I never got the appeal of Death of a Salesman.

It eventually became Princess Di. At the time of the wedding it was Lady Di.

I was not nor am I suggesting anything. I was just musing on how how I used to dig Williams.

I’m reading the part of Wuthering Heights right where Catherine refuses to heed her father and nurse’s warnings about Heathcliff and I think my reaction applies to Diana’s situation as well: I’m really glad I have a natural inclination, nurtured by my parents, towards realism rather than romanticism. I may seem…

P.S. I was a law school grad and library school student when I attempted to read The Scarlet Letter. I was only about 1/4 through when I said “fuck this impenetrable crap” and went back to P.D. James.

I just realized that if he had abdicated, that would have left Andrew the heir. Can you imagine that clusterfuck?

HA!

My high school English teacher incorporated a lot of modern literature into the course. Then had to defend doing so to a pretentious tightass who thought if it wasn’t old and exalted, it was crap.

I used to think they should assign more Tennessee Williams in high school because because they’re soap operas with a whiff of legitimate literature and would maybe get teenagers more interested in reading. But I’m guessing that if I examined his work or life with fresh eyes, there are probably...issues. 

1. Sounds like Cluess was the one on drugs. Or in withdrawal.

And in the US, I think it’s precisely because we don’t have our own.

I actually had a “smack you right in the face” insight earlier this year when I realized the girl I have referred to as “my junior high bully” for decades, wasn’t really. I was not the blameless victim I had made myself out to be in my own mind. And if anything, she was the bigger person for bringing our beef straight…

The scene where she tells Charles she will never win a PR contest with Diana (or whatever the wording was). Wow.

Fun fact: Helena Bonham Carter was given a bird of prey for Margaret lol

While S4 is making more sympathetic to Diana, I spent decades thinking “She married a crown prince. WTF did she think was going to happen? Riches upon riches are the tradeoff for marital fidelity for going on millennia now.”

As voraciously as I devour the show, it’s also occurred to me that someone fictionalizing your life and airing it for the world to see when the world is really, really bad at differentiating truth from poetic license (or even outright disinformation)...that could be very disturbing to the subject.

I remember my dad getting up at 4 AM or something to watch it on TV. He was NOT the kind of guy to normally do stuff like that. When Diana passed and he said “Well at least now her nickname is appropriate HAR!,” I realized that he had been hoping like crazy he would outlive her and be able to someday say that. 

My boyfriend keeps making fun of how I abhor the American media shoving the royals down our throats but eat up every season of The Crown. 1) It turns out that rich, useless limeys* make for good drama in the right hands; 2) I had no idea until now that some of them are actually interesting. Not admirable, mind you,…

One of my post-S4 thoughts was “I wonder if Camilla has noted that while Edward wanted Wallis enough to abdicate, Charles apparently did not want Camilla that bad.”

I didn’t read the article but saw a headline where the actor claims Charles is NOT the villain of Season 4. I was like “Bro. Everybody wants to be the hero, most people are supporting characters, and then some people are just the villain. And that was Charles in Season 4. Maybe take comfort in the fact that you’re…