The Secret Role of Zelda Fitzgerald

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  • @skarlitbegoniahz
    @skarlitbegoniahz 3 роки тому +6

    The amount of tabs I have open on my browser after watching this boggles the mind. If I ever were to have access to a time machine, this is PRECISELY where I would go! My gracious, this was interesting!

  • @janetbarber6781
    @janetbarber6781 5 років тому +12

    Thank you so much for your enthusiasm, Dr. This is a wonderful, informative lecture. Teachers (professors) always give their students room to grow, be proud and exert their knowledge. It shows that the lecturer isn't just all about him- or herself. Great style of delivery. Viewers, please note and know that an audience of attendees can also be considered students. Actually, I think many or some of the audience members are the professor's present or past students. Dr. Riley, thanks for sharing Zelda's story and how she influenced "Mr. Zelda's" writing. And we do appreciate how he tried to care for his wife as she suffered through her illness. She was indeed an innovative creative. Again, thank you for showing us this.

  • @joancurran4897
    @joancurran4897 Рік тому +5

    This is a veryv informative and amusingly "scattered" lecture. I agree with the Lecturer, Zelda"s Private One-on-One Therapy notes being publically exposed is a blatant Mental Health "Violation of Privacy" as well as a "Conflict of Inteest" on the part of the so called "Professional Health Field". This violation has also happened to others (not sure if one example is Sylvia Plath).. Best wishes to all other "fellow attendees" of this UTube lecture. Catch you at the next fascinating "Zeldafest"! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @catherinehills1418
    @catherinehills1418 Рік тому +1

    - so glad to find ur lecture at Strand - just one correction - Peter Martins who became Director of NYC Ballet never married Kelsey Kirkland who wrote Dancing On My Grave - Martins married another NYC Ballet dancer called Darcy Kistler - ur lecture was great fun -

  • @kvitka_ua
    @kvitka_ua 7 років тому +16

    I'd like to say how much I appreciate this video!
    Save the the waltz is one of my favourites, and I believe it is still underestimated. Zelda is an iconic image of Jazz Age, but unfortunately there's not enough information about her. This lecture is both very informative, deep and entertaining at the same time.
    I wish I had such teachers back in my college day.
    Thank you so much!
    Greetings from Ukraine :)

    • @mja91352
      @mja91352 5 років тому +2

      Save Me the Waltz has all of Zelda's craziness, none of Scott's talent

  • @wayofjoy9065
    @wayofjoy9065 7 років тому +6

    I just came across this part of history. I am amazed at how Professor Charles Riley II. is presenting the talk. I really really like his way and found with his lightness and funny ways it very easy to step into that time and to learn more about it.

  • @lackinsome4036
    @lackinsome4036 6 років тому +24

    This is how I tell a story when I've had two bottles of wine and an Adderall. I wish he'd stop going off on tangents and asking the woman in the front row to fill in the gaps every few moments. I enjoy his enthusiasm, but stay on track, man. This lecture could have been delivered in 40 minutes with the same amount of information and less manic padding.

  • @rachelc3535
    @rachelc3535 7 років тому +35

    This is incredible.I especially love how he refers to Scott as "Mr. Zelda". I also appreciate the deeper look into her paintings.

  • @mrs.karamazov9781
    @mrs.karamazov9781 6 років тому +7

    Lecturing with so much passion - I love it. Thank you for sharing this.

    • @mja91352
      @mja91352 5 років тому +2

      Passion is no substitute for judgment

  • @HUNTERSDREAM
    @HUNTERSDREAM 7 років тому +24

    Fun fact: Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda is named after Zelda Fitzgerald.

    • @lzad3764
      @lzad3764 4 роки тому +6

      So is Robin Williams daughter.

  • @kathrynmcelroy5658
    @kathrynmcelroy5658 5 років тому +5

    I love the gentleman being so excited about our history! Thank you so much!

    • @kathrynmcelroy5658
      @kathrynmcelroy5658 Рік тому

      I love this so and yes he is exciting to listen to about a wonderful subject!

