Elbaite 2.0

This is the light-hearted post I was originally going to contribute. Ellen at least got a 19k pair of earrings as a consolation prize! https://www.neillanecouture.com/collections/contemporary/products/briolette-round-diamond-platinum-earrings

Yes!! I not only loved this episode, I needed this episode. I have to finish a sexual harassment training video before a Monday compliance deadline. While the issue is important, unfortunately the "training" is a recitation of advice as obvious as don't flash your colleagues (or constituents) during a Zoom call. The video was clearly designed by energy vampires: It takes a full hour, using both long, on-screen text and a droning narration that repeats every word in it. If you're capable of skimming, you can't escape. It won't let you go to the next page until the narration finishes. It won't even let you increase the speed. You have to sit through every page at a pace that would put a turtle to sleep. But now that I realize the monotone female narrator is actually Evie, I can treat it like bonus footage. 🤣

Someone's using a leaf blower outside our building right now. It's a just fate! I'm loving how they keep upping the stakes (er, no pun intended) for Guillermo. First, if Nandor discovers he's a vampire, he'll be killed. Then, a possible out in just letting Nandor turn him again. But wait, if he chooses that, he'll explode! And now, he's indebted to someone who, for any number of reasons, he can't trust to keep his secret safe. And then there's the overriding mystery of why he's turning so slowly. Two episodes in and already a great season!

I'm getting confused as to the time period they're referencing. I thought we were still in the early 60s, but they were obviously alluding to Bette Midler starting her career at the Continental Baths. The Baths didn't open until 1968 and Midler's first appearance was circa 1970. Gay life, even in NYC, being as open and accepted in the early 60s as it was in the early 70s is a helluva time jump.

Buckboard, I second thanking you for the link. I'm really glad that TMMM decided to showcase industrial musicals. As your link demonstrates, they were a major support system for a lot of Broadway talent. My parents, who sold dress and drapery fabrics, looked forward to the famous Milliken Breakfast Show every year. I always wished they would have taken me, but I'm not sure they permitted children, and tickets were very hard to score. You can see why when you check out the stars on the programs! https://www.waldorfstories.com/stories/linda-marie-fiore