Do I know the cake is here?

I'd say he Rose to the occasion.

"Tell it to my Heart" - Taylor Dane

"Hey Sandy" - Polaris.

They really leaned into the end of the rebels' attack on the capitol.

There's a nice synergy between that comment and the fact that your screenname looks like anus if read too quickly.

It is very sentimental, but I've never minded a little sentimentality.

What a wonderful analysis. I've always loved the art and music in this film, but you raised some great points about the emotional/social complexity of a film made by a studio so often accused of sanding the rough edges from stories.

Both Takahata, my bad. That would explain the tonal differences.

No Princess Kaguya or Grave of the Fireflies? It's still pretty great.

Swans are mean-ass birds, and Swan Lake is a tragic ballet. The dancers move with grace, but the facial expression in the corps de ballet is quite serious. I really think that your premise is a stretch, and it is cheap to be condescending. I felt that the professional ballerinas' composure was intended to contrast…

That makeup is traditional for Swan Lake.

Off to make a "joy factor" playlist.

Beautiful eyes. I can't imagine how hard it must have been to live most of life hiding something so fundamental.

Between that killer suit and on-point mashed potato, Jenny Lewis is everything I want to be.

How is it that breasts pout, now?

Let us not forget that she teaches in sleeveless dresses with her tattoos on full display and talks to her students about MILFs and other topics that would have the liberal, arts-focused charter I teach at tossing me out on my ear.

Adam Braverman. Reliable, responsible, smart, nurturing, and a great dancer! Joel is awfully cute, but I need a guy tough enough to tell me no and stick to it.

Then why do I loathe "Blank Space" and love "Style"?

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.