  • @valentinogal781
    @valentinogal781 6 років тому +14

    I love Paris in the 1920's... My favorite writers and artist all came from the Lost Generation. If i actually believed in reincarnation i would have to say that i had to have been alive durning that era.

  • @Haydenthemaker1000
    @Haydenthemaker1000 2 роки тому +6

    The biggest tragedy is that when zelda cheated on Scott, society forced them to stay together. Back then divorce wasn't the quick fix we have today. But with them i think they needed to separate. You can't stay with someone if you refuse to forgive them

    • @stopruiningmychildhoodpodc5745
      @stopruiningmychildhoodpodc5745 Рік тому +1

      I don't know. Most people in their set were divorced. Hemingway, Dorothy Parker, Sherwood Anderson, etc.

    • @kathrynmcelroy5658
      @kathrynmcelroy5658 Рік тому

      But he truly didn't want to. He felt very obligated to her, esp. after the illness set in.

  • @brendakimseywarneka4805
    @brendakimseywarneka4805 3 роки тому +4

    I love Professor Riley. Such fun to listen to him.

  • @tomwofford5552
    @tomwofford5552 3 роки тому +3

    Tallulah Bankhead was not from Montgomery. The Sayre and Bankhead families were acquainted, but Tallulah grew up in Jasper, about 125 miles from Montgomery.

  • @katieprivate6952
    @katieprivate6952 5 років тому +6

    Love this mans passion.

  • @pryorbishop2957
    @pryorbishop2957 2 роки тому +8

    Christina Ricci did a wonderful job portraying her in Z The Beginning of Everything

  • @laurenvandevendel7743
    @laurenvandevendel7743 6 років тому +27

    I like that he's really passionate about what he's teaching, and a little eccentricity isn't awful. lol

    • @skarlitbegoniahz
      @skarlitbegoniahz 3 роки тому +3

      Yes I’m here for it 👏🏻

    • @shamsun
      @shamsun 3 роки тому

      @@skarlitbegoniahz and I’m here with a headache 😔

  • @wesharris5352
    @wesharris5352 7 років тому +12

    Outstanding! Funny and insightful! Thank you!

  • @MinkaSchlossberger4ever
    @MinkaSchlossberger4ever Рік тому

    Pure joy to watch and listen to! Thank You!!!!

  • @taratbird
    @taratbird 7 років тому +13

    I love Zelda! I think this lecture gets the viewers excited to learn on their after this! Mission accomplished I'd say! Thanks so much!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️

    • @hazelwray4184
      @hazelwray4184 Рік тому

      ... 'to learn on their after this'?

    • @HyPhuyenTheSwordPrince
      @HyPhuyenTheSwordPrince Місяць тому

      You sound like you would play The Legend of Zelda even though the series was named after her for a fact.

  • @g0i2023
    @g0i2023 4 роки тому +4

    This is probably less exhausting if you already know everything he's going to say, because you wouldn't have to even make mental notes. But I came by to learn what I didn't already know, as I tend to do, when I shut up and just listen... Unfortunately, I'm not, as he puts it, "a ringer" in the audience, and I'm leaving now, because I'm too far behind whatever manic curve I'd have to ride to even hope to catch up to what I could have learned from this very passionate and probably interesting lecture.

  • @skarlitbegoniahz
    @skarlitbegoniahz 3 роки тому +5

    I’m surprised Picasso thought Zelda talked too fast being that she was from Alabama.

  • @dianaa.d6175
    @dianaa.d6175 6 років тому +2

    thank you so much for sharing this, I really enjoyed this lecture!!!

  • @karriebelle49
    @karriebelle49 7 років тому +6

    Lovely to hear about Zelda Fitzgerald thank you

  • @applejellypucci
    @applejellypucci 4 роки тому +4

    My heart rate actually went up while watching this at certain points.

