“What is the expectation when thinking about a courtship with someone who looks and behaves like a psychotic animal?”

My question is why there are no bagel pieces in there. That would make it perfect. 

That’s true. It’s also probably harder to do nuance in a movie than in a book. Wolfsheim is an anti-Semitic stereotype, but I think give how the novel uses it doesn’t make the BOOK anti-Semitic, if that makes sense? What does it mean to be a smart businessman but never be allowed to do that in any legal way? For…

It’s going to be one of those shows where the main characters have contact with every famous person or notable historical event of the era. Tom and Daisy will go to the Cotton Club to see Duke Ellington play! and watch the Royal Giants play against Babe Ruth!

How is it anti-Semitic? The point is that someone like Meyer Wolfsheim is forced to stay outside Society even though he’s good at making money. He has to be a criminal because people won’t let him make money in an aboveboard way and he has to be ruthless. 

No one in Hollywood cares about the actual book. They just want to make a miniseries with gorgeous young actors in gorgeous clothes, in gorgeous art deco homes, having parties and love triangles. There will be a normie, probably Nick, as our entry and relatable character into this rarefied world, so we can both envy…

They have the white chocolate “morsel” which, why not just call it a chip, good lord. I expect the reason there’s no s’mores is marshmallows would melt into the dough when you bake it. I’m not sure how anyone gets around the marshmallow issue. 

True. And funny, because if you read Harry Potter fanfic, people love the world of Harry Potter more than they like the characters. It’s Hogwarts and magic, but with either a self-insert or some incredibly minor character like Harry’s parents.

I haven’t seen any of the movies. Just the HP books and the Cormoran Strike books. She’s really good at what she does. 

Oh god, that’s what’s going to happen, isn’t it? They’ve wrung the main characters dry, so there needs to be a spinoff about Ernie MacMillan and Dudley’s friend Piers Polkiss and their adventures. Then the limited series about some name announced in the Sorting Hat scene of the fifth book and never heard from again. 

She didn’t write the script for Cursed Child either, right? Just sold the rights? I didn’t see it but it wasn’t better received than the Fantastic Beasts movies.

Hey, get that money JKR. Pay for your grandkids to go to university.

It’s sold as a health food. Way more protein, way fewer calories than the usual ground up peanuts peanut butter. You normally mix it with water until it’s a paste. It’s blah and anyone who thinks it replaces peanut butter is fooling themselves.

Yes. And replace the boring graham cracker with ANYTHING else. I like the cookie part of the Oreo, which you can buy separately. Or a salty cracker like Ritz.

Best rice krispie treats - brown the butter. You’ll need more butter than the recipe calls for. Replace most or all of the rice krispies with crushed (but not too finely, you want texture) plain salted ruffled potato chips. Maybe chop a few candied or chocolate covered almonds. Not too many, you don’t want the flavour…

The way to get over the one note sweetness of marshmallows is to roast them over a fire. And eat with a square of milk chocolate and two oreo wafers (you can buy the cookie part separately).

Soft drink. 

Ok between this and the Chris thing a few months ago, Hollywood is full of whiny babies.

I can sort of see that, but even though Paul was a boring character to watch, it made more sense for Tracy to run against the rich, athletic, blandly attractive white guy who’s had everything handed to him his whole life and is completely underqualified for the job that Tracey’s prepared her whole life for. (DOES THAT…

It’s not a bad thing to use public domain works. It’s not a sneaky way to avoid paying artists.