054 capturing mary the house

Prof. Francisco Zabala - 2016

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Capturing Mary – The House
MARY:

It was amazing, this house, then. I'd never seen anything like it. Mr. Graham’s father
invited people here he considered important. Once a week he had a little soirée, so when
you came here, there were few guests, but nearly all of them were giants. Great novelists,
famous people from the movies, actors and directors, scientists... Politicians, of course,
too. Those were the only guests. I mean, you'd… you'd crane your neck all night to try to
get a glimpse. Was that... Was that E. M. Forster that just walked past you? Is that figure
over there in the chair Alfred Hitchcock? Is that the back of Evelyn Waugh's head? I think
that's Ava Gardner over there, deep in the shadows.

JOE:

Why were you there?

MARY:

How on earth was I invited? Me? A young woman who'd just lost her Manchester accent.
You wouldn't have guessed that's where I came from, would you?

JOE:

I hadn't thought about it.

MARY:

I forced myself to lose my accent, at university. I taught myself to speak like this. I was
there because I'd been very lucky and become rather well-known in my own right. See, at
Oxford, I wrote a lot of journalism, and one of my pieces got picked up by a Sunday
newspaper. Suddenly I was… I was writing about movies and culture. You really can't
imagine what the world was like then. It was a very class-bound time, of course, full of
absurd rules and ridiculous prejudices. Even about… even about how you held your fork
at meal times.

LADY 1:

It was at Henley.

YOUNG MARY: No, I...
LADY 2:

I'm sure, at the shoot.

YOUNG MARY: I have… I've never been to a shoot.
MARY:

Well, suddenly, I… I had my own column and I… I wrote a book with a...It's a silly title,
Slicing the Apple, which caused a stir. It was an attack against the male elite. It was
nothing remarkable, of course, Joe. It was who was saying it that excited people. I mean,
this was before the Beatles and all that, of course.

JOE:

Yeah? Oh, before the Beatles.

MARY:

The confidence of youth.

YOUNG MARY: A month ago, regular readers of this column will remember I
advocated a little more passion in our native cinema, that
perhaps physical love was not best expressed by a small
peck on our jaunty hero's cheek by his long-suffering wife,
as he sets off for work in the morning whistling. I also
ventured the thought that it was important that audiences
were treated as adults, and therefore sexual love was clearly
a proper subject for cinema. And that, ultimately, we might
see some representation of the actual sexual act in
mainstream pictures.
MARY:

I wrote an article saying there should be more sex in the
movies, I mean, all hell broke loose. There I was. I kept being
invited, and I felt really alive, buzzing with ideas and the
possibility of things.


Prof. Francisco Zabala - 2016

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/ˈkæptʃ
kæptʃrɪŋ ˈmeə
ˈmeəri || ðə ˈhaʊ
haʊs ||||
ˈmeə

meəri ||||

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ɪnˈvaɪtɪd ˈpiːpl ˈhɪə | hi kənˈsɪdəd ɪmˈpɔːtnt || ˈwʌns ə ˈwiːk | hi ˈhæd ə ˈlɪtl ˈswɑːreɪ || ˈsəʊ | wen
ju ˈkeɪm ˈhɪə | ðə wə ˈfjuː ˈɡests | bət ˈnɪəli ˈɔːl əv ð(ə)m | wə ˈdʒa(ɪ)ənts || ˈɡreɪt ˈnɒv(ə)lɪsts |
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ˈɡlɪmps || wəz ˈðæt | wəz ˈðæt ˈiː ˈem ˈfɔːstə | ðət dʒəs(t) ˈwɔːk(t) ˈpɑːst ju || ɪz ðæt ˈfɪɡər
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ˈeɪvə ˈɡɑːdnə | ˈəʊvə ˈðeə | ˈdiːp ɪn ðə ˈʃædəʊz ||

ˈdʒəʊ ||

ˈwaɪ wə ˈjuː ðeə ||

ˈmeə
meəri ||||

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ˈʔæksnt || ju ˈwʊdnt əv ˈɡes(t) ðæts ˈweər aɪ ˈkeɪm frɒm | ˈwʊdʒu ||

ˈdʒəʊ ||

aɪ ˈhædn̝(t) ˈθɔːt əˈbaʊt ɪt || [aɪ ˈhædn̝ʔ ˈθɔːʔ əˈbaʊʔ ɪʔ]

ˈmeə
meəri ||||

aɪ ˈfɔːs(t) maɪˈself tə ˈluːz ma(ɪ) ˈæksnt || ət ˈjuːnɪˈvɜːsəti || aɪ ˈtɔːt maɪˈself tə ˈspiːk laɪk ˈðɪs ||
ˈaɪ wəz ˈðeə | bɪˈkɒz aɪd bɪn ˈveri ˈlʌki | ən bɪˈkʌm ˈrɑːðə ˈwel ˈnəʊn | ɪm ma(ɪ) ˈəʊn ˈraɪt || ˈsiː

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ˈsʌndeɪ ˈnjuːspeɪpə || ˈsʌdnli | aɪ wəz | aɪ wəz ˈraɪtɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈmuːviz | əŋ ˈkʌltʃə || ju ˈrɪəli ˈkɑːnt
ɪˈmædʒɪn | ˈwɒt ðə ˈwɜːld wəz ˈlaɪk ˈðen || ɪt wəz ə ˈveri ˈklɑːs ˈbaʊn(d) ˈtaɪm əv ˈkɔːs | ˈfʊl əv
əbˈsɜːd ˈruːlz | ən rɪˈdɪkjələs ˈpredʒədɪsɪz | ˈiːvn əˈbaʊt | ˈiːvn əˈbaʊt ˈhaʊ ju heldʒɔː ˈfɔːk | ət
ˈmiːltaɪmz ||

ˈleɪ
leɪdi ˈwʌn ||||

ɪt wəz ət ˈhenli ||

ˈjʌŋ ˈmeə
meəri|
ri||

ˈnəʊ aɪ ||

ˈleɪ
leɪdi ˈtuː ||

aɪm ˈʃɔː | ət ðə ˈʃuːt ||

ˈjʌŋ ˈmeə
ˈmeəri||
ri||

aɪ həv | aɪv ˈnevə ˈbiːn tu ə ˈʃuːt ||

ˈmeə
meəri ||

wel ˈsʌdnli | aɪ | aɪ ˈhæd ma(ɪ) ˈəʊŋ ˈkɒləm || ən aɪ | aɪ ˈrəʊt ə ˈbʊk wɪð ə | ɪts ə ˈsɪli ˈtaɪtl||
ˈslaɪsɪŋ ði ˈæpl | wɪtʃ ˈkɔːzd ə ˈstɜː || ɪt wəz ən əˈtæk | əˈɡens(t) ðə ˈmeɪl əˈliːt || ɪt wəz ˈnʌθɪŋ
rɪˈmɑːkəbl əv ˈkɔːs ˈdʒəʊ || ɪt wəz ˈhuː wəz ˈseɪɪŋ ɪt ðət ɪkˈsaɪtɪd ˈpiːpl || aɪ ˈmiːn ˈðɪs wəz bɪˈfɔː
ðə ˈbiːtlz | ən ˈɔːl ˈðæt əv ˈkɔːs ||

ˈdʒəʊ ||

ˈjeə | ˈəʊ | bɪˈfɔː ðə ˈbiːtlz || [ ˈjɛː | ˈəʊ | bɪˈfɔː ðə ˈbəiʔoz ]

ˈmeə
meəri ||||

ðə ˈkɒnfɪdns | əv ˈjuːθ |


Prof. Francisco Zabala - 2016

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ə ˈmʌnθ əˈɡəʊ | ˈreɡ(jə)lə ˈriːdəz əv ðɪs ˈkɒləm | w(ɪ)l rɪˈmembə | aɪ ˈædvəkeɪtɪd ə ˈlɪtl ˈmɔː
ˈpæʃn | ɪn ˈa(ʊ)ə ˈneɪtɪv ˈsɪnəmɑː | ðət pəˈhæps ˈfɪzɪkl ˈlʌv | wəz ˈnɒt ˈbest ɪkˈsprest | ba(ɪ) ə
ˈsmɔːl ˈpek | ɒn ɑː ˈdʒɔːnti ˈhɪərəʊz ˈtʃiːk | ba(ɪ) ɪz ˈlɒŋ ˈsʌf(ə)rɪŋ ˈwaɪf | əz (h)i ˈsets ˈɒf fə
ˈwɜːk | ɪn ðə ˈmɔːnɪŋ | ˈwɪslɪŋ || aɪ ˈɔː(l)səʊ ˈventʃəd ðə ˈθɔːt | ðət ɪt wəz | ɪmˈpɔːtnt | ðət
ˈɔːdiənsɪz wə ˈtriːtɪd ˈæz ˈædʌlts | ən ˈðeəfɔː | ˈsekʃuəl ˈlʌv | wəz ˈklɪəli ə ˈprɒpə ˈsʌbdʒekt | fə
ˈsɪnəmɑː || ˈæn ðæt | ˈʌltɪmətli | wi ˈmaɪt ˈsiː | sʌm ˈreprɪzenˈteɪʃn əv ði | ˈæktʃuəl ˈsekʃuəl ˈækt |
ɪn ˈmeɪnstriːm ˈpɪktʃəz ||

ˈmeə
meəri ||||

aɪ ˈrəʊt ən ˈɑːtɪkl | ˈseɪɪŋ ðə ʃəd bi ˈmɔː ˈseks | ɪn ðə ˈmuːviz || aɪ ˈmiːn | ˈɔːl ˈhel ˈbrəʊk ˈluːs ||
ˈðeər aɪ ˈwɒz || aɪ ˈkept ˈbiːɪŋ ɪnˈvaɪtɪd | ən aɪ ˈfelt ˈrɪəli | əˈlaɪv | ˈbʌzɪŋ wɪð aɪˈdɪəz | ən ðə
ˈpɒsəˈbɪlɪti əv ˈθɪŋz/