The New York Times, Sunday, March 26, 2006; by Joyce Millman
"House" might have been conceived as a medical show, but it quickly evolved into a delicious gothic romance, topped by a swirl of chick-lit froth. The acerbic, quirkily handsome doc (Hugh Laurie) with a bad leg is the sort of haunted Byronic figure who stirs in women the urge to nurture and redeem. To quote doctor house, in an example of the show's self-referential sarcasm: "I'm not sad, I'm complicated. Chicks dig that."
It is Dr. Allison Cameron's painful, yet kind of pleasurable, duty to play Jane Eyre to House's Edward Rochester. The only woman on house's staff, Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) is 20-something, brilliant and lovely in a shy-mouse way. While in college, Cameron married a man dying of cancer; she is still atoning for her failure to save him. She wears man-tailored vests over girlish puff-sleeved blouses, like body armor over fragile feelings.
Unlike the misanthropic house, Camerone believes in the goodness of humanity. She is empathetic to a fault, the campion of the weak and helpless. She can be humorless and judgmental. SHe's a bit of a drip. But even if she's hardly a strong female role model, Cameron is appealingly flawed and awkward. She's Bridget Jones with a brain. She tries hard, yet falls short.
In an episode last season, Cameron haltingly told house: "People dismiss me, because I'm a woman, because I'm pretty, because I'm not aggressive. My opinions shouldn't be rejected just because people don't like me." It was a disarming moment. And House fell for it, clumsily reassuring her that "people" do like her. Camerone pounced. "Do you? I have to know," she asked. Cameron was in love with her boss! Why didn't you see it coming? In the pause that followed, House, the authority figure, leaned on his cane, blue eyes blazing. Cameron faced him with bright hopefulness. The sexual tension was exquisite. "No," he finally replied."
Cameron pursued House anyway, with a tenacity that veered close to sexual harassment. Near the end of last season, she quit her job because he wouldn't admit that he loved her, then agreed to return if he'd go on a date with her. On their date (the pivotal episode "Love Hurts"), Cameron wore her heart on her sleeve, confident that emotional honesty could penetrate House's defenses. She prodded him to express his feelings about her. Bad idea.
House: "You live under the delusion that you can fix everything that isn't perfect. That's why you married a man who was dying of cancer. You don't love, you need. And now that your husband is dead, you're looking for another charity case."
"I'm twice your age," he continued. "I'm not great looking. I'm not charming. I'm not even nice. "What I am is what you need. I'm damaged."
House's words cut to the core of Cameron's motivation and personality. They also acknowledge the hold his walking-wounded allure has over the show's female fans. It still isn't clear whether House is really uninterested in Cameron, or if he rejected her to protect her from his cynicism. But the ambiguity only enhances his mystique.
This season, Cameron has pulled back from House. Trying to shed her goody-goody image, she took crystal meth, became a wild-haired minx, and had a one-night stand with a fellow resident, Robert Chase. As any reader of chick-lit (or Gothic romances) can see, Cameron is now at the point of the story where the heroine is determined to get over the unattainable object of her longing. And just as she does...
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"House" might have been conceived as a medical show, but it quickly evolved into a delicious gothic romance, topped by a swirl of chick-lit froth. The acerbic, quirkily handsome doc (Hugh Laurie) with a bad leg is the sort of haunted Byronic figure who stirs in women the urge to nurture and redeem. To quote doctor house, in an example of the show's self-referential sarcasm: "I'm not sad, I'm complicated. Chicks dig that."
It is Dr. Allison Cameron's painful, yet kind of pleasurable, duty to play Jane Eyre to House's Edward Rochester. The only woman on house's staff, Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) is 20-something, brilliant and lovely in a shy-mouse way. While in college, Cameron married a man dying of cancer; she is still atoning for her failure to save him. She wears man-tailored vests over girlish puff-sleeved blouses, like body armor over fragile feelings.
Unlike the misanthropic house, Camerone believes in the goodness of humanity. She is empathetic to a fault, the campion of the weak and helpless. She can be humorless and judgmental. SHe's a bit of a drip. But even if she's hardly a strong female role model, Cameron is appealingly flawed and awkward. She's Bridget Jones with a brain. She tries hard, yet falls short.
