You know when Andrew does the thing where he has someone pick a number, and then he lets the other team score that many times, then shuts them out? I imagine him just standing there in the middle of the goal, leaning on his racquet, motionless, then, after the team shoots around him and scores the number, he stands up straight, gives his racquet a little twirl, and takes a defensive position. It’s at this moment that the other team knows they’re losing.
“Lolita isn’t a perverse young girl. She’s a poor child who has been debauched and whose senses never stir under the caresses of the foul Humbert Humbert, whom she asks once, ‘how long did [he] think we were going to live in stuffy cabins, doing filthy things together…?’ But to reply to your question: no, its success doesn’t annoy me, I am not like Conan Doyle, who out of snobbery or simple stupidity preferred to be known as the author of “The Great Boer War,” which he thought superior to his Sherlock Holmes. It is equally interesting to dwell, as journalists say, on the problem of the inept degradation that the character of the nymphet Lolita, whom I invented in 1955, has undergone in the mind of the broad public. Not only has the perversity of this poor child been grotesquely exaggerated, but her physical appearance, her age, everything has been transformed by the illustrations in foreign publications. Girls of eighteen or more, sidewalk kittens, cheap models, or simple long-legged criminals, are baptized “nymphets” or “Lolitas” in news stories in magazines in Italy, France, Germany, etc; and the covers of translations, Turkish or Arab, reach the height of ineptitude when they feature a young woman with opulent contours and a blonde mane imagined by boobies who have never read my book. In reality Lolita is a little girl of twelve, whereas Humbert Humbert is a mature man, and it’s the abyss between his age and that of the little girl that produces the vacuum, the vertigo, the seduction of mortal danger. Secondly, it’s the imagination of the sad satyr that makes a magic creature of this little American schoolgirl, as banal and normal in her way as the poet manqué Humbert is in his. Outside the maniacal gaze of Humbert there is no nymphet. Lolita the nymphet exists only through the obsession that destroys Humbert. Herein an essential aspect of a unique book that has been betrayed by a factitious popularity.”
— Vladimir Nabokov (tr. Brian Boyd), Apostrophes (1975)
Véra Nabokov, Vladimir Nabokov’s editor and wife (among so many other things), mentioned in interviews with her biographer that he threw the Lolita manuscript into a fire several times (she pulled it out). Vladimir Nabokov spoke openly about his fear that the industry and an idiot public would pervert his book into a saucy sex fantasy instead of a study on predatory patriarchal horror. I hate how right he was.
you can be peeling a boiled egg and think to yourself wow. that was so simple. and then you peel another one and it’s like being in the throes of war. shell everywhere. egg mangled. tears in your eyes. that’s how god keeps you humble
the scene where Neil throws the glass at Aaron (it’s not glass glass, it’s that softish, breakable material used in filmmaking that looks like glass) and Aaron’s actor ducks too late so it hits him straight in the face. nobody moves for a second (they’re still rolling) until Neil’s actor moves toward him going “oh my god I’m so sorry” and everyone starts laughing and Aaron’s actor is like I’m fine dw
Allison’s actress tripping in her heels during what’s supposed to be a badass entrance and she drags herself out to redo the take, cursing the shoes
so many bits of the cast just pretending to club each other over the head with their racquets
Coach’s actor accidentally switches up a whole bunch of words while shooting one of his inspirational speeches. but he just keeps talking as though he didn’t just passionately tell the kids to “get out on that floor and- court- show them how real a Fox floors- plays…after tonight they will- they will not ever discriminate- underestimate you again” and you can hear the Foxes’ actors quietly break character one by one in the background
Andrew’s actor pulling out a knife to threaten someone but then dropping it and jumping back from it
just. the monsters all piled in the car for a scene and they’re all in the zone, waiting for “Action” to be called when something happens and they all crack up in sync
Andrew and Neil’s actors on an actual roof, trying to shoot an Andreil Moment but an airplane flies over and they have to wait for it to pass because audio. so in the blooper these two guys are just standing very close to each other, Andrew’s hand fisted in Neil’s hoodie, staring up at the airplane urging it to get out of the way
in one scene Dan’s actress kisses Matt on the cheek as a goodbye before she leaves the room, and right after she does Neil’s actor jumps up to kiss his cheek too
they’re shooting a night practice scene and Kevin’s actor keeps missing the mark and it’s just a bunch of two second clips of him on set of the court, groaning and swearing and oof-ing. after he misses the action for like the tenth time he just turns to make direct eye contact with the camera, his face comically blank
(in the background you can hear Neil’s actor go “thank goodness for editing and all that magic, eh?”)
