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I think the chemistry between the stand-ins has potential, but their storyline is woefully underdeveloped, and, worse, feels like it's included just for an excuse to show tits.

"Cher's bestie Dionne, whose job is reacting to stuff -- which, considering Stacey Dash's, um, whole deal, the fewer chances to speak, the better" followed by a clip of Dash being her usual self is my favorite part. Followed by "And, of course, Josh, played by a time-traveling Paul Rudd. He's Cher's love interest, who also happens to be her ex-stepbrother. Which the movie desperately wants to make okay ... Even if they aren't related, he's still a college guy dating a 16-year-old girl." Because, yeah, that's the one part of this film I do not like.

That trailer looks a lot better than any written summaries of the upcoming season's storylines have, so I'm a little more hopeful than before that I'll be pleasantly surprised by how they play out. If nothing else, I figure Aimee's storyline will make the season worth my while.

Matt is The Worst. (This is not a revelation to me; I remembered that clearly from the first time around, but damn.) His creepy paternalistic obsession with Ruthie is bad enough, but he believes himself to be some sort of guru regarding everyone - he can discern everyone's nature, ask probing questions, and gain the wisdom to know what they each need to do ... so he'll go ask some more probing questions, of multiple people, and report back to Person A what B said and to B what A said, all designed to "facilitate". Colin is a gaslighting jerk (again, not a revelation). And, once again, the producers are horrible with how they frame the storyline. Yes, Amaya is pathetic about him. But he's also pathetic about her. And, most importantly, she's not a jerk to him. She's needy, and she's melodramatic, but she's honest. He is two-faced, and doesn't treat her with the respect anyone deserves. Yet she's presented as the problem. That she overreacts to things is shown and commented on ad nauseum, but Colin's actions to which she is overreacting are brushed aside. If her reaction to something should be a five, but it's a ten, that's an issue, but what about the fact he did something to which a lesser reaction is completely warranted in the first place? What's the bigger flaw here? Colin's, of course, but the producers built an entire season around Amaya's. As I said yesterday, I remember there being some weirdness with Justin before he left, but so far - I've watched the first ten episodes - I can certainly understand why he is frustrated with these people. With the Colin and Amaya nightly drama playing out feet above his head, and with the Colin and Matt Bro Show. Episode eight is filled with Justin speaking truth, while Colin and Matt dismiss the very notion of their privilege. Colin absolutely does not get it, when he tells Matt that Justin sees it as "I'm gay, and I have three heterosexual male roommates" and they don't see it that way. Matt even, with a straight face, claims Justin is "heterophobic". As if that's a thing. I'm just waiting for him to tell us about "reverse racism". Some of the Justin truth bombs: Reflecting on needing to explain to Matt why stereotyping, diminishing, and demeaning comments are inappropriate: "What you find, time and time again, is that they - white, heterosexual men - just haven't thought about it. It never occurred to them, never crossed their mind." On Matt's defensive reaction to that inappropriateness being pointed out: "I think he feels threatened by it. I think his image is threatened by it, because he tries so hard to maintain a sensitive image, to treat people well, to be caring, etc." About him requesting that Colin and Amaya not conduct their bed business above his head every single night (after having never once been asked if he minds): "I think about why it's so much more likely that heterosexual roommates wouldn't ask, and wouldn't think to ask, about the kind of behavior Colin and Amaya have exhibited, whereas a gay roommate has to walk into every kind of situation like that with what they've been told for years and years, which is: Expect that you're different, expect that what you're doing will make people uncomfortable, and a bit squeamish, and you better clear it if you're going to do something like that." At a meeting he set up to discuss with their boss some parameters that should be set after a comedian used sexist and homophobic "humor" in his set: "We audition bands - you can play X loud, we're looking for this style of music, don't use any kind of obscenities in your songs as there are probably kids in the audience" - so advising of a policy against "sexist references to women, racial/ethnic slurs, degrading comments about sexual orientation or gender identity" should be part of auditioning comedians.

