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11 hours ago, gonzosgirrl said:
As far as the fight goes, yes, Kevin said something hateful/hurtful, but saying it was the worst day of his life is a far cry from saying he wished Randall wasn't born. Kevin's 'attack' was based in jealousy, feelings that his life was changed by all the attention Randall got and he spoke his own point of view. Randall attacked Kevin's sobriety, his career and his relationship with his dead father, putting words in Jack's mouth that he died ashamed of Kevin. If it's a scorecard, in my opinion, what Randall said was far worse.
I felt Kevin practically did say he wished Randall didn't exist. As for Randall attacking Kevin's sobriety, well that happens in real life. Kevin hasn't been sober for very long, and many times it takes family members many years to trust you. That's just life.
To me Kevin's always had it easy. The director probably saw Kevin as mediocre, "The Manny." Maybe the director saw Kevin as one of these white guys whose been able to make it by being "just okay." I know that's how I originally saw Kevin, he's changed since getting sober though.
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1 hour ago, Clanstarling said:
Good catch. I caught zhuzh, but I missed the ringtone bit. I don't recall there being any ringtones - still pretty much regular phones in those days. Though the cell phones the size of bricks might have had that option, but I don't remember when they came out.
I thought she meant does the Queen's phone ring "God save the Queen" but I don't think it would have been called a ringtone.
I usually don't bother with stuff like that because, heck, Law & Order STILL doesn't get the Grand Jury right.
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I really liked this episode and I didn't need to see the recreation of the wedding. I remember the wedding because I just started working my very first job that week. I remember Diana's Dorothy Hamill haircut.
Lamb led to the slaughter? I don't know. Centuries ago royal folk knew the purpose of marriage was to unite families, two countries. Everybody knew the game. Marriages weren't about love. The purpose was to have an heir and a spare, that was it, full stop. In some cultures marriage is still like that.
The problem in this case was Diana was VERY young, a teenager. She fell for Charles. He was her Prince Charming. She thought they'd get married and live happily ever after, that's what a teenager would think.
The family machine knew what the wedding was really about: Charles needed to marry a suitable girl without a past and that wasn't Camilla, even though Charles was in love with her. The speech the Queen gave to Charles the night before said it all. The Queen gets that being in the royal family is a job, a duty and if you want to be in that family you have to deal with it. It does suck.
The problem was no one told Diana what the real deal was. She had stars in her eyes and he was all about duty.
Was the mouse running across the floor Diana or Charles?
ETA: I appreciated the depiction of an eating disorder in this episode. It's like alcoholism and drug addiction. Diana was lonely, anxious, depressed and had no one to talk to. Considering the situation, Diana's feelings were perfectly normal but she was trapped in a society, per her grandmother, where COULDN'T talk about her feelings. So she ate them. At the restaurant when Camilla told Diana her pet name for Charles, Diana began to furiously eat. She was eating AT Camilla because she couldn't tell Camilla how awful she made her feel.
BTW, what I remember from the wedding was Diana got Charles' name wrong; I remember she didn't say Charles Philip Arthur George.
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34 minutes ago, CeceliaBedelia said:
As for the Karen's, it's like the photographer didn't even try.
I think it was more Karen didn't even try.
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21 minutes ago, Crashcourse said:
With all the health experts imploring us, begging us, to forego holiday gatherings this year, this JC Penney commercial annoys me, especially the gathering at the end.
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/tna1/jcpenney-holidays-joy-to-everyone#
The problem with the commercial is the end.
At first they show families. Fine, they might all live together anyway.
But the ending made no sense.
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3 minutes ago, drivethroo said:
It's really not Candiace's problem to realize her privilege so it won't make Ashley or Monique or anyone else feel bad. It's not Candiace's problem if Ashley or Monique are mad Dorothy can afford to house Candiace in the townhouse and their mothers' couldn't. Will Monique move out of her nice house and into a tri-level so Gizelle can feel better? Should Gizelle sell her $900K cabin and move to a 2 bedroom rental in Laurel so Candiace can feel better?
The answer is no, it is what it is.
