‘Something is rotten in the state of Norway. That one may smile and be a villain. There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in our philosophy’
-Marcellas, Hamlet, Act 1 Scene IV
Okay, replace Denmark with Norway (close enough) and you have the synopsis of Kill List, the most recent episode of HBO’s smash hit Succession.
Read More SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF NORWAYNow THAT is how you set a table. During the most recent episode of Succession, entitled Honeymoon States, the family honeymoon is over, and is replaced by a good old fashioned middle school game of dodgeball. The only differences are that this game is not played in grimy gym, but a Manhattan penthouse and that middle schoolers, the rottenest people on earth, are not nearly as rotten as the Roy family.
Read More HONEYMOON STATES‘A call like that never fully graduates to existing solely in your rear view mirror. Even with therapy, even with coping mechanisms, and even with the love and support of friends and family, I still occasionally, 20 years later, get unnerved by a seeing a friend or family member’s name pop up, at an unexpected time, on my cell phone screen.’
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Read More THE MUNSTERSTHE TERRYFING AND DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE Unconditional love is a wonderful thing. It can bring out the best in us. It can make us vulnerable and caring in ways we never imagined possible. But unconditional love also has the terrifying potential to bring out the worst in us and make us do things […]
Read More THE LAST OF USFunny, heartbreaking, risk taking, and inventive, Reservation Dogs is charming at every turn and each episode could, and can be viewed, as 25-minute short film. Odds are however, that you won’t see it as such, as once you watch, you will be hooked, and after you are hooked, you will binge.
Read More TO RESERVATION DOGS ON VALENTINES DAYHow is 2022 almost over? Or maybe, how did 2022 take so long? I don’t know about you, but I am still in a post-Covid time warp, not entirely sure what day it is, and finally understand the importance, both aesthetically and functionally, of owning a pair of joggers. Here are my thoughts on the […]
Read More Television Recap 2022Today’s entry is going to be an old school (or should I say Olde Style) Netflix and Grill endeavor as we talk about the biggest show of the summer, share music and do our best to recreate some Chicago food! So get comfy, fire up the grill and crockpot, and put on some Wilco. Okay, […]
Read More The Bear, Beef Sandwiches & Wilco‘I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Ambiguity is delicious’. -Gilda Radner In the poetic ending of the Albuquerque universe, Better Call Saul creators and show runners Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan dove deep into […]
Read More The Delicous Ambiguity of AlbuquerqueSo it has all come down to this: Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), the last standing associate of the Heisenberg/Fring/Eladio crime syndicate, in a stroke of karmic justice, is taken down by an elderly widow – the exact type of client that he represented, and took advantage of, in the beginning of his legal career. The […]
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