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I actually went to Youtube to see if I could find a clip from that Sex and the City episode where a guy criticizes Samantha for not being trimmed enough for him, and she goes off on the state of his pubic hair. Instead, I found this. So subtle So classy.

I was just reading about Bette's guest shot on Perry Mason. This was the first of four episodes of the show where a guest actor (or in this case actress) filled in for Raymond Burr as he recovered from surgery. Based on what I've read, your opinion about her work on it seems to be the general consensus as her performance is described as awkward and as if she read the script for the first time. http://www.perrymasontvseries.com/wiki/index.php/EpisodePages/Show169 As someone who has watched Perry Mason compulsively, every weekday morning, for many, many years now (for absolutely no reason I can come up with other than OCD) I've seen the series in its entirety, first episode to last, probably 5 or 6 times now, so I've seen Bette Davis's episode that many times. I didn't feel like her performance was awkward, or that she seemed unprepared. But it does feel very much like watching an Olympic gold medal figure skater participating in an exhibition of children who've been taking skating lessons for a few months. Davis seemed bigger than the part, bigger than the sets, bigger than the co-stars, bigger than the script, and bigger than the show itself. She was terrific, just misplaced. And it isn't like the other actors on that show aren't themselves really good -- they are. Davis was just... bigger.

In the previews, when they showed Adam outside, on the phone, and then Jessa leaning out the window, also on the phone, I had the distinct impression they were in the midst of "ending up together." I agree, Hannah and Adam ending up together would be unnatural and really dissatisfying.

If you're not their doctor or their loved one in real life, I'd say so. Ditto for those who are "legitimately worried" about Lena Dunham being overweight. The discussion about Allison Williams and Lena Dunham's bodies is a good example of how Hollywood women really can't win for losing. Williams conforms to the Hollywood ideal--very lean and toned--which allows her to get cast as a lead (Get Out), and gets called anorexic for her trouble. Dunham fails to conform to the Hollywood aesthetic, will likely never be cast as a lead outside her own projects, and is called repulsive, hideous, etc. I'm so sick of these magically wise randos bestowing insight: magical tea set lady, magical pawn broker guy, even the magical Athena Dante (described in the Inside the Episode as Elijah's "spirit guide" at the audition). Using random characters to enable the main characters to make important realizations is a hallmark of terrible writing (not to mention the whole Magical Negro trope). Too bad, because I quite liked this episode otherwise. I'm glad that Elijah is getting more of a storyline of his own. I've never thought twice about Lena Dunham's body. But if I saw her suddenly look like she'd gained or lost a large percentage of her body weight, practically overnight, I'm going to have some questions. That's not "shaming" anyone -- that's paying attention. So when Allison Williams, who's always looked fine and healthy, suddenly shows up looking like you could cut bread with her jawbone, I'm going to say, WTF? I'm not saying it to her face; I'm not walking up to her on the street and saying, "Hi! Love your work! Are you anorexic?" I'm saying it in a forum where we discuss call kinds of show-related things, including, at times, aspects of the actors' personal lives.

I'm pretty over all this "shaming" shit that's getting so freely tossed around these days. Allison Williams is starting to look scary-skinny, and that's a fact. It's impossible not to notice it. Every time she was on screen last night I was wondering if she was losing weight for a role, or if she's stressed out, or if there's something darker at work.

Did anyone (or everyone) else grok that the scene with Dill turning up on Elijah's doorstep was lifted, pretty much whole, from the movie "Notting Hill", with Julie Roberts turning up at Hugh Grant's door to escape the paparazzi after a nude photo scandal?

I don't think that's really been the case for a long time. Lots of women -- feminists included -- will refer to themselves and other women as "girls". I think, like most things, it's all in the context.

YES!

Yes, I'm talking about Eileen. I understood her perfectly. Okay. We disagree.

Wow. I consider myself a pro-level TV watcher, and I don't even know what the hell "Slice" is. Apparently the 18 hours a day I spend watching TV just isn't enough. I need to get serious about this.

Wait -- there's a Real Housewives of Toronto?? How do I not know about this? When's it on? Is Bravo hiding it in some weird time slot like they did with the RH of Melbourne in the beginning? Okay, double wait -- there's a Real Housewives of VANCOUVER, too?? Come on! How are these getting past me??

If her legs weren't open, then how was PK looking up her skirt?

I would agree with MOTORCITYMOM65 if someone was saying, "If she didn't want to be raped, she shouldn't have worn a short skirt and no underpants." But I don't think it's "slut shaming" (a term I'm thoroughly sick of, by the way) to say that, if Erika didn't want people to either ogle or talk about her pants-less bottom, then she shouldn't wear a micro-mini with no underpants, sit with her legs open, and tell people, "Hey, I'm not wearing any underpants". If she chooses to do those things, that's fine and dandy. But she can't then expect people to later give a lot of credence to her flaming righteous indignation over everyone's reactions, especially when she's the one who keeps bringing it up.

Kim is an addict; she'd be the first to say so. What Rinna did was suggest that she's not clean at the moment (Saying "I think she's mostly clean" is the same thing as saying she's not clean.) Rinna literally said "Kim is this close to dying." So I'm not sure why it's significant that she didn't use the word addict or the exact phrase "close to death". I think most people listening to what Rinna said would, in fact, infer that Kim was using and about the OD.

