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claireandacat · 10 months

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Well, this is going to be my personality for the rest of my life…

I like to call myself a cinephile. I love movies and I love that even though it’s difficult for folks with ADHD can’t really sit through one, somehow I can. Unless it’s a chick flick, I cannot get into cheesy af romance.

I’ve always loved movies as a child all the way until present day adulthood. I don’t have any school or studying I gotta do so ever since graduating medical assistant school I’ve been trying to find “adult” hobbies for the past year and a half.

The one that sticks the most is watching movies.

I don’t know why. Maybe because I love analyzing the story, filmography, acting, choice of cast, music of a movie and really just digging deep and discovering the meaning, the writing, symbolism etc. plus I can kick back and have a gummy or seltzer and cuddle with my cat, if he wants to join he never does.

Maybe it comes from my dance background. I mainly danced ballet, contemporary and modern and usually those dance types are expressive. There is a method of adding feelings and emotions with your movement to convey or tell a story with the music and choreography.

Maybe I just love getting sucked into a good story and with reading you gotta pay attention with the words and details and that gets difficult for not only someone who is ADHD but is also a dyslexic. Movies are purely visual and everything folds out in front of you.

My neurospicy self has been comparing and contrasting almost everything I’ve come across for the past couple years. Well, most my life more like it but this time my brain more developed and can really think about all sides more clearly. I’ll compare the simplistic and most random of things. Since I started working in healthcare I’ve been noticing trends, behaviors and habits of each generation.like for example, I’ve noticed boomer men are very dependent on their wives. They don’t know what meds they’re on, what for and the dose but their wives do. They tend to have certain expectations of how things run. If there is a long wait at the urgent care due to understaffing, they will let me know and give me attitude as if it’s my fault the place is understaffed or we had to stop taking patients back for a bit because EMS was called. Gen X and beyond tend to have a lot more grace if it’s something we cannot fix in a second.

I will say all this comparing and contrasting really does exercise the mind. Or maybe it’s just my neurospicy mind making sense of everything.

I JUST LOVE MOVIES OKAY?

And I am noticing lately that when watching movies that I’m really watching it and admire it in every single way.

An example would be with Oppenheimer. When the day of the trinity test comes, there is this gradual intensity that plays out and you can FEEL this intensity as the team is getting ready for this test bomb. The music is frosting on the cake because just like the whole scene, it too gradually gets more intense. Then they press the button. It’s a beautiful montage of flames and explosions in PURE SILENCE. I cannot explain the beauty of the flame animations and pure silence after such an intense moment. It’s like a relief.

I of course have to mention Wes Anderson when it comes to scenes that just feel so complete to me. Wes also knows how to add charm and bits of comedy. One of my favorite is the part of The Grand Budapest during the prison break and they retrieve the long latter and you know it’s long because it’s coming across the screen in more than a few frames, but after those few frames you know and get the idea this is a long latter.

Or in 28 Days Later there’s a certain beauty and eerie-ness of seeing Jim, Cillian Murphy’s character walking around an abandoned post apocalyptic London wondering what the hell just happened after he has woken up from a coma in a different world.

The movie Rush which is based on a true story, has to be my favorite rivalry story. The two main protagonists start out as typical rivals, ones more reserved and the other is more proud and experienced. As the story plays out, Niki Lauda starts winning as these races while James Hunt starts to struggle. This tug of war ends when Niki gets into an awful accident during a race. I won’t spoil too much so I’ll stop myself but In the end, they become eventually friends.

I love movies. I love finding beauty in them. I love thinking about the significance and symbolism of certain scenes. I could go on all day. Thank you for reading my rambling.

#autistic things #lifestyle blog #my thoughts #rambles #autistic women #ramblings #cinephile #movies #grand budapest hotel #wes anderson #28 days later #oppenheimer #christopher nolan

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apollos-boyfriend · 2 years

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I'm glad you like talking about C!Bedwars so much, because I'd love to hear more of your thoughts! 😇, 🎶, 📓, for C!Bedwars?

😇 A headcanon about their religion/lack thereof

c!purpled: purpled is like. edward elric to me. he could meet god and still turn around mere seconds later and be like "yeah i'm an atheist". he knows the gods exist, he just doesn't think they're gods. powerful beings, sure, but who is he to define divinity?

c!hannah: hannah's spirituality is very strongly connected to nature. i heavily base my interpretation of her with fae mythos, so that's where a lot of her spiritual influence comes from to me. she has a strong respect for the land and the animals/plants that reside on it. sometimes, she holds more respect for them than she does her fellow players. despite that, or maybe because of it, she believes herself as somewhat of the judge, jury, and executioner. because she's so strongly connected to nature, she feels like she has the ability and right to curb it whenever she deems necessary for a greater good (ex. her mercy-killing her animals the second she heard they may have been infected by the egg).

c!boomer: boomer's family was very spiritual, i think, so they took on a lot of those traits. i don't know in what sense exactly, whether they were more focused on people and ancestry or nature and fauna, but it was probably a mixture of both. he has a lot of unusual practices that no one's seen before, with the exception of sam, considering the two have known each other for so long. strangely enough, hannah feels some sort of familiarity when it comes to his practices . . . i wonder why 🤔

🎶 A headcanon about music

all three of them are/were violinists. there i've said it. i know i'm right i just do. purpled still plays mainly violin, hannah has since switched to bass, and boomer now prefers viola. all three of them are also capable of playing the piano to some extent.

📓 A headcanon about their hobbies

c!purpled: sorry but this bitch does NOT know what hobbies are. if you asked him what he did for fun he'd say "training". he does not know what it means to take a break or enjoy himself fully. if given the chance he would do nothing but train and improve himself, and the worst part is, he'd actually consider it fun. someone please get this boy a therapist

c!hannah: she's super into embroidery and! both in the aesthetic sense and in the sense that she owns like 30 pillows with different curse words embroidered on them in the fanciest font imaginable because she thinks it's the peak of comedy.

c!boomer: this bitch LOVES puzzles. all jokes aside, boomer is a really smart guy!!! he's especially fond of crosswords and jigsaws :] they do sometimes cheat by asking their hat for answers, but shhhhh. no one needs to know that.

headcanon ask game!

