Top 10 Notes: The Importance of Being Earnest

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10 жыл бұрын

This play's full title is "The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People." Welcome to WatchMojo.com and in this installment of Mojo Notes, we'll be exploring ten things you should knowss about Oliver Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest."
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@lachlanbennett7472 10 жыл бұрын

"Imprisoned for his lifestyle choices." More like persecuted for his homosexuality.

@ryanhenneberger2679 6 жыл бұрын

Lachlan Bennett Exactly, kinda surprised they swept something like that under the rug in a video about Wilde

@rexco2700 5 жыл бұрын

It was called sodomy then.

@scottwheeler1641 5 жыл бұрын

The play is so good, and i think it is first a play on the English language. Its horrific that he was imprisoned, and he was never the same again.

@RainTheStrawberry 5 ай бұрын

yeah, I was really taken aback by that, I don't think being gay is a 'lifestyle choice'.

@janeyrevanescence12 10 жыл бұрын

I remember doing this play my freshman year in high school. We had people rolling in the aisles with laughter.

@Corawidenadfar 10 жыл бұрын

What? No cucumber sandwiches?

@lawrieflowers8314 3 жыл бұрын

Not even for ready money...

@inanjarif1388 4 жыл бұрын

Wait a second... If Jack is Algernon's big brother, And Gwendolyn is Algy's cousin, Then Gwendolyn is also Jack's cousin. *_S W E E T H O M E A L A B A M A_*

@thylocal_deceased5039 3 жыл бұрын

that's Wilde for ya

@coreymason7017 2 жыл бұрын

That’s society for ya!

@luckycharms8282 6 жыл бұрын

The 1952 version is my favorite. That Lady Bracknell cannot be topped

@lawrieflowers8314 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Judi Dench flops spectacularly in that role.

@walterwilson2941 9 жыл бұрын

Why didn't they just say he was put in jail for being gay. What's with this "lifestyle choices." They made it sound like he did something wrong.

@m56043 5 жыл бұрын

Walter Wilson He cheated on his wife. That’s what they mean by lifestyle choices.

@terrymbridges 5 жыл бұрын

MysteryGirl 11 that isn’t a crime, and that’s not what they mean

@SuperAngryCow 10 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS, im doing this at A-Level atm

@kathrynwilliams7097 10 жыл бұрын

First Mojo notes video I've seen. It's great!

@kurtlindner 10 жыл бұрын

Nice video. I actually enjoy Oscar Wilde and am hugely embarrassed I haven't read, or seen anything of 'The Importance of Being Earnest" before. Thank you. I will now.

@tiaansea3319 3 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@MrRhinoramer 10 жыл бұрын

I just did the importance of being earnest, I was doctor chausable. Everyone laughed at me while doing it.

@phoenixsilvercoty4941 10 жыл бұрын

This movie was one of my favorites.

@ebrusert4267 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sooo greatful your video thanks a lot

@martinchuzzlewit2452 8 жыл бұрын

I would hope most people who come to this "Top 10 Notes" will just go ahead and read the play and, maybe, even bother to find out more about the life of Oscar Wilde.

@Macho_Fantastico 10 жыл бұрын

Read this recently, still amusing and an entertaining read.

@Leo-bp6kf 9 жыл бұрын

Why say "lifestyle choices"? Its not a choice and its not a lifestyle. Its an orientation people are born with. And what's wrong with saying "Because he was gay"?

@waynelou2042 8 жыл бұрын

+Leona Schneider there is, however, something wrong with being with children.

@mauricioduron3193 3 жыл бұрын

There once was in English the original carefree meaning of the word 'gay' from the French language that somehow mostly became a sublimation to indicate homosexuality.

@PhillyFrank1 5 жыл бұрын

Lost me at the bizarre euphemism "lifestyle choices."

@eugene9234 10 жыл бұрын

I wonder if anyone remembers the play Peter Parker failed to see in Spider-Man 2 movie. ;)

@orwiable48 9 жыл бұрын

Gotcha! The description says: "Oliver Wilde's". Should be Oscar ;-)

@SamurotTris 10 жыл бұрын

I have to act as Algernon is this play soon, so this was great!

