Manhattan

I don't think it works as a horror movie or as a morality tale. The idea of male intimacy being initiated through violence is overdone. Both "couples" have to throw rocks at each other as foreplay. It's hard to feel sympathy for Naim since he is a stalker and a snitch. Everyone in the movie is depicted as a one dimensional monster. The three young men are assholes, their families are shitty, and the religious figures are evil. We really don't need a supernatural force, they all seem perfectly capable of inflicting misery on each other without it. So what was the point?

Maybe it's not even worthy of discussion, but I just watched this documentary on Netflix. I knew almost nothing about the case. It made me really worry about our country. Who the fuck are these people? All of the young people seemed terrible, all of their parents were horrendous. We can call the crash a tragedy, but the real tragedy happened long before that. These young people posted videos of themselves smoking weed while driving, allowed their friends to track their locations, were permitted to live together by parents at seventeen years of age, bullied each other, used aggressively foul language, threatened to kill each other or themselves, and on and on. When this is the life of middle class high school students in middle America and the parents, the school, and the community tolerate and excuse it, we are sunk. Has anyone seen it?

It's a trashy but entertaining watch, until episode four. I had to turn it off because the performances really tank when the leads have a lot of dialogue. I know most people associate lots of talking with good acting, but it just tells me the show has run out of plot. We know their relationship is dysfunctional - we watched the first three episodes, we don't need them to talk it through.

That's the trailer of someone who knows they made a bad movie. Matt Damon as Odysseus? No matter how fit he gets, he's still too soft to play it. Odysseus is a beast of a man, Damon is a terrible choice Lupita Nyong'o as Helen? She could have done it at 20 when she was at the height of her beauty, but you simply can't have a middle-aged Helen of Troy.

Disclosure is loud, sappy, dumb and features the least appealing cast I've seen in a while. Bono's daughter is terrible. Josh O'Connor doesn't have any qualities of a leading man. Colin Firth moves like a 90 year old and Emily Blunt doesn't have enough of an arc to create a character. The movie cost $115 million to make. Spielberg got $10 million of that to direct. Emily Blunt made $15 million and Josh O'Connor made $6 million. Obscene amounts of money to create a lousy product.

Has anyone seen one of the summer's biggest hits? Made for less than a million it has made more than 100 million in less than a month. I thought it was fun for the first 30 minutes, then it got boring. Indie Navarret gives a very good performance and Michael Johnston is fine, but the rest of the cast is terrible.

A must watch? Says who? I avoid the kind of porn streaming services provide. I don't think we should exploit people on the spectrum, or hoarders, or morbidly obese people. Their lives and challenges do not exist for our entertainment.

Don't start rumors. Cherish Spa in Hicksville was not raided in January. You are referencing articles about an unrelated spa called Cherish in Manhattan and two women who were arrested at different spas in Hicksville.

Choose anyone you want... but you're getting WAYNE.

The first one was pretty dumb, but it did work as a kind of gay man's fantasy. No message, just an entertaining look inside a beautiful and exciting world. The sequel isn't even good enough to be dumb. No fantasy, just dropping back in on a world that doesn't merit a re-visit. They added a message, I think. Something about journalism? Or women working together? Or old people fighting to stay relevant? I'm not sure because I was distracted by the slipping of Meryl and Stanley's dentures, and the casting of such unattractive, unappealing men in every role. We didn't make it to the end. I hope they didn't leave room for The Devil Wears Depends.

I may have to schedule a six hand massage with Kenny, Wayne and Shaun just to get this straightened out.

They recently raised the price for a one hour massage to an even $70.

Okay. When booking at TSMS be aware that you may not get the masseur you think you requested. Got it. Let's move on. I saw Kenny recently and enjoyed it as always. He's very reliable.

Is it really so difficult for new members to read through posts? There are recommendations on every page. @Tarte Gogo and @urbanfetish just left great info less than a dozen posts ago.

OP, I'm going to give my speculation in answer to your question. I know that you were not trying to bring up racism - just asking about habits and patterns. It's only my experience and many of you might disagree, but twenty or thirty years ago there was a perception that gay Asian men in NYC were clingy and pushy. There were far fewer Asian men in town and many were living in fairly closed communities. Homosexuality was so shameful in most Asian cultures that it seemed like the only gay Asian men you encountered were men who could never pass as straight. Stereotypes about being small of frame and penis were reinforced by my experiences. Communication could be difficult as the language barrier was still quite strong. Now NYC has a large population of Asian students and graduates thanks to NYU and other educational institutions. Due to improved nutrition, Asians are rapidly gaining size in all areas. And of course the internet made communications much easier. It's no longer unusual to meet a straight appearing, tall, well-hung Asian and for better or worse, those are qualities a lot of gay men find attractive.. However, assumptions take time to fade and I think the idea of Asians as "other" is still around for some. As for racism and fetishization - these are just words that people use to judge and control the behavior of others. People should associate with, and have consensual sex with whomever they want. for whatever reason they want. Excluding any group means missing out on a lot, but that's a choice.