#muse talk #anon #ask game #I LOVE CBEDWARS I LOVE CBEDWARS #can u tell i think about them. a very mentally ill amount.#extra thoughts:#hannahs taught both purp and boomer how to embroider :] purpled is very good at it! boomer . . . boomer's trying their best #purpled also really likes puzzles!! he prefers rubix cubes tho #stuff that can be easily undone and redone in general #hannah and boomer both played the cello at one point #hannah quite liked it! she oscillates between it and her bass #boomer did not. hell stick to his viola from now on thank you very much.#youd have to pry the violin from purpled's cold dead hands to make him quit

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perish-the-creator · 3 years

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I know not everyone will agree on Q-Force, but one thing we should all agree on is the Trump supporters using it as an opportunity to crack "this made me homophobic" jokes (as if they weren't already homophobic)! The worst offender here on Tumblr is this baby boomer called r4cs0. His blog is basically the nexus of all right-wing bullshit on this site, so of course he and all his buddies are laughing themselves stupid over how much they hate any gay representation in media.

Yeah that is probably the biggest issue with Q-Force.

Because it is doing the whole "unapologetically queer" thing, there are bound to be people who will use it as a means against gay people and to justify any homophobia they have. Those people who clutch their pearls and think that all gay media is overly sexual will probably use this as an example because sadly it is a cartoon and idiots think every cartoon is for children.

I just say we gotta accept that no matter how much media we get, people will cling to the worst presentation of our community to use as ammo.

BUT

We are heading in the right direction. For a while, I can expect more Q-Force like shows in the making. That being cast and crew made of mainly queer people. And yeah, for a while we're more than likely to get adult comedies since the LGBTQ+ is seen as adult only. But hopefully, the positive and neutral response to show might inspire others to introduce more unapologetic queer media to the mainstream.

#qforce #netflix qforce #perish speaks #anon #anon ask #netflix

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deltaengineering · 4 years

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Winter Anime 2020 Reviews: brought to you by quarantine

aw shit look who’s got the time to do some of these again yeah that’s right it’s me

22/7

For 11/12 of its runtime this was an astonishingly forced exercise in hacky tragic backstory that thoroughly answers the question of what happens when assembly line jobbers jump on the already rickety KyoAni bandwagon. So I was ready to give it a well deserved meme score of 3.14/10. Then it remembered it actually had a gimmick and managed to completely fail at that as well, with one of the most thematically misguided endings I can think of. Oh well, if nothing else I laughed. 2/10

Asteroid in Love

Well, it’s competent and inoffensive. What else can I say? I guess it’s pretty amusing how blatant the gay marriage implications get by the end, but that’s not really, you know, quality all by its own (and Harukana Receive does it better). It’s also weird how its first season clearly ends at episode 9 and it just quickly does a second one in the time it has left. Apart from that it’s a slightly above-average Kiraralike with good character moments but a real drought of content (note: dropping exposition on your topic isn’t content) in the middle. Fun enough, but really doesn’t leave me wanting more. 6/10

Dorohedoro

This had much potential to suck but then it didn’t. The biggest surprise was that Dorohedoro is a comedy; a splatter comedy with a core story worth taking seriously, yes, but this is not horror, or mystery, or even action, even if it has all those elements at points. And it manages to be consistently funny. The other big surprise is that the nonsense really does start to come together and is meaningful where it counts, so it has much better worldbuilding than most. Looks really good too - you might take exception to the CG, but it allowed MAPPA to make the rest look great so it’s overall still a plus. Definitely needs a sequel though, because the plot seems to just get started and then it ends like there’s an episode next week. 8/10

ID: INVADED

Ei Aoki’s Inception fanfic turned out very nice, with neat visuals, cool characters and a story that comes together in the end. I mean, come on, it’s an anime where Kenjiro Tsuda literally talks people to death, how can I not like it. It’s not perfect; it’s stuck with some pacing problems, strangely superfluous side characters and ultimately less ambition than it could (maybe even should) have. But it’s also weird in a good way and moderately thoughtful without being pretentious about it. 8/10

If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die

Romantic comedy? Eh, maybe not quite. Funny riffing on wota dumbassery without being mean-spirited about it? Yep. Oshibudo gets the tone (the critical aspect in a show like this) right and it actually ranks fairly high simply as an idol show when that’s not even the point, which is really surprising. It’s just very charming, even if a little simple. 8/10

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

So everyone’s losing their shit over how great Eizouken is and I’m just like nah, man. Not that it’s truly bad, it certainly has its fun moments and undeniably cool animation at times. But it really says a lot when in a show supposedly all about how amazing creativity is, the no-fun-allowed producer is the only character I like - Kanamori is indeed great, shame about Nerdlinger and Plot Device though. And it’s full of the kind of standard boomer animation bromides that just make me think “well, if Ghibli is supposed to be so great, why am I watching this instead of the real thing?” It also has notably poor and uncreative use of background music, which wouldn’t irk me as much if it wasn’t lecturing on the topic. At this point I’m fairly certain that I simply don’t like Yuasa’s style much, no matter what he does. 6/10

Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story

So I’m watching the “final” episode of this and I realize that I care about this random, poorly explained fanservice fight between Mami and Sayaka much more than I care about any of the characters this show is ostensibly about. And that’s pretty much Magireco in a nutshell: It has very little of its own, what it does have is split among way too many video game characters, and it’s at its best when it’s just being dumb and bombastic or lazily replicating the style of Madoka. It’s definitely not good (and the things it does to the Madoka lore are double ungood), but as long as you keep in mind that it’s just meaningless Madoka-ish things, it’s barely entertaining enough. 5/10

Natsunagu!

