I dated someone in the 90s who mentioned in conversation that he couldn’t stand Roseanne. Or Cybill Shepherd. Or Brett Butler. I said “So, basically any woman with actual power in the television industry?”

Yep. And by Al Fong, who had two of his gymnasts die early deaths — first Julissa and then Christy Henrich, whose eating disorder was apparently exacerbated by his coaching techiques. Christy died at the age of 22 weighing only 47 pounds :(

Julissa’s story was just tragedy upon tragedy! Shortly after her accident, she was accidentally disconnected from her ventilator in the hospital, and by the time the staff realized and reconnected it, she had suffered severe brain damage and went into a coma. Basically never came out of it, and died a few years later.…

Yes. Back in 1988, Julissa Gomez had a horrific accident while attempting a Yurchenko vault, and was instantly rendered quadriplegic. (Women’s gymnastics subsequently made some crucial changes for safety reasons, including the addition of a U-shaped mat and replacing the traditional horse with the bigger vaulting…

I was thinking a department store mannequin, but yes.

Sadly, Ben said on his Twitter account that that is his real hair (he called it “Jew locks”). But it really does look like a terrible wig!

Agreed! I would watch Ben Platt play Evan Hansen in his 60s, but I don’t know why on earth they had him grow his hair out for the movie so it looks like a bad wig. (He’s confirmed it’s his real hair.) He could have simply repeated his hairstyle from the Broadway production and it would have worked far better.

Psst... as I mentioned to another commenter above, you can find bootleg videos of Ben Platt in “Dear Evan Hansen” online. (The complete production from start to finish.) Obviously the quality is far from great, but it was worth it to me to see Ben and the rest of the original performers I had listened to so many times…

If you can bear the lower quality (and moral guilt) of bootleg videos, you can find the Broadway production of “Dear Evan Hansen”, with its original cast, online. I may or may not have watched it a few dozen times.

Yes, maybe one where she doesn’t look like she’s seconds away from screaming in horror.

I would watch Ben Platt play Evan Hansen when he’s 60 :)

Right? Back then I actually thought he was kind of hot.

Brace yourself, because they won’t stop until we’re back in the 50s... at the very least.

Annie Savoy: I think probably with my love of four-legged creatures and hooves and everything, that in another lifetime I was probably Catherine the Great, or Francis of Assisi. I’m not sure which one. What do you think?

I bought this doormat:

Ants have far more emotional intelligence!

Yeah. So badly written it was Oscar nominated for its Original Screenplay.

That is a brilliant idea and I will sign any petition anywhere to make it happen ;-)

[high five in solidarity]

Gotcha! I’m a Sausage McMuffin girl myself.