The conversation actually happened. I know that because it happened on camera. I wasn't there, but I remember it just fine. I'm pretty sure if I had actually been there, participating in the conversation, I'd remember it even more clearly. Unless I didn't want to take responsibility for something offensive I said. In that case, I'm sure my memory would cloud over completely.

See, somehow you understood Eileen's point. Hard to see what Dorit found so confusing.

I think the clip just supports what I was saying about Dorit conveniently forgetting things, and also serves to illustrate her highly convenient misunderstanding of sentences clearly expressed in plain English. The subject seemed to mean a lot to her at the dinner, as she was very vocal and forceful in her views. So to then claim she has no recollection of any of it because it wasn't important (she's dredged up quite a lot of things that are of absolutely no consequence whatsoever, so I know she can do it), and then act like she doesn't speak English when Eileen tries to talk to her about it is both frustrating and reprehensible.

Much like Dorit, I don't recall it this way. Here's a recap: http://previously.tv/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills/the-new-cool-ranch-flavor-is-saving-rhobh/

When she was one-on-one with Eileen she claimed she didn't remember an entire conversation that happened between several people, at Dorit's house, just a couple of days before. Not just that she didn't remember what was said, exactly -- she claimed she had no recollection of the entire conversation even taking place. I'm no doctor, but even I can diagnose early onset bullshit.

Um, confession time. I'm only 44, but I have a particular dress that requires I go commando. Of course, it goes down to my ankles, so it would take Kyle's splits to show anyone. I guess when I turn 45, I have to give up the dress. Too bad. I look fabulous in it. Length isn't always a guarantee of modesty. My husband and I were attending the opera one night, and I was dressed appropriately for the occasion, in a floor-length skirt. At intermission, as I made my way down the crowded marble staircase to the restrooms on the lower level, I caught my heel in the hem of my skirt and pitched, headfirst, down the stairs. It was the most ungraceful, revealing fall you can imagine, and I landed with my skirt over my head. Had I not been wearing undergarments, half the north shore would have been my gynecologist that night. Moral of the story: ALWAYS WEAR UNDERPANTS! (Or maybe use the upstairs lav when attending Chicago's Lyric Opera.)

I think that comment said more about Rinna than Dorit. Rinna's "Do you trust your husband?" was so weird. I couldn't figure out where she was going when she first said it. I could see where she was going with it, but I could also see that she couched it the way she did for shock value, just as she did the bizarro suggestion that the only reason she was left alone at Dorit's dinner party is that everyone else was crammed into the half-bath snorting coke. Rinna seems more than usually desperate for attention this season.

Exactly. Dorit is everything Erika isn't, and she's got a certain vulnerable naivety that's tempered by a sort of goofy quirkiness. Her faccent is annoying, but there are worse things. She's a little over the top and kind of a flake, but she and her husband and her kids love each other, they've got a circle of friends, and I think Erika, with her unresolved issues, is the one who is threatened because of the closet full of skeleton bones she's trying to keep the door on..... Ericka acted like a jackass, to be sure, and dredging up ancient history, demanding an apology, then rejecting the apology when it's forthcoming is never a good look. But Dorit is a bit of a pill as well. I'd love to see a Bravo montage of all the times Dorit has claimed she simply doesn't remember a specific thing she's said or even an entire conversation. The "I'm sorry, I just don't remember" things seems to be her go-to defense in all situations. Maybe she needs to see her doctor for a scan. That much memory loss must portend something scary.

I was more or less on Ericka's side (though if you have no intention of accepting an apology when it's offered, then stop bringing up whatever it is that offended you and demanding an apology for it) right up until she went off on Eileen. That was fucking MENTAL. You'd have to work pretty goddamned hard to misunderstand both the content and the intent of Eileen's comment to get it as wrong as Ericka did. I don't care if your son's full-time job is running into 2 dozen burning buildings every day to rescue scores of children holding baskets of kittens while being shot at by terrorists, that still has fuck-all to do with someone saying to you, "It's not like she murdered your child." Ericka needs to go back to her Little Spartan Boy routine. It looks a whole lot better on her than Scary-Island-crazy.

I don't understand why Tom and Katie couldn't have paid for the brothers to come to the wedding. There were so many places they could have easily cut expenses on that wedding to cover the cost of three round trip tickets, there's really no excuse for them not to have done this themselves.

Why would she do that? She clearly has money and has no qualms about spending it. We haven't seen anything to suggest her husband has restricted her access to cash or credit cards in any way, nor that she would put up with it if he tried. If she was a top lawyer before having the twins, chances are she has plenty of her own money as well. The abuse in this relationship isn't all one way, and Perry isn't your Dr. Phil variety abuser. He's not trying to cut his wife off from friends or the outside world; he's not restricting her movements, like preventing her from leaving the house; he's not controlling her access to money. If she wanted to leave, she could. I think what's troubling her isn't so much the fact that Perry gets violent, but the fact that she does, too, and they both seem to like it.