Andrew’s actor forgets his line during the scene where the Foxes meet the Ravens at the banquet. he gets to the “Jean. Jean Valjean” line and then completely blanks, going “Jean Valjean. hello Jean Valjean. I’m supposed to say something to you now Jean Valjean. i do not remember what”
the actors for Aaron, Kevin, Andrew and Nicky all being crammed onto that couch in the lounge the way the monsters actually do and falling asleep on each other in between takes
Neil’s actor is British who speaks in an American accent but one time accidentally lets the accent slip during a scene where he uses the phrase “strongest goalkeeper”. he cuts himself off and it’s silent for a beat and then he softly repeats “goalkeeper” to himself in an exaggeratedly British accent and cracks everyone up. Kevin’s actor, who himself naturally has an Irish accent, goes “this is South Carolina, love”
it’s a night shoot and it’s cold and Aaron’s actor steals Andrew’s actor’s (his brother) scarf going “how come you get a scarf and i don’t. Aaron is getting the scarf for this scene”
Kevin and Neil’s actors doing a scene where they get all up in each other’s faces. and then start leaning in too much and make as though they’re going to start kissing
just a solid two minutes of Neil and Andrew’s actors fighting bugs away from their faces throughout various rooftop scenes
Nicky’s actor being the mf king of improvised one-liners (in true Nicky fashion) and just constantly causing EVERYONE to break cause his quips are so random
not really a blooper but they’re behind the camera, waiting for something to be set up, and Renee’s actress has an acoustic guitar and she and some of the others make up really bad jingles for all the characters
Dan’s actress is most likely to fumble her lines or trip over her tongue and she always does like a weird dance to shake herself out
Aaron’s actor looking straight into the camera with a shiner blooming over half his face due to a badly executed “fight” scene: let it be known. here on the set of All for the Game, i do my own stunts
(his brother in the background: you DORK. Aaron’s actor: shut up or I’m telling Mom you punched me in the face)
Kevin’s actor doing a scene (perhaps that one on the bus in tfc) where he’s downing alcohol and he’s expecting the director to call cut at a certain point or tell him when he can stop drinking but that doesn’t happen so he just kind of confusedly chugs the whole bottle and then the director goes “you didn’t need to do all that but we got it thanks” and Kevin’s like ?? but Neil’s actor, who’s in the scene, is stood there with his eyebrows raised, very impressed, going “oh my god that was amazing”
Dan’s actress slipping on a line and then banging her head against the chest of Matt’s actor in frustration and he just rubs her back, grinning
not a blooper but Neil’s actor recites the Riko roast flawlessly and as soon as they call “Cut” on it he gets a little sitting ovation from everyone. even Riko’s actor is like yeah okay shutting the fuck up and leaving you alone now
Neil’s actor actually struggling to get the seal off the ice cream container in that one scene. he fake-struggles with it for a few moments and then starts actually struggling and looks over to the production people and goes “the bloody thing is actually not coming off”
so many bloopers of various cast members having too much fun hitting others upside the head like they do in the books
Andrew’s actor accidentally spilling the tray of drinks at Eden’s
Allison’s actress being the one who can make others break character without getting caught herself
Matt’s actor being the one who makes everyone, including himself, break character but doesn’t get in trouble because literally everyone is cracking up
however. when they get into Moods, especially during night shoots, and they have scenes together, Matt and Neil’s actors are IMPOSSIBLE. to work together. they just cannot control themselves. everyone hates them
see also: Kevin and Matt’s actors. Nicky and Allison’s. terrible pairings for long days.
there’s a scene with coach and the monsters and after like the fifth time they restart coach turns to look at the camera and pours himself a drink using the prop alcohol while going “parenting….is tough”