@LadyOfBroadway333 9 жыл бұрын

And I MUST be Cecily!

@samanthagoldstein7497 10 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know the melody playing in the background? It also played in the A Room With a View video.

@lefwinger 10 жыл бұрын

Gwendoline is Algae's cousin, Jack later becomes Ernest, and Algae' brother, therefore Gwendoline is Ernest's cousin. But Jack in the country.

@loris8645 6 жыл бұрын

GwedolYn...AlgY

@annpippin6388 2 жыл бұрын

I d. Like to read the Play.

@SarahLifeLover 10 жыл бұрын

I was in this play, it's amazing!

@IrishPizzaMan 10 жыл бұрын

Though this and videos may not get much fanfare I do hope you continue putting them up from time to time.

@WatchMojo 10 жыл бұрын

Yep, we plan on doing 1-2 clips per week (but not more) as we do 2 new clips per day. Even when we go to 3 clips per day, then these will be the occasional third clip of the day. We like variety, and it's a good service to students and book aficionados.

@TiffanyTramutolo 10 жыл бұрын

well I will do well to look for this book and play shouldn't I ?

@shandet01 10 жыл бұрын

Have you ever done a Top 10 Notes for Jayne Eyre?

@stevenwills4660 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this can you do more.

@jonmday87 10 жыл бұрын

By the way, love the pick for a Top Ten.

@kukicu 6 жыл бұрын

"Imprisonned for his lifestill choices" wtf, 1 he didn t choose to be a homosexuel, and 2 he was imprisonned because he was a homosexual, not because of bad behavior...

@sammasek2627 5 жыл бұрын

kukicu being gay hasn’t always been tolerated...it was called sodomy back then and it was a crime legally

@viperngruen 5 жыл бұрын

@@sammasek2627 and rightfully so

@inanjarif1388 4 жыл бұрын

@@viperngruen I'll just leave this comment here so that in the future I may be notified to see a flame war unfold. For now, it will remain as a mere reminder.

@agentdragon9417 2 жыл бұрын

@@inanjarif1388 unfortunately the flame war never came to be

@ToriHiragana 10 жыл бұрын

most enjoyable play to read

@stigbar 10 жыл бұрын

The movie was GREAT! I loved it

@martinasaldivia8406 10 жыл бұрын

good notes (Y) ..... will you ever do the top 10 notes for "green city in the sun" by barbara wood.... i think it's a ver good book to make notes about.... just saying.... you guys are really cool :D

@kpokj 10 жыл бұрын

I love Oscar Wilde's work,

@dahill87ify 10 жыл бұрын

It would be great if you guys did 'under milk wood' by Dylan Thomas

@mstrsims2 7 жыл бұрын

one of my favorite films (the 1950s one, not so much the remake)

@mauricioduron3193 3 жыл бұрын

Totally so! Not possible improving on the cast from 1952. Joan Greenwood (Gwendolen) and Dame Edith Evans (Aunt Augusta) are irreplaceable, whereas Dorothy Tutin (Cecily) is a true delight as indeed Margaret Rutherford (Miss Prism) always is.

@chellastation 10 жыл бұрын

When I read and watched the film for this story in my senior year in high school...I thought that this was a hopeless romantics novel, but a very well known. This and Romeo & Juliet is another well know hopeless romantic.

@mickavellian 10 жыл бұрын

Even in passing , the witticism of the title should have been mentioned. Many students in English lit did not grasp the importance of the double meaning of the title. 1 : Earnest : Resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction. 2: Ernest : The name. This play doesn't translate well to other languages. For example in spanish it is called "La importancia de llamarse Ernesto" (The importance of being named Ernesto). It looses a lot in the plot. I got the full impact of the play when I read it in English. As far as Wilde, the description of "Lifestyle" is correct. for not only was he gay but flaunted it with flamboyant aplomb. Way ahead of the swinging 60s His witticisms were biting , incisive and required a brain. "I think that GOD in creating man somewhat overestimated his abilities" BRILLIANT!

