Wiendish Fitch

That was decent, though I thought the stills looked kind of awkward. Last year's montage looked more seamless. I appreciated the "outside the box" choices for clips (they didn't use Darth Vader or Mufasa for James Earl Jones, for example). They excluded OJ Simpson. I am 100% okay with that. As I've mentioned before, I would have loved if they'd used one of the goofy, slapstick scenes from The Naked Gun, but again, his exclusion is fine and dandy.

Don't know if this is the appropriate thread for it, but some of you were mentioning shows or movies that are your "therapy" during this shitty, SHITTY time. Mine has been Say Yes to the Dress: Lancashire. Utterly frivolous? Check. Delightful accents? Check. Ridiculously low stakes? Check. "Auntie" Gok? CHEEE-YECK! Apologies for this superfluous detour. You may resume your more serious conversation.

Ha! I remember that episode so well! Give Iago this, he never did anything half-assed! I also find it depressing that fictional rulers are so phenomenally superior (or, bare minimum, capable of growth) to what we have in real life.

She primarily wore animal skin shifts (and, in one film, a scandalous two piece), but Maureen O'Sullivan's Jane got to sport some cute, "civilized" outfits in the Tarzan series.

I love that idea! It would have also nicely echoed Aladdin and Genie's friendship. *Sigh*, why must we always do the writers' jobs for them?!

Jasmine had lots of badass moments: being a street rat in the alternate universe*, becoming "The Scourge" after she lost her memory, defeating Mozenrath (albeit temporarily) when he pushed her too far, good times! *Sadira friggin' rewrote reality! Wake up, people, she's a villain!

I appreciate stories about being positive in rough situations (Pollyanna, A Little Princess, Cinderella, etc), but things like this and, say, Life is Beautiful* absolutely turn my stomach. Optimism is one thing, shameless sentimentality that trivializes the most horrific event in comparatively recent history is another. It's not that I don't have perverse curiosity about certain things, but The Day the Clown Cried is absolutely not one of them. I have limits, dammit. *Though I realize TDtCC goes in a much darker, more sinister direction.

This video always gives me a smile.

I swear, every time Trump opens his worthless, idiot mouth, this comes to mind:

I would love to watch the documentary, but I have zero desire to actually see The Day the Clown Cried. The premise sounds utterly revolting to me (it doesn't help that I never liked Jerry Lewis).

This, this, and THIS! I mean, it would have been juicy as hell if Mozenrath had turned out to be Aladdin's brother... but then visions of Kylo Ren, Regina, Catra, and the like dance in my head, so maybe the good folks at Disney made the right call. Jonathan Brandis (RIP) was magnificent as Mozenrath: smug, prissy, but still intimidating, you can tell he was having the time of his life. God, I remember how truly creepy Mirage could be, and some of her schemes would have been at home in a show for a more mature audience! I mean, she lured children in a monster cult, FFS! Abis Mal was fun, but I have a soft spot for Haroud (RIP, James Avery). I love deadpan, exasperated sidekicks who are the true brains of the outfit. I confess Sadira was my least favorite part of the show. She did some messed up things, and it always felt like she was forgiven too easily. Sorry, but I don't like characters who try to steal someone from their significant other. It didn't help that she was voiced by Kellie Martin, who has always gotten on my last nerve. It's easy to roll our eyes at newly added love interests, but I actually loved Eden. She was just as funny and wacky as the Genie (female characters don't usually get to be this way), and they were pretty darned cute together. Bonus points for her meaningful name!

It's from The Simpsons episode "Lisa the Beauty Queen". An especially ugly caricature drawn of her at a fair has Lisa wracked with low self-esteem, so Homer decides to enter her in the Little Miss Springfield pageant. In order to afford entry, however, Homer is forced to sell winning ticket for a ride on the Duff blimp. When Marge reveals this information to Lisa, a somewhat regretful Homer is glumly "flying" the pickle as if it's a blimp, as shown in the picture. Hope that clears it up.

Robin Givens. Anita Hill. Sinead O'Connor. Marcia Clark. The Chicks. Britney Spears. Lindsay Lohan. Janet Jackson. These are just a few women in my lifetime that I can name off the top of my head who received double the amount of mainstream media criticism Trump has received*. While none of them are perfect, they still handled themselves with more class and dignity than Trump (who older than all of them) ever has or ever will. *I'm mortified that I'm missing some. Feel free to add to the list.

If media criticism, no matter how mild, sounds unappealing to you... don't become a public figure. Anonymity gets a bad rap. There's actually a lot to be said about being a "nobody". This has been another installment of "How to Be the Polar Opposite of Donald Trump".

And we can't fucking afford NEW idiocies, because we're still trying to get over OLD idiocies!