  • @rgaleny
    @rgaleny 4 роки тому +2

    BEAUTY IS AN AFFIRMATION OF A DIMENSION OF THE GOOD. IT CAN ALSO BE A FACADE HIDING EVIL, OR IGNORING DECAY

  • @yvonneemmert9185
    @yvonneemmert9185 4 роки тому +6

    Would Scott have been famous without Zelda?

    • @alteredcatscyprus
      @alteredcatscyprus Рік тому +1

      Or if Zelda had been a hag? Winning the beautiful elusive woman was key for him personally and for his public image.

  • @JamesMilliganJr
    @JamesMilliganJr 7 років тому +24

    Well, I am about 15 minutes into this and I am wondering whether Dr. Riley is actually a doctor of philosophy or of comedy. I will try to "tough" it out.

  • @frankmacs9379
    @frankmacs9379 4 роки тому +5

    This was the wrong choice of lecturer. He knows his stuff but goes off on too many tangents, likes talking about himself too much & is almost David Brent'esque in his delivery

  • @francescagillon2018
    @francescagillon2018 4 місяці тому

    In my opinion the most appropriate description of Zelda Fitzgerald is the word "sybarite". You have her in a nutshell.

  • @ningzhou5015
    @ningzhou5015 6 років тому +4

    The video should have zoomed in

  • @paulkindlon5496
    @paulkindlon5496 9 місяців тому +1

    Tender is the Night is beautifully written. Language dude. Plots are a dime a dozen.

  • @jameskennedy721
    @jameskennedy721 Рік тому +3

    the sexism in psychiatry at the time doomed this talented lady .

  • @randomuser1105
    @randomuser1105 7 років тому +40

    Dear lord. Somebody give this man some downers.

    • @The-Portland-Daily-Blink
      @The-Portland-Daily-Blink 7 років тому +2

      Exactly my thoughts. 🤣

    • @SleepyTimePuppy
      @SleepyTimePuppy 6 років тому +1

      Haven't watched it yet and already waiting for a wide eyed ADD fellow.

    • @katieprivate6952
      @katieprivate6952 5 років тому +6

      I like his passion,I’m so tired of staid and stiff people.

    • @Catbooks
      @Catbooks 4 роки тому +2

      He's equal parts annoying and endearing.

  • @moderndesign2435
    @moderndesign2435 6 років тому +14

    If you enjoy mildly amusing jazz age anecdotes delivered by an insufferable prattling twit and laced with giggling self referential allusions to blue blood relatives and ivy league pedigrees, this video is for you!

  • @coolaunt516
    @coolaunt516 4 роки тому +8

    I love the way he calls Scott "Mr. Zelda".

  • @kristinvandertick7591
    @kristinvandertick7591 4 роки тому +3

    Love the passion, but the jumpiness and constant digressions drives me crazy!

  • @lindawagar7595
    @lindawagar7595 2 роки тому +3

    This guy as is insane as Zelda.

  • @tiffanyclark-grove1989
    @tiffanyclark-grove1989 6 років тому +2

    I loved Tender is the Night. My favourite F Scott book..I loved the lecture though.

  • @MaryJaneHancock
    @MaryJaneHancock 5 років тому +2

    Fun lecture style.

  • @yvonneemmert9185
    @yvonneemmert9185 2 роки тому

    Did Stravinsky conduct the
    orchestra for the Ballet Rousse?

  • @HyPhuyenTheSwordPrince
    @HyPhuyenTheSwordPrince Місяць тому

    I can't believe the nintendo game Legend of Zelda was named after The Real Zelda before Robin named his Daughter Zelda Williams from the Zelda Games since they loved the game series.

  • @johnnysalazar1552
    @johnnysalazar1552 Рік тому

    I have a pencil drawing its 4/86 with his sygnature but o cant find it any wher

  • @reclaimedandrested
    @reclaimedandrested 3 роки тому +3

    Speed is one helleva drug!

  • @jbnycyoutub
    @jbnycyoutub 4 роки тому +4

    Zelda was clinically insane, and ‘Save me the Waltz’ is utterly unreadable

    • @liunderground1899
      @liunderground1899 4 роки тому

      I agree that her book is unreadable. But she might have feigned mental illness to get away from Scott.

