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In the movie, it's strongly implied (though never stated outright) that Idgie and Ninny are the same person. The book is completely different. In the book, a detailed account of Ninny's life (both before and after she came to live with the Threadgoodes) make up a large section of the story. A movie which includes all of the plot from the book would have to be several times longer than the movie that was eventually made. Idgie survives in the book, while Ninny dies as Evelyn was told.
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Is ninny the same person as idgie?
i do think sometimes that the character played by ninny is like Idgie because Ninny has a picture in her nursing home room of Ruth and Idgie and at the end of the movie someone put honey on Ruth's gravesite and it so happens that Ninny is there when Evelyn comes and tells her(ninny) her house was condemned..it sure does seem that Ninny has a lot of information about the two (ruth and idgie) that how else would only those two people know..
What is a bliss ninny?
A bliss ninny is a person who is unrealistically optimistic, especially someone who attempts to justify difficult situations by seeing the best of a bad situation rather than engaging with the difficulty in a meaningful way.
Methinks the moon looks with a watery eye?
The line is spoken by Titania - at the very end of Act III scene i, from -A Midsummer Night's DreamEnter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELINGBOTTOM Are we all met?QUINCE Pat, pat; and here's a marvellous convenient placefor our rehearsal. This green plot shall be ourstage, this hawthorn-brake our tiring-house; and wewill do it in action as we will do it before the duke.BOTTOM Peter Quince,--QUINCE What sayest thou, bully Bottom?BOTTOM There are things in this comedy of Pyramus andThisby that will never please. First, Pyramus mustdraw a sword to kill himself; which the ladiescannot abide. How answer you that?SNOUT By'r lakin, a parlous fear.STARVELING I believe we must leave the killing out, when all is done.BOTTOM Not a whit: I have a device to make all well.Write me a prologue; and let the prologue seem tosay, we will do no harm with our swords, and thatPyramus is not killed indeed; and, for the morebetter assurance, tell them that I, Pyramus, am notPyramus, but Bottom the weaver: this will put themout of fear.QUINCE Well, we will have such a prologue; and it shall bewritten in eight and six.BOTTOM No, make it two more; let it be written in eight and eight.SNOUT Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion?STARVELING I fear it, I promise you.BOTTOM Masters, you ought to consider with yourselves: tobring in--God shield us!--a lion among ladies, is amost dreadful thing; for there is not a more fearfulwild-fowl than your lion living; and we ought tolook to 't.SNOUT Therefore another prologue must tell he is not a lion.BOTTOM Nay, you must name his name, and half his face mustbe seen through the lion's neck: and he himselfmust speak through, saying thus, or to the samedefect,--'Ladies,'--or 'Fair-ladies--I would wishYou,'--or 'I would request you,'--or 'I wouldentreat you,--not to fear, not to tremble: my lifefor yours. If you think I come hither as a lion, itwere pity of my life: no I am no such thing; I am aman as other men are;' and there indeed let him namehis name, and tell them plainly he is Snug the joiner.QUINCE Well it shall be so. But there is two hard things;that is, to bring the moonlight into a chamber; for,you know, Pyramus and Thisby meet by moonlight.SNOUT Doth the moon shine that night we play our play?BOTTOM A calendar, a calendar! look in the almanac; findout moonshine, find out moonshine.QUINCE Yes, it doth shine that night.BOTTOM Why, then may you leave a casement of the greatchamber window, where we play, open, and the moonmay shine in at the casement.QUINCE Ay; or else one must come in with a bush of thornsand a lanthorn, and say he comes to disfigure, or topresent, the person of Moonshine. Then, there isanother thing: we must have a wall in the greatchamber; for Pyramus and Thisby says the story, didtalk through the chink of a wall.SNOUT You can never bring in a wall. What say you, Bottom?BOTTOM Some man or other must present Wall: and let himhave some plaster, or some loam, or some rough-castabout him, to signify wall; and let him hold hisfingers thus, and through that cranny shall Pyramusand Thisby whisper.QUINCE If that may be, then all is well. Come, sit down,every mother's son, and rehearse your parts.Pyramus, you begin: when you have spoken yourspeech, enter into that brake: and so every oneaccording to his cue.Enter PUCK behind PUCK What hempen home-spuns have we swaggering here,So near the cradle of the fairy queen?What, a play toward! I'll be an auditor;An actor too, perhaps, if I see cause.QUINCE Speak, Pyramus. Thisby, stand forth.BOTTOM Thisby, the flowers of odious savours sweet,--QUINCE Odours, odours.BOTTOM --odours savours sweet:So hath thy breath, my dearest Thisby dear.But hark, a voice! stay thou but here awhile,And by and by I will to thee appear.Exit PUCK A stranger Pyramus than e'er played here.Exit FLUTE Must I speak