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May 15

possible factual error(s)

I don't understand your procedures or how this works. All I know is what I personally remember.

I am referring to the article about the HBO movie film "Strip Search". I think it contains two factual errors.

First, the article alleges that the movie played on a certain date at a specific "prime" time. My best recollection is that a TV Guide listing caused me to view HBO 1 at the publicized premier date and time, but that HBO cancelled that premier airing and that the film never premiered that evening when it was first scheduled to appear. Days later, after repeated HBO searches, I got to see a shortened version of the film on HBO (and record it on tape) three times around midnight. But to my knowledge, the original movie never played on HBO 1 at its publicized premier date/time.

The second factual error regards the film's running time. While it is possible that some various original versions may in fact exist with several more story lines, the three HBO airings which I saw and recorded in the middle of the night only ran about 56 minutes, and only contained the two parallel story lines and truncated casts mentioned.

Finally, the article makes no mention of the HBO editing/airing controversy.

I think the article's author needs to justify the assertions that any 120 minute "Strip Search" film ever played on the premier date/time mentioned. I didn't see it, and I was looking for it, recorder running.

I am clicking on the SAVE PAGE button below, whatever that means.

thanks

George Wruck Jr in Dallas —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.181.209.133 (talk) 06:48, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

These comments belong on the talk page for that article, here: Talk:Strip_Search_(film). I will copy it there for you. StuRat (talk) 06:57, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

OK, I copied your question there. Incidentally, around 40 people edited that article so far, so there's no single author. StuRat (talk) 07:14, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

(ec) Hi, George. One way of getting familiar with the rules around here is, well, to read the rules. The rules for this very page, up the top, ask editors NOT to provide their emails or other contact information, because it's the best way of attracting spam mail to your inbox, and I'm sure you don't want that. I've removed your email address.

On to your question: You're best advised to raise these issues at Talk:Strip Search (film), which is the Discussion page for Strip Search (film).

"Save" means that whatever you type into a page remains part of that page. Not necessarily permanently, but certainly for now. This is how a wiki works - anyone can edit it, and anyone else can re-edit it, including changing some or all of what you've just done. And so on. Cheers. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 07:03, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Pirates of the Caribbean

In Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow shoots Barbosa and only then does Turner drop the bloody coin into the chest -- I would understand being run through with a sword and it having a tremendous effect should the curse of immortality end while Barbosa would still be skewered on the sword, but a bullet leading to his death when he was shot prior to losing the curse? Perhaps this is a well-debated issue, but I've just been wondering if it's mere poetic license or it was actually meant to make sense -- because they could have had Turner drop the coin and then have Sparrow shoot Barbosa. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 15:07, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

The bullet lodged in his body. When he became mortal again the location of the bullet caused a mortal wound, probably to the heart or a major artery. Exxolon (talk) 18:20, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Or the writers intended the viewer to understand that the curse ended when Will's blood had been shed over the coins. But yeah, poetic license, dramatic tension...24.91.31.112 (talk) 22:56, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Competitive singing

is there a word for such "competitive singing" songs as the one from Les Miserables (musical)'s Confrontation (FF till about 0:50)Lihaas (talk) 21:39, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

I don't know, but the idea was glorified in Irving Berlin's song "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better". -- Jack of Oz [your turn]

Less famously, there's also "The Blame" (a three-hander) from Titanic (musical). AndrewWTaylor (talk)

More examples: "America" from West Side Story and "Take Me or Leave Me" from Rent (musical). I think "confrontation song" is as good a name as any. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 11:26, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

I suppose that Battle of the Bands can be extended to singers. StuRat (talk) 04:42, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

I think it's just a particularly adversarial duet. HominidMachinae (talk) 07:42, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Not sure if "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" qualifies as the same competitive natureb/c its not at the same time as the original example, although tahnks for the other answeres and possible quries ;)Lihaas (talk) 21:39, 17 May 2011 (UTC)