What does the Magician mean in traditional tarot? Potential? Hell naw, you know that all of the tarot cards mean that they are going to come to life and kill you. Let’s go!
Pop Quiz Hot Shot!
1) Jacob Batalon is famous for the Spider-Man films. He has an upcoming film called The Wrecking Crew though which is about a murder conspiracy in Hawaii and stars what two wrestlers-turned-actors as half-brothers?
2) Hermits appear in what compilation by Giovanni Boccaccio? Specifically in one of the most famous stories, the tenth story of the third day, involving the seduction of a young girl by a hermit in the desert near Gafsa.
3) The hanged man plays a role in the movie. Famously the last public guillotining took place in Paris on June 17, 1939. It lead to an outcry by those who witnessed it. That includes what famous English actor known for portraying Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films?
4) What Shakespeare play involves a character of the Fool who accompanies the titular character as he seemingly goes insane roaming the countryside?
5) The film is directed by Spenser Cohen who wrote what 2022 science fiction film directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson?
Bonus NYTimes Listing Question: Obviously Tarot couldn’t be on in the 90s, but the other huge boardgame horror film, Jumanji, was. On February 1, 1997 it premiered on Showtime prime time up against:
What is this film?
Answers
1) Did you think Hawaii + Wrestler = The Rock. WRONG. But then if you didn’t you probably got it right, because the answer is the other two wrestlers-turned-actors Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa. Imagine if it was Hornswoggle though?
2) The hint here is “third day” which maybe suggests the compilation could involve ten days and thus be the Decameron. It is 100 tales told over ten days as a group of people shelter in the countryside from the Black Death.
3) You could get it from the last bit. That is notably Christopher Lee. But yes, Christopher Lee was there, and there is actually footage from the execution that was restored which shows him there. He was seventeen at the time.
4) That would be King Lear. Yeah, the play is fun in that The Fool often speaks truth to power under the guise of foolishness, and in Lear’s madness on the heath he also acts as one of the only friends left to the old king.
5) That’s motherflipping Moooooooonfall. That moon be falling, you better punch that turbo button on the Lexus NX Michael Peña or else that moon is going to fall right on your head!
Bonus NYTimes Listing Answer: You know that is The Mangler. As they would say in the Simpsons: … uh, and there is a … uh lamp, and it starts killing people oooooooo.
That being said, I haven’t read or seen The Mangler. Maybe it is amazing and I’m way off base.
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