I have to disagree with that. Privilege is just that, a privilege, not something you should lord over others because in reality the only thing Candiace did for her privilege was to be Dorothy's daughter.
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1 hour ago, bichonblitz said:
Wrong or right, Kevin always felt the parents favored Randall.
That's why I always felt Kevin was spoiled and entitled. Kevin became famous as a "good" actor. But a black man has to be more than just good.
28 minutes ago, JudyObscure said:Now, Malik, on the other hand, must have had way too much coddling, because he can screw up big time and yet clearly expect instant forgiveness plus a job offer, after a quick, "I have a child and I had to get up early" story.
He did screw up big time. I think Randall understood that many young white men screw up big time and get second and third chances, yet when a young black man screws up it's "Get the fuck out of here NOW."
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2 minutes ago, PrincessPurrsALot said:
Father of the year in action. What does anyone see in this man? He must have quite the knack at playing at women's weaknesses.
I can't blame him for the dumbasses who flock to this fool.
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Ari's dad really needs to STFU about Ethiopia; considering this is happening right now in the good old USA.
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4 minutes ago, debbie311 said:
At first I was embarrassed for him, now I am just annoyed. They run it on CNN and MSNBC almost continuously. I hate when he says, "It's free!" They must be paying him a lot of money to do this. Maybe he needs it.
Also Tom Sellick with the reverse mortgage commercials. I used to like him, now I can't stand him.
The problem with those commercials is they run ALL THE TIME.
I don't have a problem with them doing commercials though. There used to be this website (I think it was called JapanEnder or something like that) where they showed videos of commercials Hollywood stars do in Japan. At the time (late 90's early 00's) Hollywood stars didn't do commercials in the US.
My feeling is that these people have a short shelf life, why not milk it for every cent?
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10 minutes ago, Empress1 said:
I don't even remember that (I'm sure it happened, but I don't remember!) but honestly, day care is so expensive that he probably wouldn't be the first person to consider that.
Day care IS expensive; a person doesn't have to be poor to be struggling with that, these days.
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2 minutes ago, sempervivum said:
I was assuming it was Maria's, back before they broke up. But the article says the woman denied that it was her kid, and refused to come pick him up.
If this doesn't push Cabbage Patch into finalizing that divorce- with NO Michael custody or visitation rights- nothing will,
Sarah will never divorce him; she's pathetic.
That was a strange story. If the child was Maria's, why didn't she just come pick him up?
Sounds like SHE should be charged with neglect too. Who'd trust Michael to watch their child? He can't even be bothered with his own children.
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2 minutes ago, 3 is enough said:
I am confused that the Vietnamese man knew William's name. Could it be that he was with Laurel before she was with William? Or did Laurel ever get in touch with William again, or try to find Randall? And if she was still alive when William reunited with Randall did he try to contact her to tell her their son found him? How long will this get dragged out? I'm sensing how and when Jack died version 2.0.
He could have met Laurel after her overdose, maybe he worked in the hospital? Maybe she went to rehab and he was there too? She could have told him William's name, and that they had a child.
Why do we think Laurel tried to find Randall? Maybe when she was in rehab she just hoped Randall had a better home than she could give him.
I think she's been dead for awhile though.
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3 minutes ago, sempervivum said:
Wait. Whose child is this? Florida? Hopefully he and Sarah didn't breed again.
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18 hours ago, drivethroo said:
LOL, Candiace could say "I'd be just fine with my husband and my multiple streams of income. The question is where would YOU be with your husband? Living in the backseat of your Porsche or sharing space in the tent with YOUR momma?"
I don't think so. I don't think Candiace would be anywhere if her mother were not a professional. If her mother were married to some jerk and lived in a tent, Candiace would be in the same spot Ashley's in now.
My problem with Candiace last season was that she had no idea how her life was shaped by her privilege; some people do make it despite their circumstances, but those are the exceptions, not the rules.
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11 hours ago, gonzosgirrl said:
This is my favourite episode in a while. The flashbacks were relevant and well done, and I actually felt for all three Pearson kids without wanting to smack anyone. Points to all who predicted the Kate pregnancy.
