Manifestation |
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Written between 28 September 2004 and 5 September 2006 |
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My heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported this project |
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“…Ollie skipped town but forgot to take Stan.” Reference to bumbling comedy duo Laurel & Hardy |
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References to ‘Quid pro quo’ and ‘Clarice’ from The Silence of the Lambs (Orion Pictures Corporation, 1991) |
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Sangoma: “…a holy man or woman, a skilled diviner and
healer…” |
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“Food of the gods!” McVitie’s choccy biccies |
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‘Oxbridge’ General term for an
ancient, prestigious and privileged university (especially |
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The Mohican: |
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‘It was a Mustang Convertible in Screaming Yellow…’ |
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The Batusi: |
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Part 5: |
Swan Lake: ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
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‘Pod Xander’ Referral to Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
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Man U: |
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“‘To keep my dear Padawan occupied’,” Spike sneeringly read aloud. “‘With great affection, Obi-Doug.’” Referral to master/apprentice relationship of Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars II & III |
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Mr Macawber from Charles
Dickens’ David Copperfield. |
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“Thoughts of the Darling’s overprotective Nana in Peter Pan filled Xander’s thoughts…” Reference to Nana, the children’s dog/nurse (Walt Disney’s Peter Pan 1953) |
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‘When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.’ [Bible, I Corinthians (ch. XIII, v. 11)] |
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Shirley Temple: |
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Part 9: |
Lyrics from Creep by Thom Yorke, Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood |
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Part 10: |
Passion flower (Passiflora x alatocaerulea) |
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“…Spike’s cheerful rendition of ‘Deck the Halls with Bowels of Toby’…” More usually Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly |
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‘Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light.’ Theodore Roethke |
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Light sabre: Jedi weapon of choice, and excuse to include a photo of these two. (Star Wars) |
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Part 13: |
Lyrics from Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? by Carole King (Performed by Roberta Flack) |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
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“At the risk of ripping off Spielberg: phone home.” Reference to ET |
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Vulcan nerve pinch: (incredibly, I couldn't find a decent picture of Spock performing it) |
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Part 17: |
I Am What I Am from La Cage Aux Folles |
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Part 17: |
ER: Brilliant American hospital drama in which the worse that can possibly happen does. And then gets worse. |
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“Are we going to drag an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope into this?” Reference to Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition sketch |
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Part 22: |
“…I’m pretending you’re Johnny Depp.” |
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Part 23: |
Lyrics from Every Breath You Take by Sting |
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Part 23: |
Lyrics from Ghostbusters by Ray Parker jnr |
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Part 23: |
Lyrics from Ne Me Quitte Pas by Jacques Brel |
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Reference to: “Cavalry's here. Cavalry's a frightened guy
with a rock, but it's here. |
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Part 24: |
Lyrics from Because The Night by Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen (Performed by Patti Smith) |
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Part 25: |
Lyrics from Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane (Performed by Luther Vandross) |
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Part 26: |
Lyrics from Perfect Day by Lou Reed (Performed by Lou Reed) |
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Lyrics from Handle With Care by George Harrison (Performed by The Traveling Wilburys) |
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Part 30: |
Lyrics from Wicked Game by Chris Isaak |
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Part 31: |
Tyrone Power |
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Part 31: |
Love Shack by Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland [Performed by The B-52’s] |
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Part 31: |
Bohemian Like You by Courtney Taylor-Taylor [Performed by The Dandy Warhols] |
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I’ll Stand By You by Billy Steinberg, Chrissie Hynde and Tom Kelly [Performed by The Pretenders] |
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Part 32: |
The Impossible Dream by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion, from the musical Man of La Mancha. [Performed by Peter O'Toole] |
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A Wand’ring Minstrel I by W S Gilbert, from Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado |
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If You Go Away by Jacques Brel, English lyrics by Rod McKuen |
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‘Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology’ Quote from The Six Million Dollar Man |
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Part 34: |
Lyrics from The Impossible Dream by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion |
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Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow |
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Part 38: |
My Baby Just Cares For Me by Gus Kahn & Walter Donaldson [Performed by Nina Simone] |
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Part 38: |
“...skinned bollocks hanging from the rafters and they’re blaming the likes of me.” The
‘skinned bollocks’ contain Dracula's progeny. |
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