Lauren Bacall. One of the only screen legends from the Golden Era who lived till the 2010s, she died a few years ago. Olivia de Havilland and Kirk Douglas are the only two left today.
You missed your calling as a randy beauty pageant judge.
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To be honest I didn’t think miss Thailand and miss Korea were the prettiest…just that I couldn’t choose amongst the bevy of white girls there who were all of a sameness gorgeous
You must indeed have a cam on me. It’s 9pm and the cat and I are watching some show on YouTube about the opium wars and China and the Ching dynasty’s humiliation. The ball and chain is asleep recovering from jet lag after her return from home leave. And we are enjoying Taiwanese style torrential rains !,
Something we rarely have here cept in this time of year.
Blizzard warnings up in tahoe wind expected to gust to 100mph over the hump to Reno and travel is discouraged.
What else is there to do other then remember the miss universe contestants in their pink miniskirts
But to get back to movies. What should I re watch? Hmmm
I was wondering the other day if he was still alive. Mildly surprised by Carol Channing’s death the other day, in the sense of “Wow, she was still around?! Good run!”
So I was reading about how James McAvoy’s performance in M. Night Shyamalan’s Split (2016) was treated badly at The Awards Shows and thought hey, I need to watch that movie.
In digging around for it I learn that Split is actually the second film in something called the Eastman #177 trilogy, which I’d never heard of. The third film, Glass, is set to release soon (possibly has already). I never saw the first film, Unbreakable, because the words super and hero had been bandied about.
And then I learn that this Eastman #177 thing is actually a fucking superhero trilogy. WTF?!
Is there no escape from this universe and superhero silliness? Et tu Shyamalan?
At least now I can save some time watching any of them. And I also know to dig a little deeper into any new movies I may find myself interested in.
What I’ve gleaned from entertainment podcasts: Unbreakable has had a decent reputation for a long while. Split was talked about maybe 10% for McAvoy’s performance, 90% for the surprise ending twist revealing that it was a sequel to Unbreakable; nobody knew that was happening until the end of the film. Glass has been talked about mainly as being bad and a good reason to once again give up on Shyamalan.