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15 minutes ago, leighdear said:
Google "1990's Solo Cup".
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41TzAMFub7L._SY355_.jpg
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13 minutes ago, SnarkyTart said:
I saw this movie! It's a Canadian horror film called "Dead Ringers" with Jeremy Irons playing the dual role of identical twins. Jeremy Irons slayed in the role(s), winning numerous best actor awards. Claire and Shawn are not Jeremy Irons, and they just look like morons in a highschool play.
Oh, ugh - the movie about the twin gynecologists! That movie was actually based on a real case.
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20 minutes ago, Whimsy said:
Except, that's not the "winning" design. That's the design of the cup that was shown throughout the episode. Here's a screengrab that I just got. It's at 19:11 in the episode. So, really, all this proves is that Claire not only makes knockoff clothes, she makes knockoff prints.
And I want to know why Claire hasn't been auffed for recreating an outfit she wore on an earlier episode (Nike or Adidas or something) for the model challenge, shoulder zip and all.
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46 minutes ago, AZChristian said:
Anyone else cringe a bit when a designer (Batani?) was talking to Tim about how her client was a breast cancer survivor and wanted color - and when Tim gave his first critique, he described the lack of color as making the dress look like a gray shroud? Poor choice of words there.
I'm a bc surivor and I did more than cringe - that was an un-Tim-like gaffe of epic proportions.
Kentaro's dress was beautiful and ethereal. It actually did meet the "on-the-go" criteria because his client was on the go to a wedding.
Brandon is getting very boring. Margarita is getting more unlikeable. Like Kenya, but that was a mess.
Oh, the drama! Yawn. The Entitlement Twins clearly won every millenial participation prize in their enmeshed lives, and their relationship is wierd, even for identicals. And I really don't want to see snot dripping down over those nose rings - ugh. I'm envisioning (or maybe hoping for) a "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" life for them.
"You're too short for that gesture. Besides, it went out with Mrs. Fiske."
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9 minutes ago, WaltersHair said:
I wondered about this too. There is a Sloan Kettring in Los Angeles, but maybe the actual surgery takes place in New York (only one specialist/team). Maybe the the blond kid is from LA but moved to New York?
It seems like the writers picked New York so Ray would be out of communication for a day so Abby could commit suicide with some time to spare. What I want to know is how Abby got 90 Seconal so soon after filling the last one.
I think Abby mentioned in passing that the doctor agreed to refill the prescription after learning that Ray had flushed the first RX down the toilet.
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1 hour ago, TV Anonymous said:
I guess I am not smart enough for this show, and the flashbacks and imaginary scenes do not help. How did Abby die? Did she commit suicide or did she die in Las Vegas by convulsion that was caused by untreated head trauma happened in their vehicle accident?
I THINK this is right: Abby was dying of cancer (possibly of the brain, possibly because her untreated breast cancer had metasticized). The convulsion in Las Vegas was a result of her illness, not of the head tauma in the car crash. When Abby did not get into the clinical trial - and she seemed far too advanced in her disease to be accepted by, let alone survive a clinical trial - she decided she wanted to be able to die when and how she chose. After the bar opening she took the sleeping pills that killed her.
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1 hour ago, EVS said:
Kirstie Alley is tweeting about a supposed link between mass shootings and psychiatric drugs.
Whether or not there is actually a link, and whether or not the Vegas shooter was taking psychiatric drugs, imo it is in extremely poor taste to tweet this now. It seems like she is using the Vegas shooting to promote Scientology's anti-psych drug stance.
Nice way to exploit a horrific event. How would that loud-mouthed has-been know anything about the killer? Maybe some psychiatric meds might help her not be such a nasty jackass.
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9 hours ago, Puddy said:
Did he ever have treatment that would cause him to lose it?
He had cancer and then meningitis and he seems to be resigned to the fact that he is dying so no treatments?
I assumed from the way the kid looked when Ray injected the drip that he had already had chemo and was being prepped for surgery. There are a lot of cancers that use this protocol in order to shrink tumors before surgically removing them. If that's what it was, his hair would grow back, at least some of it.
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56 minutes ago, paigow said:
Abby: Terry..ya gotta get my pills..
Terry: WTF? Drugstores was delivering stuff BEFORE the internet.....
Thanks for the link @jrlr .... but beyond the obvious painting to album title connection, the plot connection to song escapes me.
I agree about the plot - the lyrics don't have much if anything to do with it. I was thinking more that the song is about dying or getting ready to die (at least I think that's what it's about, but then again when I first heard it in the 70's I thought it was about heroin), and that Abby seemed truly ready to leave this life. Not just at peace with the idea, but connected to it on a primal level. Then I think what the fuck? It's ABBY we're talking about! Well whatever it means, for me that song is draining and unnerving, and it seemed to fit the mood.
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2 hours ago, paigow said:
That song had coherent lyrics and a message? Kudos to you for enduring it....
