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It's on AppleTV: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-tragedy-of-macbeth/ or Airplanes, I guess. Gentlemen frequent both, so there should be no excuse.

Because we all watch and enjoy stupid shows like this, I thought this piece on Queen Elizabeth's death in The New Yorker was interesting. We enjoy these fictional archaic kingdom and political intrigues because we are still a party to them today in real life, in some respects, and find comforts in our own version of a white hart omen and iron throne. Until we all wear silver unitards one day in the future and become one hivemind, at least:

You are a smart and noble person, if but only I could rep you, but alas the bumbling class has neutered me still.

American Airlines Flight 1919 😝

It’s a smart joke for smart people! Smart people will get it and I’m not gonna dumb it down for you!

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You see there is no such thing as a Jerk Store which is why it’s kind of confusing.

So was there a new phone announced or what? Take the ovulation talk back to your yoga or target parking lot chat.

Crabface guy looked like a feeble serial killer. More mind than brawn, so no issues with him being easily dispatched...in half, as it were. That said he had a cool mask and it seemed to be made of shell which was a cool serial killer way of him to embrace his crabbiness, beyond his preferred method of torture. Between Daemon's jousting helmet and crabface mask, the head accouterments are 10/10. The problem is Daemon is lame. He's not strong or cool. He's weird looking and apparently has the endurance of an iron man participant. To have Daemon finally do something after 3 years because his soft big brother is threatening to help him is lame and make Daemon look even more pouty and emotional like the weird looking, arrested development, 45 year old but wants to be 30 year old that he is. What is fun, though, is the Ser Cristan and Rhanny vibes. Not in love with building Ser Cristn up as the noble savage, a low-born man but with extraordinary abilities and qualities unseen among other men, but I'll allow it. Here is the thing about Viserys and his daughter. Do they suck? yes. But do I like them? yes. I thought her walking back into camp like she just drank punch at carries prom was pretty cool. I went from disliking her completely to liking her a lot this episode. And maybe because I'm a paunchy middle aged man with a modicum of external power who is completely toothless at home with his own teenage daughter, I feel seen with this dynamic. Like my daughter, this girl is a whole mood and until you've had your own of 10 and 7 years old (sans the trying to marry them off for advantage) you might not recognize the internal and external conflict of Viserys is real.

Finally got around to seeing this, what, almost a year later from posting this. As someone who hasn't read MacBeth in around 7-8 years but has watched recent adaptions, the story was very familiar (seriously disappointed in the posts on here who had never read or watched a MacBeth play or adaption, you uneducated rubes), but I think the minimalist set pieces and the black and white lighting/shooting made it feel unfamiliar. There was definitely a gothic feel and at first I wasn't thrilled with Denzel's portrayal, but by mid-film and once he started to fall into insanity, I think he found his gait and he nailed the iconic lines and carried the film to the end. I was pleasantly surprised with MacDuff too, I thought he nailed the part and beyond Denzel comported himself the best. Not sure where all the FMcD love is coming from-- very average performance IMO. Not bad, just nothing special. I wonder if her reputation precedes her in this case, but I've seen better Lady MacBeth's in suburban community theatres. Not really, but you get my point. I really enjoyed the portrayal of the witches-- that lady was probably the real MVP, actually. Anyways, 8.5/10, a pretty faithful adaption of Shakespeare (though never in love with Ross being the Third Murderer, it's never made a lot of sense and Coen does it here), with a cool take on the minimalist set design and black/white. Unlike Bloom, I think this was better than my quoted post above which he (as a renowned Shakespeare and Western canon critic) said was the best adaption of MacBeth. It sucks he passed before this was released I'd love to have heard his take.

Tecovas has become completely insufferable with their spam emails and new lines of overly priced, made for Austin influencer crap (crappy hats, shirts, jeans/denim, etc.) I guess we see where the VC money has gone but in my opinion it’s hurting the brand.

Don't kink shame me. I know what you are into, old man.

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