Branagh also had Johnny Depp play Ratched in Murder on the Orient Express--after the domestic abuse case came to light. Now, Branagh is also not a great director and his films always feel lackluster, so if they’re going to release it at all, just dump it at a random time because it was only ever going to be a “watch…

If anything, sea shanty TikTok proves this is not true. Not that we need a rehash of Crowe singing, but put that popular arrangement of Wellerman over shots from this movie, and that fancam would probably go viral. 

I think Ruby is still reckoning with what kind of a person it makes her if she’s honest about her desires, and unfortunately, I think her bond with Christina/William makes her more likely to accept C’s cynical interpretation of who Ruby is. 

It has been heartbreaking to realize just how alone Diana is, and how the community that should have protected her still sees her as tertiary, when it sees her at all. 

I think that’s the fundamental thing about Christina--she is objectively evil. Sure, she’s got her little Girlboss Feminism plan to take over the Order of the Ancient Dawn and achieve immortality, but she has shut herself off completely from anything that isn’t about power or its pursuit. That’s why she doesn’t…

I think that’s what works so well about it--the book’s episodic structure lends itself to this adaptation. 

Given how frequently white people in this country deny or downplay the racism that is all over the place, I don’t think anyone has earned the right to subtlety.

I have been binge-reading lately because I don’t have the attention span for tv (make that make sense), and it stops me from doomscrolling. Lately, I’ve read:

I think it’s The Hangover? But I will have to check out Dude, Where’s My Car—my parents are going to the cemetery to visit my grandparents, but I am not up for spending my wedding day in a graveyard (it’s a little too on the nose), so I might begin the day with Ashton Kutcher instead.  

Ooh, thank you for this! 

Ooh, Guy Ritchie, right? This seems like it will hit just the right spot, possibly as a double feature with The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

I love this, because it allows me to believe that we will, in fact, end up having kids! 

Hey, Jezzies. This is a rough weekend for me—I was supposed to be getting married on Monday, but because of the ‘rona, my fiancé is still working in Shanghai (not medical, but essential) and can’t travel. I was supposed to be in Hawaii, and not living in my high school bedroom, but here we are.

My fiancé is in China--he works there, and our wedding (that was supposed to be happening in ten days) is indefinitely postponed because he can no longer get time off, and even if I could magically travel to China, they don’t do marriages between non-citizens, which means we physically cannot get married. I get to…

This is so great! I’m glad you had such a good day. 

That’s amazing! I hope you have a fun day. 

Break a leg! Twelfth Night is such a great show. 

I am so, so sorry. As for something funny:

Men insisting that the most proximate woman handle their emotional shit for them instead of doing it themselves is so depressingly fucking common. Good for you for resisting it.