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On 8/14/2020 at 10:22 AM, SnideAsides said:
The point of "reality shows" is to make viewers think about society and how we treat others by reflecting reality. These producers being completely incompetent at it doesn't change that fact. (Escapism achieves the same goal in exactly the opposite way by challenging norms, and it's why science fiction is so strongly interwoven with feminism and the ongoing struggles for BIPOC, LGBTQI+, and disability rights.)
Yes, it's weird to have overt acknowledgment of real-world events on this show (as it was when they had to tell the house about 9/11), but the reality of Covid Times is "news" is hitting all seven billion of us personally, rather than being a vague nebulous thing for politicians to handle while we mostly go about our daily lives. The news is coming into our homes. Big Brother is just reflecting that. And it's about time they did.
Also, fuck whoever decided that Zoom call competition was a good idea. That was the single least funny thing I've ever seen on this show (perhaps on television ever), and... like, three seasons of Boogie.
We have very different ideas about the “point” of reality shows. I don’t believe they actually need any point other than to be entertaining. I’d prefer drama between houseguests or showing them doing silly fun things. As much as I never liked Brenchel, I prefer Rachel’s fun and silliness than current events. I watch to be entertained, not enlightened!
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On 4/10/2020 at 6:14 PM, Adgirl said:
I can't believe the glass was still on the floor. I don't like Elena at all but I certainly can empathize more after witnessing how unhelpful Bill or even Linda. Linda isn't a real friend. I suspect there's a lot of envy there, real friends are happy for you not envious of your happiness.
Mia made a shitty choice to be the Ryan's surrogate but that's understandable for a naive, young woman in her circumstances. The Ryans are creepy, horrible, desperate people. I understand desperate people do desperate things but who uses a 18 year old virgin as their surrogate? They are disgusting! When Mia said she'd never used a tampon my heart broke a little.
I love how unapologetic Kerry Washington is in her performance. As a black woman I am amused at the comments here. "Friendliness" is perceived very differently in different cultures. I see intrusion, racism, presumptions based on racism but shrug.
I totally disagree about Mia and the Ryan’s. They were clueless as to her virginity until that moment. Mia has a lot of choices she could have made. In 1981 or 82 (don’t remember which year), that $12000 tuition was a super pricy private art school! I graduated in 1981 and my tuition and room and board was around $2500 for BOTH semesters! Mia chose what seemed like the easy way at the time. Also, surrogacy was pretty much unheard of then. But her parents definitely treated her like crap! But yes, the way the guy approached her was creepy!
As Elena’s choices go, in the early 80’s I’m certain she felt like her only choice was to have Izzy. Most married women would still feel that way. As far as birth control, Bill told her “last night was fun!” I think she had sex with him before her postpartum appt. Lots of women do. She probably mistakenly thought she couldn’t get pregnant while nursing because most women don’t ovulate then, but it does happen.
In the 80’s there was a definite us against them feeling between working and stay at home moms. We both felt we had to defend our choices. My oldest was born in 1987. Those of us in the 80’s were really the first generation of women to have those choices. My mother worked (was part owner in the family drugstore) and only because she was an owner would the bank use only half her salary in giving them a home mortgage. They usually refused to use any of a woman’s pay because they assumed in the 70’s that the woman would quit work if she had a baby.
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On 1/24/2019 at 6:08 PM, DebbieM4 said:
I said pretty much the same thing upthread. There is more to unfold about this, for sure.
(I have no idea what fictional characters would do. I was simply sharing my thoughts about what possibly could have happened.)
It’s also possible that the parents knew he wasn’t dead and that the mom wouldn’t go against their abusive dad’s wishes to see Nicky.
I also don’t blame Jack one bit for not seeing Nicky or helping him. My husband (passed 5 years ago) is so much like Jack. He almost never saw his druggie sister or crazy (literally and wouldn’t get help) mother. He didn’t want our children exposed to them. Indirectly, Nicky was very much responsible for the child’s death. Nicky was high as a kite and thought it was fun to play with grenades! He was too high to think of grabbing the boy when he jumped. Jack knew these things and felt he had done all he could to save Nicky.
I think unless you know someone who has been thru similar things, it’s hard to understand just how much pain Jack had and how he kept it inside. The end, about doing better than your dad...well Jack did much better than his dad. He was a good, but not perfect father. Their life was like our family with a Jack like dad. Big and fun, but not always what it appeared to be. I felt the show was saying now Kevin was growing and becoming a bit better than Jack.
Seriously, so often, I think these writers have been in my house! Just too many things!
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I am mostly loving this show. I’m a book fan and they kept the Amy and Brad dynamic and nailed it! The first time I saw her, I thought, “Hmmm, I didn’t know Amy was black.” But after that, I didn’t care at all. She’s a fabulous, young actress! I have been a little surprised by show Anthony, but love him very much. I’m not such a fan of the Babcock changes.
SpoilerAnthony was a good guy in the book, but didn’t seem smart, possibly mentally challenged in some way. I love both Anthony Carters. I live how they are already starting the relationship between Anthony and Amy. If you like spoilers, Anthony was the only one of the 12 who wasn’t guilty of murder. Book Babcock was a very violent, large, and powerful man. They are going to have to do a lot more to make me see Shauna Babcock as evil instead of a victim Book Babcock came across as evil incarnate!
