This is going to be a 19-part HBO series that sweeps the Emmys that year.
And I think about watching it and just groan. I wonder if that's how (some of) our parents felt about All the President's Men, etc.?
Spike: You pissed in the Big Man's Chair? That's fantastic! Gunn: Spike, can you please turn off that warm fuzzy? Spike: What, the Lorne thing? Worn off. I just think that's bloody fabulous.
'Life of the Party'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Jan 18, 2019 8:31:22 am PST #4069 of 30019
Because books.
Jessica - Jan 18, 2019 8:34:56 am PST #4070 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ugh, and then Trump will claim he won 19 Emmys. No thanks!
megan walker - Jan 18, 2019 8:38:23 am PST #4071 of 30019
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, I'm so curious how all this will look when it's history. Someday this will all get summed up in a paragraph in a textbook as if it were inevitable and makes sense! So weird.
As someone who is editing a revision of an American Government textbook right now (AIFG?!), I can tell you it is more than a paragraph.
ETA: I'm hoping that by the time we get to that chapter in the APUSH book I'm working on, more of this will be resolved.
DavidS - Jan 18, 2019 9:08:29 am PST #4072 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And I think about watching it and just groan.
It's going to be a Black Comedy like The Death of Stalin.
Or possibly a Farce like Noises Off.
Jessica - Jan 18, 2019 9:58:06 am PST #4073 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Or possibly a Farce like Noises Off.
You TAKE the hamberders. You LEAVE the newspaper!
Calli - Jan 18, 2019 10:09:21 am PST #4074 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
then Trump will claim he won 19 Emmys.
If he's claiming it from a prison cell, that's fine by me. He can claim to be the Emperor of Ice cream then.
Connie Neil - Jan 18, 2019 10:26:45 am PST #4075 of 30019
brillig
Shakespeare or Verdi would have a field day with this. Heck, it's practically Wagnerian.
-t - Jan 18, 2019 11:08:55 am PST #4076 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Was it a Julius Caesar production that got in trouble for presenting a character as Trump-like? Seems like a long time ago, but it must have been the last couple of years...
Jesse - Jan 18, 2019 11:21:20 am PST #4077 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But, for example, the custodial and dining hall contractors at his work aren't getting paid and won't get back pay.
This is the big piece missing from the conversation, IMO. People keep saying "and government contractors," but I think that makes people think of like Blackwater, not the company that pays your custodians.
-t - Jan 18, 2019 11:23:18 am PST #4078 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So, I ordered a Reuben from Starbucks with the mobile app using a reward on Wednesday, but when I got there to pick it up they were all out and the sandwiches they had available were not at all appealing so they said I could come back the next day and get one and they would remember me. Didn't make it there yesterday, but did today and they were still out of Reubens but I did successfully get a sandwich, and since I was there I also got a Mocha and a slice of Red Velvet Marble Cake. Which is all just to explain why I feel the need to say I AM WIRED - way more caffeine and sugar than I am used to today