now?QUINCE Ay, marry, must you; for you must understand he goesbut to see a noise that he heard, and is to come again.FLUTE Most radiant Pyramus, most lily-white of hue,Of colour like the red rose on triumphant brier,Most brisky juvenal and eke most lovely Jew,As true as truest horse that yet would never tire,I'll meet thee, Pyramus, at Ninny's tomb.QUINCE 'Ninus' tomb,' man: why, you must not speak thatyet; that you answer to Pyramus: you speak all yourpart at once, cues and all Pyramus enter: your cueis past; it is, 'never tire.'FLUTE O,--As true as truest horse, that yet wouldnever tire.Re-enter PUCK, and BOTTOM with an ass's headBOTTOM If I were fair, Thisby, I were only thine.QUINCE O monstrous! O strange! we are haunted. Pray,masters! fly, masters! Help!Exeunt QUINCE, SNUG, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELINGPUCK I'll follow you, I'll lead you about a round,Through bog, through bush, through brake, through brier:Sometime a horse I'll be, sometime a hound,A hog, a headless bear, sometime a fire;And neigh, and bark, and grunt, and roar, and burn,Like horse, hound, hog, bear, fire, at every turn.Exit BOTTOM Why do they run away? this is a knavery of them tomake me afeard.Re-enter SNOUT SNOUT O Bottom, thou art changed! what do I see on thee?BOTTOM What do you see? you see an asshead of your own, doyou?Exit SNOUT Re-enter QUINCE QUINCE Bless thee, Bottom! bless thee! thou arttranslated.Exit BOTTOM I see their knavery: this is to make an ass of me;to fright me, if they could. But I will not stirfrom this place, do what they can: I will walk upand down here, and I will sing, that they shall hearI am not afraid.Sings The ousel cock so black of hue,With orange-tawny bill,The throstle with his note so true,The wren with little quill,--TITANIA [Awaking] What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?BOTTOM [Sings]The finch, the sparrow and the lark,The plain-song cuckoo gray,Whose note full many a man doth mark,And dares not answer nay;--for, indeed, who would set his wit to so foolisha bird? who would give a bird the lie, though he cry'cuckoo' never so?TITANIA I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again:Mine ear is much enamour'd of thy note;So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move meOn the first view to say, to swear, I love thee.BOTTOM Methinks, mistress, you should have little reasonfor that: and yet, to say the truth, reason andlove keep little company together now-a-days; themore the pity that some honest neighbours will notmake them friends. Nay, I can gleek upon occasion.TITANIA Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful.BOTTOM Not so, neither: but if I had wit enough to get outof this wood, I have enough to serve mine own turn.TITANIA Out of this wood do not desire to go:Thou shalt remain here, whether thou wilt or no.I am a spirit of no common rate;The summer still doth tend upon my state;And I do love thee: therefore, go with me;I'll give thee fairies to attend on thee,And they shall fetch thee jewels from the deep,And sing while thou on pressed flowers dost sleep;And I will purge thy mortal grossness soThat thou shalt like an airy spirit go.Peaseblossom! Cobweb! Moth! and Mustardseed!Enter PEASEBLOSSOM, COBWEB, MOTH, and MUSTARDSEEDPEASEBLOSSOM Ready.COBWEB And I.MOTH And I.MUSTARDSEED And I.ALL Where shall we go?TITANIA Be kind and courteous to this gentleman;Hop in his walks and gambol in his eyes;Feed him with apricocks and dewberries,With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries;The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees,And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighsAnd light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes,To have my love to bed and to arise;And pluck the wings from Painted butterfliesTo fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes:Nod to him, elves, and do him courtesies.PEASEBLOSSOM Hail, mortal!COBWEB Hail!MOTH Hail!MUSTARDSEED Hail!BOTTOM I cry your worship's mercy, heartily: I beseech yourworship's name.COBWEB Cobweb.BOTTOM I shall desire you of more acquaintance, good MasterCobweb: if I cut my finger, I shall make bold withyou. Your name, honest gentleman?PEASEBLOSSOM Peaseblossom.BOTTOM I pray you, commend me to Mistress Squash, yourmother, and to Master Peascod, your father. GoodMaster Peaseblossom, I shall desire you of moreacquaintance too. Your name, I beseech you, sir?MUSTARDSEED Mustardseed.BOTTOM Good Master Mustardseed, I know your patience well:that same cowardly, giant-like ox-beef hathdevoured many a gentleman of your house: I promiseyou your kindred had made my eyes water ere now. Idesire your more acquaintance, good MasterMustardseed.TITANIA Come, wait upon him; lead him to my bower.The moon methinks looks with a watery eye;And when she weeps, weeps every little flower,Lamenting some enforced chastity.Tie up my love's tongue bring him silently.Exeunt
Was Ninny Idgie in the film Fried green tomatoes?
i recall the name idgie in the movie but i dont recall ninny as her first name No, wasn't. Ninny did tell Evelyn that she's married to her (Idgie's) brother, Cleo. If Ninny and Idgie are the same person, then she married her own brother...
