turney@SVAX.CS.CORNELL.EDU (Jenn Turney) (03/01/90)
Julian comments on the use of "his" in the press release accompanying
_Hounds of Love_ in reference to the character in _The Ninth Wave_.
Curious that no one else has (yet).
All discussion I've seen in the group has been consistent in referring
to a female character for _The Ninth Wave_ and I'd be very surprised
if this turned out to be wrong. I can point to published articles
that also refer to a female character but I don't seem to have one
(in my admittedly limited collection) in which Kate confirms this
herself. I'm sure one must exist. Anyone?
Meanwhile, other evidence for "she":
In "And Dream of Sheep":
They'll not take me for a buoy
(I've always thought that was something of a double meaning)
In "Waking the Witch":
She's a witch
Damn you, woman!
In "Jig of Life":
She said c'mon let me live girl
and the soliloquy:
Can't you see where memories are kept bright
Tripping on the water like a laughing girl
Time in her eyes is spawning past light
Run on the ocean and the woman unfurls
In "The Morning Fog":
I'll tell my mother
I'll tell my father
I'll tell my loved one
I'll tell my brothers
(Okay, maybe not as strong as the others)
Jenn
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Dux femina facti.
-- Virgil
----------------------------------------------------------------------jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) (03/01/90)
Jenn asks something about KaTe referring to a female character in The Ninth Wave. Somewhere I have a short "interview" with KaTe that I got off Gaffa, um, a little under a year ago, in which KaTe gives a _brief_ description of what each separate song in the suite is about...I'm fairly positive she refers to a woman. If the article isn't in the archives, I'm sure I could dig it up on floppy and re-post it. |Jeffrey C. Burka | "On the outskirts of nowhere | |jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu | on the ringroad to somewhere, | |jburka@amber.ucs.indiana.edu | on the verge of indecision..." --Fish |
liberato@drivax.UUCP (Jimmy Liberato) (03/02/90)
turney@SVAX.CS.CORNELL.EDU (Jenn Turney) writes: >... I can point to published articles >that also refer to a female character but I don't seem to have one >(in my admittedly limited collection) in which Kate confirms this >herself. I'm sure one must exist. Anyone? In the MTV interview circa HoL she does. Even if she didn't there is no evidence to the contrary. -- Jimmy Liberato ...!amdahl!drivax!liberato