  • @rgaleny
    @rgaleny 4 роки тому +1

    NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY

  • @robertsantana3261
    @robertsantana3261 2 роки тому +1

    Scott should have perhaps dumped Zelda after his first book was published. Talk about blind love!

  • @jamieeckert6697
    @jamieeckert6697 4 роки тому +1

    He lost me when he showed 2 pictures that weren't even her.

  • @TheWonderGirl23
    @TheWonderGirl23 6 років тому +4

    This guy is all over the place and I love it.

    • @mja91352
      @mja91352 5 років тому +1

      Says a lot about YOU

  • @browningautomatic2393
    @browningautomatic2393 Рік тому

    GREAT VIDEO ! THURSDAY 12/28/23 DECEMBER 28, 2023

  • @rgaleny
    @rgaleny 4 роки тому +1

    BEAUTY IS QUALITY OR BEAUTY IS A LIE

    • @rgaleny
      @rgaleny 4 роки тому

      TO SOME THE AFTER LIFE IS A IE, ANS SO TOO REINCARNATION. OTHERS NEED IT TO HAVE EXISTENTIAL HOPE.

  • @rgaleny
    @rgaleny 4 роки тому +2

    classical/Hellenic beauty was inspired by platonic proportions. HELLENISTIC BEAUTY WAS ROMANTIC AND NATURAL IN NATURE. MODERNISM'S BEAUTY WAS ROMANTIC AND SOCIALLY CRITICAL. TRY TO CAPTURE THE PATHOS IN THE GAME BETWEEN PEOPLE, NOT SOME ABSTRACT IDEAL OF IT'S PERFECTION.

  • @patrickhicks9880
    @patrickhicks9880 3 роки тому

    they put me the women from the b-52's to mind when they were young wild and beautiful

  • @icanspotliarsandincelsnido6408
    @icanspotliarsandincelsnido6408 3 роки тому +3

    Scott plagiarized his wife

  • @bobby7844
    @bobby7844 3 роки тому

    But flappers is such a better word.

  • @lzad3764
    @lzad3764 4 роки тому +5

    F. S. F. ripped of so much of her stuff, and used so many of her sayings and ideas. But I guess it was a perfect storm.🤷‍♀️ I do like the presenters’ enthusiasm, even though it is a bit...

  • @kathrynmcelroy5658
    @kathrynmcelroy5658 5 років тому +5

    Love it except the obnoxious over referral to Mr. Zelda....

  • @ninka1965
    @ninka1965 7 років тому +2

    La femme fatale

  • @michelleloberg1624
    @michelleloberg1624 7 років тому +12

    The remarks about Stein and how butch she was are pretty insulting and sexist.

    • @annesantoro8646
      @annesantoro8646 6 років тому +7

      Michelle Fischer oh for crying out loud

    • @annesantoro8646
      @annesantoro8646 6 років тому +11

      He is so clearly a feminist, and he’s being light hearted about his critiques of multiple characters, obviously embellishing their more eccentric characteristics for dramatic effect

    • @annesantoro8646
      @annesantoro8646 6 років тому +6

      There is nothing sexist about his opinions IMO

    • @RkristinaTay
      @RkristinaTay 6 років тому +2

      Gertrude Stein was a sexist. From a man's point of view.

    • @wenniegirl
      @wenniegirl 6 років тому +4

      Stein WAS butch!

  • @jomama1103
    @jomama1103 Рік тому

    Am I they only one annoyed by this New York born and raised man overusing British pronunciations, idioms and phrases? So pretentious.

  • @burrwoodgehrke6887
    @burrwoodgehrke6887 3 роки тому +1

    I must say. Rough. A lotta me, a lotta perpenicular pronoun.

  • @JamesMilliganJr
    @JamesMilliganJr 7 років тому +1

    Just started watching this. Dr. Riley must belong to the same tie-knotting school as President Trump!