Old and Middle Irish colour terms

Basic

dub "black"
bán "white"
derg "red"
glas "grue"
buide "yellow"

Saturation/Brightness

finn "bright, fair"
gel "dazzling white"
gorm "dark and shining"
úaine "verdant; bright green"
donn "unsaturated brown through grey"
odor "bright brown"
corcair "scarlet"

Restricted

rúad "red hair/complexion, dried blood"
liath "grey, primar. of hair"
cíar "jet-black [allit. phrases]"
flann "blood-red [allit. phrases]"
lachtna "milk-coloured [wool]"

Reiner Abfall

Given how many times I've been burned by gay dramas, I had misgivings about Freier Fall. But it came highly recommended from nashobabear and I was hungry for some German practice, so I put it on the queue. Ugh; if I'd wanted a German movie about coming out in the police force, I'd've been better off rewatching Echte Kerle.

Why are we still making this same damn film in 2013? "Married guy has torrid gay affair, feels conflicted" just isn't enough to hang a film plot on anymore--certainly not in a country which has legally-recognised same-sex marriage. To make it worse, the protagonist is a selfish lying bastard, who never apologises for his shitty actions, only offering to tell the truth after he's exhausted all other options. There are some feeble thrusts at making it seem like some of those hostile to him are motivated by homophobia, but make his fuck buddy female and it wouldn't alter the righteousness of their reactions one iota. And, of course, the possibility that he's simply an unethical bisexual is never entertained for a moment.

On top of that, damn, but it was turgid. Not a touch of humour in the whole damn thing. (And don't try to tell me that Germans can't do comedy; they just lack practice is all.) Instead a lot of bleak sequences scored with portentous synths as we plod from one hackneyed plot point to another. (Will there be a scene in a gay club where, to the accompaniment of really bad techno, a desperate need to forget his pain drives him into a futile attempt to have meaningless sex with a pickup? You bet!) It's like a trip back in time to the bad old days where misery was the lot of all homosexuals. I'm honestly surprised that all of the featured fags lived to the end.

Oh well. At least the previews spotlit a film (Pit stop) which looks like it might actually feature gay men who are well-rounded characters facing interesting dilemmas. Probably another disappointment in the making, but I'm choosing to live in hope.