Natsunagu turned out to be a pleasant (if very cheap) short film that’s severely compromised by broken up into weekly 3-minute chunks. Episodes that short can work, but not for material that depends on atmosphere and character engagement. I can only assume I’d like it more if I watched it all in one go. 5/10

Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It

This one started out as a one-note romantic comedy with the rare novel note, which then got more and more tired as it went on, and the introduction of decidedly less novel characters didn’t help. But by the end it recovered somewhat from not being much good at comedy anymore by being actually pretty good at paying off a romance, which is maybe even rarer. Remove bear though, what the hell. 6/10

Somali and the Forest Spirit

Somali just kept doing its thing (which is dadfeels/protect the blob). Still can’t think of another show so intensely laser-focused on that one thing, to the point they’re constructing an entire fantasy universe around it. I liked the fluffy/introspective parts a lot more so than the grimdark/”let’s get Somali into some danger so dad can rescue her” ones, but at least the former ones are more common overall, and I understand that both are important for the other one to work. So yeah, good show, even if I wish it used the big guns less often. 7/10

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun

I wasn’t too hot on this one at first (apart from the looks, which were always really cool), but I have to say it has won me over by the end. It has likeable and occasionally funny characters, some meat to its setting and a mildly interesting streak of intrigue running though it. Of course it also doesn’t really answer anything, but I’m satisfied. 7/10

Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki S2

Peer pressure presents: the other tourism short of the season, ft. material that fits the format. While it’s still not really good, it’s an improvement over S1. Mainly because it stops trying to extract humor from the characters themselves and gets back to dropping the hot #nagoyatruths, which are the thing I’m here for. 6/10

#anime #review #winter2020 #22/7 #asteroid in love #dorohedoro #id:invaded #oshibudo #eizouken #magia record #natsunagu #science fell in love so i tried to prove it #somali and the forest spirit #toilet-bound hanako-kun #yatogame-chan #nagoyatruths

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fiftytwotwenty · 4 years

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Movie Monday - Sept 7th, 2020

"Best Movie of the 90's"

Last August I discussed the "Best Movie of the 80's", Back to the Future (1985) and to me that choice was a no-brainer - in my mind no other movie even came close to encapsulating the 80's like Back to the Future.

But when it comes to the 90's, well, The 90's are in a class all its own. Just look at the Film Year 1994 - it is stacked: The Shawshank Redemption; The Lion King; Forrest Gump... Then 90's closed out strong in 1999: Fight Club; American Beauty; The Sixth Sense...

So in my journey today to declare the "Best Movie of the 90's" I am going to take a deep dive into the Class of the 1990's.

The Class Clown

Dumb & Dumber (1994):

Man, Oh, Man there were some breakthrough comedies in the 90's.

Former SNL castmates brought us major laughs - Farley and Spade hitting us with Tommy Boy, Meyers and Carvey giving Wayne's World, and Adam Sandler went solo in Billy Madison & Happy Gilmore...

BUT it was a In Living Color alum from Canada that was the main attraction - I'm talking about Jim Carrey's career year of 1994 which made him the highest paid and sought out actor. He gave us Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask (the 4th highest grossing film of 1994 behind The Lion King, Forrest Gump, and True Lies), and Dumb & Dumber.

The Mask and Ace Ventura are great, but nothing hits the funny bone better than the duo of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.

The Burnout / Foreign Exchange Student

Trainspotting (1996):

We came a long way from the Cheech and Chong series of films in the 70's and Richard Linklater's 1993 Dazed and Confused actually took us back to the 70's - But it is Danny Boyle's Trainspotting which stands out as it not only shows us the highs of, well, getting high but also the bottomless lows.

Danny Boyle brought us humor, depression, great music from the punk bands of the UK, and of course, Ewan McGregor.

The Loner

The Blair Witch Project (1999):

In the 90's we were introduced to some groundbreaking storytellers like Tarantino and M. Night Shyamalan, but in 1999 we got a new breed of movie... The Found Footage Film.

In hindsight it's not that greatest story of all time, but it definitely gave middle schoolers of the era some serious heebie-jeebies and opened a whole new genre of horror films.

The "It" Couple

You've Got Mail (1998):

Freddie Prince Jr + Rachel Leigh Cook, Heath Ledger + Julia Stiles, Sandra Bullock + Bill Pullman, Julia Roberts + Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts + Richard Gere... All quaint couples but none can comapre to the onscreen magnetism of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

Sure we first saw them in 1993 in Sleepless In Seattle but they solidified their onscreen relationship in Nora Ephron's, 1998's, You've Got Mail. Winning us over with quippy banter while taking us through the dawn of online dating.

The Glee Club

The Beauty and the Beast (1991) + Aladdin (1992) + The Lion King (1994):

The 90's was short-handed in Live Action Musicals but swung heavy with the Disney Renaissance which helped quench audiences' thirst for show tunes.

Now choosing between B&B, Aladdin, and The Lion King is like choosing between the which Boy Band had the best frosted tips. They are all great in their own right.

The AV Club

Jurassic Park (1993) + Toy Story (1995) + The Matrix (1999):

Whether you were a geek or a nerd - The 90's broke ground on making "dorkiness" cool with its Techinical Achievements:

Finally we were able to move away from stuttering stop animation and received a seamless moving imagery of dinosaurs on screen in Jurassic Park.

Toy Story pioneered the 3D Animation movement and revitalized the family friendly genre thus creating the Pixar powerhouse.

Then we have the Wachowski's who infused Cyberpunk with Martial Arts with a state of the art technology and a forward thinking style which all combined to create The Matrix, a film so unique that it hit an unknown gold standard. The Matrix also help shine light back on Keanu Reeves but sadly there still more is to be deisred in the black leather trench coat.

The Prom Queen

Clueless (1995):

The way people felt about 2011's Bridesmaids is the way I felt back in 1995 when I saw Clueless.

Clueless didn't win Prom Queen solely on its looks but mainly on its personality. It's Not funny for a chick-flick - It's funny, period! With a majority of leading cast being females, Clueless goes toe-to-toe with the best comedies. I cannot even count the number of repeat viewings.

The Goth Kid

Silence of the Lambs (1991):

What's the difference between The Goth Kid and The Loner...

The Goth Kid truly stands out.

This Oscar Award Winning Horror film (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best (Adapted) Screenplay) truly gives you the willies but is hard to take your eyes off of Hannibal Lecter - I give all the credit to Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill) for making this a standout film.

And Now...

The Big Man on Campus

The Class President

The Valedictorian

The Best Movie of the 90's

Pulp Fiction (1994):

If you are like me the idea of attending the 10 year reunion is nonexistent, but in the back of your mind there is probably one individual you wouldn't mind catching up with one more time...

Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.

When it was first on the scene you probably heard rumblings and rumors about Pulp Fictions antics in halls or in the workplace and when you finally got your first viewing it totally lived up to expectations.

