We saw Weapons last week, and I've decided that I DO NOT LIKE it. There is a thread of ableism and ageism there I resent. IYKYK.
I am sad that And Just like That is going away. It wasn't a particularly good show, although it wasn't as terrible as this review makes it out to be, and I was mostly watching it out of nostalgia. And--after years of calling it "And so it Goes" and "That's What She Said"--I had just learned to say the name of the show right too.
Saved the best for last. This spoken word piece by Sam Browne called "Guts" uses "dead babies" as anaphora and is heartbreaking, real, and amazing.
Pic: The koi pond at Radiology Gardens. Walk with L.
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I watched the first episode of AJLT - well, kind of. I tried. I watched about fifteen minutes and then fast-forwarded to the Peloton part. I just couldn't get into it. I used to love SATC back in the day.
I want to try watching AJLT when we get HBO later this month (we are enrolling in a streaming package that includes HBO - can’t wait!). I loved SATC. Nicole recently asked me what fictional characters are most similar to me. I am a total Miranda.
The poem is powerful.
I am gathering from the context clues of the comment that And Just Like That is some sort of Sex and the City reboot and I'm sad it's going away even though I hadn't even heard about it. I'm oddly nostalgic about SATC, although the show doesn't hold up well IMO. But there was a MOMENT and I was in it.
Nice.
I have never even seen one episode of SATC, let alone its sequel. I don't think it was on purpose, just maybe a demographic thing? Maybe we didn't have the streaming channel/cable channel when it first started? I don't know. I hope this doesn't mean I get banned from anyone's blogs or lose cool points or anything.
I’m a little sad that AJLT is ending, and a little relieved at the same time. The first season was so earnest, and showed our heroines behaving as though they had just jumped forward 20 years and hadn’t lived through any of it. I thought this last season had more of the feel of SATC. I liked that Carrie ended up being a writer and not a love interest. Not that I want her to be alone forever if she doesn’t want to be, but too much of the time her relationships defined her.
OMG, that second movie was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen.
Taking note - do not see Weapons. We considered going to see Highest 2 Lowest this weekend, love Denzel and Spike, but were too lazy as it wasn’t playing at our local theater and would have gotten us out pretty late. Maybe next weekend.
Gold star for trying :)!
I can see that! Especially the professional success part... I can also see Charlotte...
It really, really is. I am amazed at how I get through each day knowing what I know...
I really doesn't hold up, Engie... There is so much cringe-y language for one! But I love the clothes!! And the CITY!!!
Thank you!
It was cheeky and risqué and the characters are exactly your/our age, but it was also consumerist and elitist and sometimes annoying. It's just a bad habit at this point.
YOU couldn't lose cool points if you tried.
J--lol. Yes, it was like they'd been woken from a 20-year freeze. I liked this season (and the newer people like Nya, Seema Patel, Rock, Giuseppe, Lisa Todd Wexley, etc.). But if I was going to scratch my ears off if I heard "the woman... this or that" one more time. I would NEVER read Carrie's novel.
I want to see Highest 2 Lowest too... and please do see Weapons! It's very well made and the kind of movie you end up discussing a lot. (The rest of the fam liked it and also it's a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.)
Carrie is the stiffest writer ever, with ‘the woman…’ I wanted to slap her.
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