@MsKillersexy 10 жыл бұрын

isn't the guys name jack? in my copy of the play it is jack :/

@byarkie 9 жыл бұрын

When you were talking about the plays adaptations, you missed the 1992 version of it, which coincidentally was an all black interpretation of the play. Just thought you might want to include all adaptations next time

@athickie 4 жыл бұрын

byarkie thanks didn’t know this have to look it up

@winwillkim 10 жыл бұрын

can you do top ten note: The war of the Worlds?

@Quicktwosteps 10 жыл бұрын

Top ten basking the glory

@daveteves 10 жыл бұрын

Watchmojo should also make Top 10 Notes for movies and television.

@WatchMojo 10 жыл бұрын

Do you mean like recaps of shows? We actually have a bunch of those... clips that recap a show's main storyline, the main characters etc. For example: Mad Men: Everything to know Or do you mean something else?

@xgu6064 2 ай бұрын

“Lifestyle Choices” c’mon Watch Mojo!

@johndejesus9275 10 жыл бұрын

Lord Of the RIngs!!

@juan51039 10 жыл бұрын

i actually read this one

@katta_musings 10 жыл бұрын

notes for 1984

@whalefarmer 10 жыл бұрын

do Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

@ramachandran-od8mg 6 жыл бұрын

thanks mojo

@Firmus777 10 жыл бұрын

There's also the 1986 TV movie staring Paul McGann.

@belle-ashton2167 3 жыл бұрын

Best version !!

@jonmday87 10 жыл бұрын

Choices? Hmm... I know it wasn't on purpose, but watch your words please. Pretty sure that wasn't a choice for him, though. Love you WatchMojo!

@catchingfir 10 жыл бұрын

how about a justice league v.s the avengers video who would you match up who would win (I'm talking the Justice League animated version with hawkgirl, lantern, bat, super, flash and wonder)

@rationalboy007 5 жыл бұрын

John or Jack?

@thaniahernandez5345 10 жыл бұрын

Could you do 10 Notes for Alice In Wonderland?

@peders5889 10 жыл бұрын

How about top 10 Deep purple songs?

@sethlishman 6 жыл бұрын

You can have the bread and butter. The bread and butter is for Gwendolyn. Gwendolyn is devoted to bread and butter.

@alexhull8963 Жыл бұрын

My Intro to Lit class just covered this play and one of the first things my teacher pointed out was that Algernon was the closest to a self-insert for Oscar Wilde… Take with that what you will!!🏳️‍🌈💅

@HamondEggs 8 жыл бұрын

john and algernon?? isnt it jack and algernon at 2:17

@Malburg36 8 жыл бұрын

+SIGMA Jack is his name while in town, while John is his other name

@gusbusgaming1033 8 жыл бұрын

Jack in the country bud

@carilehman7757 7 жыл бұрын

John Worthing, J.P nickname= Jack (in the country) fake name= Ernest (in town) Spoiler alert! Real name= Ernest John Moncrieff

@Kurse_of_Kall 6 жыл бұрын

+Malburg36 Incorrect. Jack is a domesticity for John, and is the name that he goes by while in the country though his name is actually John. Ernest is the name that he uses while in town.

@caseypride 5 жыл бұрын

Please proofread your work. In the notes at the top you refer to him as "Oliver Wilde."

@TravisJohnSmith 10 жыл бұрын

i played earnest my senior year lol

@annelangan2346 6 жыл бұрын

"imprisoned for his lifestyle choices"? Oy.

@MikeSmith74653 10 жыл бұрын

How about talking about Sleepy Hallow, mainly whatever the Fox series talk about.

@samthesnowman666 9 жыл бұрын

fierce

@rexco2700 5 жыл бұрын

The 1953 original definitely the best!

@TopHatZack 10 жыл бұрын

my school is doing a play on this move

@harrietidle9752 10 жыл бұрын

by the way, in England Hertfordshire is pronounced "heartfordshire", just to let you know.

