E.T.Bass

Yup.

He's special.  

I loved Awkwafina in Crazy Rich Asians.  

This morning, I streamed Lin Manuel-Maranda's  tick, tick, BOOM,.  Glad I did.

This is a musical about a musical, starring Andrew Garfield.  

I was surprised Garfield can sing.  The quality of his voice reminded me of Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge!.  Nicely done.  Garfield is awesome.

A great cast!   Slate has a piece on all the fun cameos and references.

The movie is based on a Broadway writer from days gone by.   I recommend it.

To me, it seems peculiar, needing to bring up this forum to a provider.

I can't think of any reason to do it.  Seems uncomfortable and weird.

On 9/4/2021 at 11:30 AM, E.T.Bass said:

I never get tired of watching A Room with a View  a film produced by Merchant Ivory Productions.   Producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory were life partners.  The story was drawn from the book by E.M. Forster, a gay British author. 

Lucy's brother, the sweet Freddy Honeychurch, is not a gay character although he is quite smitten with the character George Emmerson, so one might wonder. 

No need to clutch your pearls.  Rupert Graves was 22 when this filmed.

 

The hidden gem of the movie might be Daniel Day Lewis as the effete Cecil.

You might complain it's not really a gay movie.   

OK.

Then Maurice is another I never get tired of watching.  Another Merchant Ivory production based on another book by Forster. 

In this production, Ivory has Rupert Graves playing cricket instead of tennis.  He's still cute!  

Freddy Honeychurch revisited.  

Massage by Tony.  Nice guy

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I just finished my 3rd Chappelle show on Netflix.

Lot of food for thought.  

Sometimes he'll say something that can be  triggering, yes. 

But I'm a fan.

I look forward to his weaving the latest Netflix politically correctness meshugas into his act.

57 minutes ago, jetlow said:

Its sort of like New York. You can get just about anything - it just takes money. 

That was the impression I got, that anything is on offer there.  I didn't ask ....😉

On 11/9/2021 at 5:36 PM, jetlow said:

Have you been to Dubai?  I have been countless times - you should visit before you judge. PM if you need travel advice. 

I asked gay friends that travel to Dubai.  They gave the impression you can get what you like there.

Love both of them.

58 minutes ago, jeezifonly said:

Perhaps you’ll be proven correct and it will surpass my high bar for her, To Die For. She wants to be seen as having a Streep like range, and playing another actress who is more complex than was known at the time, is seemingly a good opportunity. Who knows?

Streep and Kidman together in Big Little Lies was must-see-TV for me.  Streep was amazing!!

On 11/10/2021 at 10:06 AM, BuffaloKyle said:

A new trailer came out today, I have higher hopes now for the film. The one plot I read did say it mainly deals with a certain week during I Love Lucy's production and I immediately thought of a period which the trailer confirmed. Lucy's grandfather was a communist and Lucy registered as a communist as well to appease him although she never voted for anyone in that party. Her voter registration was uncovered during senator Joseph McCarthy's quest to find communist supporters that were in the USA in the 1950s.

 

I hope the movie is as good as the trailer.    The proof is in the pudding.  We shall see.

On 11/8/2021 at 3:23 PM, jeezifonly said:

Tamper with the Comedy Goddess who raised me, and I will. come. down. hard.

I have higher hopes with Sorkin at the helm. Still, this is nearly sacred territory pour moi…

Likely to catch it on Amazon, as throwing things at Nicole Kidman has gotten me removed from a theater before (Eyes Wide Shut) 😝

 

That might be your unique problem, not liking Nicole Kidman.  I love her (Eyes Wide Shut, Big Little Lies, Boy Erased, etc.)

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

The Richard Nixon Library & Museum

I enjoyed both of the above a lot.

Has anyone seen the WWI Museum in KC or the Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City?  They sound interesting but I never hear them praised much.

3 hours ago, jeezifonly said:

Maybe rewarding quality workmanship that just happens to come together to just tell one story that doesn’t celebrate monstrous human 

Yes I get it.  

I still didn't find it must-see TV.  

Luke Ishikawa

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❤️Good morning!❤️

Nice smile!

I'm easily entertained, yet I didn't watch Tiger King or Squid Game.

Sorry Netflix 😁

Been tackling home repairs.  

Like a new hobby but also hard work, especially under sink plumbing 

On 10/19/2021 at 2:26 PM, BuffaloKyle said:

I'm a big fan of Lucille Ball and I Love Lucy. Lucille was born in Jamestown, NY which is about 90 min south of Buffalo. I didn't even know this was coming out already until the teaser trailer was just released. I did remember hearing Cate Blanchett was going to portray Lucy in a movie but was replaced by Nicole Kidman. Debra Messing was very upset as well that Nicole got the job then as she wanted the role. Here's an article discussing that along with the noticeable fact that the trailer doesn't show a full face view of Nicole as Lucy in color. Lucy's daughter, Lucie Arnaz, says though she has seen the final film and that it's great. It comes out in theaters Dec. 10 & on Amazon Prime Dec. 21.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nicole-kidman-lucille-ball-being-the-ricardos-teaser_n_616edab7e4b079111a4f7da7

EDIT: I watched the trailer a couple times and if you pause it at 0:19 you can see Nicole pretty much in full view as Lucy. She and Javier really have no resemblance though to Lucy & Desi. But this is pretty much going to be a drama only story. She wasn't cast for her comedic skills.

60 Minutes did a nice piece on the comedy museum in Jamestown, and the Lucille Ball connection.

The trailer looks good.  I like Kidman.