It’s apparently from a play by Euripedes, called “Heracles”. Written in 416 BCE and indeed referring to Medusa or one of her sisters, all of whom are Gorgons. Exactly WHY Teena is reading such an obscure piece is unclear….
Jerri is the “airhead blond” while her sister Teena, and her friend Stick are the atypical extremely smart honor students. Stick will probably grow up into a gorgeous woman, as will Teena, and both will continuously have to live down there childhood names, have great careers as assistant department heads of some research organization, have children like Jerri - good looking but lacking the brains of a flea, be married to boozing bozos who abuse them in some way (and each of them “cheat” on the girls with Jerri.)
Any “ugly duckling’s” who turned into “the girl next door beauties” in their late teens/early twenties whose life doesn’t follow this scenario are both extremely lucky and very fortunate, and my elderly hate is off to you.
No one need comment about my being a “bitter” female. I’m 6’6” and male, very hetero, and have experience in various nursing specialties, Emergency Care being one, immunology (see “For Better or Worse”) for another, and burn research for a third. But I have seen what I described happen on one too many occasions. May those, beauties of not, find peace sometime and somewhere before it’s too late on this side of the veil.
bergamot about 13 years ago
What exactly was Teena reading from? Does someone recognize a specific book?
johnph77 about 13 years ago
Medea, by Euripides - strange…..
gimmickgenius about 13 years ago
And Stick is ‘The Oddity.’
hekko Premium Member about 13 years ago
By the snakes, I’d say it’s a description of Medusa.
hawgowar about 13 years ago
Bullfinch’s Mythology.
Weakstream about 13 years ago
I think its something by Stevan King
coloharpare Premium Member about 13 years ago
It’s apparently from a play by Euripedes, called “Heracles”. Written in 416 BCE and indeed referring to Medusa or one of her sisters, all of whom are Gorgons. Exactly WHY Teena is reading such an obscure piece is unclear….
Weakstream about 13 years ago
I still think its Steven King
yuggib about 13 years ago
Jerri is the “airhead blond” while her sister Teena, and her friend Stick are the atypical extremely smart honor students. Stick will probably grow up into a gorgeous woman, as will Teena, and both will continuously have to live down there childhood names, have great careers as assistant department heads of some research organization, have children like Jerri - good looking but lacking the brains of a flea, be married to boozing bozos who abuse them in some way (and each of them “cheat” on the girls with Jerri.)
Any “ugly duckling’s” who turned into “the girl next door beauties” in their late teens/early twenties whose life doesn’t follow this scenario are both extremely lucky and very fortunate, and my elderly hate is off to you.
No one need comment about my being a “bitter” female. I’m 6’6” and male, very hetero, and have experience in various nursing specialties, Emergency Care being one, immunology (see “For Better or Worse”) for another, and burn research for a third. But I have seen what I described happen on one too many occasions. May those, beauties of not, find peace sometime and somewhere before it’s too late on this side of the veil.