Agreed. And after a certain point, the Gilead officials refusing to just kill her makes no sense. Maybe they’d be justified in thinking they could contain her the first time she rebelled, weighing the potential that she would have more babies over the havoc she’s wrought against Gilead. But at this point she’s escaped…

The scene at the end where they were saying their names is a direct callback to the book.

I was confused by the Mrs. Keyes character. Does the Keyes family have a handmaid? If Commander Keyes “wanted to have a baby” then why was he bringing other men to his wife? Aren’t the wives barren? I’ve only seen episode 1, so maybe this is explained later, but it was presented so matter-of-factly that it seemed like…

no, i think it was sincere by the way it was shot like a rom-com moment. I think the writers overestimate how much people care about that ship.

I don’t wanna hark on this show to bad but I’m sad we can’t have a final conclusion to GLOW when this show is still going and will probably go forever

I absolutely loved (in the worst way) these three episodes. They were bleak, and this episode in particular went a little too close to torture porn for my liking, but I can tell they’re breaking free from the narrative rut they’ve been in and I am here for it. I also am a sucker for a good anti-hero, and June toes the…

Yeah I recognize that this is Important Programming with Serious Things to Say About Real Issues, Albeit in an Allegorical Fashion, but after 2020....I’m gonna stick with Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist for a little while longer.

THIS. As I posted on FB, Ansel Algort’s casting as Tony is very on-brand. For a guy who was an active gang member just a month ago, Tony is kind of bland. The most interesting thing he does is lose his shit when Riff is killed and pick up the knife.

THANK YOU! I was thinking “Why don’t I like Ansel Elgort? Someone I know hates them.” and you just reminded me. Man, some good ol’ days. at least for us readers.

As someone who will absolutely make my throat bleed trying (and failing) to sing “Something’s Coming” in karaoke (in the main room! none of that private room shit!)... I’m just gonna pretend this doesn’t exist. Seems like that might be the best course of action all around.

He’s actually not bad (Elgort), I believe he has a ballet background.

Well, Channing Tatum is too old for the role, and most of the other triple threats simply aren’t considered bankable box office.

I’m an old so take this with a grain of salt. I think Ansel Elgort is a perfect choice. Tony is “past” all the “badboy” stuff. He’s supposed to be a little boring. Ansel can sing AND dance so he’s already 2 up on Richard Beymer from the original movie. I am keeping an open mind although I think the first ”West Side…

hahaha i forgot about that! it wasn’t a crush. he was her nemesis. she had a series about it. the blogger’s name is ellie shechet. do a search on jezebel “ansel elgort nemesis”

Belated? Her EGOT, Kennedy Center Honor, and Presidential Medal of Freedom wins seem an awful lot like respect to me.

Just pointing out you never see him, Dane DeHaan and/or Alden Ehrenreich in the same room.

Depressing fact that never gets less depressing: Morena didn’t work for like seven years after her Academy Award win for her role in WSS. Kept getting “maid” and “exotic wench #2” roles offered to her (and turning them down) til she took a hiatus from film work.

But Tony as a character just IS sort of....milquetoast-y, especially compared with everything else going on in the show. The original movie Tony had the same problem of seeming distinctly unexciting, no matter how many beautiful ballads he gets to sing.

I hate that this and In the Heights are coming on the same year, since critics love pitting movies slightly similar against each other, but ITH is the ones us Latines are looking forward to, the music, the story and everything feel more significant and contemporary, plus majority Latines cast and creative heads. 

I mean, Tony in the 1961 film is decidedly average looking, and it didn’t stop that version from becoming a classic.