I don't agree with everything in this article about Patti Smith, but I thought you might find it interesting: http://observer.com/2015/12/the-staggering-genius-of-patti-smiths-horses/
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9 hours ago, scrb said:
If the kid didn't get the trial, how did he survive?
Basically infecting him should have been a death sentence.
Ray's a predator. Being an abuse victim doesn't absolve this act. Tony Soprano had mental problems and he also was a predator.
He steamrolled everyone close to him, including Abby, to try to effect what he wanted, not anyone else.
Bridget and Terry honored Abby's wishes. Abby would never have accepted getting that surgery at the kid's expense.
The kid is dying. He and Bridget talked about his good attitude in the light of this, and it wasn't until after he learned about having been infected so he couldn't be in the trial that he got angry.
Ray is a disgusting narcissistic sociopath with no redeeming qualities, period. Even the sociopathic Tony Soprano was more nuanced than Ray, who lost the last tiny bit of goodwill I felt for him last night. I knew it wouldn't happen but I was hoping the Mossad doctor would k.o. him and get out before he could get the syringe.
The Patti Smith song was perfectly used, but it was always and still is incredibly hard to listen to.
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11 minutes ago, Beden said:
This is the kind of arrogant BS which seriously pisses me off and has for decades.
Surprisingly, women over 25 or 30 actually wear clothes. Generally, we even give a rat's ass what we look like while wearing them--and yes, some of us have the $ to pay for them--hence allowing designers and stores, manufacturers and textile/notions companies, shipping and trucking companies to exist. I've yet to see a store which would turn down a sale based on a customer being beyond (or below) an arbitrarily given age. I have, however, seen customers (including myself)walk away from a purchase based on being insulted by comments made by self-important jackasses like Shawn and Clair. Beyond that; if my ninety-five year old granny wants to wear a bikini, sweatshirt, burka,burlap sack or any other damn thing which catches her eye then who anointed anyone with the audacity and gall to nay-say her?
Wear whatever the hell you like, feel comfortable in and screw the twits.
Thank you--I feel better now.
Exactly right and very well said - I'm applauding!
And may I add: my millenial nieces (who live in hipster-land L.A.) wouldn't ever wear the shit the twins produce -or Erin's "I'm such a waif" crap from last season, either.
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Gawd what a BORING show! There wasn't one single Wow! look on the runway. I didn't get the hate for Kenya's dress - it was kind of stodgy, but it met the challenge, was well crafted and looked like something that could be worn to an office job. Amy is disappointing, I really expected she'd start showing some real design flare, but that pantsuit was godawful. I liked Margarita in the beginning, but not so much now - she's gotten a progressively nasty undertone to her remarks, and I thought her winning look was a big bland yawn. Kentaro and Brandon are cute, but everything last night had the one-trick pony vibe. Batani's look was SO Junior. And it's way past enough with the twinsies - they may have started out as irritating "drama," but at this point they are just like irritating gnats.
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8 hours ago, GaT said:
The twins have such smug faces they set my teeth on edge, they’re like the female Martin Shkreli.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Ongoing LMAO at that!
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1 hour ago, Diane Mars said:
So do I !!!!
ETA : My guess is that 1st season was... what it was (as in : "Let's do it, and see what's coming from it. Yup an Emmy ! yay !") and the 2nd one is to "surf" on the raised awareness started on season one vs. the large audience who never get a clue about was $ciento was... I really see it as a : "Ok, now, authorities... You've seen. Listened. What are you waiting for ? People are there, ready to speak, in order to stop that huge scam. Are you on board ? Will you eventually LISTEN to what they have to say ? To what they endured ? Witnessed ? What else do you need ?" And my wish is an ep regarding the "Where the eff is Shelly" stuff... And I really hope it will be featured on this season, last ep, as an "incentive" for the authorities to DO THEIR JOB ffs !
I agree with you about how the show has proceded and expanded, and now that people are really paying attention I want the authorities to a) find Shelly and b) take the tax exemption away from this slimy cult.
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I've been puzzling over Brandon's look since day 1 - sometimes liking what he does, sometimes disliking it, but always feelinlg like it's ALMOST something I've seen before. Looking at the photo above it finally hit me: I've been buying "repurposed" or "upcycled" clothing for a few years mainly off Etsy, and while there are a milion different ways to repurpose/upcycle by taking different garments and pieces of fabric and putting them together for a one-of-a-kind look, that is very much what Brandon's stuff reminds me of. Not judging that one way or another, but I'm curious to kow if it strikes anyone else the same way.
eta: One difference is that Brandon's stuff is a bit more urban and hip, while a lot of repurposed stuff is more on the hippie/gypsy side.
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16 minutes ago, dleighg said:
so that was at the initial cocktail party intro? What nerve!!!!
