The next generation is going to have to contend with the fact that we lost every important fight to amoral morons because we insisted on being polite while they cheated.
Ordered in from a family favorite restaurant last night.
They thanked us effusively for our order.
We asked why.
They said business has been awful this month.
We asked why.
They said because of the WGA strike.
Their generous regulars have stopped coming in.
My son heard dogs can’t catch the Corona virus...
And then heard there was a shortage of doctors...
And then casually suggested “We should have dogs become doctors to treat people”...
Anyway I just pitched my new series DOGTERS to Netflix.
This will sound stupid (and it is) but if you are savoring a new show dropped on Netflix, if it’s all the same to you, please let the episodes play through right away so the completion is counted in a timeframe that is meaningful to the show’s success.
Gentle reminder that when you’re enforcing your version of Christian theology on the nation please keep the “Judeo” out of it. We believe in science, choice and the mother’s control over her own body.
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Annual reminder Hanukkah is a delightful minor holiday that was never meant to compete with the birth of Jesus. And that no Jew on earth ever in all of history has ever had a problem with anyone saying “Merry Christmas.”
"We need a slogan to convince people to take the vaccine."
"Hmm how about, 'You won't die from Covid'?"
"They don't care."
"'You won't kill anyone!'"
"They like killing people."
"'If you don't want it we'll give it to poor countries for free.'"
"Sir, you need to see this--"
On
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
we look at our family trees.
We remember the ones cut down.
We imagine the forests that might have been.
We look to those holding axes now.
We dare them to swing.
Upon rewatch I hereby rule FURY ROAD is a movie that should not exist.
It inspires a new catagory hereafter to be called MIRACLE FILMS: Movies that should not exist but somehow, against all reason, do.
Feel free to nominate others but know the bar against possibility is high.
If you're appalled Republicans in Congress did nothing in response to what Greene said about school shootings... wait till you find out what they did about school shootings...
If shouting "Fire!" in a crowded movie theater is not free speech...
What is shouting "There is no fire!" in a crowded movie theater while it burns down?
Can you be an overt sexist and still work in entertainment?
Two years ago: Yes.
Today: No.
Can you be an overt racist and still work in politics?
Two years ago: No.
Today: Yes.
Interesting times.
The historical importance of The Four Seasons Total Landscaping debacle isn’t just how it encapsulated their incompetence and stupidity as a group, but how it so perfectly demonstrated how unloved they are as individuals when NOT ONE PERSON came forward to warn them of the error.
I love Netflix. Working there is a creative joy. I do believe this will change in time. But for the moment this is relevant.
You can’t save a show after it has been cancelled. You can get it renewed by watching it all the way, right away.
If a screenwriter wrote a negotiation scene and had a Corporate Guy respond with what the studios did to the WGA’s demands, those same studios would have notes on how Corporate Guy is unlikeable and unbelievable.
Watching
@mang0ld
's LOGAN again I am struck by the Zen-Western, elegiac poetry of its script and the spartan brutality of its action. It's that rare breed of film that enhances the mythology it closes. It betters the films that preceded it. One of the very best of its kind.
The one fucking time our generation has been called on — and all we were asked is to cover our stupid fucking faces in public for 4-6 weeks — and people still won’t fucking do it.
As a student of Holocaust history the hardest part to comprehend was footage of crowds adoring an obviously unintelligent, ridiculous buffoon caricature and cheering for him like he was Christ returned.
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@POTUS
: "If they get in, they will repeal your tax cuts. They will put judges in that you wouldn't believe. They'll take away your Second Amendment which we would never allow to happen."
#CPAC2018
Every time I think I am blown away by
#EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce
I remember the made it for under $15 million and gasp.
The amount of precision, planning, brilliance it took to pull off that film for less than 1/10th the cost of its competition cannot be overpraised.
Ryan Gosling joins Harrison Ford in the visually arresting sequel to one of the most influential sci-fi films ever made.
Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 is now on Netflix
*plays soundtrack
7 YR OLD: "What's that from?"
ME: "A movie called THE HOURS."
"What's it about?"
"What do you think?"
*he thinks
"It’s about hours going by so so fast and you have a bad life and you don’t know what’s going on and you live in the wrong time. It's sad."
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Attorney General Bill Barr: "Among the militant secularism are many of the so-called progressives, but where is the progress? We are told we are living in a post-Christian era, but what has replaced the Judeo-Christian moral system?"
Writers:
You do not need to wear the low-self worth "I suck" mask.
You can know you are talented and capable even when you are staring at a disaster draft.
It is just work to do and it is OK to know you are qualified to do it.
For those outside the industry: The people responsible for telling writers for go fuck themselves in response to reasonable demands are not the creative execs we actually work with and generally adore.
Get this:
Today marks 10 years to the day that the pilot for KINGS began filming.
The show didn’t make too many waves ratings wise or cultural impact or anything. But it marked a huge change in my life.
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Writing dialogue in screenwriting is like packing for camping. Lay out what you think you need, then take out half. On the trip you find you needed only half that.
There’s so much that sucks about shows getting unceremoniously cancelled in the middle of making their 2nd season but what I’m thinking about today is the assistant who busted their ass & did everything right & got the bump to staff & was crushing it & now doesn’t get the credit.
I've thought a lot about this and have come to a conclusion:
The only proper global response to
@fleabag
is that Phoebe Waller-Bridge be given $8-20 million per year budget to make any show or film she wants with zero studio input (unless requested).
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