Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ banned in North Carolina
September 19, 2013|By Carolyn Kellogg
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Now some lighthearted Randolph County related fantasy:
http://pixar.wikia.com/Lynda_Weathers
Mrs. The King — hmm.
Thankfully Randolph County and The Magic Square of Jupiter in Durer’s “Melencolia I” will forever be linked. Magic cures all.
https://archive.org/details/architecturalhis00what
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There are a number of other very interesting towns around Red Cross besides nearby Level Cross already discussed in “Gray (S)adler 03.” Note first that Red Cross is near Climax, just over the northern Randolph County line in Guilford, and also lies within the Climax topographic map. Julian also seems meaningful, but I’ll have to get back to that if so. And then we have both a Grays Chapel and a Whites Chapel not far south of Red Cross (!). Lineberry (Linberry?) may reinforce, for us, the 2 needed lines to form a cross. Then there’s Melanchton a couple of miles to Red Cross’ southwest, the only US population place that begins with the letters “melanch”, like “melancholia”. I pretty strongly believe, however impossible it seems once more, that this is referring to Durer’s very famous 16th Century print “Melencholia I”, the first of a series planned on the subject of melancholia in general according to some sources. For now, I’ll say it has to do with the 4×4 Magic Square of the picture — I’ll study more about the print this weekend.
The topographic maps covering Randolph County could be a reinterpretation of the 4×4 square given the presence of MELACHton within (Grays Chapel topo map).
A 4×4 square appears above the CH O KING poster. In the movie, I believe Kubrick wants an association to be made between it and the 4 washers in the neighboring room, as already discussed as well in “Gray (S)adler 03”. I now think it can also be associated with Randolph County, NC, even though this is something that Kubrick in all likelihood *didn’t* plan. We have wandered off his map, if so.
The position of Red Cross is marked with a red cross. If The Shining’s 4×4 paper and Randolph County’s topo maps are aligned this way, the 2 “red crosses” are basically directly north and south of each other. The folded back corner of one the pieces of the “map” indicates the position of Red Cross, and also Level Cross directly above it, in turn (again if we turn the map sideways).
Some more on Randolph County:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_County,_North_Carolina
Randolph County is located in the center of North Carolina & the city of Asheboro (located in Randolph County) is the center point of North Carolina.
In 1911, a new county called Piedmont County was proposed, with High Point as its county seat, to be created from Guilford, Davidson and Randolph Counties. Many people appeared at the Guilford County courthouse to oppose the plan, vowing to go to the state legislature to protest. The state legislature voted down the plan in February 1911.[7][8]
Durer’s “Melancolia I” and its well known 4×4 square, also called the Magic Square of Jupiter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melencolia_I
Even if he didn’t plan it, don’t you think Kubrick would like the alignment of 2 maps called Climax and Erect on either side of Randolph County?!
X marks the spot again.
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At 58:42, Wendy acquires “Rudolf nose” as her head begins to eclipse the red cross on the bulletin board.
The crown of her head passes directly beneath the turned up corner of the paper above the bulletin board precisely above the red cross. Simultaneously she starts to look up at the approaching boiler — her head *bends* with the line of the curve.
Another red nose effect quickly takes place — Wendy has encountered the eastern edge of the all important CH O KING poster. She now looks directly at KING.
She seems to balance the “O” on her nose at one position. Like a seal and its ball?
Her mouth aligns with red, middle region at the western edge of the poster, as if she is eating it in reverse (?)
After pushing some boiler buttons and hearing Jack grunt in seeming reaction, Wendy looks directly at the camera as her head realigns with the “O” of CH O KING, with the KING clearly visible again. And just to remind, we have that mysterious red sparkle appearing right when she then sets her clipboard down on the table, as she starts to move toward Jack in the Colorado Lounge to see what’s going on.
The 2nd CH O KING poster again in the adjacent utility room, which Wendy trots past on her way to Jack. We see that the paper with the red cross is once more beside it, but to its left instead of the former right. In the screen capture, Wendy’s head is centered in the “X”, maybe a direct counterpart to the poster’s median “O”? It’s also a possibility that it relates to the much smaller red cross just beside it here.
The red cross represents a *level* or horizontal cross, while the “X” represents a cross on a diagonal, in effect. Level Cross, North Carolina is the birthplace of NASCAR legend Richard *Petty*, who was known as “The KING” because he was at the top of his game when driving. Level Cross, NC happens to be directly west of a village named Red Cross. I’ll get back to that line of thought in a moment.*
Short theory here: I believe Kubrick wanted to parallel the 4 green washers *below* this second CH O KING poster to 4×4 paper *above* the first seen one. Starting at the left, both identical posters appear carefully aligned between the 1st and 2nd “columns” of paper and bank of washers respectively. The switching of the red cross from right to left indicates that we are dealing with an inversion, and that also top should be seen as bottom now. The washer furthest from Wendy here is slightly out of line with the others, just as one of the 4 columns in the 4×4 paper has a slightly bent corner, the one where Wendy begins to *bend* her head at to face the poster right as she passes beneath it. It’s not a calendar, however, since this would be 4×3 (for the 12 months). I believes it’s the washers or the washers are it. Each of the 4 washers turned on their primary axis would present 4 rectangles to the viewer — a top, a bottom and 2 sides, front and back. Likewise each of the 4 columns of the paper contains 4 rectangles.
We run smack into the same question again and again: why would *Kubrick go to so much trouble to do this*?!
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* Level Cross has recently been in the news.
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20131105/nascar01/131109924
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