It was fresh and nostalgic all at the same time with its nonlinear story and its pop culture bantar and boomer music.

Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, and Christopher Walken deliver 8-finger-death-punch of loveable characters and quotable lines.

Pulp Fiction was Tarantino's second outing but arguably his mostly highly regarded film. His writing on True Romance put his foot in the door, Reservoir Dogs gave him credibility, but Pulp Fiction made him a household name - no matter how rated "R" his films were.

I declare Pulp Fiction to be the Best Movie of the 90's:

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#Movie Monday #52 in 20 #Best Movie of the 90's #Pulp Fiction #1994 #Quentin Tarantino #Silence of the Lambs #Clueless #Jurassic Park #Toy Story #The Matrix #The Blair Witch Project #The Beauty and The Beast #Aladdin #The Lion King #Trainspotting #Dumb & Dumber

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ashley-slashley · 4 years

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ngl, i really don't like it how comedy nowadays has boiled down into either being as obscene as possible just to make people angry, or be as safe and clean as possible just to not make people angry. i really hate to be ageist, but i'd say it'd be logical to suggest the reason why the problem "comedians" (e.g. adam sandler and jeff dunham) are popular is because of older generations (mainly like late baby boom/gen x/early gen y). “comedians” aren’t just from adam sandler and jeff dunham’s generation, you also have folks like amy schumer who just try way too hard to be funny for gen y (if y’all know of any other gen y “comedians”, please include them in either replying to the post or reblogging), and obviously knuckleheads who believe acting like a complete delinquent and being edgy (e.g. logan paul/jake paul, ricegum, tiktok, girls who do really disgusting and stupid things to be “quirky”) from gen z. i know y’all are gonna say stuff like “but (insert older comedian) said ____ and that’s offensive”, and i know y’all are gonna come at me for this, but 1) i’m sure most of it can be traced to learned bigotry and hate, and 2) their generation also had critics who weren’t ok with the stuff comedians did. basically, you don’t have to go out of your way to be an arrogant, bigoted, and brainless to make someone laugh. why else do you think charlie chaplin, marilyn monroe (i included her because a majority of her movies are comedies), jean harlow, lucille ball, the marx brothers, laurel and hardy, and the three stooges are still comedy icons? yeah, some folks can get uncomfy by things in their films, but compare their humor to the cesspit scum that is boomer humor, harpo marx stealing a horse-drawn trashcan and then using it as a roman chariot to a football field will always be funnier than anything made by “comedians”

#the shitposter goes on a tangent

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caveatauditor · 4 years

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Best albums of 2019

I am a strong believer in belated music lists. Hindsight! The past year was stressful for me even before COVID-19 broke, and my favorite music was on average noisier and more irritating than usual. I find comfort and excitement in a mischievous sensibility; if music as chaotic and unpleasant as Jpegmafia’s can hold together, maybe there’s hope yet.

1. 100 Gecs, 1000 Gecs

I’m addicted to everything that I see, yeah! Including screamo death growls, Auto-Tuned cackles, comically heavyhanded drops, pop-punk bangers in disguise, secretly tender love confessions, insanely catchy hooks, and flimsy guitar trash. This marvelous album throws every absurd pop trope of the past decade into a kaleidoscopic blender, spitting out a misshapen musical wind-up toy that never stops exploding and recoagulating, falling down a flight of stairs and revealing a new ghastly face with each bounce. Taken as some musical equivalent of shitposting by writers who think irony and sarcasm are the same, it’s a pop mindfuck that computes emotionally, as awkward kids and/or evil spirits of chaos Laura Les and Dylan Brady make their voices big and ugly and demented because that’s how they feel. Anyway, shitposting is its own species of rock & roll.

2. Taylor Swift, Lover

To be straight is for experience to confirm expectations. Taylor Swift has written about the delight of watching fantasies fulfilled (“Today Was a Fairytale”), renewed (“Begin Again”), or constructed (“Wildest Dreams”). Even when putatively rejecting conventional heteromance, she also sneakily reconstructs it by using its same vocabulary (“Speak Now”). Her best songs address not just desire but the stories we tell about desire, the moments when dreams and reality converge. But Lover is the first time she’s written about the delight of watching experience surpass expactations, the moment when fantasies are gleefully, unexpectedly discarded for something better (“I once believed love would be burning red, but it’s golden” is a lyric whose emotional force requires no familiarity with her catalogue). It radiates calm, a long exhaled breath after years of drama. She made a monogamous maturity move her queerest album, and the colorful electronic beats sound so pretty in the afterglow.

3. Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell

A quietly hysterical collection of observed Hollywood singer-songwriter fictions, played on the piano by a glamorous lady of the canyon who has just shooed guests out of her shag-carpeted parlor and drawn her nicotine-stained curtains after watching California tumble into the sea. In the same year hating boomers became mainstream, the year’s most critically acclaimed album was also a tribute to the most boomerific of rock critics. Greil Marcus, of course, whose taste has never before been so exquisitely pandered to, and I think that’s beautiful.

4. Blueface, Dirt Bag

Blueface doesn’t rap off beat, it’s the beat that can’t keep up. Or as Blueface himself puts it: “I’m literally talking in this bitch and it’s still knockin!” Or as Greg Tate puts it in “The Persistence of Vision: Storyboard P”: “At moments of revolution in artistic form, innovation frequently involves discarding flashy displays of technique. The reduction of ostentatious moves in favour of subtler ones is often read as laziness or limited ability (Flyboy 2: 86).”

5. Jpegmafia, All My Heroes Are Cornballs

Jammed up by jerky segues and pauses, constantly shifting to the next random thing in an endless procession of abrasive diversions, this experimental rap clusterbomb fashions a music of dynamic impatience, wrenching ugly harmonic convergence from the splattering of keyboard doodles, industrial crunches, electronic glitches, roaring guitars, death-factory sirens, repressed shrieks, goopy fusion keyboards, smears of electronic color. Jpegmafia’s rhymes compute mainly as yet more barrage, more proper nouns competing for your attention, but there’s a mischievous energy in his voice that adds a crucial smidgen of humanity. If this music seems the product of online information overload, it’s also the sound of working in the gig economy and/or the service industry, where “directed attention fatigue” has become a cautionary buzzword. My headaches feel like “Rap Grow Old & Die x No Child Left Behind”.

