Comments on: the orphanage http://www.caseymorgan.org/2010/01/the-orphanage/ whacking, bereavement, God, etc. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:14:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cdm http://www.caseymorgan.org/2010/01/the-orphanage/comment-page-1/#comment-900 cdm Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:53:45 +0000 http://www.caseymorgan.org/?p=1561#comment-900 I sometimes wonder if "brave in the face of unfair punishments" is a feature of childhood generally. At least for me, it doesn't have the same appeal now that it did then. As for the prison in the cave -- !!-- we will await the blog post. ;-) I sometimes wonder if “brave in the face of unfair punishments” is a feature of childhood generally. At least for me, it doesn’t have the same appeal now that it did then.

As for the prison in the cave — !!– we will await the blog post. ;-)

]]> By: cdm http://www.caseymorgan.org/2010/01/the-orphanage/comment-page-1/#comment-899 cdm Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:52:05 +0000 http://www.caseymorgan.org/?p=1561#comment-899 You are so right about Miss Hannigan's missed opportunities! And I'm entirely with you on "strict, straight as a line." Yes, please. You are so right about Miss Hannigan’s missed opportunities! And I’m entirely with you on “strict, straight as a line.” Yes, please.

]]> By: Graham http://www.caseymorgan.org/2010/01/the-orphanage/comment-page-1/#comment-888 Graham Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:37:28 +0000 http://www.caseymorgan.org/?p=1561#comment-888 I remember reading "Mandy" as a child and being disappointed that the orphanage wasn't crueler. I mean, one has a certain expectation when one selects a book with orphanages... Another lovely and resonant post. Long live the orphans! I remember reading “Mandy” as a child and being disappointed that the orphanage wasn’t crueler. I mean, one has a certain expectation when one selects a book with orphanages…

Another lovely and resonant post. Long live the orphans!

]]> By: carolinegrey http://www.caseymorgan.org/2010/01/the-orphanage/comment-page-1/#comment-887 carolinegrey Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:29:39 +0000 http://www.caseymorgan.org/?p=1561#comment-887 I love this post so much! "There, punishment was a badge of nobility. The heroine always suffered punishment, and yet she was always good. Win, win and win!" Yes yes and yes!!! I love this post so much!

“There, punishment was a badge of nobility. The heroine always suffered punishment, and yet she was always good. Win, win and win!”

Yes yes and yes!!!

]]> By: Natty http://www.caseymorgan.org/2010/01/the-orphanage/comment-page-1/#comment-885 Natty Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:17:49 +0000 http://www.caseymorgan.org/?p=1561#comment-885 Every time I watch _Annie_ (not that I've seen it so much I can quote it from memory from the very moment she opens her mouth to sing "Maybe" my very favorite song...or anything like that...) I always wondered why Miss Hannigan never took her orphans on tour. I mean, they were so damned talented! And she clearly exploited them in every other way. Though being a such boozer probably got in the way... Maybe it's because I grew up w/o much of a childhood, but I always focused on the being adopted part. I think that's why I liked "Maybe" so much. I was always dreaming about what my real parents would be like, with "strict, straight as a line" being at the top of the list. ;-) Thanks for yet another lovely post. Every time I watch _Annie_ (not that I’ve seen it so much I can quote it from memory from the very moment she opens her mouth to sing “Maybe” my very favorite song…or anything like that…) I always wondered why Miss Hannigan never took her orphans on tour. I mean, they were so damned talented! And she clearly exploited them in every other way. Though being a such boozer probably got in the way…

Maybe it’s because I grew up w/o much of a childhood, but I always focused on the being adopted part. I think that’s why I liked “Maybe” so much. I was always dreaming about what my real parents would be like, with “strict, straight as a line” being at the top of the list. ;-)

Thanks for yet another lovely post.

]]> By: Indy http://www.caseymorgan.org/2010/01/the-orphanage/comment-page-1/#comment-884 Indy Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:41:17 +0000 http://www.caseymorgan.org/?p=1561#comment-884 I particularly enjoyed this post, Casey. For me, it was boarding schools (as I imagined them, anyway, having no idea what one was really like) and being sent to live with relatives-- sometimes sympathetic ones and sometimes characters not-so-loosely modeled after some of my real small-town Southern ones. With those, I was destined to clash, allowing me to be brave in the face of unfair punishments. Then there was the prison in the cave, but I don't think I'd better go into that here! I particularly enjoyed this post, Casey. For me, it was boarding schools (as I imagined them, anyway, having no idea what one was really like) and being sent to live with relatives– sometimes sympathetic ones and sometimes characters not-so-loosely modeled after some of my real small-town Southern ones. With those, I was destined to clash, allowing me to be brave in the face of unfair punishments. Then there was the prison in the cave, but I don’t think I’d better go into that here!

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