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Direct realist, individualist, libertarian, dove. Trying to overcome my biases.

Makes sense that it’s a loanword. English doesn’t have a lot of words ending in tl.

Axolotl in English.

Untamed (Jack Conway, 1929). This is Joan Crawford’s first talkie feature, and she actually sings a couple of songs. It may also be the most violent romantic drama I’ve ever watched. Surprisingly good!

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https://letterboxd.com/film/untamed-1929/

Alla Nazimova and Gloria Swanson, caricatured by Ralph Barton.

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I watched all of them. (I did skip over what I think were introductory remarks by John Schneider.) So I see there is a protocol (i.e., a set of habits) for handling firearms on set. At the very least, the armorer who handed the gun to the assistant director should have verified the gun was empty, and then the AD should also have done the same. Three of the videos made it sound as though the AD should have proved to Baldwin that the gun was empty, before handing it to him. The last video was ambiguous on that point. Either way, Baldwin is in trouble because he was a producer, and his set deviated from standard practices.

One thing that surprised me about the Rust shooting was the expectation that gun safety was one person’s job: the armorer. She was supposed to make the guns safe, so everyone else was free to handle guns carelessly. When a gun was passed to an actor, he had no obligation to see if it was loaded, no duty to point the gun in a safe direction and keep his finger off the trigger, etc. This norm goes against everything I was taught when I first encountered firearms.

Ah, here is the answer to my question.

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I admit I laughed.

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