6. Otoboke Beaver, Itekoma Hits

Hardcore punk as hardcore comedy. Rage channeled into hyperactivity. Gnarled riffs and howled tantrums played at violent speed. Keening voices letting loose because they can’t hold the noise inside. Tension and release games crammed with sonic jokes. Tempo changes and dynamic jerks that seem tokens of the band’s impatience but in fact work as tension-building devices, with explosive kickback later--or now! Dissonance as byproduct of acceleration. In the playful intricacy of their group shout-singing I hear the Raincoats too. Angry giggles. Boom!

7. Kim Gordon, No Home Record

Lacking the guitars of her former bandmates, she threw a wall of synthesized barbed wire around some of her meanest basslines ever and made something unprecedented, for her and Sonic Youth--electroindustrial, basically, riding a bass rumble so deep it overpowers the music. The spoken pieces here (“Don’t Play It”, “Cookie Butter”) initially recall her willful avant-filler on A Thousand Leaves and NYC Ghosts & Flowers; then you notice how much more brutally these tracks bring the noise.

8. Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990

Billed as ambient but sprightlier than the aesthetic that term suggests to an American audience, this two-hour set captures a moment in Japanese music history when the influence of Erik Satie and John Cage intersected with new ideas about architectural acoustics, inspiring a craze for minimalist electronica designed to peacefully fill a space (as in-store music for Muji, say). Lent contemporary relevance by the influx of chill lo-fi hip-hop beats to study to as well as the vaporwave-derived fascinations with banality and nostalgia, it’s considerably more beautiful than those lineages would imply, as tranquil and friendly as a book of nature poems. These pieces abound with cute tunelets, yet derive their spacious charm from nonmelodic elements--bells, pitched percussion, and the recorded outdoors: running water, chattering birds. Unlike most ambient music, they are not self-contained; when played outside, the synthesizers merge with the sounds of the city.

9. Teejayx6, The Swipe Lessons

By styling himself as an expert scammer, Teejayx6 invents a new internet-era edition of gangsta macho: he’s a master criminal, king of the deep web, fluent in cryptocurrency, relying on his wits to stay ahead of the online piracy brigade. Don’t cross him, lest he steal your grandmother’s social security number. Over darkly stylized beats, his chattering, perpetually surprised flow enters a realm of formal delight accessible to only the most playful. When he hits you with the requisite “All my fans, I really wouldn’t even scam you, I was just playing,” he acknowledges the figurative nature of the game.

10. Clairo, Immunity

A queer adolescent musical diary, tracing the highs and lows of a conflicted relationship that ends ambiguously. Rostam’s production lapses into self-parody exactly once, with the harpsichord flourishes on “Impossible”; otherwise the smoky bedroom-pop shimmer is flawless. “Sofia” exists for inclusion on romantic playlists.

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The Top 10 Albums Of 2019

This year for music was spectacular. One of the better in a while. Usually I do a mini list of albums that were the worst that I don't release, but even the bad albums this year were just a bit bland or misguided (although this is from what I've heard, I know there is mountains of bad music out there). This year's top 10 is very much a list of artists who I have enjoyed or who was aware of who just completely laid out their A game. Some of these guys have been in my lists before and have barely scraped the top and this year they have just pushed their way in or completely floored me. Choosing this years list was hard as there are a lot of honorable mentions. You'll have to ask me which ones they are yourself.

Now before I go on I must explain that…

1. Yes, this is very biased, off course.

2. I haven’t listened to most great stuff which has came out this year. In fact, I have alot of CDs and stuff I still need to listen to, so this is of what I’ve heard so far. I really don’t have time to listen to alot of music and stuff at the moment.

3. All recommendations would be helpful for stuff that I should have listened to or reconsidered.

10. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats Nest

Genres: Thrash, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Stoner Metal

Country of origin: Australia

For some strange reason I have kept these guys off my radar for a long time. I do not know how or why. These guys literally are for me. A group of crazy Australians who change their genre willy nilly and have experimented with some of my favorite sounds. So this year I decided to buy their first album for this year Fishing For Fishies (not in this list, but an honorable mention), a glam rock psych folk freak out. And then for them to turn around and release a progressive thrash metal concept album about sci fi and the environment...it just confused and intrigued me. The production on this album is one of my favorite little quirks. With less focus on modern compression, there's a very retro late 70's sound added to the early 80's thrash metal vibe, and it works perfectly. I'm also really impressed at Stu Mackenzie's ability to adopt a gruff thrash timbre when comparing to the voice he uses for their lighter material. Lyrically they have also been able to add a great niche to the eco metal trend, being not afraid to be honest with a good sense of satire and imagination.

9. Devin Townsend - Empath

Genres: Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Extreme Metal, Experimental Rock, Art Rock, Djent, Comedy

Country of origin: Canada

This proves how great this year is. Usually Devin gets a higher position, and while I have preferred his most recent material to this album, this is still an exceptional piece of work. Having disbanded the Devin Townsend Project, Devin decided to really take his sound and expand it to heights he hasn't been fully to achieve within the context of a band. With orchestras, choirs and harder compositions, Devin is the perfect example of an individual who under the stress of having too many big ideas, that he's able to create a piece of art and come out alive and well at the other end. Lyrically again we see Devin constantly seeking balance in the difficult world we live in, and as always Devin's approach to this is almost childlike, to the point where he even has a narrator reading out parts of what seems to be a children's story. Epic, grandiose, heavy, groovy and incredibly successful at pulling on the audience and the performers heartstrings.

8. Periphery - Periphery IV: Hail Stan

Genres: Djent, Progressive Metal, Extreme Metal, Experimental Rock, Pop Rock

Country of origin: USA

For a few years Periphery have always been on my radar and I have enjoyed a lot of their music, but as an albums band they have never really blown me away (the closest they got was Juggernaut: Alpha). But they are back again with their heaviest and most powerful album to date. I remember reading an interview with one of their old producers who claimed that these guys are their own worst enemies because they are obsessed with following their own path without the help of others and I'm glad that on this album they have stuck to their guns from what they've been building on for the past few years because it has all finally paid off. Musically brilliant as always, the real shining moment has to be Spencer Sotelo's vocals and lyrics. The range this guy has, from cleans, screams and growls, it really covers the full gamut of a metal vocalist. I think if this career doesn't work, he definitely could be an easy replacement for Chester Bennington from Linkin Park. I'm glad to finally have these guys in my top 10 lists, proving that djent isn't just a meme and can produce some great art.

7. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Genres: Pop, Art Pop, Experimental Rock, Electronic

Country of origin: USA

This was an artist I really didn't see to blow up as big as she did. Whenever she was originally presented to me, I thought she would be massive in the indie world with a potential for crossover. But wow, this really has been her year. I think the hype around this album is as true as it could get, but I'd like to think I get a little bit more our of her music as most people would. Being a big fan of artists like Björk & Imogen Heap, I thought this would be a lot more like a modern version of what they are doing, but she definitely will be the next big thing over the next few years. Production wise, this album is in a complete league of its own. In many ways its very quiet, but the quietness of it very much adds to a certain level of dangerous. In many ways you could say the effect of her music is a bit like an electronic version of Pixies. The song writing and lyrics on this album are fantastic and really are impressive as this whole album is very much just an experiment between 2 siblings. Billie's vocals too are also very unique. In many ways she is like a less dynamic Björk, where she has this childlike quietness, but unlike Björk, she has an added sinister undertone. Worth the hype and whatever she comes out with next will interest me.

6. Bring Me The Horizon - Amo

Genres: Pop, Hard Rock, Art Pop, Post Hardcore, Electronic, Experimental Rock

Country of origin: England

3 years ago, these guys were able to slowly morph their way into a poppy sound, but keep the angst and metallic vibes they were presenting years previously. Now on this album, they have very much gone full force into the pop world. Now, in many ways this could be seen as a band selling out, but with Bring Me The Horizon it very much isn't, because the version of pop that they have decided to enter into, isn't very much a cash grab. Instead, the band have experimented with a murkier electronic tone and whenever the album moves into more radio friendly stuff, they are seen experimenting with indie electronic artist's like Grimes, beatboxer Rahzel and even Dani Filth from Cradle Of Filth. Bring Me The Horizon in my opinion now are part of what I believe to be a new level of artist (along with other artists like Enter Shikari or Jamie Lenman), where genre lables are unimportant, but sound is very much a focus. Lyrically also, the band deals with some some rather unpoppy subject matter, so I can't see these guys going down the Take That road just yet. In my opinion this is their greatest work, and I'm hopefully for whatever they decide to experiment with next.

5. The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South Of Reality

Genres: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental Rock, Comedy, Art Rock

Country of origin: USA

I am so glad that this wasn't a one time thing. A few years ago, this album was also able to find a place in my top 10, and I'm glad that they're 2nd album is even better. Musically as always, Les Claypool's bass playing is out of this world, but Sean Lennon has to be one of the most underrated guitar players out there. While their first album was very much a very well crafted experiment, this album is a tiny bit maturer, with a great focus on the songwriting and clearer production. Lyrically the album is very much full of humor or odd stories, but overall they add to the psychedelic sound (Like Flea's though is a great piece of environmental satire). In many ways, choosing this album to be in my top list is mainly just to confirm bias, because the sound these guys make is very much just a box tick list of sounds I like.

4. Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride

Genres: Pop, Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Adult Contemporary, Hipster

Country of origin: USA

I have been a fan of these guys for a long time now, and while they've never made I've been unhappy with this, I do believe this album to be their masterpiece. The quirkiness of these guys is still very much an important part of their sound but the best quality of this album would have to be a bigger and better focus on the songwriting. At times this album is very much a bow down to the past, but at times the production can change to a more modern and experimental feel, with the added flourishes of vocoder and electronics. In many ways you could say that the band have successfully been able to make a millennial album for boomers. But jokes aside, the songwriting quality, the catchiness of the material and the surprisingly at times complex song structures and musicianship make this album and Vampire Weekend a band that sticks out in both the popular and indie sides of music.

3. Motorpsycho -The Crucible

Genres: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Heavy Prog, Hard Rock, Stoner Metal, Experimental Rock

Country of origin: Norway

Each year these guys make an album, they always just scrape the barrel to be left off my top 10. I always feel back about leaving these guys off, because these guys really are one of the best prog bands out there. The best way I can describe this album is that it's like a modern version of Yes' Close To The Edge...but in reverse. This time around, the band only have 3 tracks, with them all being within the 8-20 minute mark. But each one is very much a different mood or mindset, moving from epic suites, crushing riffs, beautiful crescendos and insane freak out sections. I also love how vocally imperfect the guys in this band can be. They sometimes tackle things outside their range, but it's done in a way which adds to the emotional impact of the music that they're making. In my opinion this is their masterpiece but it also keeps me excited for whatever project they next have in store for us.

2. Neal Morse - Jesus Christ: The Exorcist

Genres: Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Musical, Christian Rock

Country of origin: USA

I have been a Neal Morse fan for over 10 years now. Even after his exit from Spock's Beard, I have always followed his career, from his prog rock carefree to his Jesus loving aftermath. Now, to be honest, when I first heard about this project...I thought it was a joke. The title...come on...Jesus Christ and The Exorcist. But, it's not a joke at all. In fact it might be the greatest piece of work Neal has done. Apparently this project has been a few years in the works, and I'm glad that Neal has graced us with the release of the music itself. In many ways you could say that musically it is Neal by numbers, but it is a genuinely well crafted musical that I hope Broadway or the West End can snap up, because there is a wide audience for this (I'm not religious, but I can jam to this message). The voice cast he assembled for the recordings is great too, but the real fan boy moment was being able to get all 3 vocalists who have been in Spock's Beard, and in one song even to get them all to sing. The smile I still have stuck to my face from listening to this is not an easy one to get rid off.

