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While I’m sure it’s not for everyone, according to their website, The Jane Club provides quite a bit for that $50 price tag—not the least of which is just the opportunity to network with other professionals, which is something you can’t put a price tag on. It’s not like you’re getting nothing for it, either. It looks like there are daily workouts, meditations, classes, and child care activities. I mean, if the choice is between paying rent, feeding your family, and The Jane Club, then, yeah, I get it. I’d give it a pass. But I don’t think $50 is at all unreasonable for what they’re offering, and it’s not like they can just give it away.

You’ve clearly never needed to suppress a lust demon. I hope you enjoy the view from your ivory tower.

When we first meet Sonia, it’s in Denny’s apartment after it’s been ransacked by Chip because Denny had the gall to throw a birthday party. Sonia is shocked he would be such an asshole just because Denny wanted to celebrate his birthday, at which point Denny clarifies that it was her own birthday party she was throwing. I’m not sure what’s more upsetting: the fact Sonia didn’t realize it was Denny’s birthday or that Denny had apparently never bothered to invite her best friend in the first place. Either way, when you add Denny’s refusal to visit her best friend’s sister in the hospital, there really does seem to be more behind Sonia’s decision to make out with Kaz than meets the eye.

I really enjoyed this movie and the episode was fantastic While I don't think any of us can say for sure whether or not Kaz and Sonia had sex or just made out, I have to agree with Jason that Kaz smoking a cigarette is the accepted short hand for post coital satisfaction. My problem with this, however, is that if Kaz came, and is presumably no longer horny, what guarantee did they have that the lust demon would even stick around? I mean, I totally get the position they are in, and if it's their only hope of saving Denny, it would be downright irresponsible of them *not* to turn Kaz on, but no one said they had to go until completion. I'm just saying that it was a pretty dangerous game they were playing with Denny's life, and if I were her, I would still be kind of pissed.

I’ve been looking at my Ranked Unspooled AFI list on Letterboxd and I kind of hate it. I think that’s because I ranked it more subjectively (How much I enjoyed watching a movie above its cultural, artistic, or historic merits.) Consequently, I have a few movies ranked highly that I think could honestly let go, and a few at the bottom that, while I didn’t personally enjoy them, recognize their technical greatness. The movies below are the ones I would remove because I legitimately don’t think they belong: 1) MASH 2) Tootsie 3) Yankee Doodle Dandy 4) Annie Hall 5) The Searchers (Replace with either Stage Couch or The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) 6) Titanic 7) Swing Time (Replace with Top Hat) 8 ) The French Connection (Maybe replace with The Conversation?) 10) Wild Bunch 11) Intolerance 12) Gone With the Wind Below are movies that I personally enjoy, but wouldn’t mind if they were booted off: 1) Sixth Sense 2) Forest Gump 3) Bringing Up Baby 4) Duck Soup OR Opera (Keep just one) 5) Shawshank Redemption 6) Sophie’s Choice 7) Shane 8 ) Sullivan’s Travels 9) Silence of the Lambs 10) African Queen 11) High Noon 12) Unforgiven 13) Goodfellas 14) Philadelphia Story 15) ET (ouch!) 16) Godfather Part 2 17) Kwai I would probably keep everything else—even if I don’t personally like them.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but does Tevye ever blame their misfortune on his compromises? If not, that's a really interesting aspect of the story. It would be easy for him to say, "Well, if we hadn't broken tradition, none of this would have happened!" but as far as I can recall, he never does. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that the bad things happened *because* he capitulated, but it would be totally understandable if he were to attribute their misfortune to his breaking of tradition. ("I let my daughter convince me to break my oath to another person, and then her wedding was ruined; I allowed my middlest daughter to marry without my permission, and her husband got thrown in jail and she is forced to move to Siberia to be with him; my daughter marries a Christian, and now we are set adrift as diaspora. ")

While I was aware of its existence, my first real exposure to this film was also in college. One of my professors would constantly, and I mean constantly, bring up this movie and its themes when discussing literature. Shouting "TRADITION!" at the top of his lungs.

Oh, i hope I don’t sound like I’m griping or anything. I’m perfectly fine with the length. It just seems like these days even 90 minute movies take 3 sittings.

Yeah, I’m going to probably have to watch in sections.

Already done

We can discuss Hamilton on this thread if anyone wants to. It doesn’t necessarily need its own week.

I’m good with this. This is another one I bought ages ago, but haven’t watched since I bought it

Ease on down, we watched:

No, sorry. They’ve been talking about doing Wicked as a movie forever, but they were waiting until it was out of theaters.

I think I heard that they usually tend to wait ten plus years before adapting to film (See: Wicked which still hasn’t been released) I think that gives the live shows longer legs. As for Hamilton, even 2021 seems soon. My guess is that it was released early because of a) the pandemic, b ) Miranda’s relationship with Disney, and c) it’s a huge election year and Hamilton gets people pumped about politics.

As soon he stepped up and sang, “Alexander Hamilton. My name is Alexander Hamilton” I was like “I’m in big, big trouble” lol In other news, my wife finally witnessed Hamilton (she would not listen to the soundtrack and has made fun of me for years) to which she gave a hearty, “Yeah, I can see why people like this.”

Absolutely! And thank you for all of your insights and composing such a wonderful and enlightening post! I was afraid when I wrote my initial post that I wouldn’t be able to adequately articulate what I was trying to say, so I’m glad I did an okay job of it I have a ton of respect for all writers, and it’s a bit of a pet peeve of mine when Romance is unfairly maligned or otherwise dismissed out of hand. I agree with you that Romance, in all its countless iterations, is as crucial and as valid as any other genre and deserves to be treated as such. (Also, in the nature of full disclosure, much of what I know is due to my wonderful wife who is a professional cover artist. Many of her amazing clients are Romance authors. I was definitely looking for her work in that trailer ) Welcome to the forums!

Didgeridoos and Don’ts, Speech Pathologists, and how to keep kids busy during the quarantine. All of this and more on this week's mini episode! Paul offers up advice on the Help Line, goes through Corrections and Omissions for Don’t Tell Her It’s Me aka Boyfriend School. Then, Blake Harris brings us not one but two interviews, we announce our next movie, and we end with a fun quar-catch up chat with Paul and Jason. Subscribe to Unspooled with Paul Scheer and Amy Nicholson here: http://www.earwolf.com/show/unspooled/ Check out The Jane Club over at www.janeclub.com Check out new HDTGM merch over at https://www.teepubli…wdidthisgetmade Where to Find Jason, June & Paul: @PaulScheer on Instagram & Twitter @Junediane on IG and @MsJuneDiane on Twitter

I know that as a society we still have a long way to go, but it really is amazing how much has changed in a relatively short period of time. Even early HDTGM episodes have stuff that I’m sure they would no longer say.

I just listened to that ep a few weeks ago for Howdies research, and I’m 90% sure it was Welcome to Frogtown. If you look through that thread, I definitely pulled that time stamp.

That's a fantastic question. I'm not sure, tbh. Jason, as an archetypal figure, is something I think many people aspire to be, and perhaps privately think that they are, but very few people can attain. A Jason must be able to wear many hats. A Jason must be able to be thoughtful and outrageous with equal alacrity. The dichotomy of a Jason is of pushing away ("Don't touch me"), while simultaneous drawing people to him with his charisma. Most importantly, A Jason would never ever think of himself as a Jason. They would just be one.

I believe you are correct.