how realistic is it to expect a 1970s british millionaire to have an army of submachine gun wielding guards?
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Given a show premise even more bonkers than James Bond? All of them, I would think.
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THIS woman. Wow. Sheās a marvel. I never heard of her before.
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I almost posted this in the Not Feminism 101 thread, as it involvesā¦well, watch it. You may see the punchline coming, but her delivery and timing make it worth waiting to hear her say it:
Sheās sāposed to be in Dearborn, MI this June, but we shall seeā¦as you may know, I donāt go out much. Her, Iād go to see.
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Sheās great. She does the church circuit, or she started out that way.
Rome, GA!!! My home town!
[ETA] I WAS THE TEENAGE HUSSY WHO PICKED HIM UP!!! lol!
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I love the way she first says it, like itās the one in Italyā¦then the tiny pause and we find out itās in GA.
PS: Have you ever read āFoxās Earthā, by Anne Rivers Siddons? I ask because I want to know if its portrayal of Georgia is accurate.
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Right? thatās like all conversation where I mention where I grew up (although I was born in Concord, MA). We even have a Romulus and Remus statue that we got from the fascist period because we had a cotton mill that was presented to an Italian company operating there (the Tubize mill, I think, in north Rome). My grandmother told me they had to hide it during the war, as people kept trying to vandalize itā¦
I have not, Iām afraid. Is it worth reading?
I have read Alice Walkerās works set in GA, The Color Purple and the Third Life of Grange Copeland, both of which are set in GA, and both of which do reflect the reality of rural GA for Georgians of Color.
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She also wrote, āThe House Next Doorā, a modern-day Gothic horror novel that got mentioned by Stephen King in his book about horror literature, āDanse Macabreā. Sheās got a great way of expressing what goes on in peopleās heads, and her dialogue rings true.
Whoa. She passed last year, bless her heart. <3
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Iāll have to dig up some of her books thenā¦ Sheās from the ATL by birthā¦
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I highly recommend āFoxās Earthā; I was torn between reading it or āValley of the Dollsā as my contribution to the āreading-aloud videosā, but I didnāt think I could do the accent properly. I wouldnāt want to read GA characters in some Yankeeās version of what I think a Southern accent is; that would be rude.
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Weāre watching āLilyhammerā (sic), a Norwegian comedy/drama about a mafioso on witness protection who demands Lillehammer as his relocation, uh, location. In English and Norwegian half and half, with subtitles on the latter, for the US market anyway. Funny in a really odd way. Iāve never seen anything like it.
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Ozark is back
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Mark Blum (Rosanna Arquetteās husband and hot tub king Gary Glass) died recently of COVID-19, so I thought Iād give this one another look. Havenāt seen it in more than 20 years, but it still holds up nicely. Not perfect, but still fairly great. Watch out for bit parts from what feels like half the NY scene, Richard Hell, Ann Magnuson, Richard Edson, John Lurie, Giancarlo Esposito, John Lurie, John Turturroā¦
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Desperately Seeking Susan
Iāve never seen it, and yet the movie title still somehow ended up worming its way into my pop-culture memories.
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Iāve just started on the first season of the UK āWhose Line Is It Anyway?ā. Iām trying to find an episode where Josieās super-power is being surprised. I think itās much later in the series: OH GEEZ, IāLL JUST HAVE TO WATCH THEM ALL, EH WOT? 
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I remember that one!
She has the best surprised face.
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Probably this:
7 minutes in
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YOU ARE MY HEROā¦besides Dr. Fauci. <3
Iām still gonna watch them all the way through; but you more swiftly proved that my memory is still functional to a degree (and time passed, lol).
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The thing she does with her hairā¦thatās what I rememberedā¦itās priceless.
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