1. Elbow - Giant Of All Sizes

Genres: Pop Rock, Progressive Rock, Indie Rock, Experimental Rock

Country of origin: England

England have won again for creating an artist which takes the top spot of my favorite album of the year. Now Elbow have been on my lists before, but I definitely think they are band who is getting better and better, and this album only proves it, as I think this is very much their greatest work. While they're previous 2 releases saw the band experimenting with different sounds, this album in many ways is a mire grander and experimental album with a conceptual feel. One of the elements that has always drawn me to this band is how in tune they all are musicians, made especially focused on this album. Production wise it is pretty much clear and crisp, but there is the odd experiment heard throughout. One of the best elements of this album is that it is very epic in scope, but behind it there is a a raw heart to it, which very well bodes to the concept which I perceive to be a working class emotion to the chaotic times that we live in. Guy Garvey's vocals and projection of his lyrics are always one the strongest feats of the band (I don't think I've ever met anyone who could hate his voice). Elbow are very much a band that I could say are very much a modern Beatles, where they go deep into the pop stratosphere trying to make their music as perfect sounding, but never losing the quality of their songwriting. Also, the album cover is dope too.

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rachelsmit3222blogthings-blog · 5 years

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“Challenging Gender Norms, But Reinforcing Stereotypes”-Brandt

I decided to title this blog “Challenging Gender Norms, but Reinforcing Stereotypes” because it really stood out to me while I was reading the Brandt article. I think it stood out to me so much because of how true it is. Each of the episodes that we had to watch this week depicted different types of women who in their given time period fought against the current gender norms, but they also still promoted another very stereotypical form of gender. For example Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show breaks the stereotype of women living only the private sphere, being a wife and mother, and being ditzy ( as presented by Edith in All in the Family and Lucy in I love Lucy). But, they create a new stereotype of a women, that despite their independence and position of power, they are still valued for their looks. Mary was stunning, and always put together which reinforced the idea that beauty equaled power and respect. Essentially they broke one ‘norm’ by replacing it with a newer stereotype that is framed as ‘stronger’ or ‘more independent’. The cycle of stereotypes is understandable because TV networks need to maintain their audiences attention, and in order to do this they have to present relatable and understandable content, and stereotypes are often the easiest way to do this. The writers look at the current political/social/cultural climate of the time and with a wide sweeping brush write a character that would appeal to the broadest group of people. As a result stereotypes are created and reinforced which then influences more women to fit that stereotype. Lucy in I Love Lucy represented the ditzy, but lovable wife of the 1950s who ran the household,and listened to her husband, but also had power in her own right. Edith and Gloria from All in the Family represent two types of women in the 1970s. Edith represents the stereotypical housewife who was easily dismissed, called ‘silly’, kept her home perfect, was consecrative, and tried her best to keep the peace. Meanwhile Gloria represented the young Baby Boomer female of the 70s who was experimenting with a new sense of social and sexual freedom. Gloria’s character-type was further represented by Mary in the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Mary portrayed the new women of the 1970s: a women who was independent, focused on work not family, didn’t need a man, worked hard, and was happy. The women in Mohawk girls, particularly Bailey, represent a more modern women of today. Bailey is women who is struggling to define her role as a young Aboriginal women and also trying to survive the difficult terrain of the modern dating world. Each of these women represent a very particular stereotype that replaced the stereotypes that came before and making them seem ‘outdated’ and as result the new stereotypes as ‘empowering’, but when it boils down to it, they are still just stereotypes.

On the other, more optimistic, hand, these shows trail blazed a path for women by representing newer, and stronger types of femininity, sexuality and gender. By watching the shows in order of when they were made you are able to see the progression of women’s rights and the growth in women’s strength and independence. Each of the women were strong in their own right, but they all presented their strengths in different ways based on the time period they were in. Lucy fought against stereotypical femininity by making faces and contorting her body in order to make it ‘unattractive’ based on typical standards. Lucy also fought back against her husband and held her ground by using her smarts and sass to always have the upper hand (even though Ricky held a high level of authority. Portraying this type of strength in the 1950s would have been very important because it showed women an alternative, and also helped normalize strong women and different type of femininity. The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a show for Baby Boomer women who had just gone through the sexual revolution. The women of the 1970s needed someone to look up to in order to understand their new found independence and Mary was that person. Mary was 30, unmarried, lived on her, but she was not a spinster. Instead she was happy, beautiful, and accomplished. Presenting this story line told women it was okay not to be married and that it was okay to live for yourself. Mary was competent and attractive, and likable and vulnerable and strong and professionally ambitious, all of which was rare on TV at the time. Women were expected to be one thing, not many and Mary changed that. Finally, Mohawk Girls presents a variety of different women. By doing this the show promotes that their is not one ‘ideal’ form of femininity, but rather women can be who ever they want to be and it’s okay.

What does the rest of TV representation look like today?

Brandt says in article that women are still underrepresented in todays’ TV shows because women are mainly seen in dramas, and only between a certain age bracket. I think that this has changed a lot since Brandt published her article in 2014. Lately there has been a burst in female representation outside of just drama shows. Women are now branching a lot into comedy by following in the footsteps of Lucile Ball and Carole Burnet. For example, Ali Wong and Amy Schumer both have standup comedy shows on Netflix. Additionally there are many female based comedic sit-coms, such as: Mom, Working Moms, Grace and Frankie, Jane the Virgin, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Mindy Project, and Good Girls. Additionally, although young women still dominate TV land, TV networks are making more shows with women who do not fit into the 20-30 bracket. For example, Killing Eve star Sandra Oh who is 47, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin from Grace and Frankie are both in their 80s, Orange is the New Black has women aging from 20 to 70, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus is 57 and leading the show Veep. These examples of comedies and women over the age of 30 represent only a small part of the representational growth that has occurred on TV. TV now depicts a variety of stories, not just a few key stereotypes. Because of this I think TV is heading in the right direction and even though there is still work to be done we have come a long way from the stereotypes of ditzy housewives.

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iluvtv · 6 years

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Political Power Outage

We all know there is plenty to be outraged about these days. But I think it’s high time to make a vote for joy!

Maybe it’s feeling decidedly grown up while possessing very, very little responsibility. Maybe its the shit-storm that is the world and my very tiny confidence that there is much hope to cling to (I’ll try for a moment to muffle my cynicism here and at least make a rah of enthusiasm for the assumed effectiveness of Ms. Pelosi paired with the newly vacated Sessions). Maybe it’s just my nature. No matter what induces it I increasingly seem to give about zero fucks beyond my commitment to having and spreading this emotion.

JOY.

