Shagbottom Boat

June 12, 2020 By Captain Maiel Leave a Comment

It’s time again for another episode of Shagbottom Theater!

Fionn is carrying on the year of Cary Grant with Houseboat (1958), which co-starred the lovely Sophia Loren. This is a fun family centered film from the mid-twentieth century. Of course, by today’s standards, with so many scandals around men abusing their station with nannies…it has some connotations you might not want your kids to catch on to.

And, that is probably why Fionn likes this film. Personally, I like this scene he chose because it reminds me of my childhood imagining the Gods bowling in the sky. (Now, I tell my daughter it’s just Thor, because she loves the Thunder God’s films.) My cheeky boy just loves these intertexts.

Let’s get to it! Check out the snippet Fionn has prepared for you as part of his year of Cary Grant.

Tom Winters: Come on, darling. Take it easy. Remember what l used to tell you? Thunder is just two bodies of air coming together after an electrical disturbance.

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Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, K has enjoyed more than twenty years professionally writing. K attended Morrisville State College, majoring in Biology, and then continued with English and History at the University at Albany, where she gained her Bachelor’s Degree. While attending UA, K interned with the 13th Moon Feminist Literary Magazine, bridging her interests in social movements and art. Topics of K's writing often include gender and racial disparities, and trauma. In 2014, K graduated from Empire State College (SUNY) with a Masters in Liberal Studies: screenwriting (Film Studies), the politics of film, and adaptations. During her gradute work, K was the recipient of the Foner Fellowship in Arts and Social Justice, a full scholarship.
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Published novels by K include the Civil War drama Blue Honor, the Second World War spy thriller OP-DEC:Operation Deceit, and the controversial dark fantasy, paranormal series The Trailokya Trilogy. In addition to writing novels, K does screenwriting: 8 Days in Ireland and the adaptations of her current novels. A sequel to her second novel, OP-DEC, is in the research phase, while the screen adaptation is being considered for production by film companies.
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In 2015, K. Williams became an official member of International Thriller Writers, but her greatest accomplishment thus far was becoming a mother in 2017. K continues to produce commentary and art pieces on The Blue Honor Blog, publishing twice weekly. A devoted dog mom, K created Shagbottom Theater in which her dogs star as well known literary and stage personas. K is also a visual artist, producing the ZoDuck Cartoon, painting and sketching--digitally or traditionally, as well as an accomplished Photographer. Click here to see more! Whether it's cooking, IVF and Parenting, learning a foreign language, history or dogs, you'll find something to enjoy and for which to come back.
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Excerpts of K's unedited, rough drafts and other scraps of writing can be found at: KWilliamsAuthor on deviantArt.com. You can also sample her books on Wattpad.