Re-watching this, I've been posting some thoughts in the Past Seasons thread, but I figured I'd give it its own thread. I'll move my posts over here. First: Since Hawaii is up on YouTube, I figured I would revisit that season next (I just re-watched Seattle). Oh my. They cast some real doozies for this one. Kaia saying (in VO) a few minutes into the first episode that she has so much charisma, when she walks into a room people stop and look at her, quickly reminded me just how insufferable she can be. But she's wonderful compared to Matt. That, I had not forgotten. I also remember how disappointing it was when Justin turned into a manipulative weirdo, because I loved that he was going to use his Harvard law degree to work for civil rights, not protecting corporations (I read in one of those "Where Are They Now" things while looking for updated info on Stephen that he worked for the Civil Rights Bureau of the NY State Attorney's office, so I'm glad he wound up doing it) and I related to how uncomfortable he was that everyone else seemed to be so comfortable immediately. I only watched the first two episodes, and I can already tell I'm going to be a lot more fair to Amaya this time around. Originally, I largely dismissed her because she was so annoying about Colin, but the way she takes care of Ruthie on their first night out and speaks so openly with everyone about her body issues reminds me there's a lot more to her than that.

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That's one of the most beautiful tributes I've ever read.

What the hell? I think "Your Cheatin' Heart" is too low and several others are too high, but if it was not for this baffling entry, I would say this batch of ten is reasonable.

The only acting role of his I've seen is When They See Us, but I saw the Raised In the System documentary he did on the myriad problems with the juvenile justice system, how it's at the root of this country's mass incarceration crisis, and solutions that have proven effective. It was terrific.

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I wonder if any of the other roommates ever said, even to themselves, "Oh, Irene was right about how we were being manipulated and pitted against each other; sorry I called her a paranoid head case for it." David said, of the show in general, in the Jezebel interview linked upthread, "I learned ... three or four months in: If they were asking specific questions, they must be building a story in this lens. ... I knew that they had a storyboard and came to that realization real quick that they’ve got a job to do, they’ve got money to make, and drama sells. Whatever little I’ve seen of the episodes, I cringe. I’m like, 'Oh my god, they twisted it in that way?'" I finished the season, and I'm so disgusted with the producers. I actually don't mind the roommates deciding Stephen could stay because the anger management therapy he so clearly needs would be mandated - I do mind them being so dismissive of what he did to Irene based on not hitting her harder (the fuck?), and saying she knew what she was in for provoking him like that - but it should never have been put on them to decide in the first place. It was nice to see Stephen indeed seem to benefit from therapy (which he would never have sought on on his own, since his mom had taught him it's bad). But, while Irene admitted in Vulture that outing him was one of the worst things she's ever done, I can't find anything where Stephen acknowledged how horrible his actions were. He walked all the way down that pier and out to the car that was already in motion, tapped on it to get the driver to stop, opened the door, smacked her in the face, and then came back gloating about it and calling her a bitch for the umpteenth time. The producers can also go fuck themselves with having the remaining roomies go learn about Lyme disease and putting that "for more information" card up after the episode. Assholes.

I forgot I still had episodes of this to watch. I wasn't familiar with Charlotte McKinney, but she strikes me from this as one of those people who thinks being dumb is cute. The Super Star cheeseburger at Carl's Jr. is the one fast food burger I eat (once every year or two), so when I saw she'd done one of those awful Carl's Jr. commercials, I was hoping that's the burger they'd be making. The copycat burgers all looked boring to me. All the remix dishes looked great, but Kristen's is the only one I could imagine evoking the flavors of the original. The McDonald's filet o' fish sandwich in the Andy Richter episode looked awful! I'm not one of those people who thinks fish and cheese should never meet, but the American cheese on that sandwich was terribly unappetizing to me. Jeremy putting M's on his burger boxes made me laugh. Justin's watery tartar sauce made me cringe. But then he absolutely cracked me up with "It's called pegging, and it's 2020, and it's a thing." As usual, the remix dishes looked delicious, but since Kristen's also most evoked the original dish I was rooting for her to win. I'm glad she did, and I like how much she loves intelligence. I just recently discovered Fortune Feimster via her comedy special on Netflix, and she's hilarious. The Panda Express orange chicken was one of the few things from this season that I've eaten, but it was quite a long time ago, so I don't remember how it tasted other than quite sweet. I liked Justin saying of course Jeremy won the copycat round; he took so long, he's the only one with hot food. Fortune's caution trying the sweetbread in Jeremy's remix dish amused me. Kristen once again made the dish I most wanted to eat, so I was glad she won. The show's website just says "Season 2 coming soon" so I hope it is indeed soon; this show is fun.

