It may have been financially successful, but it was HORRIBLE (aside from Kirsten Dunst). And horribly miscast: the leads should have switched roles (which wouldn’t necessarily have saved it) and the less said about Banderas the better...

My mom got horrified, then started to cry and then told me that I was doomed and little by little she started accepting it.

Seriously, one of the best soundtracks for me growing up. If you don’t fall in love with Johnette Napolitano doing Everybody Knows with Concrete Blonde, you are tone deaf. It’s also where I got my first taste of the Pixies (I still love Wave of Mutilation and consider it the preeminent Rainy Day Song) and the Cowboy…

I’m not exactly sure why the media/internet hive mind has decided to focus on nepotism but huge numbers of people follow in the same field as their parents. The number of plumbers, electricians, home/septic inspectors, shop owners, attorneys, etc. that I know who got their start in the family business is huge. 

People who didn’t live through that time don’t realize how terrifying it could be for a kid who MIGHT be gay. To even be perceived as gay was social suicide at that age. As someone who grew up in those times with no interest in sports and a deep love of The Cure, I was called the “f-word” and its various iterations…

I love Pump Up the Volume. The soundtrack introduced a young me to Concrete Blonde and my life hasn’t been the same. 

I’ve actually been really happy with how ST has handled Will’s sexuality

I found this in the New York Times in an interview with Alexandra Daddario, who plays Rowan:

I had a theory that after the creative debacle of the Interview film, Rice decided (perhaps subconsciously) to write unfilmable material, starting with Memnoch the Devil, where Lestat bites Jesus Christ in the neck.

As soon as you’re born, they make you feel small

Because nothing screams “working-class hero” like a fishnet bodysuit and tinsel frock.

I dunno. I need something to fill the Witches of East End-shaped hole in my heart. And I’ve found Daddario to be a good Meg Foster crush replacement.

AV Club did review “Interview,” actually—and loved it https://www.avclub.com/interview-with-the-vampire-review-tv-amc-1849603575

Say wha???? Michael Curry is a big part of the books. How could they eliminate the character altogether? 🤦‍♀️

Yeah, hard to count on a lot of sex when they apparently cut Rowan’s husband as a character entirely. Where’s big old sweater wearin’ Michael?

So it sounds like a reasonably faithful take on the materials. I read this trilogy years ago and from what I recall it’s almost entirely mood and foreboding, with splashes of action thrown in. It’s a lot to push through over the course of three books. Sounds like this Ciprien guy is an amalgam of Talamasca characters,…

oh get over your love for the pirate. she has evidence, more than most do in domestic trials, that her abuse started long before she started hitting back. it’s not a gloss over, it’s because people cling to that for some evidence of their own “women are abusers too” narrative that incels have been waiting for. which…

Watching Tanya has not been my definition of “fun”, but that really seems to be the whole point of The White Lotus anyhow.

Sofia Coppola is questionable as an example since she hadn’t intended to be an actress but was simply available for her dad when others dropped out, plus she actually did follow in her dad’s footsteps as a director.

Tanya was always fun to watch, but she was the worst.