Love & Romance, Hollywood Style [Period 4, Class 1]
Drake walked into class with his own personal soundtrack, bopping his head to the music. "What is love?" he said, addressing the class when the music ended. "That's a good question. Love is a many splendored thing1. Love bites, love bleeds, it's bringin' me to my knees2. Love stinks3. In the dead of night, love bites4. Love is like oxygen: you get too much, you get too high, not enough and you're gonna die5. Love is friendship set on fire6. Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness7. Love is hard to get, impossible to hold, straight and narrow, like a burning fuse8. Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and mars any heart9. Love is like war: easy to begin but hard to end6. Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away10. Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired11. Love is a state of grace, transcending time and space12. Love doesn't make the world go 'round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile13. Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear14. Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend15. Love is a condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own16. Light of the world, shine on me, love is the answer17. Love is like a snowmobile flying over the frozen tundra that suddenly flips, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come18."
Drake settled on the edge of his desk. "Love comes in all shapes and sizes, and in this class, we're going to look at some types of love that Hollywood is awfully fond of. There's obsessive love, tragic love, vengeful love, unrequited love, courtly love, destructive love, tough love, the love that dare not speak its name, and happily ever after love, just for example."
He looked around the class. "Some of you I recognize, but for those of you who are new, I'm Drake Dèmon, Fandom High's Demon-in-Residence. You can call me Drake, or Oh Captain My Captain, or even Hey You. Now tell me your names, class, and reason you're taking this class. And whether you are in love or have been in love. And, since I'm still working on the syllabus, let me know if there's a particular flavor of love you want to see covered."
1 Frank Sinatra. 2 Def Leppard. 3 J. Geils Band. 4 Judas Priest. 5 Sweet. 6 Anonymous. 7 Oliver Wendell Holmes. 8 Alannah Myles. 9 Nazareth. 10 Dorothy Parker. 11 Mark Twain. 12 Britney Spears (shut up). 13 Franklin P. Jones. 14 John Lennon. 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. 16 Robert Heinlein. 17 England Dan and John Ford Coley. 18 Matt Groening
Drake settled on the edge of his desk. "Love comes in all shapes and sizes, and in this class, we're going to look at some types of love that Hollywood is awfully fond of. There's obsessive love, tragic love, vengeful love, unrequited love, courtly love, destructive love, tough love, the love that dare not speak its name, and happily ever after love, just for example."
He looked around the class. "Some of you I recognize, but for those of you who are new, I'm Drake Dèmon, Fandom High's Demon-in-Residence. You can call me Drake, or Oh Captain My Captain, or even Hey You. Now tell me your names, class, and reason you're taking this class. And whether you are in love or have been in love. And, since I'm still working on the syllabus, let me know if there's a particular flavor of love you want to see covered."
1 Frank Sinatra. 2 Def Leppard. 3 J. Geils Band. 4 Judas Priest. 5 Sweet. 6 Anonymous. 7 Oliver Wendell Holmes. 8 Alannah Myles. 9 Nazareth. 10 Dorothy Parker. 11 Mark Twain. 12 Britney Spears (shut up). 13 Franklin P. Jones. 14 John Lennon. 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. 16 Robert Heinlein. 17 England Dan and John Ford Coley. 18 Matt Groening