HA!

Thanks, Scrawler.

That is a suicide note set to music with a grafted-on feel-good ending.

Oh, Velvet Goldmine!

"OK, five times max. Then I'm out!"

Phuket, Thailand!

I gotta go with Hedwig. Dancer In The Dark is a close second.

Anytime, kid. :)

The 5:30 Stranger was like Annie Proulx by way of Danielle Steel. My soul is bleeding.

One of my favorites, and I'm not fond of musicals (that part of the gene did not turn over).

"This will not staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnndddd!!!!"

Which reminds me of this line from Hedwig and the Angry Inch: "I would like you welcome you to the first stop on my fabulous world tour! And when it comes to huge openings a lot of people think of me."

They do know she won a fucking Pulitzer, right? She does not need the help.

Honestly, just thinking about McDermott tearjerking makes me giggle.

I was talking about idea, not execution. Mulholland Drive is genius.

No shit

Dear. God. No.

A tiny bit of fan fiction.

Were they riffing on Mulholland Drive?

I think the writers are stymied by the nature of the story they're trying to tell here. Asylum started out tabula rasa and they were able to articulate a rich and original space in which these characters interact. New Orleans- and witches in fiction- have a sealed and well-known history that the showrunners can't…