@tobifadeyi4940 5 жыл бұрын

2002 is the best one😁

@Mojosbigstick 10 жыл бұрын

Extra credit - Hertfordshire is pronounced 'Hart-fud-shur'

@dougmangum7997 10 жыл бұрын

A segement was on Spider-Man II

@beemccouch 10 жыл бұрын

top ten green day songs

@sasquatch4 10 жыл бұрын

Had to read this play senior year in high school, was not a fun time.

@TheRaynerKid 10 жыл бұрын

spoilers ffs

@emmapark8530 4 жыл бұрын

Jack not john

@parvinaujla4531 6 жыл бұрын

Aaaa handbaggggg

@pygiana16 7 жыл бұрын

Hertfordshire is pronounced Hartfordshire

@seancampbell8223 10 жыл бұрын

Top 10 acts of kindness?

@Blockhaj 10 жыл бұрын

top ten disney songs

@ethanmoss3969 10 жыл бұрын

top 10 hunger games theorys like fox face suisice

@annpippin6388 2 жыл бұрын

Who is. Supposed to. Be. The. Male character. Inn the picture.?

@robertplattner1636 2 жыл бұрын

1:44 It’s pronounced H(a)rtfordshire. Not H(e)rtfordshire.

@DavidBrowningBYD 6 жыл бұрын

Lifestyle choices? Use of that phrase shows great ignorance. What’s my motivation to see the remainder of this video? If this is any indication clearly I will be more offended than enlightened.

@mossfitz 4 жыл бұрын

What the bloody hell!! "Imprisoned for his lifestyle choices" - That level of euphemism is just plain sick. No excuse!

@donlevy1375 4 жыл бұрын

"Lifestyle choice"? Really?

@reasonablecheese 10 жыл бұрын

Nice recycling of the "about the author" segment from a previous video. Lazy cut 'n' paste!

@WatchMojo 10 жыл бұрын

It's less about being lazy and more about seeing if our audience minds it, in order to be able to create more NEW videos but indeed using the odd entry vebatim from older videos. So it's not about tricking you, but we said "if it's the same entry in the same context, we can take extra time to rewrite, rerecord and use new video, or we can use the same in a new list/entry and allow ourselves to create more." We then see if our obviously-attentive (haha) audience picks it up or even minds it.

@reasonablecheese 10 жыл бұрын

WatchMojo.com Touche.

@cboxman 10 жыл бұрын

Top ten disney villain deaths

@danielwaterhouse9550 10 жыл бұрын

they have it

@cboxman 10 жыл бұрын

No they have top animated Disney villains. But not Disney villain deaths

@MaximNechaev 10 жыл бұрын

круто

@FizzleFX 10 жыл бұрын

sorry to earnest for me

@pranavimarreddy740 6 жыл бұрын

"Oscar Wilde" not "Oliver Wilde"

@maxeinig8020 10 жыл бұрын

Top 10 notes on Google+.

@sorenansari3782 10 жыл бұрын

lil

@mohamadarafeh1 10 жыл бұрын

Top 10 cartoon ten year olds

@ADDodger 10 жыл бұрын

what?

@tokeYamamoto 10 жыл бұрын

Like :)

@BCarter2362 10 жыл бұрын

random comment

@andersgunnarsson7927 10 жыл бұрын

snaze

@en1909s9iah 4 жыл бұрын

sexuality is not a lifestyle choice.

@olibearws 10 жыл бұрын

derp 2nd comment

@skyetheuniversalspy Жыл бұрын

“Imprisoned for his lifestyle choices”. Being gay isn’t a lifestyle choice.

@tyrant-den884 10 жыл бұрын

Skin deep observations, and it takes place in the short lived Edwardian period.

@dennisq823 5 жыл бұрын

The play takes place in the Victorian era (which lasted until 1901).

@alexrose9388 3 жыл бұрын

Being gay is not a "Lifestyle choice" And it's pronounced "Heartfordshire", not "Hurtfordshire" 🙄

@strongdecaf3729 6 жыл бұрын

fuck that "lifestyle choices" bullshit. do better.

@tsw686 4 жыл бұрын

He was imprisoned for being gay... That's not a lifestyle choice