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This is the interpretation I had, which is an intriguing one, especially if the material were modernized and made less cheesy. I did like the ending. It seemed like it took away his final number (which I didn’t mind AT ALL). One essential rewrite would be for the play to stop referring to itself as a comedy when it’s not that funny.

Another thing I thought was really weird in the play was its references to casualties in WWI and WWII. I thought it might be building up to some sort of metaphor for Vietnam or the 60s but it never evolved into anything other than a vague muddle of cultural stuff. Perhaps if I saw this play in 1972, I would say “Yes! This captures the counterculture perfectly! jazz hands!” Watching it now as a time capsule from 1980, my reaction is “huh?????” Jazz hands!

This was actually way more watchable than I thought it would be, perhaps because I viewed it through a WTF lens and it felt like a wacky/tacky Vegas stage musical (PARTICULARLY the song from the grandma with the HUGE mic). I did like the meta part because it at least somewhat explained why Pippin was such a douche. Ben Vereen was great. William Katt (unfortunately) seemed like a blond surfer dude. But I made it through the whole thing (with a few surreptitious fast-forwards), which was a pleasant surprise. This is the first Bob Fosse production that I’ve ever seen (other than the rapidly edited Chicago). The choreography was...underwhelming and the stage show looked like it was shot in someone’s walk-in closet and the audience looked like mannequins. truly random thought: Love to see a David Lynch interpretation of this.

Thanks for offering! I did not sleep very well this week so I crashed during the earlier part of the evening. Hopefully next time!

Jesus, everyone might not like breakdancing movies, but if it has this effect on your bowels, SEE A DOCTOR.

I’d take a breakdancing movie any day of the week over Governor Gabbi (and I only watched the 21/2 minute “preview” of it, but could sense it was a crime against humanity),

This doc of David Byrne’s Broadway show is fucking great! On par with Stop Making Sense, in my opinion. Even my parents loved it, and my Dad is a hard sell on this type of show.

Or —as George Constanta would have it—“Believe it or not/I’m not Home”

“Believe it or not/I’m walking on air...”

Do we get to have a William Katt two-fer by pairing it with an episode of The Greatest American Hero?

Note: the last film I posted was the Tribe Called Quest doc and this EASILY beat that several times over in the number of views and comments. Clearly—even though it wasn’t overtly a “musical”—something about this film got peoples’ attention. Maybe it’s the power of Dan Stevens’ abs. just thought that that was interesting!

This sounds much more entertaining than the preview I watched for Governor Gabbi.

In what way? Genuinely curious. I watched the trailer to see if I could handle a feature length of this and I decided that I could not.

I vote yes, please!

Netflix recommendation: been enjoying The Queen’s Gambit. 2 eps in. Have been watching it with my parents,

Amazon has some good shows and has produced some good movies, but as a former Borders employee and independent book store lover, I hate their business model. Plus, not a Bezos fan. Above comments said, I am quar’ing with my parents who do have Prime, so I’m not immune to piggybacking on their account. I have access to Netflix the same way, but have Hulu and HBO Max subscriptions. Also, my library is connected to Hoopla and Kanopy (both awesome free services).

I mostly just ended up watching it full screen instead of trying to interact by chat. Jason scaring June with the creepy baby mask was my favorite part!

Yes, I believe that is an American custom. Once a child is able to grasp an object, you are obligated to give them an age-appropriate pointy thing if you are a guest in said household.

Yes. Your beef is with Amy Nicholson now.

Given how much we’ve heard that phrase and I’m sure are about to hear it 10X as much AFTER the election, I don’t think I ever want to hear or see it again. Although there is a fake news toilet paper roll at my parents’ house that you can wipe your ass with.

I found him psychotically charming, but I’m also psychotic, so make of that what you will. Anyone who carves pumpkins with a butterfly knife is OK in my book. Especially if he gifts that knife to a minor!

What’s Professor McGonagall doing in Downton Abbey?? Is the Abbey in Diagon Alley?

It’s certainly been more of a conversation-starter than I initially thought! Just to further confound those who didn’t like it, it got a 90% on RT AND 76% on Metacritic. That’s how I heard of it, by reading about it. Since I’ve never seen Dan on Downton, for those who didn’t like his performance here, do you think His Downton performance influenced you because you had that to judge him against? When I saw this movie, he was a complete unknown. Or would you have thought his performance sucked regardless?

Honestly, I watched the preview on YouTube and wanted to pull my hair out after 21/2 minutes. I’m sure the show will be hilarious but I think I will skip this one. I still like your poll!

Ummm... who? I’ve seen a little Downton, but am more familiar with this: