," however.

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- 9:19 PM

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You'll have to explain that quote and why it left you agape... I'm lost :/

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Anonymous : 23 July, 2008 03:41

It's the famous palindrome that is supposed to be about Napoleon - who didn't even GO to Elba until 18-something-or other.

Not something I'd think 17th century nuns would quote - it just occurred to me though that it must've been a SUBTITLER blunder. They probably chucked any old palindrome in there in place of a Spanish one. Whatever happened, my eyes bugged out of my head when I heard it.

# posted by

Osprey : 23 July, 2008 07:54

D'oh! I see now. I'd never have got that! :-D

# posted by

Anonymous : 23 July, 2008 09:02

I, the worst of all, was watching this movie last night (because I saw it on your netflix list), and was nonplussed by that palindrome as well. I did not think of the fact that the time depicted in the movie predated Napoleon, but I thought, "Now, HOW can a this palindrome be the same in English as it is in Spanish?" MADAM, I'M ADAM!

# posted by

Ellen McCormick Martens : 24 July, 2008 08:07

I have listened to it several times now and it sounds to my ear like: "a ta bala sor rosa la bata" ... "from your bullet sister a pink dressing gown" *laughs till tears come to her eyes*

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Ellen McCormick Martens : 24 July, 2008 08:38

OR ... "a ta balas oros a la bata" ...from your golden bullets to the dressing gown .. hrm ...
OR ... from your bullet, pink sister, a dressing gown! OF COURSE! Pink Sister has made a dressing gown from bullets!

# posted by

Ellen McCormick Martens : 24 July, 2008 10:33

Something about beating gold to make bullets?

If a silver bullet kills a werewolf what manner of creature requires a golden bullet before it will die?

A Republican v.p.?

# posted by

Osprey : 24 July, 2008 11:26

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