Yes - Treme was very enjoyable. I am amazed that Jeannette wasn't fired after last week (because that chef was such a freak) but hope that she's going to move back to NO now.
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sumi - May 15, 2011 6:36:41 pm PDT #3507 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
Theodosia - May 16, 2011 6:40:03 am PDT #3508 of 7329
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
How many more eps are there to GoT?
I'm impressed by the scenes original to the adaptation, such and Renly/Loras and the conversation between Cersei and Robert. I always thought a lot of Mark Addy as an actor, but he's really exceeding anything I've seen of him here. And they're doing more with Cersei, too -- I'd like to think because they have a powerhouse of an actress.
(It's not for nothing she played Sarah Conner.)
In both the book and the series, we don't stint on women's roles and women's agency (or lack thereof). In her way, Cersei is as trapped as Daenerys or Sansa or Arya or a bunch more women that we'll yet get to meet.
Frankenbuddha - May 16, 2011 6:59:25 am PDT #3509 of 7329
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yes - Treme was very enjoyable. I am amazed that Jeannette wasn't fired after last week (because that chef was such a freak) but hope that she's going to move back to NO now.
I loved her quitting with such panache. "A Sazarac? Nobody throws a sazarac!"
I'm also loving Elizabeth Ashley as Davis' wild and crazy aunt.
le nubian - May 16, 2011 7:18:29 am PDT #3510 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I found GoT incredibly disturbing last night. The mother/son duo was just fucking craxxxy.
§ ita § - May 16, 2011 7:26:13 am PDT #3511 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How old was that kid supposed to be? Oh, god.
Amy - May 16, 2011 7:31:41 am PDT #3512 of 7329
Because books.
That was a shocker. And not because of the characters, but because I automatically went to the actors, and what they had to explain to that kid, and the prosthetic they must have had to use, and all of it. Disturbing is right.
Also, I realized that Jaime Lannister reminds me of Prince Charming from Shrek 2, and now I can't get that image out of my head.
§ ita § - May 16, 2011 7:35:48 am PDT #3513 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a cousin that breast fed until 5, so I tried to make him 5, but it really wasn't working.
And, yeah, I thought about the actor too. There's just...there's a period of time during which you get no titty. And that kid was in that period, even if it's fake boob.
le nubian - May 16, 2011 7:37:12 am PDT #3514 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I wanted to unsee what I saw.
Amy - May 16, 2011 7:37:35 am PDT #3515 of 7329
Because books.
The looks on Catelyn's and Tyrion's faces were perfect, though.
The prison cells seem a little useless to me, though. Generally you don't want a prisoner able to commit suicide, but there, if you really want to end, all you have to do is jump.
erikaj - May 16, 2011 7:39:50 am PDT #3516 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
Frank, I do have rich, drunk, relatives. But they're Not That Into Me. And they're not fun like that, either. As a writer with some enemies, I'm tickled that Bourdain got to put words in the mouth of his nemesis...he probably couldn't stand up for hours either. What's French for "This is me, not letting it go," or maybe the Creole for "Tact is just not saying true stuff, I'll pass." Maybe they could have named the place "Chateau Marimow" and ground all the axes at once...while you wait. I kid, because I'm crazy-jealous.