My Yuletide nominations

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Okay, since we were allowed to nominate six fandoms, I had a lot of fun. My six ended up being:

Baccano (anime)
A Chorus Line (musical)
Jane Yolen - The Young Heroes series
Jonathan Coulton - The Princess Who Saved Herself (song)
Laurence Yep - Chinatown Mysteries series
Nurse Jackie (tv)

I was going to nominate Some Like It Hot and then realized someone else definitely would. :)

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...Meanwhile I have never seen "Monte Carlo" or "The Love Parade" so I must find those IMMEDIATELY. I keep eyeing these boxsets on Amazon that are Pre-Code Hollywood collections and making wistful noises.

Because "Trouble in Paradise" is amazing! Gaston and Lily are crazy in love with each other and equally impressed by each other's mad con artist skills-- there's a point where Gaston holds her in his arms and murmurs endearments like, "My sweet little pickpocket." And the woman they are conning is equally badass and confident with her sexuality. It's amazing.

[liviapenn]

Yeah, I'm lucky, my library apparently acquired the ENTIRE Criterion Collection, so that's how I've seen those two. I wish I owned them! They're both hilarious, although "Love Parade" is one of those movies where basically, the entire problem is that the woman out-ranks the man (she is a queen and once they get married, he's only her prince consort) and obviously any relationship with a power differential in favor of the woman is DOOOOOOMED. :O

*makes plans to rent Trouble in Paradise*