One Last Scene - Derry Girls and Writing Ceasefire
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2023
- 'So hope for a great sea-change / On the far side of revenge.
Believe that further shore / Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracle / And cures and healing wells.'
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Timestamps:
0:07 Ménos
3:46 Protestants Hate ABBA
14:19 Ceasefire
17:05 One Last Scene
25:29 Conclusion
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Works cited:
Derry Girls, various episodes, Channel 4, 2018-22.
The Derry Journal (on the impact of the 1994 ceasefire): www.derryjournal.com/news/pol...
Documentary footage of the GFA's result readout: • N. IRELAND: 71 PERCENT...
Homer, Iliad, trans. Stanley Lombardo, Hackett, 1997.
Maureen Alden, Michael Longley's Ceasefire and The Iliad, 'Classics and Irish Politics, 1916-2016', Oxford University Press, 2020. academic.oup.com/book/33508/c...
Michael Longley, Ceasefire, 1994. poetryarchive.org/poem/ceasef...
Seamus History's 'Hope and history rhyme' line, as well as the lines quoted atop this description, can be found in this extract from The Cure At Troy: ascend.aspeninstitute.org/wp-...
Works shown:
www.vulture.com/2019/08/netfl...
www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-re...
The public domain deaths chart is from: www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/...
The piece shown in the ending credits is the Shield of Achilles by Spencer Finch, 2017.
Sources for miscellaneous claims:
The moral outrage in response to the early release of paramilitary prisoners:
Michael von Tagen Page, A Farewell to Arms?, 'Long War to Long Peace in Northern Ireland', Manchester University Press, 2000. (accessed here: www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland...)
The 'splash' Ceasefire made in NI and ROI is also in:
Maureen Alden, Michael Longley's Ceasefire and The Iliad, 'Classics and Irish Politics, 1916-2016', Oxford University Press, 2020. academic.oup.com/book/33508/c...
The undermining of WW1 ceasefires by officers:
books.google.co.uk/books?id=h...
www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-re...
I'd also like to thank TSD Talks for his help with research, and HaydenTCEM for introducing me to the delightful Brother Brit-Man character.
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Timestamps:
0:07 Ménos
3:46 Protestants Hate ABBA
14:19 Ceasefire
17:05 One Last Scene
25:29 Conclusion
In the finale of Lisa McGee's Derry Girls, we return to Derry one year later, as the gang prepare for their final year of school. It's the week of the Good Friday Agreement, but its timing couldn't be any worse, as Erin and Orla's joint 18th birthday party threatens to be overshadowed. 
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oh, and embarrassing correction: section one should probably be titled "Ménis", not "Ménos". Apologies! I went to a state school. The mistake's not a huge one, because it _kiinda_ works as a pun _on_ Ménis, but that pun is an unintended one. Oops!
One of the most beautiful endings to a show of all time. It acknowledged the impossible contradictions in peoples' hearts and gave hope for the future in spite of it all. Made me want to cry and applaud at the same time.
The belligerents were no doubt scolded into a ceasefire by Sister Michael.
As someone born and raised in Ireland Derry girls means a lot of me - how Americans treat my country is interesting 😅 but Derry girls gets Ireland for good or bad. The girls act like girls I knew and same with rest of the family
the finale to Derry Girls is the most emotionally powerful piece of art I have ever seen. I literally can't even watch this video about it without crying
The first episode of Derry girls perfectly sums up the attitudes of Northern Irish parents. Like some may be more lenient but I know that even if your way to school is out they'll drive you there like recently with the bus strikes I have to get a ferry to school & was still driven to school when the bus's where off.
Man, I love all your videos, but this one might just be your best.
I grew up in Cork. In Ireland, yes, but far away from The Troubles up North. We'd see on the news the latest it-for-tat killings and escalations in tensions and violence and it seemed like it would just go on and on and on. I was just too young to vote in the referendum (I turned 18 in late '98) but what I think I'd forgotten about that period, and what Lisa McGee's brilliantly written finale showed was just how brave the people up there were to take that chance for peace. On both sides. To let the killers of their loved ones out of prison early, in the hope that future families would be spared the pain they went through, was an incredible display of compassion, and empathy and hope when the level of trust and tolerance between the respective communities was oftentimes so low. It really was a miracle.
Great analysis as always sir, especially drawing the parallels with Priam and Achilles, that was a great take! Very much looking forward to what you're planning for next year.
Nollaig shona dhuit!
Thanks so much for sharing this, and for the kind words. Merry Christmas!
I deeply appreciate you tru not explain the troubles all to much even as Irish person it complex issues not even me after years of learning Irish history school can full explain. Derry girls I think captures the werdniess of being in war but not in war at the same time that my grand parents talk about to me
Pillar of Garbage as someone exhausted by the pain in our current moment, feeling hopeless, like we can do nothing to stop the pain, and just helplessly wanting people to see the humanity in each other you've made me cry. It's soft tears that have been needing to come only stopped by my own burnout. So thank you
the finale made me cry, and this video almost did too. i loved your tying in of the Achilles stuff, great job. The shot near the end of derry girls where the last person to disappear around the corner is erin's baby sister, following her family who just secured a more peaceful future for her, really gets to me.
