Bill

Based on my initial reaction (as a white male) to the Effie / Damon interaction, Matt came off rather cringingly bad. I know they edited in a cut that explained his POV better but in the room , it appears he shouts down the only POC on the team for politely bringing up the fact that they were quickly narrowing down a group of mostly white men (and a couple white women) to a group of all white men. It did not speak well of Damon in that instant in my opinion. I thought Effie did a great job highlighting the need for a different perspective on a film with a black female prostitute as one of two leads and legitimately questioning whether the remaining white males could provide that perspective as well as the single diverse group left in the running That's a legitimate concern and got shouted down pretty damn quick.

Yay it's back! And yayyy it was just as dysfunctional as I remember. Thanks Sarah for perfectly capturing my thoughts on the selection... clearly they picked the worst possible director for this project specifically to make this show work better (in their minds). I mean, the female producer (not Effie) was almost gleeful after the newly minted director wanted Stolen Summer Pete off the writing team seconds after winning... so yeah, good times. Of course, the weird thing is that Damon is still so overly invested in this "Project" to find some great director and in writing being the key to moviemaking, as yes, that was his start, so it's just weird that he was the driving force (on what's shown) in picking the ultimate winner, who is clearly a train wreck of personality and would never deign to watch Dumb and Dumber again or otherwise even consider directing a script culled from that formula that's been stale for at least a decade or more (much like Farrelly brothers careers). I did enjoy the obvious Affleck "I can't believe I agreed to come back for this mess" attitude during most of the meetings and especially in the aftermath of the announcement "Yeah, ok you can do it on film. What's your other thing, I really don't want to be here anymore." This is going to be a hilarious season. I hope.

Wow this is just so amazing that you are doing this rewatch Sarah! I don't think I ever watched season 1 but I somehow vaguely recall "stolen summer" which I definitely never saw ... So I don't know. But the point is season 2 the Shia la beouf season I actually own on DVD because it was that awesome and I cannot wait until you get to it. Thanks for doing this Sarah and totally OT I live for youe 90210 again with this podcasts with Tara. If there is a more perfect distillation of my need for nostalgia from my college years I cannot think of it.

So very true. I don't have the time or inclination to watch any show more than a single time in recent years, with the single exception of Veep. I've seen both seasons on HBO GO multiple times and I keep going back. It's pretty close to impossible to catch all the rapid-fire quips on a single viewing and this show rewards you with such wit and brilliance in every scene I can't help but watch it more than once.