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3 hours ago, Armchair Critic said:
What kind of phone was Miguel talking on with his ex wife when he walked into the Pearsons? Back then I only remember car phones.
I forget the show timeline exactly, but if the big 3 were seniors in HS, it would be fall of 1997, correct? I had my first cell phone in 1994. It was a brick that was about 2 inches wide by 7 inches long. I think there were early flip phones by 1997.
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I really don’t understand why it’s hard to believe she talks to Rick and why y’all think it’s such a problem. Have you lost a spouse? My husband died almost 5 years ago. I haven’t dated anyone or even considered it. I know quite a few other women who have been the same way. Why does she need another man? What’s wrong with talking to him and talking thru things that way? I am considering dating next year. I’m sure Michonne is lonely, but she is a catch and therefore should be very selective. There are very few men who would be comfortable with her! Y’all don’t know what you’re talking about!
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2 hours ago, smartymarty said:
First off, they film in Albuquerque, not California. And on the insider podcast, they said they hired some crew to make a Coushatta church into a post office.
The church they used was not in Louisiana. It was in Albuquerque.
Those trees are way too scruffy. We have huge oaks and pines. Y’all should google Coushatta. Red River Parish is one of the poorest in the state. If you’ve never been to the rural south, you’d probably be shocked. It’s pretty depressing on one hand, but quite cute in other ways with older homes built 100 years or more ago that have been kept up with beautiful yards.
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10 hours ago, Gemma Violet said:
I'm way behind, so this may have already been mentioned, but Jimmy was way off speaking in a Cajun accent since Coushatta is in north Louisiana. The Cajuns settled in the southern part of the state, all along the coast, with a smattering in the Baton Rouge (eastern) area. I'd be willing to bet there's not one person with a Cajun accent in Coushatta.
This is what I’ve been thinking the whole time. I grew up 20 miles from Coushatta. They got so much wrong! It’s not a Cajun name at all. It’s an Indian one. It’s named after the Coushatta Indian tribe. The town is pronounced Cu-shat-a. There’s an Indian casino in S La, near Lafayette and an actual Indian tribe in east Tx near Livingston that are both pronounced Cu- shat-a. None are pronounced with Cou as the first syllable.
Coushatta is small, but not like they portrayed it. Also, you’d be hard pressed to find a post office anywhere in La. that’s on a dirt or gravel road. Coushatta has multiple red lights, a handful of places to eat, big gas stations, etc. The post about the bus going there is correct. It’s possible to get there by bus. It’s not easy!
You are not going to find many, if any (I don’t know any from my tiny town 20 miles down the road) people who speak with a true Cajun accent there. You could find people sounding almost like the bad accent used way out in the country, south of Lafayette in very tiny towns or even outside of actual towns. People who live there don’t have names ending in eaux. They are named Williams, Jefferson, Washington, Wimberly, etc.
I grew up Southern Baptist and it’s not “free will” Baptist. We used communion and Lord’s Supper fairly interchangeably in conversation. It was actually called the Lord’s Supper. You would not find a preacher in a white Baptist Church wearing a robe and there’s no such thing as a communion robe, only a choir robe and a robe you wear to be baptized. Baptist churches don’t have parishioners. We have members. It’s possible that some black Baptist churches have ministers who wear robes. Although there might be a handful of people (literally 2-3) who might attend the other race’s church, for the most part, churches in those tiny towns are so not have many members from different races. Oh, also, we do have grape juice and little tiny crackers that are very tiny and unleavened
I cant wait to find out if they get caught or if the producers were lazy. I’m glad that at least they mentioned the Red River as that’s the most notable thing about Coushatta. There’s a bridge across the river there. Before I-49 was built, you often crossed the river there.
I couldn’t believe it, paused my recording, and got up to look closely at that post office when they showed that it was Coushatta! I have been there hundreds of times.
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More Raiders of the Lost Ark than Last Crusade. Indy did that in all the movies.
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I noticed in one of the episodes, El called the man who bumped into her on her way to see her sister a “mouth breather.”
I was 23 in 1984 and do not recall hearing that expression till much later. They are spot on with the clothes and hair!
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S19.E11: Haute Hair
in Project Runway
I’m totally the opposite. I can’t find a single bit of excitement for the ones left because I just lived Aaron. His outfit was awful but they’ve kept worse designs before. Usually the curse is to be boring, like Coral’s. I truly believe she should have gone home.
It would not have been possible to telegraph Chastity’s win more. I like her and the overall effect was good, but it wasn’t anything new. With her whole story about her daughter and her hair, she was going to win unless she did something hideous.
I’m fine with Black Girl Magic. I’m just surprised y’all haven’t heard that before. I would just like to be able to call myself Queen or something similar and not have folks look at me weird!
I’m missing Aaron so much. I truly adored most of his clothes! I like Chastity so much, but don’t find her clothes that great. Bones has ideas, but I don’t think they’re usually very well executed. Shantall is good, but it’s just not my style.