In Another Case Of Accidental Solidarity
As they’re now encouraged to eat fries at least twice a week in an effort to save over *Dr. Eggman voice* 1.5 billion surplus pounds of potatoes and help out the potato industry over there. Given the amount of time they’ve been in lockdown it’s wild to imagine that that’s the average six-week consumption rate for the country, but most of the surplus comes from the frozen potatoes primarily used in by bars and restaurants for food service. Luckily they’re still finding ways to utilize the inventory that doesn’t involve dumping it out like you may have seen with the firehoses of milk going down the drain here, donating them to food banks and shipping them abroad, though that comes at a loss.
I figure we still owe the region one for the whole freedom fries nonsense, so why not ship them over here, I’m sure the states that are re-opening are gearing up to run state fairs soon so I’m sure they’d be able to deep fry their way through those in maybe a couple weeks, tops.
Watch This: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN - available via Amazon and Hulu
Tilda Swinton stars in this slow-burn horror film as Eva who, almost immediately, establishes that the life she has isn’t quite what she had envisioned. After an opening scene that’s flush with vibrant colors, seeing her abruptly married and with child is enough to give you whiplash. Unfortunately, her relationship with her son, the titular Kevin, is, generously, a little strained. The film freely jumps between eras in their lives, as we see Kevin grow from a baby that only seems to cry around Eva and not her husband, to a teenager who seems specifically antagonistic towards his mother. At some point whether or not anything you’re seeing is subjective reality rather than a projection of Eva’s situation has to come up in your mind, but as the pieces of the narrative begin to lock in place, any skepticism quickly curdles to horror at what unfolds.
I know the other week we mentioned brand twitters generally being bad, but I would like to offer an exception to Jimmy’s Famous Seafood of Baltimore for this:
As someone who can tell on sight from the thumbnail what the video is, I’m very surprised they haven’t had to delete this yet, although they were replying to a homophobic comment about people who like crab legs so it probably all balances out in the end.
And in other brand related news, this attempt to troubleshoot a WiFi issue does not go well, but kudos to the folks running that account for playing along. The Steak-Umms account is still Very Bad though, let me be clear, although someone got legitimate journalists to believe the guy who runs it is the son of David Koresh, of the Waco Branch Davidian Koreshes so at least we have that.
The picture made me laugh, but the music was what killed me.
It’s always a bummer to not feel included, and to have it come from your own family is just heartbreaking.
As someone who adores Quentin Tarantino’s JACKIE BROWN with all his guts, this behind-the-scenes on multiple locations used in the production of the film was fascinating. Complete with then-and-now comparisons, the crew of the film discuss the difficulty in obtaining permission for different spots, as well as the logistical challenges of operating just to the left of our reality inside a fully-operational mall.
Seriously though, listen to your friend and maybe run that blood pressure test one more time my guy. Even with my basic understanding of it that number is uhhh, not great.
I don’t know how many of you this joke is for (at least 20K from what it looks like), but rest assured it is very much My Shit, lying in the cross-over between late-90s masterpiece records and Golden Age Disney.
Finally, not doing well? What are you talking about the place is completely booked up. Not quite shoulder to shoulder crowded but we’ll return to normal in no time the way this is going.
