Is it possible the video may be a mirror-image video, which is a common video format?
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Lois Duncan apparently loved the movie version of Killing Mr Griffin & now I'm curious to check it out. She commented on it in the Jez article linked to above - along with some other great tidbits, a fun read.
I think trying to avoid a pic with her disingenuous smile...they instead used one that highlights her condescending eyes.
I actually think referring to Schumer as "well-intentioned" is being overly generous. I feel like her comment was disguised as empathy for the supposed plight of "women like Tig"...but really, it was a line in the sand of how Amy herself is Very Different from that (also see her Vanity Fair pinup-girl cover which…
Thank you. *internet hugs* to you as well, I'm glad your boss & his boyfriend are safe.
As you said, feeling a lot of feelings from the weekend's events, it's all very heavy to process.
I agree, very decent gesture. He had a warm connection with her family, I’m not surprised he reached out. If you didn’t catch the audition clip in the original post, it’s a beautiful tribute to this young woman, and shows Levine’s connection with Christina and her family. Watch to the end but get a Kleenex.
I don’t think my statements contradict themselves; my point was that just because we know a couple socially, does not mean we know what goes on in private is healthy. Del Toro may know their public “face” but that says nothing about the true dynamics of the relationship.
People on the outside are often the best at identifying signs and patterns of abuse...because they have nothing at stake, and no need to excuse or rationalize behavior. There are common red flags.
I’m so sorry for your experience. You are right, the best abusers seem like the least likely, because they are so good at deception.
I would've said Tom Hanks a few years ago...but his nasty spawn, Chet Haze, did not happen in a vacuum. And, somehow Hanks teflon'd his way out of any backlash from overlapping first wife and new gf... how did he avoid being crucified? Oh, he's SO NICE. I'm disappointed to side-eye him.
DING! You've got it right. His comments that she stole him away are a classic display of lack of accountability...never to blame...always someone else's fault. He has that characteristic in common with manipulators, narcissists and sociopaths - basically, abusers, period.
I’ve unfortunately known a few versions of your college acquaintance. Most of those “dumb” girls think they’re the only ones who have seen his “true” special, nice, caring, soft side. I bet they fit a pattern: either younger, currently vulnerable, damaged, or especially compassionate - jackpot if he got a multiple!
Having witnessed those same dead, scary eyes that you describe - from people who were otherwise very charming...but also manipulative and habitual liars - I wonder if it's only certain people who have the lizard brain kick in? People whose usual "mask" has dropped - who are missing empathy, who are not what they seem…
Can I up-vote your comment by a million? That book is literally within my eyesight as I type... It's helping me make sense of years of horrifying relationships, with “nice” guys.
You do realize the views of the terrorists are a bastardized version of the religion, right? They don’t represent all who follow that faith. Falsely branding an entire people & spreading hate is unfair to those innocent others who could now be victimized.
The band was invited to join U2 onstage during U2's re-scheduled Paris concerts. They got to jam with U2 & then do their own number. They got way more visibility & publicity from that than they would have from their own two cancelled shows...
^^THIS. You are so right about gas-lighting, the doubt it creates...and that everyone wants to believe charm & niceness. Neither of which is an actual TRAIT, they are both chosen actions, a decision to act in a specific manner.