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Inquisitionist

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  1. I thought she looked better than the 3 lead actresses. Heck, when I attended my 40-year high school reunion, where everyone was 58, I thought most of us looked better than this lot. It sounded a lot like what Carrie wrote for that wedding couple back in season 2 or 3. Am I alone in thinking that Carrie (and SJP) would look so much better with a shorter, softer hair style parted on the side? As I remember it, Aidan told Carrie that smoking was a deal-breaker for him when she lit up at the end of their first date -- perfectly acceptable behavior in my book, as I could never date a smoker either. Carrie then lied by saying she was only an occasional smoker and trying to hide her addiction from him rather than just accept the facts and move on.
  2. It's been a few years since I read the book, so I had forgotten the Toronto setting (Emily St. John Mandel is Canadian, so that makes sense). Interesting that it was changed to Chicago with actual filming here.
  3. Just watched it last night. Thought it was oddly paced with some scenes of NOTHING that went on too long. During the trek from the grocery store, it was like the pandemic had already hit -- there was no one else in the grocery store or on the streets, except for the guy whose car had hit a tree. I loved the book so I'm sticking with it, but if I hadn't read it, this first episode would leave me only borderline interested.
  4. Indeed it is. And Kyle has written a book about that! My copy is due to arrive on Monday.
  5. OMG, I've just watched this scene, and I can't go on. As an attorney, Miranda should know that you NEVER say more than you absolutely have to. When did she go brain-dead?
  6. On the other hand, I'd had no idea they played Get Back so many times. I enjoyed getting the full rooftop effect, even though it kind of dragged on.
  7. Re Epstein's death -- there are so many "what ifs" about the Beatles. Personally, I've often wondered if they would even have existed if Paul's mother had not died when he was 14. Mary was quite set on him pursuing his education and Hamburg would not have set well with her -- let alone John Lennon. I finally got around to reading Tune In a few months ago. This is the first volume of a planned 3-part definitive biography of the Beatles by Mark Lewisohn. 800 pages covering them through the end of 1962. They could have fallen apart many times before then -- coincidences played a large role in their ability to continue. Quite amazing to ponder!
  8. So nice to see David Morse on screen!
  9. At one point (in part 3, I think), George laments that he his backlog of songs is enough to last for decades if he continues to get just 2 songs per Beatles album. Between Paul and George, the group could have put out two albums per year with a few songs thrown in by John (his later Beatles material interests me the least).
  10. When Paul had himself hoisted up on that pulley thing... and when he tossed Heather increasingly higher into the air... I was holding my breath! 😅
  11. Yes, I did catch that! In Mark Lewisohn's book, he spells it "Richie" which is how he says the man himself spelled it.
  12. OMG, Oh! Darling is so clearly about Paul's bandmates: And this is like a day or two after we saw Paul fighting back tears... He really thought at that time that he couldn't be anything but a Beatle. "I'll never make it alone" is a plea to the others.
  13. Something that didn't make my eyes roll every few minutes. 😉
  14. Had a relationship -- Mel See died over 20 years ago. Paul had spent a month or so living with Linda and Heather in their tiny apartment in NYC in October 1968. I think the two of them went over to London with him almost immediately after that. So Heather had been around Paul a lot in a short period. Glad to see I'm not the only one. I find it dirge-like and rather monotonous. Ringo was committed to start filming The Magic Christian in late January and would not be available for several months after that. I think this is explained at the start of Ep. 1.
  15. Bailed after about 30 or 40 minutes. I found Isaac's character insufferable and the open marriage friends ridiculous. I don't need to spend time watching people whose problems are of their own making.
  16. Not TL at all! George was actually 25 and close to 26 when this was filmed in Jan. 1969. He was born in Feburary, 1943. Paul is 20 months younger than John, and George is only 8 months younger than Paul. But if you look at photos of 14-year-old George (the age at which he joined the group), he really looks like a little kid. John and Paul tended to keep him in that "box" despite his growing maturity and creativity. It really is a little sad. It's not often we see the creative process at work so clearly. I know Paul would often have a tune worked out before coming to the studio, but with Get Back, he really does seem to be composing on the spot. Extraordinary. The John/Yoko dynamic eludes me to this day. John was certainly in the thrall of heavy drugs (though perhaps less so in Jan. 1969 than he had been during the White Album sessions, when Ono first became glued to his side). I've read and watched a ton of interviews with John and I believe he had some serious psychological issues, including narcissism and paranoia -- a rather deadly combination. I wish he'd gotten some real treatment somewhere along the way rather than the various snake-oil fads that Yoko appears to have conned him into trying. And while McCartney sometimes draws criticism for alleged "revisionism" of the Beatles story... John was a master at this. I've seen an interview where he slams Let It Be as "granny music" and says he doesn't know what Paul is thinking when he writes something like that. He didn't seem to mind recording the song, and surely he must have known that "mother Mary" was a reference to Paul's deceased mother. Even if Paul didn't come out and say that directly to John, it doesn't take a genius to figure it out.
  17. Could be respectful editing. She screeches in Part II. And asks George Martin where one can purchase classical music scores. Seriously? Amen to both of these observations. George got such short shrift. I had not known about his Hare Krishna friends attending at Twickenham, but they also sat quietly at a distance. One of my favorite moments is Paul's passive aggressiveness in Part I. Someone asks his opinion about a graphic design, and he says something like "Ask John and Yoko -- they're artists." (Meanwhile, I'll just sit at the piano spinning out one memorable tune after another.)
  18. Mistakes in the opening minute of Get Back: John invited Paul to join the Quarrymen in 1957 not 1956, at which time Paul was 15 not 14. George was 14, not 13, when he joined the group. This is so well documented, how could Peter Jackson get it wrong? Grrrr.
  19. I seem to recall numerous mentions of Jerry Springer in the book, but perhaps audiences have forgotten who he is.
  20. I didn't think the dialog was great either. And too young to be playing a contemporary of Reese Witherspoon: in 2020, she was 44 and he was 31. I snickered when the character referenced his 40th birthday.
  21. Mia has invited that invasiveness. So no, I don't get her perspective. Amen. Both characters have acted oddly, but Mia has escalated the situation. I think we'll see that its value is due to the artist (photographer) not the subject. Why a hotel would want that hanging in its lobby is beyond me though...
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