๐ฌ๐บ “The thing, Hastings? Do you think Poirot concerns himself with mere thingness?” Season 1, Episode 2, “Murder in the Mews,” Agatha Christie’s Poirot
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๐บ Watched The Residence.
So great! A country house mystery where the country house is the White House. Uzo Aduba is wonderful, as always. Full of fun actors in smaller roles.
๐บ๐ฟ How I Met Your Mother co-creator Craig Thomas wrote about
.I replied with this:
This has me thinking about the voice-over narration in The Wonder Years, beautifully done by Daniel Stern. A Christmas Story (which for years my dad would put on for its 24-hour marathon) came out in 1983. The Wonder Years ran 1988-1993. What other films and shows use this device? (I think maybe 8-Bit Christmas does?) Are they all doing the same thing with it? What does it do that stories without flashback voiceover don’t? I would read the heck out of a smart pop culture essay about this.
๐บ๐๐ Read The Great Experiment: race and authorship in Shonda Rhimesโs Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story by Claudia Calhoun (Adaptation).
This is an eminently readable and beautifully argued journal article.
๐บ Watched the DS9 episode, “Destiny,” and I feel like the Bajorans could really benefit from reading Oedipus Rex as an object lesson in the futility in attempting to avert prophecies.
๐บ Just finished watching the latest season of Hilda. My heart is so full. ๐ฅน
Apparently my mid-life crisis is mostly watching Derry Girls and thinking, “Yes! That’s exactly what it felt like to be a teen girl in the mid-to-late 90s” while wishing everyone understood that a combination of En Vogue and Enya is the perfect soundtrack. ๐บ๐ต
๐๐บ Read The Donald Trump I Saw on The Apprentice.
For 20 years, I couldnโt say what I watched the former president do on the set of the show that changed everything. Now I can.
Woof. I don’t think stories like this will move the needle for Trump supporters, because I don’t really think anything will move the needle for Trump supporters.
But I kind of hope they turn some non-voters into voters.
Today:
- woke up way too early
- read about Romance Writers of America filing for bankruptcy and the absurd way they’re trying to blame it on Courtney Milan ๐๐
- had my first mammogram (later than I ought) (they used cute stickers to mark my sebaceous cysts)
- caught up on Season 3 of Bridgerton ๐บ
Currently reading: The Best There is at what He Does: Examining Chris Claremontโs X-Men by Jason Powell ๐
Started watching X-Men 97 ๐บ which reminded me that I love the X-Men, so now I’m reading this and reading the comics mentioned alongside. Super fun.