Princess Sparkle

Milo got screwed. He was one of my favorite contestants in YEARS — that kid has charisma and talent and deserved this win. Whitney did too; they had an outstanding partnership over the whole season. The one plus is that Milo’s young, he’s got a bright future, and I bet he’s going places. Can’t say the same for Bobby.

I actually really enjoyed the episode. These may not be sketches that I remember at the end of the season, but I laughed when I was watching them, which is more than I can say for a lot of the episodes so far this season. I must admit, I actually had an audible loud laugh at “This is truly a loser’s fantasy” in the high school sketch. And as a Drag Race fan, I loved GPYASSS and seeing Miss Peppermint and Jiggly Caliente.

I have to admit, the House Hunter sketch reminded me of John Mulaney's (better) standup bit about HGTV and realtors. To the point where it made me wonder if he pitched a bit when he hosted last season, and it was a leftover sketch idea that didn't get used.

"I don't respond to flattery" "Nor do you recognize sarcasm"

"Let's go eat Chik-fil-a and not tell anybody" "I cant believe I waited around for a fuckin priest to show me a panty picture." Burn the house to the ground! Use the box dress as kindling!" "But Jay's been bragging he's going to get fingered at the dance! "Ok, first of all, I think he's got that wrong or else you've grossly misquoted him." "Give me Malala!" "I will kick you in the pussy you stupid shit!" "At least I still have a pussy!" "You tell Shannon you don't want nice! You want two scoops of Haagen Dazs French Vanilla boobies." "Hahah, yeah guys I fuck my pillow. Sorry guys, my tone was off; I 100% fuck my pillow" Every time anyone says "Stop quoting your dad's law commercials."

Nick: She let me get to second base! Jay: Whoa - she put a finger in your ass? Nick: What?! No; thats not second base! Andrew: ...What do you think third base is? Jay: You don't want to know. Maury: I DO; I WANNA KNOW!!!!

I could go on a diatribe on how much I love this show and how feminist I think it is (that I will spare you all from), but I think the episode that's most representative of that is episode 2 of season 2, when Jessie and Missy go to the Korean Spa. I was the girl that developed early (so, more of a Gina in that regard), but if I had been able to see all sorts of different womens bodies when I was 13 and know that all of them were normal, that would've been life changing for me. I saw an interview with the cast and how hard they had to push Netflix to keep that episode, and the song that Maya Rudolph sings in - Netflix had a problem with showing Jessie and Missy's chests. And the female writers of the episode pushed back, because their point was that not only had the show already shown naked boys for laughs (and were going to do it again in a few episodes), but wanted to prove that showing a womans body isn't inherently sexual. It sounded like it was a real uphill battle, but I'm glad they fought it. So, no, I don't think you're stupid for thinking it's progressive. I actually think it's very progressive, and I think it's meant to be that way. I think the creators are hoping that it opens the doors for conversations so that kids don't feel so alone like some of us (or at least, I know I certainly did going through puberty) felt when we were younger. And is it filthy? Yeah, but sometimes I think adults tend to forget that kids ARE kinda filthy at that age.

Well, I gotta say, I wasn’t expecting Liev Schrieber to pull out a spot on Michael Barbaro impression.

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I think if I had to guess at the beginning of the season who potential hosts were, I would've guessed 247 other people - including Chevy Chase - before guessing Liev Schreiber. I'll be curious to see how this turns out, because I feel like the closest thing I've seen him be "funny" in is Scream 2.

You know, in regards to Pete saying something about Ariana on WU - I actually wonder if he wasn't planning on saying anything, but then her dropping a song partially about him(and naming him), 30 minutes before the show started, made him want to add a little closure to it. If she hadn't dropped the song, I actually doubt he would've said anything. This was...a weird way to celebrate someone's fifth time hosting, especially because I actually have liked Jonah's previous hosting stints. I know a lot of his stuff can tip into bathroom humor, but I do think Jonah Hill is a legitimately funny guy - watching this made me rent 21 and 22 Jump Street, because those movies both make me laugh until I cry. A lot of these just missed the mark. Like, they couldn't get Bill Hader to come back for the "I'm 6" sketch (especially after he discussed on Seth Meyers this week that he created the character with Seth and Bill)? Or have Andy Samberg or Seth Rogen come by to do something? I do have to say, I did find it very endearing that he and Leslie seemed delighted that they were cracking each other up in the Adam Grossman sketch.

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I think I would’ve watched a Charleston that was double the length of Milo and Whitney’s. That was so cute and fun and completely catchy. Milo May be a dark horse; he was great.

I have never related to an SNL character more than Mr McTavish trying to play a video game.

That explains this tweet from Chris Redd

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I think dogs were probably the only creatures who could hear some of the sounds I made laughing at this episode. It was such an easy joke, but the incessant beeping whenever that device went off near Roy Moore killed me. And that final segment where those guys were calmly trying to explain why they were dressed the way they were, when they had a sign out front that said "Free pussy"? I died. The character that's not working for me as well is the hyper-liberal doctor character he's doing (can't remember the name of that one). When he's exposing a racist town like he did last week, it works. When he just seems to be testing how patient people can be - like with the couple the first week and the two men this week - it's not funny to me.

That also makes a lot of sense - thanks!

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I'm enjoying this much more than I was anticipating. I forgot how much I missed seeing SBC do what he's best at. I noticed in the most recent ep, Nathan Fielder was one of the directors and I found myself trying to decide which section I thought he directed. When I was watching the Cheney interview, there were some parts where I thought "Wow, this reminds me of Nathan for You", and then to see him as a director in the end, it started to make sense - but I have no idea if that part was his or not.

It's also a nod to the original GLOW, where Susie Spirit broke her arm during a match - though as I recall, they also televised her getting her arm x-rayed and finding out it was broken on camera.

Without getting too far into a rabbit hole, I think what Jennifer is trying to show with their manifesto is that it's not necessarily about equality, it's about equity. This poster used to hang in my grade school as a kid, and it's stuck in my head to this day. And I think they have done a fairly good job so far showing that women can be pretty nasty to each other - just look at how Kitty treats Plum with disdain. And while Plum now surrounds herself with women who are trying to lift her up, from the few friends she had at the beginning, they were all male and non-threatening, and I think that's intentional. One small moment I really enjoyed in this episode was that when Plum was getting waxed, she was absolutely certain that the aestheticians were talking about her and her size, when really they were just chatting about their relationships. That is something a lot of people (of any size) do frequently - decide on a narrative, and make everything possible they see fit that, even if it's not the case. Plum is so used to people being shitty to her that she assumes everyone is. It also took me until this episode to realize the woman playing Plum's mom is from the movie Center Stage. And I see Marti Noxon is doing Marc Blucas a solid and still getting him work after Buffy.