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  1. JackViolet
    Who's labelling anything as gay? It's a story that, among other things, involves a relationship between two boys. That's not the only thing in there. Are we supposed to ignore it because as soon as we say that there's a gay relationship in a part of a song, that has to make the song "about" gayness? --Jack
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    Because you've got two boys here. The Toy Boy of the title (the singer compares himself to a toy, not his beloved), and the boy that the Toy Boy singer loves. Also: "I'm a boy just like you,"--the two lovers in the first part are both male, so, that's your gay thing. --Jack
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    Awwww yay, that's my friend in the black to the left there! Beautiful pics, LA fashionista. And I do love the shoes. --Jack
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    I love you. --Jack
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    Hahah. A gold heart by itself, especially in the form of a picture, has nothing to do with prostitutes. But "a hooker with a heart of gold" is an established saying: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooker_with_a_heart_of_gold If the end of the song is "Had a boy once who loved me, now he's so afraid of me" as opposed to "How’d a boy who’d so loved you now be so afraid of you?" that makes more sense, ok. And I agree with Oakie that yes, the song is about being in love with someone whose mother disapproved and chased him off... but that whole hag/man she loved/had enough thing keeps puzzling me. Because yeah, if the hag's the mother, then... bizarre. Even aside from the general twisted factor of taking your son's boyfriend (!) why would Mika's character go along with that and allow the woman who broke his relationship apart use him as a sex toy? --Jack
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    Btw, yes, I DO "left me in Georgia" exactly the way you're imagining. This song has a LOT of prostitution imagery (see, maybe the stripper was quite in line with his new direction)! Ie, "heart of gold" is usually used for hookers. The idea of people who can be picked up, used as "playthings," and then put away definitely goes along with that too. And not to mention the "rental" line... "rent boys" anybody? Plus you know, toy boy/ boy toy, etc etc. --Jack
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    The FIRST part of the song makes perfect sense. He (Mika/the narrator/whoever) is basically complaining about being used as a plaything by the man he loved--ie, not being treated as a serious relationship, but just a distraction to pass the time. He wants to be more than that, a boyfriend, but the guy's mother doesn't approve, and so eventually the guy ditches him. And then it gets weird, because if the mother is the hag, why would she dress him up "as the man she loved" or put him away "when she had enough"? Unless this is REALLY twisted and the mom used him as her sex-plaything of her own, that can't be it. So instead then let's take "you left me in Georgia" as meaning his boyfriend left him... ahem, well, let's have Georgia be a woman's name, and that lyric becomes the kind of initially-innocent-seeming but actually-dirty pun he likes so much. Then "How could I be for rental?" makes more sense too, ie, the guy basically pimped him out, or shuffled him onto some chick to get rid of him. (The only other meaning of that line I can figure is that he's complaining about being used as a "rental" by the guy--to play with and then return--but the question format of it doesn't quite jibe with that.) Then, ok, Georgia used and abused him in her own turn, making him into what she wanted a lover to be instead of letting him be what he was. Still not sure why he's afraid of the guy at the end though (as opposed to being, say, angry at him). --Jack
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    Ooooooh, I love Good Gone Girl. Great job on the Toy Boy lyrics, lovemepls! However, I gotta say... the only way the story of that song makes sense to me if "Georgia" is a woman and not a state. --Jack
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    Geez, are we really that prudish on the MFC? Burlesque dancers are awesome. And so what if she was nearly naked? Why can't kids see a naked body, exactly? I'm pretty sure kids are aware that people are naked under their clothes. They might find a naked lady embarrassing, but not traumatizing. I mean, sure, it may not be the best choice of entertainment for kids, but I also agree with Kelzy that Mika has no responsibility to be a toddler-friendly act. But again, what's the big deal with a little harmless nudity anyway? We haven't yet stopped taking kids to museums to look at nude statues, it should be pretty simple to explain the concept of nudity in art and performance. I'm pretty surprised so many people above 12 here seemed unable to handle the sight. That said, I'm pretty sure it was an LA-only thing, so the rest of us are unlikely to get a burlesque revue as an opening act. Sadly. Good burlesque can be hard to see live unless you are in LA! --Jack
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    Awwww yay for Nono! Mika was so sweet to everyone on twitter, too. --Jack
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    Burlesque artist, not stripper! Weirdest thing is, apparently the girl I know from LA who also does burlesque was there too? Not sure what her role in the show was. But my whole twitter feed was full of Mika today. --Jack
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    Hahah that song is AWFUL! :D

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    I like Sandman, quite. Also Neverwhere. So guess what I did today! That isn't photoshopped, btw. --Jack
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    She's a burlesque performer. :-) She does these really great funny performances, and puts in lots of work on her costumes: like she was one to Weezer's "The Sweater Song" where she knits herself out of a sweater, and a cute where she's a robot, and so on. But she lives in LA and so you can't see her perform unless you go there. --Jack
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    Oi! You shouldn't want to see the movie because of silly bloody Mika! You should want to see the movie because of Neil Gaiman and Henry Selick. Neil>>>>>Mika. :-P Even though Coraline is really not my favorite work of his... --Jack
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    Love this. I keep wanting to take burlesque classes... I've already posted photos of some of my friends' Vaudeville/carnival themed wedding before, so now I'll post photos of someone else I know instead: The lovely Dizzy Von Damn! --Jack
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    Miiiiissssss you.

  18. JackViolet
    I care to let everyone know I don't care, of course. --Jack
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    Well I certainly don't care at this point. --Jack
  20. JackViolet
    Hello apples! I am sorry to have been so gone. I've missed you all. Sadly, have not missed Mika so can't be bothered to really check in here much... But I'll try to do better? --Jack
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    I like Sophie Kinsella's books a lot but the movie looks absolutely horrible. I couldn't sit through the preview ads. I hate the changes they made (it made the whole thing feel so much more generic) and the heroine seems to be unspeakably obnoxious. I LIKE Becky Bloomwood in the books: I don't think I can stand watching ten minutes of the "Becky Bloomwood" on the movie. I'm really disappointed about this. It could have been an adorable little chickflick. --Jack
  22. JackViolet
    To give you a taste of what Lena's up against when posting here, let me re-translate this back to English. Babs, in Russian, it reads something like this: "Apparently he loves tea the gray color of an earl. Have you tried him, Lena? It must be inebriated without milk, or something in it. It has a slightly perfumed taste to me. [Except the word for "perfumed" reads like "literally doused with perfume."] I don' разум t оно, but prefer normal tea." --Jack
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    Why does SHE always look like the undead one? I also think their makeup artist could stand a little lesson in the difference between zombie and vampire. --Jack
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    Awww, I don't care about his hair, but I think he looks very smart. --Jack
  25. JackViolet

    Miss you. I don't see you around these days...

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