When 18 year old Kate was leaning up against the sink looking at the test, I would have bet money it was a younger Chrissy Metz. Wow, that is some casting. And I love Jack Pearson and I'm not sorry.
I really liked this episode because the Big Three really need each other. I liked seeing young Randall and Kevin, how Randall taught Kevin how to study; how Kevin realized that if he wanted to be a great actor, he would have to do the work, and it ended with him studying the way Randall taught him to. I liked it when Randall told Kevin that he HAD to study for every test because in his private school, he couldn't be just average, he had to be outstanding.
I had a feeling Kate got pregnant by that abusive boyfriend and had an abortion; just got that sense. Should it have come up when Kate was dealing with fertility issues? I won't should on Kate; I think she could have been in denial about it; but when Elle mentioned that SHE almost had an abortion and decided it wasn't for her, that was the trigger that caused Kate to remember.
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Just now, Jeeves said:
Nope, Thatcher was not that thin. She wasn't fat, and everyone says the camera adds pounds to your look, but she wasn't as wraithlike as GA plays her. She was bosomy, I think, which may have made me remember her as heavier than she was since most news/media photos are cropped from above the waist. (I'm old, and although I'm in the US I did follow the news in the 80's and saw MT on the news and in the papers probably as much as most Americans if not more.)
I knew I wasn't going crazy. I remember Thatcher as having a womanly figure. I knew she wasn't as thin as Nancy Reagan.
I don't think the Balmoral Test was to see if Maggie "knew the rules." I think it was a test to see how Maggie would do if she felt uncomfortable or foolish. Do you deal with it, do you run and hide, do you become resentful?
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23 hours ago, heavysnaxx said:
Gillian Andersen is just KILLING IT as Thatcher. I feel like I have her entire emotional history already: She's uninformed about the culture and customs of the place she's about to visit but instead of availing herself of insider-knowledge, she opts to remain proudly and obstinately ignorant. It's not pride. It's fear. She needs that ignorance as a reason for why her failing will not be her fault. That tells me she has little real confidence in who she is, her ability to build a rapport with others, or in her capacity to evolve as a person. She doesn't feel as if she belongs there and she refuses to do any of the work to change that, even when the Queen is trying to be kind. Her much-vaunted "grit" is nowhere in evidence. She's a PM and negotiating high-level social engagements is part of the job but she's defeated by a pair of walking shoes.
I agree with this. There are many people who share in 12 step programs and say things like, "I felt like everybody else was born with the rule book of life, except me." That's why a lot of people drink, to feel normal because they feel everybody else knows the "rules" but them. The truth is that no one is born with the rule book; they do research, they ask questions, they let down their pride. In this episode, Maggie didn't want to do that. She wanted to sit and stew and then get all superior about those "privileged folk" at the same time wanting to be accepted by them.
The stag was SUCH bad, bad CGI, I couldn't take it.
Diana knows what she wants and how to get it, can't hate on her for that. The thing is, everything you do has a price.
I think Gillian Anderson looks less like Maggie Thatcher and more like Nancy Reagan. Was Thatcher that thin? I know Nancy Reagan was, because I once saw her when she was First Lady and she was thinner than me and at the time I weighed less than 100 pounds.
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3 hours ago, drivethroo said:
People don't like Candiace's mouth because they can say she is vile, they can say her mouth is reckless but what they can't say is that she's lying. Gizelle did have a 900K tear down cabin. Ashley is bedwenching for Michael. Monique is fake. Ashley is actually lucky Candiace isn't as low down as she is because if Candiace was, she would've brought up the fact Ashley's momma couldn't afford to give Ashley what Candiace's momma can because Ashley's momma is living with a bum, got put out by Michael and is living in a tent. If Candiace were as low down as Ashley, she would've told Ashley to come see her when her momma can afford to pay her own rent or better yet, come see her when Ashley can afford her own rent and sleep peacefully at night without worrying about Michael putting her out on the street again.
You're not wrong there. Candiace certainly could have said that.
I wouldn't call Gizelle's home a cabin though, it was a 900k gut job though.
If Ashley was really, really low down, she'd say to Candiace, "where would you be without your mother?"
