Mantilla & Converse

Was trying to make a joke about TV writing to my friend the other day and had to pause and go "...does the phrase 'surf dracula' mean anything to you?"

In hindsight being a “gifted kid” is so funny. You have substantial difficulties with socializing and fine motor skills but we’re going to ignore that because you’re really good at reading chapter books

We don't need to raise this one because it can read novels.

I'm starting to think yall slept through the SEL curriculum they taught in gifted classes

The content and quality of gifted programs is highly variable. There are no official standards or regulations for these programs. Some are good enrichment. Most are just keeping the gifted kids occupied while the teacher does review and reteaching with the rest of the class.

just received the best text message I’ve ever had. from my mom

Rhett is basically…textbook example “you reap what you sow.” All of Scarlett’s worst qualities are so amusing and hilarious and fun to encourage until he’s actually married to her. BITCH YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

I'm a mess but I'm the mess that you wanted.

my other pervasive problem with the movie (aside from its treatment of women which i cant even start on yet) is nolan's attempt to have the gods display their power in "natural" ways so that their diegetic existence or involvement remains in question. like how odysseus says his crew believes he's cursed by poseidon, it's left so explicitly ambiguous whether calypso is mortal, and athena's appearances to him are revealed to be a PTSD hallucination. I actually don't have a fundamental issue with this as an adaptational decision although i think its execution turns it into a matter of culturally christian theology, but the thing is that it's stupid. Because there's a Cyclops.

i unfortunately need to rewatch the hercules movie starring dwayne johnson because to my memory it's not a Great Film but it maintains the heart of the Hercules Question while actually accomplishing what christopher nolan tried to do with the odyssey. which is to say that if you're doing greek myth without apparent gods, everything else has to be kind of scooby doo shit. the cyclops has to be just a pretty tall dude who's missing an eye or has a birth defect and kills two of your guys per day for stealing his shit. odysseus has to invent circe's magic wholecloth to get sympathy gifts and glory from the phaeacians or whatever. there is an interesting direction to go here ESPECIALLY when the most fantastical aspects of the original story are diegetically narrated by a liar. it could be really cool to play with odysseus making shit up. but nolan wanted to eat his gritty and realistic cake and have his CGI too so whatever

Haven't seen the Nolan film but if you want an Odyssey adaptation that threads that needle, you want O Brother, Where Art Thou?