In an episode last season, Cameron haltingly told house: "People dismiss me, because I'm a woman, because I'm pretty, because I'm not aggressive. My opinions shouldn't be rejected just because people don't like me." It was a disarming moment. And House fell for it, clumsily reassuring her that "people" do like her. Camerone pounced. "Do you? I have to know," she asked. Cameron was in love with her boss! Why didn't you see it coming? In the pause that followed, House, the authority figure, leaned on his cane, blue eyes blazing. Cameron faced him with bright hopefulness. The sexual tension was exquisite. "No," he finally replied."
Cameron pursued House anyway, with a tenacity that veered close to sexual harassment. Near the end of last season, she quit her job because he wouldn't admit that he loved her, then agreed to return if he'd go on a date with her. On their date (the pivotal episode "Love Hurts"), Cameron wore her heart on her sleeve, confident that emotional honesty could penetrate House's defenses. She prodded him to express his feelings about her. Bad idea.
House: "You live under the delusion that you can fix everything that isn't perfect. That's why you married a man who was dying of cancer. You don't love, you need. And now that your husband is dead, you're looking for another charity case."
"I'm twice your age," he continued. "I'm not great looking. I'm not charming. I'm not even nice. "What I am is what you need. I'm damaged."
House's words cut to the core of Cameron's motivation and personality. They also acknowledge the hold his walking-wounded allure has over the show's female fans. It still isn't clear whether House is really uninterested in Cameron, or if he rejected her to protect her from his cynicism. But the ambiguity only enhances his mystique.
This season, Cameron has pulled back from House. Trying to shed her goody-goody image, she took crystal meth, became a wild-haired minx, and had a one-night stand with a fellow resident, Robert Chase. As any reader of chick-lit (or Gothic romances) can see, Cameron is now at the point of the story where the heroine is determined to get over the unattainable object of her longing. And just as she does...
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Quanto vorrei ricordare quello che mamma mi dice su di te, quando mi prendevi in braccio e mi facevi ridere, quando mi baciavi il nasino prima di andare a casa, quando mi hai costruito la casa con le tapparelle nella villa in montagna con la scritta 'Per la mia bambolina'.
E la bambolina, a ventitree anni adesso, sente ancora la mancanza del nonno, aggravata da quando la tua adoratissima consorte, la mia splendida nonna Vittoria, ti ha raggiunto... e poco dopo è arrivato anche un pezzo della mia anima, il mio Tequila.
Nonno, tu che sei sempre stato il capofamiglia... prenditi cura di nonna, dei miei due piccoli che non ce l'hanno fatta -altra straziata all'animo ferito- e al mio bambolotto a quattro zampe.
Ti voglio bene... ma quanto avrei preferito che Dio non ti avesse preso come Angelo così presto!
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Kagayaita no wa kagami demo taiyou demo nakute kimi dato kizuita toki kara
ano namidagumu kumo no zutto ue ni wa hohoemu tsuki Love Story mata hitotsu
kizutsuita yume wa kinou no kanata he
sora ni hibike ai no uta
omoide zutto zutto wasurenai sora futari ga hanarete ittemo
konna suki na hito ni deau kisetsu nido to nai
hikatte motto saikou no Lady kitto sotto omoi todoku
shinjiru koto ga subete Love so sweet
soko kara itsumo mieru youni kono te wo sora ni muke hirogaru kimi to no omoide
ano katakuna de ijipari na boku wo kaeta kimi no te Love Story aruki dasu
magari kunetteta futatsu no tabiji wa
koko de hitotsu niji ni nare
omoide zutto zutto oikaketa yume futari ga tooku he ittemo
donna tsurai yoru mo kujike souna chikai demo
waratte motto saigo no Lady kitto sotto negai todoku
akenai yoru wa nai yo Love so sweet
tsutae kirenu itoshisa wa
hana ni natte machi ni futte
doko ni itemo kimi wo "koko" ni kanjiteru
omoide zutto zutto wasurenai sora futari ga hanarete ittemo
konna suki na hito ni deau kisetsu nido to nai
hikatte motto saikou no Lady kitto sotto omoi todoku
shinjiru koto ga subete
akenai yoru wa nai yo
shinjiru koto ga subete Love so sweet
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