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39 minutes ago, mamadrama said:
She already has 74k followers.
And she calls herself a "world explorer."
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1 hour ago, itsadryheat said:
Their fantasy was the same, each was going to save them from themselves, two needy adults looking for someone to be a grownup to do the heavy lifting that life requires. What adult, after being catfished, would drop her reality, go to a foreign country and live with an adult in his parents home while gaslighting the parents and befriending his mother, for an extended period of time and return to live on her daughters couch. And after finding out this guy is married, return to the foreign country, expecting marriage, without concrete proof he is not married.
What Summit gets is a person he has to take care of who has alienated his family and friends. He is unemployed, 20 grand in the hole living off her pittance of social security. He shows no ambition or drive to make something of their future.
Both of them are looking for someone to take care of them. Bad combination.
Quotetwo needy adults looking for someone to be a grownup to do the heavy lifting that life requires.
That is right. Neither one of them has an income (excluding reality show income), no one is self supporting. Jenny was looking for a hot, younger man to take care of her and Sumit was looking for a white, American blonde woman to take care of him.
Jenny didn't "gaslight" (People use that word too damn much) the parents, she lied to them.
40 minutes ago, Colfrmb said:hey, question, Do you suppose this apartment has a washer and dryer? Is there a laundromat down the street in some of these areas? I don’t envision Ari handwashing very much.
And Ari probably would expect an apartment with a washer and a dryer. I'd never expect that in Ethiopia, I wouldn't even expect that in the US.
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43 minutes ago, magemaud said:On 6/11/2020 at 3:37 AM, Christina said:
Ariela, a 28-year-old from Princeton, New Jersey, is a recent divorcee who had no plans to fall in love again. Then on a trip around the world, she met Biniyam, a 29-year-old from Ethiopia.
Just going by the original TLC info from page 1
Well Ari's still not in love with Bini. She thought he was hot and probably "exotic" as well. She probably thought it would be cool to have a baby in Africa, until she realized she was going to have a baby in Africa.
Eventually Ari will have an Instagram page and take plenty of pictures of Avi, to show off her "exotic" baby.
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On 11/2/2020 at 6:46 PM, configdotsys said:
Hopefully, Ari will do that soon. I don't think you are cold hearted at all. I say that because I am like you are. I just have zero tolerance for nonsense. She wanted to have an exotic baby and then tell the father to get away from her baby. When she said, "Don't touch him," to Bini, I was shocked. The "my baby" stuff is bad enough but wow. My money is still on Bini being shut out as soon as mommy the enabler arrives.
I have ZERO tolerance for Ari and her bullshit. She's like a heroin addict and her parents are enablers who keep their child sick because they're afraid of the alternative.
I wonder if how Avi, a biracial child will fare in Ari's world. Will he know his heritage? Or will Ari and her nasty Boomer parents try to "white face" him?
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1 minute ago, lilysmom said:
It's not that I disagree with what you've said. I think that Bini's sisters may be being hard on the wrong person here. He picked her and this wasn't the first time he had a child with an American. The sisters lived through this nightmare before and now they are reliving it. I think they don't want to lose another nephew. Maybe they aren't approaching it correctly from an American point of view. Different cultures express feelings and react differently to many things. It appears that in Ethiopia, the problems are caused by the women and the men are held in higher esteem, so it would only be natural for the sisters to take their brother's side.
I do see Bini's embarrassment as he tries to impress her family and even Ari. He found not 1, but 2 apartments before she even came to Ethiopia, (Are you listening Jahoon?) Neither of them were good enough. He is working his butt off (no pun intended) but maybe a little precaution after this happened once, would have changed this whole outcome.
This is the thing that pisses me off about the Americans. If you're in someone else's country, then don't fucking complain that they're not doing stuff the way they do it in America. You are not in America. Different countries do things different ways. Different cultures do things different ways. If you don't like it then stay your ass in America. And don't get me started about Kenny. Shit, I know more Spanish than him and I'm not thinking about getting married in Mexico.
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Megan & Michael & Sarah: Three's Company
in Love After Lockup
I think another choice is NEVER leave your child with Michael, AT ALL.