Julian of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe?
Julian was Buddy and Idgie's middle brother.
Is ninny the same person as idgie?
i do think sometimes that the character played by ninny is like Idgie because Ninny has a picture in her nursing home room of Ruth and Idgie and at the end of the movie someone put honey on Ruth's gravesite and it so happens that Ninny is there when Evelyn comes and tells her(ninny) her house was condemned..it sure does seem that Ninny has a lot of information about the two (ruth and idgie) that how else would only those two people know..
Themes of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café?
Food can be considered to be one of the main themes, meerly because of the fact that it brought happiness to many of the characters. An example of where food is shown as a main theme is when Igee is throwing food to the poor when she was with Ruth
Who is the woman who died in Fried Green Tomatoes?
Idgie when portrayed as the younger woman and Ninny Threadgoode, as the storyteller. Evelyn Couch is the lady who the story is being told to.
Who is stump threadgoode in fried green tomato?
There is no character in the credits called Stump Threadgoode. Idgie Threadgoode................Mary Stuart Masterson Ninny Threadgoode...............Jessica Tandy Buddy Threadgoode..............Chris O'Donnell Mama Threadgoode..............Lois Smith Young Julian Threadgoode....Reid Binion Leona Threadgoode..............Afton Smith Papa Threadgoode................Danny Nelson Little Idgie Threadgoode.......Nancy Moore Atchison Older Julian Threadgoode......Haynes Brooke Buddy Threadgoode Jr...........Graysson Fricke In the movie there is a funeral scene for Buddy Jr's arm. That is when they discuss nicknaming him Stump. Stump is Buddy Jr.
What is a synonym for ninny?
Ninny 1. An idiot2. Short word for nincompoop3. Someone who is afraid of everything and has no courage; pansyeg.you went into the girls bathroom by mistake? you ninny!Don't be such a ninny! etc.
Is ninny a British English word?
Yes. The word ninny is also sometimes used in America.
Can you please use ninny in a sentence?
"Ninny" means a fool or simpleton; an idiot. It can be used in much the same way the word "noob" is used these days. "You fell for the old 'press F4' trick? What a ninny!"
Why does the giant in Odyssey call Odysseus a ninny?
Well, according to google dictionary, a ninny is a foolish person. In the Cyclopes, the Giant calls Odysseus a ninny because Polyphemus (the Cyclops) is mad about being stabbed in the eye and going blind, so as an insult, he calls Odysseus a ninny. Hope this helps!
Why musk ox is extincted?
It's not you ninny
What actors and actresses appeared in Fried Green Tomatoes - 1991?
The cast of Fried Green Tomatoes - 1991 includes: Paul Armbruster as Gas Station Attendant Jacob Avnet as Wedding Guest Gary Basaraba as Grady Kilgore Suzi Bass as Nurse Kathy Bates as Evelyn Couch Reid Binion as Young Julian Threadgoode Haynes Brooke as Older Julian Threadgoode Michael Burgess as Wingo, Man at BBQ David Dwyer as Hooded Man Todd Eller as College Buddy Tom Even as Judge Bill Ewin as College Dean Genevieve Fisher as Peggy Hadley Fannie Flagg as Teacher Grayson Fricke as Buddy Threadgoode Jr. Bob Hannah as Defense Attorney Shelby Hofer as School Girl Tres Holton as Boy at Supermarket Evan Lockwood as Tim Ted Manson as Bailiff James Mayberry as Orderly Ronald McCall as Ocie Macon McCalman as Prosecutor Percy Wallace Merck as KKK Man Nancy Moore Atchison as Little Idgie Threadgoode Danny Nelson as Papa Threadgoode Enjolik Oree as Older Naughty Bird Bob Penny as Bailiff Lashondra Phillips as Young Naughty Bird LaTanya Richardson as Janeen Richard Riehle as Reverend Scroggins Gailard Sartain as Ed Couch Raynor Scheine as Sheriff Curtis Smoote Timothy Scott as Smokey Lonesome Nick Searcy as Frank Bennett Stan Shaw as Big George Leonard Shinew as Mr. Dunaway Constance Shulman as Missy Afton Smith as Leona Threadgoode Lois Smith as Mama Threadgoode Mary Stuart Masterson as Idgie Threadgoode Jessica Tandy as Ninny Threadgoode Cicely Tyson as Sipsey Drew Wilkins as Young Cleo Marion Williams as Gospel Singer Grace Zabriskie as Eva Bates
