I wish I could be even a little bit shocked any more when I find out more of the entertainment industry is totally toxic. All of us that have worked in it have seen enough toxic behavior over the years that is just a response of, "Yeah, that was also toxic? I didn't know about it, but I'm not at all shocked by it." My industry is so broken.
The Bay City Rollers, now that's music.
Giles ,'Sleeper'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
NoiseDesign - May 30, 2023 2:13:04 pm PDT #22454 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
Vortex - May 30, 2023 2:25:38 pm PDT #22455 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I was immediately turned off by the way that the minority characters were treated/written from the beginning. I can't remember exactly what it was, but I remember thinking that I was not interested in another Magical Negro story. I think I got through 2 episodes?
brenda m - May 30, 2023 5:16:39 pm PDT #22456 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah the way everything centered around a core white four with distinct minority satellites - ugh. I’ve only read about half of the article and I’m both appalled and unsurprised.
-t - May 30, 2023 5:34:29 pm PDT #22457 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I might need to read that book. I have a lot of thoughts I can’t quite crystallize, but “appalled and unsurprised” is a decent summation.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 30, 2023 7:34:59 pm PDT #22458 of 30000
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis
Eep, just killed the first black widow spider I've encountered at the new house. It was in the process of setting up its web on the lid of my trash receptacle a few inches from where I have to handle it. Prior to this a clover-happy wasp and a possibly lethally injured rat were the most dangerous animals I'd run across on my property.
meara - May 30, 2023 7:36:40 pm PDT #22459 of 30000
Facebook is half “suggested for you” posts these days which is obnoxious. I understand advertising but no, Im not particularly interested in truck driving and commercial drivers license memes accounts? Wtf?
dcp - May 30, 2023 8:03:08 pm PDT #22460 of 30000
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye
Eep, just killed the first black widow spider I've encountered at the new house.
Yikes!
Hmmmm. Consider starting a bingo card?
Susan W. - May 30, 2023 8:58:00 pm PDT #22461 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
And that's just one chapter of her book where she talks about other shows like SNL and Sleepy Hollow.
Just put that on hold at the library. I am still so very, very bitter about Sleepy Hollow.
Consuela - May 30, 2023 9:30:44 pm PDT #22462 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I've been reading Maureen Ryan for years: she has been digging deep into the abusive/toxic culture of the Hollywood workplace for several years. I'm thrilled her book is being released, although not thrilled that the subject matter is so disheartening.
I'm also glad to hear that Javier G-M is still counted as one of the good guys. I would hate to learn that the guy who made The Middleman was a milkshake duck.
Laura - May 31, 2023 5:03:33 am PDT #22463 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Facebook is half “suggested for you” posts these days which is obnoxious.
It is ridiculous. I have taken to clicking on flower seed and flowy dress ads from time to time to at least make it pretty.
Maybe headed north later today, maybe tomorrow. I guess I'll know when it happens. Might take 2 days, maybe 3. It is all a balance of when I go through DC, or if I try and go further west to avoid it.