Play With Fire
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"Play with Fire" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, originally released as B-side to the song "The Last Time". It was later included on the American release of their 1965 album Out of Our Heads.
"Play with Fire" is credited to Nanker Phelge, a pseudonym used when tracks were composed by the entire band, even though lead singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards are the only Rolling Stones to appear on the track. The song was recorded late one night in January 1965 while the Stones were in Los Angeles recording with Phil Spector at the RCA Studios. Richards performed the song's acoustic guitar opening while Jagger handled vocals and tambourine (enhanced using an echo chamber). Spector played bass, and Jack Nitzsche provided the song's distinctive harpsichord arrangement and tamtams. The Stones left for a tour of Australia the following day.[2]
The song's lyrics talk of the singer's relationship with a high society girl, disparaging the lifestyle much in the same way that "19th Nervous Breakdown" would with a more up-tempo feel. The title derives from the saying "If you play with fire, you will get burned."
In July 2008, "Play with Fire" became the subject of a lawsuit when ABKCO Music, which owns the rights to the Rolling Stones' early catalogue, filed a suit against Lil Wayne, asserting that the rapper's song "Playing with Fire" is based on the Rolling Stones' song.[7]
Playing with Fire is a 2019 American family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman from a screenplay by Dan Ewen and Matt Lieberman based on a story by Ewen. The film stars John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo, Brianna Hildebrand, Dennis Haysbert, and Judy Greer. It tells the story of a group of smokejumpers who must watch over three children who they rescued from a burning cabin until child services arrives.
Superintendent Jake Carson is the commanding officer of a group of smokejumpers in the remote California woodlands. Carson is capable in a crisis and takes tremendous pride in his work, diving into dangerous situations to rescue civilians alongside his team Mark Rogers, Rodrigo Torres, and "Axe".
Rogers warns Carson they are responsible for the children's welfare (15-year-old Brynn, 10-year-old Will, and 3-year-old (later 4-year-old) Zoey) under the "Safe Haven Laws", requiring law enforcement and first responders to care for children until they are released to a parent or guardian. He leaves a voicemail for the children's mother who texts back saying that they are on their way. Carson's attempts to complete his application for division commander are undermined by the children running haywire around the station, and the arrival of his ex, local environmentalist Dr. Amy Hicks who protests the smokejumpers taking water from endangered toad habitats to fight fires. She refuses Carson's attempt to offload the children onto her.
Despite the mayhem, the rest of the smokejumpers begin to bond with the children: toddler Zoey warms up to the brutish Axe and Torres teaches Will how to navigate dangerous situations. Brynn pays lip service to Rogers' admiration of Carson, then stages an escape on the station's ATV, spilling oil and slashing tires to prevent chase. Carson catches them by off-roading on a little girl's bike, cornering the children on a dirt road.
Will prompts Brynn to admit they are orphans on the run from foster care, avoiding their separation. The text messages were from Brynn herself. The group camp out overnight and Carson promises to hold off calling Child Services until after Zoey's 4th birthday in two days.
The group go all out preparing Zoey's birthday, and the four smokejumpers buy presents for Brynn and Will as well. Carson then tells Will a bedtime story about a yeti who was married to his job, had a son and then died on the job because he was distracted by having a family. Brynn and Hicks are both touched by the thinly veiled story of Carson's life. The overboard birthday party is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of both Richards and Child Services. The children flee in Richards' car, running it off the road right on a cliff. Brynn gets trapped in her seat belt. Carson parachutes down to rescue them and with Will's help, he frees Brynn before the car rolls off the cliff.
Back at the station, Hicks and the other smokejumpers bid an emotional farewell to the children. Richards tells Carson that family can be a source of support and that there is more to life than working. Inspired, Carson refuses to release the children to Child Services under the Safe Haven laws and proposes a plan to adopt all three of them.