Good for Amy! Maybe this is what all the teases about cheating are leading up to. And Hair had the nerve to ooh and ahh over her own shoulder zipper, which turns out. . . wasn't her own at all. Well for everything the twinsies lack in taste, manners, creativity, self-awareness and humility, they certainly make it up with an embarrassing excess of arrogance.
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4 hours ago, leighdear said:
For me, Brandon's looks take me back to the 80's musical groups. I can see Boy George or all 3 girls from Bananarama wearing those outfits. The New Wave feel with rampant androgeny, tomboy vibes, loose overalls with tiny tube tops underneath, cropped length and with cute flats. I was there, loved the fashions & still do. They're the closest I've seen since Alicia in Season 10 and I adored her.
Holy 80's batman - your post just made the image of Dexy's Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen" flash through my mind! And it's been a long, long time since I thought about that, so I looked it up and you are SO right about the outfits!
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So disappointed in Margarita - the outfit was dated and meh, but it wasn't the model's fault and blaming her was really tacky. And also in Samantha, who i thought had much more potential than she turned out to have. That being said, gimme a break - her look was worse than Claire's garbage bag and hooker-shorts? No, it wasn't. And Shorn in the top? No, just no.
I didn't hate Kenya's nearly as much as a lot of posters, it was definitely oddly retro and I wasn't crazy about the fabrics, but it made me laugh to see a Courtney Love-alike walking the runway.
Batani's should have been in the bottom simply for being a costume.
I actually liked Brandon's look better this week than the one he won for last week, but he really needs to step out of his comfort zone - although if it's menswear next week, he's definitely safe.
Kentaro's win was absoutely deserved - great, inventive look that someone tall enough could actually wear.
Are they really going to let the twins be a team? Well, if they are together, at least it will cut down on the hysterical running and shouting - their double narcissism, entitlement and 5th grade hyperactivity make me want to put duct tape on their mouths, and neither one has produced anything above "Forever 21" grade.
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22 minutes ago, DakotaLavender said:
The whole series really makes no sense at all. It is poorly written. It is almost impossible to connect the dots. I am unable to understand how they wil tie this whole thing up in tomorrow's episode because they tool 7 episodes to drag out the whole thing and provided no substantial clues until now.
I mean really. To end episode 6 with the silly cliffhanger: "I remember now" tells you that this is a real amateurish production. And contrary to popular belief, Jessica Biel will get no nominations for this crap in the style of "Flowers in the Attic."
The female detective was totally obnoxious every time she said "Frankie" and Maddie." She licked her chops way too much and seemed inept.
Two thumbs up for everything in your post! The writing is awful and Biel has one expression no matter what insanity is happening around her. I've been hanging in just to see how they wrap a million loose ends up, but I suspect I've been wasting my time.
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13 minutes ago, paigow said:
When Mickey ripped off "Buffalo Bill" in Primm, the body count was pretty high...Bunchy was an accomplice and is being used as leverage [by Frank] to make Mickey kill Avi....
Thank you! I'd forgotten about that.
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1 hour ago, WaltersHair said:
I still want to know where Mickey and the big white dog are staying.
Ray needs a Gal/Man Friday to stock his ah-pah-ment with more than old pasta and Irish whiskey. Please don't let it be Natalie.
Well he's got Lena, who could definitely use more screen time. At least they had her snagging the blackmail box and hiding in the trunk last night. I know I'm drifting during this season because I don't like it enough to pay close attention, but can someone explain what was going on with Terry, Bridget and the kid with cancer, and why Terry was praying in church? Also, why Bunchy is facing four life sentences?
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11 hours ago, theatremouse said:
I have been wondering since I first heard them speak if the twins' voices/inflection were some normal regionalism/family speech pattern combined with a tendency toward extreme pretension, or if it were pure affectation. Got the answer last night in one of Claire's more stressed out talking heads since allofasudden her real accent showed up. It was like that thing where some people's voices get higher pitched when they're freaking out, except with her, the vowels all suddenly shifted and she stopped overpronouncing her consonants. I was like "oh wait, you're just from Michigan." (Which I didn't know before but caught from said vowels) 10 seconds later back to fake mcfakenstein voice.
LOL, thank you for clearing that up - I was worried (not) that the poor things were trying some peculiar method of overcoming speech impediments. LOVE "mcfakenstein"!
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She is so likeable! I was disappointed in her good-evil dress, but I think she has a distinct vision and hasn't gotten recognition for the interesting stuff she has sent down the runway.
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S16.E08: Client On The Go
in Project Runway
I also think that the other designers are tired of having SO MUCH focus on the untalented and unoriginal twins. That whole first part where they got their "sew off" and then had their own personal audience with the judges just highlights how much time they take up and how they are catered to. Those two are entitled attention-hungry vampires who suck all the oxygen out of the air, and the judges are just letting them roll that way. I hope I wouldn't behave llike Margarita or Michael, but I certainly get how angry and frustrated they must feel.