Until Liz drops dead? Very fucking easily.

I have a close friend who works for Oscar de La Renta, and thats not exactly how things went down. They have been entertaining going furless long before Billie charted, but if she wants to think that she was the one who changed their positioning, okay....free press.

I’m confused. I’m blonde, but Italian. So am I cool or hot? Lukewarm? Tepid?

Here is what he wants readers to understand: “Women are not liars, although they often seem that way to men.”

Hah! It reminds me of this tumblr thing that I keep seeing floating around the internet lately

“When you listen to your woman, listen to her as you would the ocean, or the wind in the leaves,” he writes. “The sounds you hear from her are sounds of the motion of her feeling-energy.” Her words are “like a cloud passing in the sky: well-formed, coherent, and unrecognizable moments later.” Women “flow with…

Women are crazy and emotional and need to be controlled! What a fresh take!

it does sound like it’s an Incel Bible for sure. 

Like Shakespeare In Love, which came out the same year, Ever After is unembarrassed to be an earnest, playful historical romance, which is a style of movie that seemed to quickly fall out of fashion

I loooove the Spanish princess. The way she just sobs and sobs, not even a smidge of a stiff upper lip. And she’s so determined to make Henry understand why, even though she doesn’t speak any “French.” Duty be-damned, she wants her sweet balding courtier! They’re so cute together! I really hope after her parents were…

Poor, poor you, finding out that not everyone likes the same things.

Must come as quite a shock to you.

It’s enjoyable, but the best part is the visuals. “Sumptuous” is the word that comes to mind thinking of the colors and textures in that movie. Plus the dress! To me, a not insignificant factor in a Cinderella adaptaion is The Dress. Both the 2015 Cinderella and Ever After succeeded in that category.

Yup. It’s a great bit of alternate history - if you know any French history of that period.

He really was! He spent his last years in France as a guest of the French king and is even buried there!

I agree, but I have to admit - I love the live-action Cinderella. I think that has more to do with Kenneth Branagh’s direction than anything else. He always seems to see things in a Shakespearean way, and in this movie, it’s clearly more about using tremendous visuals to heighten the fairy-tale aspects of the story.

Honestly, the live action Cinderella from Disney is probably the best of them. It’s not even close to being a shot for shot remake but it is also just… a simple Cinderella adaption that doesn’t get caught up in trying too much to be “modern.”

That wedding scene is adorable, not just in how Henry starts being only worried about himself and his situation, and then pivots to realizing both he and the Spanish princess aren't on board with this. I love it. 

The Lily James one? Yeah it isn’t bad.

By the way, because Disney now owns 21st Century Fox, Ever After is now streaming on Disney+, despite not being a Disney movie.

I always loved Ever After, but I also have a real soft spot for the live action one.