RANDOM THOUGHTS:
The following were on my mind between Monday, April 8th and Monday, April 15th:
- Let's just hope that the remaining members of The Grateful DEad don't get any ideas about using the technology put into making the Tupac Shakur rapping hologram from Coachella this past weekend.
- You know that Jay Pharaoh doesn't make enough appearances on "Saturday Night Live" these days when seeing him in more than three sketches (like during this weekend) is a rarity.
- Oh no, Mother Nature. Go right ahead and block the signal to my satellite dish with heavy rain just when my Blackhawks are in overtime at the NHL Playoffs and then keeping it that way until minutes after they win. I wasn't upset about that at all.
-It really has been amazing watching the reaction to "Girls" during its premiere. Once all of these critics started giving it high praises, calling it one of the best new shows in the while and giving out As and four star grades, there seems to have been an incredible backlash, where those who hate the show despise it, from the fact that it has no minorities to its privileged main characters and how they're so unlikeable (even if they're supposed to be that way). Personally, I thought that the premiere was fine, but nowhere near the level of praise that critics have given it so far and nowhere near the hatred that detractors think it deserves. Let's hope that cooler headsdo prevail as this series rolls along.
-The whole hoopla over Ozzie Guillen's Fidel Castro comments in TIME Magazine and the suspension just seemed so ridiculous to me. I mean, it's not as if anything Guillen said was that inappropriate. All he said was that marveled at the fact that Castro (who is now currently retired) remained in power in Cuba for so long despite all of the hatred that people around the world had for him and for all the attempts that people have tried to get him out of power. That's it. He never said that he respected the man's politics, or that he was a great leader. Just some harmless joke over something that, if you think about it, is indeed true.
- Weekly "Mad Men" thought: The entire scene at the end of Sunday's episode that ended with Bert comforting Roger, telling him that Nixon is "lying in wait," to both Layne and Pete leaving the conference room after fighting one another was some of the most fun that I've ever had about the show. Everything about it was so funny and very well-executed: The reveal of the gum on the pubis of the Jaguar executive, Layne's trash-talking ("You're a gimpy little pimp. Soon as I raise my hands, I warn you-it shall be too late to run,. Roger closing the window drapes as him, Bert, and Don look on in amusement, Joan and Peggy spying on the action from the next room, and (of course) Layne kicking the crap out of Pete (something that many others have wanted to do in the five seasons that this show has been on the air). Just a superb ending to what I thought was one of the show's best episodes in quite a long time, and an episode that reminded me why I love watching this show.
- Please, NBC. Just let "The Office" die in peace. No reboots!!!
More random thoughts to come next Monday. Until then, have a wonderful week in between.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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