I saw Roxy as just another victim of Catherine’s expert manipulation, not a proxy for the entire lesbian community (if anything it made her victimization more cruel). I know this movie was made in the 90s, but even then it wasn’t a shocking plot feature for the story to include gay characters.
The true genius was casting Newman as one of the interrogators. Which was years before we saw how great he is under the lights:
I think it’s some sort of bizarre performative protectiveness. He wants to convince his weird supporters that he’s a good father, but just has no idea how to do it.
I’ve heard some describe it as “it’s ok, Mary’s meant to be awkward! She’s a young girl, thrust into a world she doesn’t understand!” - but Sofia doesn’t even act that well.
We should just be grateful that America seems to have recovered its birthrates after 1989, when there were only two women - Sofia Coppola and Winona Ryder - in the country.
You think so? His character was supposed to have a combination of Vito’s family loyalty, Sonny’s temper, and Michael’s ruthlessness. I thought Garcia brought out those qualities well. The only part that didn’t work was the love story with Mary, but that was due to Sofia Coppola.
I binged the first two a couple of weeks ago...and tried starting III...but by god poor Sophia can’t act. I know it’s not her fault, really - sort’ve a last minute replacement to help out her old man - but...jeez. I can see her trying...and also failing.
When I read about her after her nomination, I believed she was qualified for the job.
I saw something today, and I apologize for not remembering the source, but his answer to the question, “why do people instantly hate Ted Cruz?” was “it saves time.”
He keeps getting voted in. So enough people don’t hate him to keep him gainfully employed as a pain in everyone else’s ass.
I notice you left out the most important point. On the list of people to blame, at the very top, above all others, is the Republican party. They are the ones using the filibuster to block nearly all legislation. They are the ones who think poor people without health insurance don’t deserve vaccination. The entire…
Exactly. Blaming Biden constantly when his hands are tied by people like Sinema, Manchin and the GOP, because it’s too hard to actually read the entire story and write their little blog truthfully.
Just in case you were confused by the article blaming Democrats and showing a picture of Biden, here’s the relevant bit from the NPR article:
Well, you have your Sunken Place inhabitants, and then you have Clarence Thomas and Candace Owens: the Kool-Aid guzzling, Lovecraftian monsters from the deep.
My reaction to all of this:
It’s not about the fight, it’s about the journey. The long, long depictions of people going on journeys. And then more journeys and all the food they ate
My sympathy at this point lies with his editors. There is nothing more frustrating and unprofessional to an editor than a writer who won’t deliver pages. Yes, the creative process can take time, but at this point, it’s beyond that for GRRM. It’s not just that he’s a ponderously slow writer (which he is). He’s clearly…
Also remember children’s passports in the US are only good for 5 years instead of 10 like adults.
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