Happy Holidays! Thank you so much for this video. Derry Girls is a true classic. I love how relatable all of the characters are, and even if you didn't grow up during the time period in Ireland, it still resonates. Though it's primarily about the gang getting into mischief, we're still reminded how scary and unpredictable it was growing up during the Troubles.
I think on top of hope there's action... they don't just want a better future, they have to go and vote on it, and make hope into a reality for themselves. I think Derry Girls can montage unlike any other show. Documentary footage and the news clips used add a layer of history to the show, make it more real. Really good video. Made me want to go read the Iliad.
This is a really thoughtful and beautiful essay on one of my favourite shows. Maith thú.
Thank you!
Oh my God now I'm crying on my lunch break 😢
rewatching all these clips over and over & putting this video together had me sobbing like an idiot, I know the feeling haha
Derry Girls is such a brilliant show (I'm from Northern Ireland) and I'm so glad to see an analysis of it. Perfectly put.
I never heard of this show and the ending made me cry jus shown by you. That's powerful.
I should watch Derry Girls again
What i really like about your videos: You don't need to have seen a film or show which you talk about to get your point(s).
Again: Thank you, keep it up. 👍
This is great to hear - I was a little concerned this video might be inaccessible to those unfamiliar with the topics. Glad to hear that isn’t the case - thank you!
@@PillarofGarbage Actually: I will watch this show now. I am curious.
So you also gave me an idea what to watch next 😎
'Cause the dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp. Merry Christmas.
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Great essay dude. Got a little misty eyed all over again
Thank you for this. Derry Girls is one of my favorite shows, and seeing such a great video be made about it, while also using the show to talk about the current atrocities taking place and about how people might eventually be better to others, and take a step toward a future where some people aren’t under the constant threat of violence, I think that’s a really great way of keeping in the spirit of the show.
Hell Yeah!! About to start on my "One Last Scene Video" now.
This was beautiful. I needed this. Thank you for making it.
Thank you for using your platform for this thoughtful and beautiful analysis that reminds us of the rhymes of history
Excellent video on a brilliant show
Between this show and Bellfast, there’s a lot of stories about the Troubles that American audiences really don’t know much about.
Merry Christmas, Pillar of Garbage!!
Merry Christmas!
great video and beautiful conclusion !!
A Beautiful End to such a Hilarious and Heartwarming Show.
Great video. I even teared up at just being reminded of that last episode!
Thank you
This video was incredible and very thought provoking. So well put together. Well done.
Incredible video, never actually watched Derry Girls but definitely putting it on the list now
I didn't believe a "one _ scene" crossover would happen again, I'm so excited!!!
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Truly great video. Quite moving even if I haven’t watched the show, though now I want to. Makes me think of a lot of issues currently going on in my country and my life and that maybe it’s time to try to reach a ceasefire with some relatives this Christmas. Will be hard but let’s give it a shot.
Thanks
Best of luck!
I remember the IRA ceasefire. And I remember that it nearly all came to nothing. The UK Conservative government insisted that Sinn Fein could not take part in negotiations until the IRA surrendered its weapons. The IRA said that wasn't going to happen. The crasefire failed, the fighting resumed. It took a change of government and a willingness to compromise on both sides to break the deadlock.
It was necessary to recognize that The Troubles was a war, and that when a war comes to an end the prisoners of war are released.
I watched and loved Derry Girls, very good show
This is good, and clever too. Love the Seamus Heaney reference ❤️
OMG, MY BOY IS PART OF THE BIG BOY PLAYLIST! We dreamed of times like these!
nice video
thank you
Merry Christmas, Happy early Kwanza and a Happy New Year, everyone!
D'ya know what?
I finished Fintan O'Toole's "We Don't Know Ourserlves" this month.
I've also finished teaching David Malouf's utterly beautiful 'Ransom' as a re-creation of Achilles\ and Priam's meeting to 18 year old leaving year students in Year 12 this year. I'd taught that between 2016-2023 with the main contexutal reference being the author's own shelving of the project as the poet's only response to the rush to violence evident in the War on Terror.
Not once did I think of the end to the The Troubles whilst I was as the transplanted third-generation Irishman here in Aus as the context. If only I knew enough to make O'Toole's connection to the Irish spriit of finding a way to bury the nationalist death-drive (alongside the Loyalist one) to the signing of the peace.
You bastards. You utter fucking bastards. "We ended up, not great, maybe not even especially good, but better than either - not especially bad ourselves." Well done. I'm in fucking tears, you magnificent fucking bastards, you found a way to do it.
Merry Christmas PoG. An excellent video, very topical.
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