And when my own humor fails there’s more good TV than I know what to do with. If the apocalypse is near I hope the last thing that crashes at my house is the cable line and streaming services. This way I can at least sneak some uninterrupted guilt-free time to beat my way through at least like 20% of what’s left on “the list.”

It’s not all jaw droopingly perfect (admittedly some of my most frequent followings are viewed through a somewhat evil eye whilst reading the news) but there’s just enough bullshit on all of our periphery to make even the most basic satire hard to truly fuck up.

Case in point: Modern Family (am I seriously not only still watching but still publicly talking about this show?! — If you don’t watch don’t start and I’ll be brief here, but….). This sitcom which was cutting edge when it premiered is now mainly sleepy and rather cliche. There’s a moment early in this season where Hailey actually says to a large black woman “thanks girl, your hair’s on point!” to which I was so baffled by I took to #blacktwitter in hopes of some dialogue on this exchange only to realize black people don’t seem to bother with Modern Family #smarterthantheJews? (like how I managed to marginalize and generalize two “kinky-haired” minorities right there? Clearly I’m learning from the fine folks running our country these days...)

But my vote’s for joy so let’s address more positive matters; despite all odds Modern Family has still managed to take on White Boy Privilege with a delightful bit of charm (and underlying vitriol)…

The week of October 5th (noteworthy in as much as it aired during the Kavenaugh hearings) Modern Family ran it’s second episode of its 10 year (and I assume finale) run with a certain je ne sais quois… not entirely shocking but certainly on par with my zero fucks ‘tude . When Jay wonders why Phil is being so rude to him Luke looks at his grandfather and earnestly retorts “I dunno, but its not easy being a white man these days. You feel me?” And yes, I do believe this line was written in at the very last minute as the Trump Boys raged against the machine (aka crazy women making it “so dangerous to be men these days”).

Similarly, when Alex wonders if she should continue her lifetime pursuit of a science fellowship or change career paths and become a singer she considers the money she’d be giving up.

Alex: “I could make half a million my first year out of school.”

To which her Grandfather wisely replies: “Wow, what are they paying male scientists these days?!”

In other “sitcoms that once broke the mold and now barely blip the controversy radar” news, Will and Grace took on the once taboo topic of sexual harassment with an avant garde “grace” I had yet to witness from network comedy. Last week Grace confronted her father for not knowing just how skeezy his bestfriend had been to her when she was in High School and even more to the point assuming that she had been the one at fault when the summer job she’d had for this man had gone sour. Unfortunately, the “inappropriate old man” experience is all too universally relatable and the layered approach to Grace’s trauma some 30 years later combined with her father’s eventual apology was a fabulously welcome and important commentary. But if all that’s too heavy for your bliss Karen’s lip synching to the Wicked Witch of the West Monologue will 100% make this episode worth it.

Moving past the predictable sitcoms that are either ready to be retired or are newly resurrected is TV making me far happier. Since we can’t all get work visas and escape to Canada I guess you’ll have to settle on your couch for a few Canadian exports. First and foremost, Letterkenny, a special little satire I’d been planning on getting to for months. This show along with the Netflix debut of season 4 of Schitt’s Creek are so special they deserve a HAIL CANADA blog all their own so we’ll save them for a rainy day. Suffice to say they make me very, very happy. And if you too need joy run to them with open arms.

Speaking of shows worthy of quoting literally every line their genius writing staff composes (and fabulous actors deliver) while also being completely unafraid to address pretty much every single ‘Merica terror -- I finally got around to the first half of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s season 3. As per usual Tina Fey produces popular culture and political commentary entirely on the nose while still being rib achingly funny. I mostly appreciate that this show is entirely willing to offend everyone. As a human largely offended by politics as a whole I find this a hugely relatable and fantastic tactic.

Like in the season premier when sweet little innocent Kimmy, victim of years of captivity gets a sexual harassment suit filed on her (been there girl!)

Titus explains to Kimmy there is a reckoning going on even though she’s not “a Weinstein or the president” she still needs to watch her step.

“It’s not about you it’s about your coworkers.”

Advice we all need.

Or, when lily white, baby boomer, radical Lilian sits on her Brooklyn stoop drinking malt liquor, holding her late husband’s ashes and lamenting to a young ethnic kid about gentrification her brown neighbor pushes back. The shift is lucrative for him: “I’ve gone from selling rock to powder.”

This is humor offensive on a bipartisan level, right?

The cleverness hardly stops at episode one though so don’t wait until the world is ending and all the power goes out (no please no!!!) sit down and get compfy, this may be the best season yet!

Just a quick PSA, do be wary of getting sucked into Netflix’s next recommendation. Algorithms aren’t nearly as wonderful as my suggestions. Just take Titus’ word for it...

“You know how Al Gore invented internet? He also invented a rhythm for it. It’s named for him and it learns about you and picks things you like.”

I die.

And to go completely off brand here I’d be especially remiss if I failed to mention one of my greatest TV joys these days: Meghan McCain’s return to The View! As a rather unlikely fan I suppose I’m just compassionate enough to appreciate the lengthy time the network allotted McCain to take to grieve “The Maverick” but good golly am I overjoyed to have the betch back at the table. Truthfully, I’m pretty enamored with the whole cast and their lively dynamic (how refreshing to listen to smart women respectfully discussing real issues — the empathy they bring to the current rhetoric is sorely hard to come by)! All cast considered, there is something marvelous about this girl who was raised so differently than me, with such different political ideals and yet I still just feel so connected to. She is an incredibly intelligent, well read, self-actualized bad girl. She speaks her opinions with conviction and poise and even though I mostly disagree with the sentiment I so aspire to argue with that kind of eloquence and confidence. I look forward to sipping a thimble of gin with her as I cook dinner each night. Here’s to you (and your Pops) Ms.McCain! God knows the more divisive the country gets the more I rely on these women!

And if all that wasn’t enough my new satire god R. Eric Thomas (if you aren’t subscribing to his weekly email you fail at life) actually tweeted that my new Schitt’s Creek election t-shirt was “perfect”.

I guess we all can see satire was the real winner this (and every) week!

#r. eric thomas #the view #tina fey #unbreakable kimmy schmidt #letterkenny #schitts creek #will and grace #megan mullally #metoo #Modern Family #vote #joy

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