In his acceptance speech last night I legitimately wondered if he was doing it in character. It was so bizarre, especially if you listen to clips of him pre-Elvis, because he sounds like a totally different person. I also don’t buy his “DNA” explanation. I’ve known Americans who have lived in the UK for decades and…

Part of the problem was that the producers let the first two speeches of the night by Ke Huy Quan and Angela Bassett go on very long - and to be fair they were lovely, moving speeches and I’m happy we got to hear them - which ultimately set the tone for the evening. So I can imagine after seeing the time the two of…

As with the Wicked movie I’ll believe this when I am sitting down in theaters to watch it.

Their belief in the evil Old Testament god is what lets them justify their bigotry and discrimination against people they hate. It’s a feature, not a bug, of these Christian movements.

This underscores the fact that Republicans majority is so slim that with retirements, resignations, deaths, and even someone like Santos ending up in jail that it’s entirely possible we could have Speaker Jeffries at some point in the next two years. 

If anything this feels more like the prequel to The Menu.

At my small watch party we all thought that Amethyst’s performance was hilarious. It wasn’t anything groundbreaking, but it stood out from the endless lip syncs and was just the right level of “stupid” the judges are always asking for. She definitely didn’t deserve to be bottom two.

The whole list was an absolute mess and Celine should absolutely not have been left off, but the artist they didn’t include that I thought was particularly egregious was Judy Garland. Are they really trying to say that Taylor Swift and Lana del Rey are greater singers/performers/talents/whatever than Judy Fucking…

I think the other issue with bringing back any of the original cast members for any type of reboot is that the actors who played the vampires have all very much aged in the last 20 years since the show ended. Even by the Angel finale in 2004 David Boreanaz did not look the 20something the vampire was supposed to be.

And of course even if McCarthy survives this the second he works with the Democrats on must pass legislation - or any legislation that doesn’t include something about the border or Hunter Biden’s laptop - one of the knuckleheads on the far right will initiate a vote to oust him as Speaker. And then the circus will…

In the docuseries I did appreciate that he discussed the work he supposedly did after the Nazi incident to meet with rabbis and Holocaust survivors and I thought, well, maybe he has taken accountability for a very stupid mistake when he was 20 years old and has grown from it. But now? I’m entirely in agreement with…

Matt Gaetz is trash, but on top of the chaos he’s contributing to with the votes he’s simultaneously basically trying to get McCarthy kicked out of the Speaker’s office after he moved in preemptively and I think that’s hilariously petty:

I’ve found this issue more pronounced in the latest season of His Dark Materials. The characters of Lyra and Will are supposed to be 12 or 13 and the actors playing them look like full grown adults, which is a bit of an issue since them being children is a pretty central part of the plot, especially as it relates to…

I would say negative to mixed based on what I read. The Times review in particular was pretty harsh.

I did a Disney rewatch during the height of the pandemic and I quickly learned it was best to not pay too close attention to Stephen Schwartz’s lyrics. Pocahontas is particularly cringe worthy. I also think the collaboration between Menken and Ashman drove Menken to create better material because nothing he’s done…

She’s not an ex-royal. She’s still the Duchess of Sussex. When they stepped back from royal duties in 2020 they agreed to not use the style of “Royal Highness” or “HRH,” but they are still legally entitled to do so.

Came here to say the same thing! The amount of influence Howard Ashman had in shaping the Disney Renaissance cannot be understated and unfortunately I don’t think he gets the credit he deserves. It’s a real tragedy he didn’t live to see the success of Beauty and the Beast and I can only imagine what his contributions…

Yes, but closing due to low ticket sales after a nearly 10 month run versus closing due to low ticket sales after only being open a few weeks are very different things on Broadway.

I’m not sure I would compare A Strange Loop with shows like Almost Famous and KPOP, which both ran for weeks and closed abruptly due to low ticket sales and bad reviews. A Strange Loop won the Pulitzer and has been running since April and will close in a month. It’s a short run for a show that won the Tony for Best…

Also she gives a really great performance in the film, too! She got her second Oscar nomination for Titanic! She’s gorgeous and supremely talented!