Comments on: Returning to the Scene of the Crime: The Lessons of Reenactment (Part 2) http://tdar.info/blog/2008/12/01/returning-to-the-scene-of-the-crime-the-lessons-of-reenactment-part-2/ Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:03:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ted http://tdar.info/blog/2008/12/01/returning-to-the-scene-of-the-crime-the-lessons-of-reenactment-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Ted Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:42:08 +0000 http://www.oliverwunsch.com/blog/?p=41#comment-105 Morris also said, "Once we have dispossessed ourselves of the notion that we are rational, consistent or even make sense, then we are in a much better position to analyze our own behavior and the behavior of others. Big monkeys. That's what we are. And by that I mean no disrespect to monkeys." If you haven't seen it, you might like Darkon, a documentary about live action roll playing -- "larping" -- in the suburbs of Maryland. Not exactly reenactment, but it takes renaissance fairs to a whole new level! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BHWfXd9Ky8 And I liked these reenactment photos taken with museum guards: http://www.latinart.com/faview.cfm?id=231 Morris also said, “Once we have dispossessed ourselves of the notion that we are rational, consistent or even make sense, then we are in a much better position to analyze our own behavior and the behavior of others. Big monkeys. That’s what we are. And by that I mean no disrespect to monkeys.”

If you haven’t seen it, you might like Darkon, a documentary about live action roll playing — “larping” — in the suburbs of Maryland. Not exactly reenactment, but it takes renaissance fairs to a whole new level! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BHWfXd9Ky8

And I liked these reenactment photos taken with museum guards: http://www.latinart.com/faview.cfm?id=231

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