omg, underground Chinese (diaspora?) feminist stand-up collective: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/chinese-standup-18150855.php
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The American in Me
Am I the same age as the showrunner? The soundtrack slaps: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/the-bear-season-2-fx/pl.0a202b4e49ca4113aa6a858effefb7a1
OTOH, the very soft way Marcus tells Syd he misses her?? 😭 😭 😭
I don't know what happens between Claire and Carmy yet, and I'm reading a lot of people rooting for this ship basically because it would be a nice thing for poor Carmy and I'm very much, HARD NO, women are not here to serve as balm for your unresolved trauma, Carmy would be a terrible bf for Claire.
I'm reading all these folks saying that their mom is exactly like Carmy's mom from S2E6 and I just want to give America a hug like John Mulaney (!) did for Sugar.
Kinda surprised Disney doesn't sell ear protection with mouse ears for sensory sensitive folks.
And he prefaces the song with the declaration that the meaning of a song can change when you sing it with someone you love, which I've always been intrigued by as the song is so lyrically dark. But, I think that's maybe what he's getting at: that even long, loving partnerships have dark elements you wrestle within yourself. He sings this version much more peace and grace for himself than the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI622KkUHaI&list=PLJ3gKh8Ty5paM5xf3_yZM1agDxaMC_2Xu&index=7
One of my fave Gaslight Anthem songs is Halloween, which I feel is so thematically similar and ALSO was on a divorce album, so I wondered if Brian was inspired by it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQVxJ73YHv8
I'm also amused at how audience does not know what to do with this song lol.
It's my annual re-watch of Springsteen's "Brilliant Disguise"! Here's the absolutely haunting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idnJnjV_8rg
I like how when you are uncomfortably close to his face, there are lines he sings looking directly at you, and others he seems to look beyond you, lost in a memory.
The song was released during a troubled time in his marriage, so it's assumed he was speaking his truth in the song. It's very much a song about the end of a marriage, where his doubts about his partner are co-mingled with doubts about himself.
This is the intro to the VH1 Storytellers version of the song, which has a funny rambling story about multiple selves, a strip club, and the Big Bang theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THuosDWhJC4&list=PLJ3gKh8Ty5paM5xf3_yZM1agDxaMC_2Xu&index=6
Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise (Official Video)
Surprised and delighted to learn that my 1st grader knew that Pride started with the Stonewall riots! Thanks, coastal elite progressive school.