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Jan. 10th, 2020 09:47 pm1. Wales called and wants to see Parasite -- so I'll probably see it this weekend, assuming she can find it playing in Brooklyn and can coordinate it - I don't care enough either way. I remain ever ambivalent. Although I like Korean Drama. I have decided at some point, hopefully soon, to grab The Farewell (a Chinese-American effort) starring Awakifina from On Demand -- it has gotten good reviews and I really like the performers in it.
[Wales also got her old job back. Along with a raise or a bonus, I'm not sure which neither is she, apparently. Don't ask, the whole thing confused me. I find people bewildering.]
Other things "On Demand" - Hustlers, Spiderman Far From Home, Ad Astra, Judy, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Joker, Blinded by the Light (basically Yesterday, except no sci-fi and with Bruce Springsteen's songbook not the Beatles.)
2. The Good Place -- have I told you how much I despise this season? It rivals S1 as the worst, actually it is the worst, S1 got better because of the nifty twist and cool philosophical bits. Also I wisely skipped half of S1...so there's that.
Michael Schurr's brand of humor clearly doesn't work for me. I've tried enough of his comedies based on other's rec's to realize this. None of the jokes in this episode worked for me -- they all fell flat.
( Spoilers )
I want talk about humor for a minute.( Read more... )
4. The Implosion of the RWA
NY Times - President of the RWA finally resigns
( Read more... )
[ETA: The above article and links leave out important information regarding the fight - go HERE - where Milan details what happened from her perspective. This is left out of many of the reportage. And furthers my argument that Twitter is a problematic platform.]
I have mixed feelings about all of this. Outside of the fact that the more I think about it, the more I find it to be incredibly petty and annoying.
The online Culture Wars, while initially amusing, have annoyed me for a while now. Let me explain why. I do not understand why we all can't write, read, watch and create whatever we want (within reason of course). The sky's the limit. Have fun. Sample. Be creative. I consider it the height of selfishness to restrict content to just what one or a couple or a handful of folks prefer or think is appropriate. Who are they to decide? As long as it isn't hurting anyone or inciting anyone to hurt anyone, I don't see a problem. I do draw a line at child exploitation, rape-apologist, blatant racist/homophobic/misogynistic pandering, and torture porn. There's a rape fantasy game out there somewhere that I think should be burned. And I would like to remove certain chapters from American Psycho (the novel), but other than that...
I also don't understand why people discriminate against folks who aren't like them.
Homophobia, Racism, Nationalism, Sexism, Misogyny, etc -- seem to be rather counter-productive and self-destructive to me, and harmful. Isn't it best to get over your nasty self and be kind? I mean come on.
My biggest take away from the last few years? Stay away from Twitter.
( That said...all of this could have been handled in much more mature and professional manner by all concerned and Twitter is not a good way to handle any problem )
5. Some random links..
* Why the World is Becoming More Allergic to Food -
( excerpt )
Who Killed the Knapp Family - Across America Working Class Families are Dying of Despair
( excerpt )
* Stop Apologizing For Being Yourself
( excerpt )
Of course there's also the whole psychological/philosophical movement that believes there is no self and it's just a construct of our mind. So the whole exercise above is kind of pointless.
* How Buying a House Activated All My Worries -- and is why I chose not to buy one and rent instead, so much less nerve-wracking. I just have to worry about my rent going up.
( excerpt )
[Wales also got her old job back. Along with a raise or a bonus, I'm not sure which neither is she, apparently. Don't ask, the whole thing confused me. I find people bewildering.]
Other things "On Demand" - Hustlers, Spiderman Far From Home, Ad Astra, Judy, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Joker, Blinded by the Light (basically Yesterday, except no sci-fi and with Bruce Springsteen's songbook not the Beatles.)
2. The Good Place -- have I told you how much I despise this season? It rivals S1 as the worst, actually it is the worst, S1 got better because of the nifty twist and cool philosophical bits. Also I wisely skipped half of S1...so there's that.
Michael Schurr's brand of humor clearly doesn't work for me. I've tried enough of his comedies based on other's rec's to realize this. None of the jokes in this episode worked for me -- they all fell flat.
( Spoilers )
I want talk about humor for a minute.( Read more... )
4. The Implosion of the RWA
NY Times - President of the RWA finally resigns
( Read more... )
[ETA: The above article and links leave out important information regarding the fight - go HERE - where Milan details what happened from her perspective. This is left out of many of the reportage. And furthers my argument that Twitter is a problematic platform.]
I have mixed feelings about all of this. Outside of the fact that the more I think about it, the more I find it to be incredibly petty and annoying.
The online Culture Wars, while initially amusing, have annoyed me for a while now. Let me explain why. I do not understand why we all can't write, read, watch and create whatever we want (within reason of course). The sky's the limit. Have fun. Sample. Be creative. I consider it the height of selfishness to restrict content to just what one or a couple or a handful of folks prefer or think is appropriate. Who are they to decide? As long as it isn't hurting anyone or inciting anyone to hurt anyone, I don't see a problem. I do draw a line at child exploitation, rape-apologist, blatant racist/homophobic/misogynistic pandering, and torture porn. There's a rape fantasy game out there somewhere that I think should be burned. And I would like to remove certain chapters from American Psycho (the novel), but other than that...
I also don't understand why people discriminate against folks who aren't like them.
Homophobia, Racism, Nationalism, Sexism, Misogyny, etc -- seem to be rather counter-productive and self-destructive to me, and harmful. Isn't it best to get over your nasty self and be kind? I mean come on.
My biggest take away from the last few years? Stay away from Twitter.
( That said...all of this could have been handled in much more mature and professional manner by all concerned and Twitter is not a good way to handle any problem )
5. Some random links..
* Why the World is Becoming More Allergic to Food -
( excerpt )
Who Killed the Knapp Family - Across America Working Class Families are Dying of Despair
( excerpt )
* Stop Apologizing For Being Yourself
( excerpt )
Of course there's also the whole psychological/philosophical movement that believes there is no self and it's just a construct of our mind. So the whole exercise above is kind of pointless.
* How Buying a House Activated All My Worries -- and is why I chose not to buy one and rent instead, so much less nerve-wracking. I just have to worry about my rent going up.
( excerpt )