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TV and Movies are too Dark - Why is this Happening? Is the transition from film to digital to blame? Knives Out and Glass Onion are digital and are brightly lit and clear. Nope had night scenes that were beautifully shot.

How Hamiliton the Musical Rescued a Book Shop It’s lovely to see the young people who were positively impacted by the shop end up being the ones to save it after they’ve become a success. I have a lot of respect for Lin and Thomas.

Conrad Birdie was in jail for statutory rape. All the references were fantastic.

The way it was shown makes it appear the decision to operate on Ellie to kill her for a potential cure was decided before she even showed up. They didn’t examine her, take samples, run tests, or do trials to try various strategies before setting on killing the only resource they have to find the cure. That’s ridiculous. It makes me question the skills and intelligence of the people working on the cure.

Percy Hynes “Wednesday” accusations

There are leaders who have the skills to win a war but are inadequate to lead in the aftermath. Kathleen needed to switch gears from vengeance to longterm survival but she didn’t have a clue on how to be a peacetime leader.

A review Torchwood: Broken audio drama featuring Ianto I hadn’t heard of this before. I definitely want to check it out.

Shadow Hunters Magnus shows up to Alec’s wedding and they finally kiss

“Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.” Ron Sawnson, Parks and Recreation

You can get Funny Girl tickets without a lottery https://www.todaytix.com/nyc/shows/24232-funny-girl-on-broadway I have tried and failed a ridiculous amount of times to get Merrily tickets.

Rian Johnson Breaks down the Arrival scene in Glass Onion

Jupe monetized his trauma instead of dealing with it. His skewed perspective that he had some sort of special connection with Gordy let him lie to himself about the risks with Jean Jacket. He wanted to believe he had some sort of control over the situation but he never did.

I finished reading Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie. Ettian lost everything when his planet was taken over by the Umber Empire. As a child he lived on the street after losing his parents in the Umber take over until the Empire gave him the opportunity to go to school. Accepting that his planet is lost Ettian tries to move on and be the best at the Umber military academy until a shocking assassination attempt on his best friend Gal. This event leads Ettian to discover Gal is the heir to the empire that made him an orphan. Ettian is torn between his growing romantic feelings for his friend and his buried loyalty to his home planet. I really enjoyed this book. I thought Ettian’s struggle on whose side to be on made sense and the conflict of romance mixed with distrust was compelling. I’m on board with this trilogy and will be reading the next book. Now I’m reading The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling which is the sequel to The Ex Hex. It’s a romantic comedy enemy to lovers story. Gywn is annoyed when her cousin’s brother in law Wells opens a magic shop directly across the street from her own shop. The rivalry leads to romantic sparks. Gywn and Wells have to team up when a new coven comes to town and magic starts not working as it should. So far it’s a fun read like the first book.

How an incident at Hadestown connects to Patti Lupone’s tweet regarding her decision to give up her equity card. I feel a lot of sympathy to the hearing impaired Hadestown audience member who got yelled at for having a captioning device that was mistaken for a cellphone.

I loved Stil Star-Crossed. I’m a sucker for an enemy to lover romance. So sad it got canceled. I think if it’d been on Netflix instead of ABC it may have had a better chance.

I just finished To Catch Raven by Beverly Jenkins which is the last of her “Women Who Dare” historical romance series. Raven comes from a family of con artists trying to overcome racism and poverty by their schemes. Brax grew up wealthy and an upstanding figure in his community. Blackmail by a corrupt Pinkerton detective forces Brax and Raven to work together in an undercover operation pretending to be married and find a lost original copy of the Declaration of Independence. This was an entertaining romance and I hate to see the series end. Raven’s family is large and full off people who I would love to see branch off into their own series. I could easily see cousin Lacie or Renay being featured in a romance of their own. Then there’s the cousin who is passing as white to go to medical school and as a result has had to distance himself from the family. So many stories could come from these characters.

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How is Lea Michele Doing in Funny Girl? Reviews for the show as a whole are mixed but Lea’s getting raves. I really hope she’s changed and is treating her cast mates more professionally.

The Try Guys discuss the scandal on their podcast.

I’m halfway through Fairytale by Stephen King. Teenager Charlie saves his cranky recluse neighbor Mr. Bowditch with the help of Bowditch’s dog Radar. Charlie commits to helping him through his recovery due to a promise he made during an extremely difficult time in his life. There’s something in the shed in the yard of Bowditch’s house that leads Charlie on a perilous journey. King really takes his time with this one letting us get the to know the characters well before the adventure begins. I think the set up could have been trimmed a bit but I am invested in Charlie’s journey.

The former coworkers coming forward to say they aren’t surprised by the current scandal with Ned of The Try Guys makes it clear there was something inappropriate ongoing with him for years. So it seems like an open secret so apparently lots of people knew and no one told his wife. Or does Ariel know and she and Ned have an understanding? So Alex’s fiancé Will saw something on her phone in December 2021 that made him realize she was cheating with Ned. He confronted her and Ned about it. He gave Alex a second chance on the condition that the affair ends and he didn’t tell Ned’s wife Ariel. So recently were recorded making out in a club and at a Harry Styles concert. So they handled getting caught in 2021 by being even more careless in public. Someone sent the video to Will and this time he didn’t keep quiet. He sent the video to Ariel and the story went public.

I finished reading The Viper by JR Ward which is the 3rd book in the Prison Colony which is a spin off of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. I think I like this book the best of the Prison Colony series. I still think the Black Dagger Brotherhood is my favorite portion of this Universe Ward has created. I mainly read the Prison colony books because of their connection to the brotherhood and so characters from that series are a draw for me. Near death Kane and his friends manage to escape the prison colony. Kane is made an offer that will safe his life but there are unexpected consequences. Kane risks his new found freedom to return to the prison camp to rescue Nadja the nurse who took care of his injuries who he’d bonded with. Meanwhile the Brotherhood is determined to shutdown the colony but is struggling to find it’s location. I was thrilled to see the subplot with Payne and hope we see more of her in a brotherhood book. They seem to be building up to something dramatic for her. There are so many characters now but some of them get lost in the shuffle. It’s been a while since Payne’s been a focus.

Ned from The Try Guys has been fired for having an affair with an employee. He who has this wholesome family man who adores his wife persona cheated on his wife who works for their company with an employee of the company who is also engaged to another employee of the company. So this is the ultimate “Shit where you eat scenario”. I love their YouTube channel and had a soft spot for Ned. This situation made me realize the power of parasocial relationships because I felt so shocked and upset even though these people are all strangers to me. Making out at a concert where people who carry cellphones with cameras recognize you was shockingly stupid. If you can’t be faithful at least be discrete. I feel for his wife.

I just finished American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird. It’s an engrossing in depth exploration of his life. It’s shocking to the illegal tactics that were blatantly used to destroy him. He was complicated. He was revered by some, villainized by others. He could be an amazing mentor but could arrogantly go on the attack. He was brilliant but could do surprisingly foolish things.

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