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Under compulsory voting systems in e.g. Australia you can submit a blank ballot — it’s not compulsory to choose a specific candidate

I remember finding out that Altman and Leigh shared a birthday, and posting about it, and you being the only person who was as struck by it as I was

There’s a shared aesthetic that I immediately identify as “this feels alive,” and it’s mostly been dormant lately (maybe since mumblecore — FRANCES HA and TINY FURNITURE and HUMPDAY definitely fit) but it’s definitely present in PTA’s work (esp. LICORICE PIZZA and INHERENT VICE) so that’s cheering

Really a lot. The one I think about a lot is Altman’s PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, which contains the line “the death of an old man is no tragedy.” What will it mean for Mike Leigh’s point of view to disappear? He created a method for capturing life on screen but he has no obvious heir

oh god

I think she’s being a bit snarky about Holland, like she says he’s convincing playing a total dweeb or something like that

lolol

You really ought!

No you should!!

“Why is this crowded bar so loud? They should turn the music down so that middle-aged people could come in and have a nice conversation, instead of having the whole place be full of attractive young people” — me, a middle-aged business genius

Oh yeah that one is good but I’m surprised about Bush of Ghosts which I put on a month ago and absolutely clicks for me. But Rei Momo is a lovely blend of tourism and songwriting, almost up there with Graceland for me

“how warm is it in that room?” “oh, about room temperature” well now you’re begging the question in both the regular-person sense and the idiomatic-originalism-pedant sense

It’s like if vaudeville was still a huge moneymaker and Meryl Streep occasionally had to take a pie in the face on Christmas TV

Honestly it’s pantomime and related traditions — British theater, even at the highbrow end, is much more closely connected to goofy corny shtick than American theater

0. Nate tries and fails to keep it together

No it’s great. Give it a shot in 2D

Yes! Like how you can be 15 points down and still be winning

Incredible victory for experience, humility, patience, and self-knowledge

The readers very sensibly batched the four Ferrante books together instead of tokenistically picking the first (and weakest) like the critics did, well done readers