Ah...thank you! It felt like I might’ve been using the wrong term - but I failed in my Google work.  So I actually appreciate the (tactfully done...truly) correction. :)

Oh, I completely agree with you. But I also think what makes things murky is that SMG *was* often making it seem or outright taking credit for doing the heavily physical work.

There was also some Wushu-type wirework where Buffy/Sophia does hovering rapid kicks on Adam’s torso.

I also remember reading another interview with Pruit that discussed another source of contention between him and Whedon was that Whedon was apparently ticked that the final boss battle between Buffy and Adam seemed like something from the Matrix.

Here’s a copy of the story Jeff Pruitt posted:

Drama aside, its a real shame both Pruitt & Crawford were fired from the show. The fight choreography was *never* the same once they both left.

I’d hazard Conde Nast hasn’t axed Wintour (yet) because she’s the closest thing they have to a cultural institution. At this point, she’s as famous as the people she invites to the Met Gala.

I just wanted to congratulate you on marshaling the fortitude to start over. Many blessings to you. :-)

Your mention of Megan Thee Stallion's inexcusable treatment post-shooting reminds me of how Givens was treated when she went public regarding her abuse.

It seems well out of Akeem’s character to have been playing the field as he was so clearly taken with Lisa. But a DNA test would resolve things within the first 5 minutes of the movie. So what gives?...

100% agree. More people need to be aware of “...Lights”.

I find it curious that the director of this also helmed the movie version of “Love! Valour! Compassion!”

Why (re: Sheldon as Uncle Tom) do you feel that way?

She was quite good in a movie she recently did called “American Woman”. I was surprised that her performance in it garnered so little hype. The lack of critical attention was a real shame. 

Right? That movie was one of the few chances an actor *should* dial the performance to 11 (see also: Showgirls) and Miller was the only one to deliver. Her scenes in the Paris sequence was the movie’s (only) high-point.

Not to mention Redmayne’s performance in TDG was less acting and more a series of tics & mannerisms. It drove me NUTS how often he employed painfully tentative smiles to communicate emotional distress.

Watching this has made me remember that while I long to physically be in my early 20s, I do not miss the drama of it and/or adolescence AT ALL.

This “controversey” reminds me of the whole Riley Weston kerfuffle from 1999/2000. Fir those not on the know, Weston was an 18 year old writer on “Felicity” who was being hailed as a wunderkind in the press. Weston even got her own development deal.

Well, in fairness, Kim Cattrall is doing press rounds for her new television show (“Filthy Rich”). This is her first(?) ongoing show since SatC ended, so it makes sense that it - and the accompanying feud - is brought up as a topic.

I’m slow on the uptake and am missing the joke (honestly). Can you explain, por favor?...