Be Kind & Rewind

A trip to my grandma's town (now completely destroyed) that used to take me an hour before 2014, could take anywhere from seven to over ten hours, or even more. And it cost a lot of money for the ride, because they quickly banned public bus transit to make a profit on transportation.

It wasn't a mere inconvenience. Imagine ten hours in the steppe, under the scorching summer sun, in a car that quickly turns into a microwave. Imagine hours in frigid winter temperatures, open to all the winds. Now imagine that Donetsk's elderly, the pensioners, had to make that trip every month to get their Ukrainian pensions, because the banking system couldn't operate under the occupation. Only they had to make the crossing mostly on foot, having no money to spare on rides. Frying under the sun, standing in lines to get their documents checked by the russian terrorists, having strokes, dying in those queues.

I'm not even talking about the crippling anxiety you feel, waiting for them to check your phone, to ask you stupid questions, knowing they can do anything to you and suffer no repercussions, because the law doesn't apply there. Sometimes hearing the artillery duels in the distance, seeing flashes. Disassociating.

All the while, russians lived comfortably in their terrorist state, not caring about the war they're waging in the neighboring country, or the death and suffering they're causing. Because they weren't interested in politics.

Dawn Light - Frederick Brosen

American , b. 1954 -

Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber), family Threskiornithidae, order Pelicaniformes, Colombia

And like there was no permanent cast, all these celebrities seem to have gotten a scene or part of a scene to do (i’m not sure exactly, I did not ever watch Quibi and thus haven’t seen this yet), and then they just… recreated it as best they could. At home. Under quarantine.

So like, you had Jennifer Garner in a blanket cape playing Princess Buttercup AND the Booing Old Woman with a crowd comprised entirely of stuffed animals:

Or Taika Waititi paying Westley off a badly-drawn Inigo on a piece of cardboard held in front of someone’s face:

And it’s all just delightful.

But my absolute favorite part of this thing that I’ve sadly never seen but assume is probably absolutely hilarious and a treasure and I want to find it some day and watch the whole thing… is that Carey Elwes is in it.

As Prince Fucking Humperdink.

Here ya go

Anyway, we should all watch this and then send some money to World Central Kitchen (which was the charity this was originally done for and they’re a good one).