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The lack of engagement here with posts speaks volumes. Husband and I made it through 20 minutes.

Just finished The Cut article with America F. I see the little sly dig the author inserted there, lol at the end. For all this talk about Barbie being bad for a girl/young woman's body image I recently came across this Vanity Fair* cover* with Margo R (Dec 2022/Jan2023 where she does indeed do promotion for the Barbie movie. https://www.yourcelebritymagazines.com/en-us/products/margot-robbie-for-vanity-fair-dec-2022-jan-2023 You can count her ribs. Is *this* the (unrealistic?) image Margo and Greta want and like? The other side is purposely shadow obscured. She was probably told by the higher-ups to lean back and suck it in and she did. The mag said jump and she demonstrated how high. Did she speak to Greta about it? This is a real life image, not a doll. Has Gerwig ever said anything about Robbie's VF cover? How this is just the sort of thing that they fight against. Robbie I guess didn't fight too hard. If she did, who ultimately told her to "suck it up, buttercup" so to speak? Margo and Greta are directly participating in what she, and moreover, Greta Gerwig, and America F claim to hate. Such is the price for promoting such a high profile and expensive mainstream movie. I just wish Gerwig and Robbie would stop pretending that they made some small art-house indie movie and not some heavily corporate promoted one. But we are told that it is so very "brave" for the studio (and Mattel implied) to agree to keep America's speech in the movie.

Is there also a Chinese investor in the film as well? Because I thought I remember reading about something similar (the presence of a Taiwan patch?) with the Top Gun 2. Then the investor pulled out. Anyway- “journey map lines “ in/of the Real World? Why in the China South Seas specifically? How bout Europe? 😂

Ok, I just listened to it. This is just a promotional video correct? To be shown on social media as advertising for the movie, or will this song and video footage be directly inserted into the movie?

I found 2 reviews from NPR. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/1177439851/the-little-mermaid-review-remake-disney https://www.npr.org/2023/05/26/1177917346/the-little-mermaid-review-remake-disney-halle-bailey

Hmmmm. Thanks so much for some more information on the movie. I don't know. I think I'll wait for the free library copies.

This book was a staple at 11 or so year old girls' sleepover parties. I never actually saw what an actual belt looked like and was left very puzzled and somewhat horrified by the description in the book. The book must have just missed the self-adhesive sanitary napkin breakthrough because a cursory search says "early 1970's." Wasn't the book first published 1970? As I became older Margaret's religious journey became more interesting to me.This is what I am interested in now. That last bit in her project's letter is very poignant. I wonder if it remains the same or has changed.

Ok, which one of you wrote that review of KG’s book on Goodreads which mentions issues arising during the “popcorn,” scenes? 😂 I’m laughing at the “popcorn” terminology we use here, (and from the old TWOP board), not at the seriousness of the issue being addressed.

I have not been logged in for absolutely months (taking care of my aging mother), so I have just found out and read here re: Ma’s new autobiography. I just requested it from the library. Hmmm. I’m assuming this has been ghostwritten? Whether formally credited as such, or not…lol I can only say that someone very near and dear to me has had professional dealings with her and while very nice, her manner can be a bit “curt, brusque but also very professional.” That’s about all I can say here. In a very professional setting, she’s just not going to be “cuddly,” so to speak. And everyone has a very different style….

Has anyone seen the documentary about Patrick S? There is absolutely NO mention (that I could see-though I saw it late at night) of North and South. Did I miss it? I think it odd, because I think many more people saw him in that over Red Dawn or even The Outsiders, which were featured, before he became mega successful in Dirty Dancing. Very strange.

Aww, I have a sort of “guilty pleasure,” watching Season 1. There is a sort of time capsule nostalgia (good and bad memories) thing going for it- ie Nancy trying to fit into her literally skin-tight jeans. Blair waxing lyrically about Prince Charles being the most dreamy of eligible bachelors. LOLOL! Ha-ha! I *know* the short-shorts are icky here, but I just had a look at my 5th grade yearbook from that same year. We did have a strict dress code at my school against such attire, but there she is. A classmate of mine in a candid shot with very *tight* short-shorts and cringeworthy, in satin no less. She probably was sent home to change, lolol. I enjoyed seeing Molly W with her *natural, original* hair color. I had seen her earlier in real life, live version onstage as “Pepper,” one of the orphans in the production of Annie. We are the same age. The Emily Dickinson episode is one of my favorites, from that season. As an adult, I can only endure the series in very small quantities, though. ETA: The Tootie and the teenage prostitute episode disturbed/scared the you know what out of me in real time when I first watched.

Well, I just discovered that Mrs. Stevens, Darrin’s mom, Sam’s Mother-In-law, forget her name-both real life and character, lol.......is Also Don Hollinger’s mother in That Girl! And boy, does she Love to play that kind of nosy, busy-body, nobody is good enough for my son type MIL to the hilt! Ha-ha. Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas’s character from That Girl) would have a lot to contend with in future years from her mother in law, Mrs. Hollinger, AKA also Mrs. Stevens. LoL. @Kyle- yes, loved Sheila and her comeuppance as well. 🙂

Thanks for the info on the Canadian show. I think I may have seen it on amazon dvd. If it is the one I am remembering, yes, that sounded *very* gritty. “Pioneer Quest?” Something like that.

All such good and informative responses. 🙂 It’s funny because on that PBS and UK produced reality show, “Frontier House,” (2002) one of the main characters, Adrienne Clune, actually said she thought she would have more time on her hands and not be as tired as she was as to re-create “Little House on the Prairie,” moments, romantic and all, LOLOL. Yes, she actually named the show. Ha! That show did depict not being able to wash (even clothes) everyday, putting on dirty clothes and even when you did the laundry, it was hung up inside to dry (bad weather), and was not dry to use when desperately needed. See milking cows in the snow without proper attire. Uggh.

OT but curious- how many of you watched in real time *The Waltons* as well? I lived in Pacific Time zone then and show was aired much later at night. I never was able to see it then, lolol. I was also a bit young to fully appreciate it. I was aware of its existence, but that was about it. As an adult who viewed the dvds about 10 years ago, I noticed some plot overlap with LH,lolol. That show never really maintained the amount of traction on this board (and the old TWOP?) iirc. I wonder why. I know there are some threads/forums in the Archives here, but not a show by show watch-along. @Zella: Have you seen Waltons? I own Seasons 1-7. I once had Season 9, but donated it to charity, since I was only interested in the Jennifer Jaison Lee episode,lolol.