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Mark Gatiss- the uncanny
Mark was on BBC Radio 4 today in a programme about 'The Uncanny'. His contribution to this exploration of the uncanny and in particular Sigmund Freud's exploration of it in 'Das Unheimliche' was his fondness for the story of The Sandman (Der Sandmann) by Hoffman. He read an excerpt from the story about the mother explaining that the Sandman is nothing to be afraid of but merely a phrase used to mean that it is time for children to go to bed.
I will try to catch the whole programme on iplayer if I can and post any other contribution he made.
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Oh this is a find! Mark just tweeted this:
Mark Gatiss@Markgatiss
Missed this? It's fascinating. The notion of the Uncanny. I'm in it a bit. Which is canny.
So I checked it out & I can listen to this!
link is on that page but here it is here:
Thanks Davi !
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Mycroft’s popularity doesn’t surprise me at all. He is, after all, incredibly beautiful, clever and well-dressed. And beautiful. Did I mention that?
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He's such a clever man. Very canny!
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Re: Mark Gatiss- the uncanny
That saying keeps reminding me of a saying we have here : "tinny" which isn't quite the same, lol.
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Sherlock Holmes 28 March 13:08
Mycroft’s popularity doesn’t surprise me at all. He is, after all, incredibly beautiful, clever and well-dressed. And beautiful. Did I mention that?
--Mark Gatiss
"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
Robert McCloskey
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Re: Mark Gatiss- the uncanny
Not quite! Lol
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Yup that's why be aware of him lolz
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Wow - that was a great little documentary. I was glued to it. As I listened it felt like so many hints being dropped about "The Empty House". I mean it was all about the cozy home no longer familiar - a dwelling place now alien and off kilter with the feeling of a ghostly hidden presence there, disassociation, strangeness. In other words, the un-homely house. Hmmmm.....now there's a pun.
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Re: Mark Gatiss- the uncanny
Definitely unheimlich!
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