FieryAntidote
FieryAntidote
FieryAntidote

I just love Toni Collette. She takes such interesting roles and has an intelligence and emotional honesty in her performances. Having a kind of unconventional look (by Hollywood standards) has actually worked out well for her as she seems to have had the freedom to take strong, character based roles. She never got

I look at Chalamet and see a sweet looking kid. I know he’s in his 20s but he looks like he should spend this weekend taking the SAT II. Zero erotic interest. Fuck, I’m old.

I thought both dresses were lovely. But Kate’s must have cost the GDP of a small country with all the handmade lace and embroidery. Not that Meghan’s wasn’t crazy expensive, but Kate’s was really more appropriate for Westminster Cathedral and her role as future queen. Meghan doesn’t have to be quite so much a public

And Queen Victoria’s first language was German since she was living with her German mother in isolation. There was a lot of political opposition to her marrying Albert due to his German heritage.

I inherited a golden jubilee plate for Queen Victoria from my great-grandmother. It’s not worth much, but I’m keeping it. It tickles me that my grandmother’s mother (who was British) was into this kind of thing.

Just read that Victoria walked her own daughter down the aisle after the death of Prince Albert. So can we say that if Daria walks Meghan, she will be upholding Windsor family tradition?

Oh, people stumble around in France drinking out of wine bottles all the time. Just sitting in the metro after 10 on a Friday night will make you drunk. You don’t get arrested in France for drinking in public. It’s just frowned on for women of a certain class.

I remember trying to eat a sandwich while running between classes in Paris and some dude (always a dude) would pointedly say “bon appetite” in a snarky way. I admire the French attitude towards dining, but sometimes you have to wolf down a piece of baguette so that you don’t pass out in your Baudelaire lecture. Men

He hasn’t met Harry and it seems like she may not have seen her dad in years. It’s not for lack of means...they could have taken a lovely resort vacation in Mexico and invited her father or flown him to England. Seems like a very distant relationship. It’s sad, but common and understandable.

Yuck I’m so sorry! Hope you have excellent doctors from here on out.

The good news is that the nurses, those jealous old ladies with loose vaginas, were there to complain and protect their patients. It reminds me of when I went into the university health center with severe stomach cramps and the doctor, a resident in his 20s, insisted that he needed to do an immediate pelvic exam. I

Who would want a 2 year old in their wedding? Two year olds are sociopathic terrorists.

Watching this adaptation I feel especially bad for Mamie since all 4 of her daughters appear to be born within 12 months of each other. How can all 4 of them be 16? Amy is supposed to be 12.

I feel so much for Nessie growing up under the shadow of her murdered siblings. I don’t find it cute and charming when the mom talks about how she most wishes her murdered siblings were there with her. Good lord. This child has a heavy load to bear.

Oh, he needs the Queen’s approval if he is going to keep his lifestyle. 100% of his income and perks are by the favor of the queen. If he married someone against her will, he would lose his annual stipend that supports his life, his free giant London apartment, and his access to all their other properties

I kind of anticipated the end just from seeing the trailer. A few minutes into the film, I was sure of it. Was it super obvious to anyone else?

Yes, me too. I don’t know what she’s doing, but maybe writing a book or helping her boyfriend, Rian Johnson, with the new Star Wars scripts. They are an interesting couple.

I wonder if the script was inspired by Karina Longworth’s excellent podcast, You Must Remember This. She did a great series on Jean Seborg and Jane Fonda. Highly recommend....

The real money isn’t in the salary, it’s the percentages that her agent negotiates based on how much the movie earns. If she gets a tiny percentage of box office, she’ll make many times her salary. Hopefully she has an ace legal team to negotiate because it can get very complicated.

I dunno- logistically, it would be hard to feed 1200 people standing in police barricades outside the church. It would be nice if they could hand out bottled water so no one gets dehydrated (and please have porta potties!) but serving food for that many people without having them walking back and forth and standing