By January 2019, Brianna Hildebrand, Judy Greer, Keegan-Michael Key, Edoardo Carfora, Christian Convery, and John Leguizamo joined the cast.[4][5][6] Rob Gronkowski was offered a role in the film but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts.[7] Joe Manganiello was cast but was cut from the film.[8]
The film was originally set to be released on March 20, 2020, but it was later moved up to November 8, 2019, taking over the original release date of Sonic the Hedgehog, which was later delayed to February 14, 2020.[11][12]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 23% based on 77 reviews, with an average rating of 4.1/10.[16] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 24 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[17] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed at PostTrak gave it an average 2.5 out of 5 stars.[14]
TASTING NOTES
Not the least bit shy, this vintage of Playing with Fire expresses all the best attributes of the spectacular 2019 vintage. Effusive boysenberry and blackberry aromas are layered with hints of molasses, root beer and bitter chocolate. The dark meaty aromas are likely from the generous percentage of Malbec, while the Merlot brings afeminine, floral note. Smooth and creamy on entry, the core is lush and concentrated like a bite of a dark chocolate covered cherry. Full bodied yet complex, you might find a playful spiciness and a touch of perfectly brewed black tea in the mid-palate. Ripe summer fruit flavors evolve into chewy, youthful tannins that leave you longing for another sip. Your patience will be rewarded with a little time in the cellar, but this wine
is ready to play right now.
One such example has arisen recently with the rising trend of backyard bonfires. (Maybe it's not a trend, but just that my peers and I have reached an age where we are allowed to play with fire.) I'm not sure what it is, but for some unknown reason, people my age love fires. I've actually listened to people brag about the quality of their fires, claiming that they can set fire to things far better than anyone else. Personally, I think that fires are dangerous and impractical. Plus, when you attend a bonfire, you leave smelling like an arsonist.
The bonfire ritual is further complicated by CF. The fire's smoke will seal a CF patient's lungs like an airmail envelope. Thirty minutes after a fire is started, I invariably lose my voice from excessive coughing. People will comment, and I tell them that I smoked a cigar earlier. This inspires awe in groups of street cred-hungry teenagers. Besides, who can prove that I didn't? I smell like it, I sound like it...
With that said, it's alright if you're not comfortable telling people that you can't roast marshmallows because your airways will close or that you can't have a drink because you're diabetic. However, you must formulate avoidance maneuvers.
The most obvious of which is to opt out of get-togethers where your health will prevent you from participating in the main event (i.e. drinking or burning a house down). However, you may be cringing at that suggestion as you read it. So my "have your cake and eat it too" advice is to compromise. If there's a fire, hang out with the indoors crowd. If there's drinking, find a red solo cup and fill it with water (no one will know the difference, believe me).
In the chronically ill community, the "you can still do everything" message is thrown around a lot. I would love to tell you that it is true. Oftentimes it is. But there will be situations where you have to think of your health. It's the frustrating reality. Sometimes you can't keep up with the crowd, show up to the party, or start a fire. Does this mean that you have to live as a friendless, lifeless recluse? Absolutely not. It just means that you have to pace yourself and stay upwind of the flames.
Mara has been living with CF for 24 years. She recently earned her master's degree in public relations and hopes to continue her work in health communications. In her spare time, she loves reading, baking, and spoiling her dog, Zoe.
Ani Liu is a speculative technologist, artist, and researcher. Lodged somewhere between science fiction and science fact, her work explores the intersection between research, culture, & implications of emerging technologies. She is currently researching the effects of the mediated sensorium at MIT Media Lab \u00A9 Ani Liu 2017
I was madly in love at the time, and then madly heart broken. I obsessed with capturing these moments that were seared into my memory, moments that seemed to have transformed my every molecule- but then ended, swiftly and suddenly, as if it were never there.
These are drawings were made with fire during this period. Instead of just graphite or charcoal sitting on top of paper, the marks made in these drawings are the transformation of the paper itself. Despite its deep transformation, the marks cling far lighter than graphite, even breathing could disturb the marks away.
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