“Blah, blah, blah, people were racist in the past....” Yawn. Tell me something I don’t know.

I understand that Elsa Lanchester’s Miss Plimsoll was added to the movie because Laughton was old and ailing at the time, and this way she (Mrs. Laughton) could keep an eye on her husband’s health.

Charles and Elsa were married, after all.

The acts are all at least minimally decent. I’ve been following Eurovision for some years, and I’m of the opinion that it’s basically an international “Battle of the Bands”. It’s not so much about the music as it is the fun of the whole thing.

Majorly Twisted Greenhorn
Margarine Trailer Queen

Have fun spotting the cameos from actual Eurovision winners!

I wish I could give you ALL THE UPVOTES, because you’ve really managed to capture what makes Eurovision awesome. I’ve been following it for a few years, and am constantly impressed with the stagecraft involved. The European Broadcasting Union has to take all the entrants - who have only three minutes to make their…

OK. A couple of months ago,. HRM Queen Elizabeth gave a video address where she was wearing a simple, light green outfit. People quickly edited a photo to have her wearing everything from a Starfleet uniform to the “Three Wolf Moon” shirt.

My favorite Martian, too!

Fun dialogue, too!

And neither of them is Dracula or Van Helsing!

“and if there is an overflow just plug it with a rag or your hand...”

Some slaves were treated better than others. Some owners took better care of their slaves than others. Some slaves may have actually liked their owners.

Make them with CHOCOLATE rice krispies.....

There’s also a great example of how you should call out people for making a racist comment. The movie opens with Matthau showing a group of Japanese guests around (they’re from Tokyo’s subway, and are checking out NYC’s subway system) and, thinking they don’t understand English, passes them off to the next person with…

Crème brûlée.

We learned riffing from him.

I’d give an Honorable Mention to “Humanoid Woman”. That was a Sandy Frank hatchet job of To the Stars By Hard Ways (Cherez ternii k zvyozdam), a 1981 Soviet SF film that has been deservedly praised.

I’ve read some of Butler’s work, and enjoyed it. She deserves the awards she’s received.

My take on the movie: