Not ahead of this week, no. I haven't read the scene in the sneak peek yet.
Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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§ ita § - May 06, 2011 8:39:35 am PDT #3432 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
erin_obscure - May 06, 2011 9:57:48 am PDT #3433 of 7329
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Wow, Harry Lloyd is absolutely delicious.
sumi - May 06, 2011 10:34:52 am PDT #3434 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
And an excellent actor.
erikaj - May 06, 2011 12:43:54 pm PDT #3435 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
OMG, when Bourdain called Alan Richman a douchebag, I believe he was showing *restraint* This may be the meanest bit of "criticism" I have read ever. And I've been on the internet fifteen years. I know mean, petty, and dog-whistle racist pretty well...Mr. Richman got the trifecta.(Even if the city wasn't still in ruins when he wrote this, which in my view, is like a caning offense, and the fact that someone said "Good job, Richman," and paid him for that makes me want to throw up as a *writer*, even if I don't have personal ties to the place. Read at your own risk, here. [link]
Barb - May 06, 2011 1:08:29 pm PDT #3436 of 7329
“Not dead yet!”
Jesus H., erika- that motherfucker has got some BALLZ writing about the city that way at that time. And having the nerve to whine about not getting the correct vintage of the wine he ordered while at the same time delivering a backhanded compliment to John Besh that serves as an insult to the city as a whole takes douchebag to a whole new level.
During my time in New Orleans, I sought to keep some perspective. For example, when the sommelier at August brought me an incorrect vintage of the wine I’d ordered, I tried not to be too distressed, knowing that somewhere in the Lower Ninth Ward a house was sitting atop a car.
Wow. I mean, just... wow.
erikaj - May 06, 2011 2:01:39 pm PDT #3437 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
"Douchebag" is too nice. IDEK. And Bourdain didn't even quote the worst bits. Like that one. If he had quoted that one, that chapter could be shorter. Just that, and "Enough said." He obviously interned at the Coulter school of Rhetoric and Public Relations. Just because something is audacious and out of left field doesn't mean you're brave when you say it. I kind of want to ruin his life now...he probably makes *so much* more than I do, and I've never been to New Orleans. I could do better than that.
le nubian - May 06, 2011 5:04:54 pm PDT #3438 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
no wonder there was that rant in this week's Treme.
sumi - May 07, 2011 6:58:16 am PDT #3439 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
Two sneaks for Game of Thrones - one of them is new.
erikaj - May 07, 2011 9:23:16 am PDT #3440 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
Rants are not uncommon in Simon shows...this one turned out to be one of the most justified.
Scrappy - May 07, 2011 6:59:43 pm PDT #3441 of 7329
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I guess I should mention that MANY YEARS AGO, I dated Alan Richman for a brief time. He was a foodie even then. I remember we drove from Boston to Marblehead to a famous restaurant for my 23nd birthday dinner and he broke up with me before we even ordered. Then I had to eat the dinner and then endure the hour-long drive back to town. Feh. So what I am saying is, I guess he's always been a dick.