Pop quiz

[bktheirregular]

War is peace.

Dissent is treason.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.

Quickly, which one of these does not come out of Orwell?

Answer: "Dissent is treason."

If you didn't get it right, go right now and get a copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Heck, even if you got it right, you should read that book.

To paraphrase a meme, if you're not scared, you're not paying attention...

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[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

I knew, but of course I sorta cheated. ;-)

The set designer couldn't figure out why on earth actors wanted to keep the Big Honkin' Signs with the party slogans on them. I took home "Ignorance is Strength." *eg*

[bktheirregular]

Oh, yeah, I forgot that you guys turned 1984 into a musical!

*sigh* Today, I don't want to hear news. I just want to get my folks out of the country, come home, and maybe have a slug of Victory Gin. Followed by a can of Cadre Cola. (Which is, frighteningly enough, especially appropriate considering that the Governor of the Great State of California is going to be speaking in Midtown sometime in the next few days. Bonus points if you can place the Cadre Cola reference... ;) )

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Just a play. (The slightly archaic but still effective 1963 adaptation.) There were many jokes about making it a musical however... ;->

Bonus points if you can place the Cadre Cola reference...

Not without help from Google, I'll admit. Can't know everything. ;-)

:: checks ::

:: realizes should have gone straight to Wikipedia ::

Ah, okay. Read the novella, haven't seen the movie. Very different animals. Yup, that works too...