Whadda boss.
Quintessential chick flick You’ve Got Mail is an updated version of the 1940 romantic comedy The Shop Around The Corner, repackaged for Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, and co-starring AOL instead of the US Postal Service.
The earlier film was adapted from an obscure Hungarian play called “Parfumerie” — it is so obscure that it was never even translated into English, let alone performed for English speaking audiences. Many of the plot tropes have become standard issue for rom-coms, so the next time you’re watching one, and find yourself wondering why in the heck all of these movies have virtually the same plot, you can thank Hungarian playwright Miklós László.
Weather God with Helmet Standing on Mountains, Brandishing Mace and Holding Snake, Lotus Blossom, and Rein of Kneeling Bull Surmounted by Nude Goddess Opening Veil, Suppliant Goddess Behind
Cylinder seal and impression
Syria
(ca. 1720–1650 B.C.)The Morgan Library
The Antenna Dagger from Siedelberg-Pfaffstätt, of the Hallstatt culture, (~800-450 BC) early Iron Age, central Europe.
Courtesy & currently located at the Castle museums in Linz, Austria. Photo taken by Wolfgang Sauber
Kafka, acrylic and paper on wood. 2013. By DAAS. DAAS is a Japan based American contemporary visual artist.
Reading Chaucer, bronze sculpture by Philip Jackson.