I must have fallen asleep, as I didn't see the rice episode, so I'm glad I checked this thread to see I need to go back and watch that, but I loved "Our Founding Chefs". A lot of the information imparted in that episode, I had never heard before. I've been to Hatchet Hall (and its fabulous whiskey bar), but not at the right time to hear about the Hemings & Hercules events. I wonder if they served that at the communal table in their private dining room; with all the antique decor in there, it would have felt very appropriate.

Oh, crap! It's nice his death was peaceful, but that's still a devastating blow to his family and other loved ones, especially when you weren't expecting it. What a terrible shock. My condolences to all of you, @GHScorpiosRule.

Trivia for the day: Different sites. This site (well, Previously.tv as it was called then) was launched while TWoP (which had previously been Mighty Big TV) still existed. There is a lot of similarity, because the same people founded both sites (but they had sold TWoP to Bravo, thus later launching this site) and, after Bravo shuttered TWoP, a large number of its members migrated here, but they're two different sites.

Yes, she was an absolute marvel with those wings! I've seen many of her acting roles, but that was the first interview of her I'd watched. As an aside, that somewhat strange concept for a show has yielded a number of terrific interviews, even aside from the hilarious reactions to the hottest wings. The Padma Lakshmi and Wanda Sykes installments are two other good ones. (I mean, on the one hand, of course, because they're cool women, but the host really does a good job with the conversation.)

Nor was I - Jessica B. Harris, of course (she's a legend), but not him - but I'm impressed after watching the first episode. Watching him break down at the end, in the port city where the slaves had been shipped off to never return, was powerful. As was watching the two of them walk through the market in the opening segment's city, marveling at how different it is to see their likeness everywhere, compared to struggling to be accepted back home. I'm not a huge fan of most African food, since I can't stand beans and am not excited by most grains or starchy vegetables, but I love the spices, so while it's a good ways down my ranking of favorite cuisines, I do sometimes greatly enjoy it. I loved seeing all the food, even the things I didn't drool over, and I really wanted to reach through the screen and eat the food of the chef who's doing modern takes on traditional Beninese cuisine. I love how the first episode so clearly laid out how various ingredients many regard as oh so very American made the trip over here with the enslaved. The willful ignorance required to extol the virtues of "southern" food without acknowledging it as African food is really something. I'm slowly starting to see that addressed on cooking shows, so for something like this show to come along is fantastic. I look forward to the rest, and see another season is coming. Yay!

So was I. That's easily one of the greatest moments in the entire franchise.

I watched My Sister's Keeper on TV once, and stuck with it all the way through only for the two sisters and the lawyer's dog.

That's how I feel about most films. And it's notable that the only one of the lines I remember that's between them is "You had me at hello," which I find cheesy as written and even worse as performed. It has yielded some funny parodies over the years, but it's awful on its own.

There are others that do come in smaller sizes; this, for example, I would wear the hell out of if it was right for me. I like this one, too. And this one is simple but cute. Here's a link to all the Chantelle unlined bras; out of 183 results, hopefully there are a decent number that come in your size!

Yay for new Abba music, but the holograms are creepy. For a song about "through the years" it would be nice to conclude the look back with current footage.

I have no idea, but I haven't heard that she was even approached, let alone interviewed.

But only one bloodstream and immune system. Although the shingles and flu vaccines are supposed to be fine administered at the same time. Maybe something special about your overall medical condition?

Weird; most of mine are unlined, and those with any lining have just one thin layer - no molding foam. I looked up my most boring bras, figuring they'd be the most widely available, and this Lumiere says "2-ply"; looking at my bra, the second ply is an interior thin layer of "solid" mesh under the exterior layer of patterned mesh. No foam! Same with this Wacoal - just two thin mesh layers, no foam. This Chantelle bra is crazy comfortable, also with just a little bit of mesh lining. Getting less boring, here are two of my favorites from Chantelle, both unlined. (As you can see, other than the brand I can't remember, Chantelle is my favorite.)