If you want my full Wicked: For Good thoughts, they’re here! Along with my dear friends @musicalhell.bsky.social, @jessemcanally.bsky.social, and @musicalmash.bsky.social! 💚💕 www.youtube.com/live/6wntmBJ...

Let's Talk WICKED: FOR GOOD! (with Jess, Tommy, and Emily) youtube.com/live/6wntmBJ...

Not sure if Wake Up Dead Man is the best Knives Out movie, but it's probably my favorite. I always love when a story centered on religion holds room for both faith and skepticism, and provides a comprehensive portrait of both the good and the evil religion can be turned to.

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

Patreons, you get first look at our Wicked: For Good post-mortem! www.patreon.com/posts/lets-t...

MY BIRTHDAY WISH!

Stress less about being underemployed and do contract/gig work I love, pay off the house sooner, support local artists and NPOs more.

What a great headline

Company that doesn't use AI: We don't use AI. Company that uses AI: We believe in the future, and in technologies that allow us to achieve the future and our creativity, we respect art and artists and we also want to make full use of all the tools that will allow everyone to create something memora

Joshua Henry as Coalhouse--DAYAM.

Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers

Look kids! It’s Ask Jeeves! Over here Jeeves!

The alpha wolf concept was debunked by the very guy who coined it because he realized that wolves in the wild are extremely communal and defer to parents for guidance. The “alpha” behavior was observed in captivity and was a terrified and violent male lashing out to feel some sort of control.

Happy Not Actually a Holiday But Nobody's Really Working Very Hard Day to all who celebrate.

Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."

we saw you across the bar and we dig your vibe

4 years ago today, ‘ENCANTO’ released in theaters.

I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly. But this one...

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

I’m rewatching The Social Network, which I think continues to work because it doesn’t pretend Mark Zuckerberg isn’t a destructive asshole.

I have never felt more seen. www.vulture.com/article/im-b...

answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior

“How could this happen? I was so careful! I picked the wrong play... the wrong director... the wrong cast. Where did I go right?” The film that gave the world the most dangerous song to sing out of context (and a TON of laughs).

This was the first animated film to get nominated at the Oscars for Best Picture (since Best Animated Film wasn't a thing yet). And in a NUMBER of respects, it is easy to see why. From the stunning animation, the powerful score, to the dedicated performances of the voice cast.

I think the least surprising thing about WICKED: FOR GOOD is it has the flaws and strength of the second act of Wicked. The most surprising thing: Wonderful is now a good number that actually furthers the plot. I break the film down here playbill.com/article/all-...

LIVE NOW ON YOUTUBE It's Saturday night, I put an Irish coffee together, let's play my party game "Use Your Words 2" (you can play along from home and you might even beat me!)

Honestly, a lot of classic movies from the studio system days were like this. Singin' in the Rain is another good example--you'll never look at "Make 'Em Laugh" the same when you know Donald O'Connor literally collapsed from exhaustion afterwards.

Discourse on Wicked pt. 2 will be forthcoming (stay tuned) but for now: slow to start and a bit clunky and awkward in places, but Erivo and Grande carry the film, Bailey is SMOKING and John M. Chu still does musicals on film very, very well.

Most of this right-wing propaganda system of lies is paid astroturf, and some countries work cheaper than others

So, special election next year for MTG seat. Here's the Democrat already in the race. 40-year military vet, retired as an Army Brigadier General. 5 children, 4 grandchildren. Wife Karla works as a family doctor. Plus, they run their grass-fed cattle farm. www.shawnforgeorgia.com/meet-the-can...

A special Patrons only commentary of the first Wicked movie to get us ready for "Wicked For Good." Come learn how green girls are made, that Madame Morrible worked for Jeffery Epstein and a lot more in this very long commentary. www.patreon.com/posts/wicked...

....I'm sorry, we are talking about Supergiant's Hades, right? The game where everyone's queer and at least half-naked all the time, right?

Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe. Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.

So this is happening outside of the Heritage Foundation right now "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE! Fuck Project 2025! Fuck Alligator Alcatraz!"

The "But did he MEAN it?" talk about Trump drives me mad. I'm sure the question of whether he is an actual murderous dictator or merely a paranoid rageaholic screaming into TruthSocial will make for a good "Interesting Times with Ross Douthat" or ten, but both are disqualifying, so why split hairs?

We have to all agree to not let the menswear guy see this. He doesn't deserve that pain.

CHICAGO RISE THE FUCK UP

In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.

this is the correct way to react to anything the president says-

Correct Answer

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

Nemesis!

THE CHURCH: Why are people leaving the church? NEWSPAPER OPERATED BY THE CHURCH: Gee, the liberals sure are triggered by Trump, aren't they? 😜

And as always, don't harass the bell ringers. They're often vulnerable people pressured into doing the SA's work or volunteers from other organizations who've been told this is a nice way to give back during the holidays. They're not the problem.

Elon Musk has made an entire life out of choosing the wire monkey in the cage and then screaming at everyone that it's actually better than the soft monkey and it loves him more.

How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy

Since I have exactly zero interest in this show, no.

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