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THE New Normal
#400THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 1:04amEllen Barkin wasn't on at all tonight, and I think that greatly aided in my enjoyment of the episode.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
#401THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 2:35am
It really did! I think - I THINK - I may have actually liked this episode! There were definitely some parts that had me rolling my eyes (like the whole lesbian scene, and how the dark haired lesbian ranted about how unfair it is, as if she were arguing with someone, but no one was opposing her - they were all on her side...) But I feel like there actually weren't any racist jokes in this one. Is this true? Did anyone else catch one?
And I don't mean that to sound like I'm saying the episode wasn't racist at all, because it was on a lot of other levels - namely the entirely white cast except for Nene, and how insulting it was that it took them SO long to consider her for the godmother. ETC WHATEVER.
#403THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 2:36am
Okay, it told me there was a critical error when I posted that message, so I did it again - how do I delete? I don't see anything...
My apologies, lol.
#404THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 11:18am
The one thing this episode made me wonder about is the exact moment John Benjamin Hickey went from a decent, affable, somewhat attractive actor into someone I'd let punch me in the back of the head while we made sweet, sweet love.
How did it happen? When was the moment?
#405THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 11:34am
When he stopped shaving regularly.
I think the term is "scruff slut".
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
Updated On: 10/24/12 at 11:34 AM
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#406THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 11:49am
I just CAN'T!
In my time in NYC, he's also gone from a solid actor (Love, Valour...Cabaret) to a great one.
If I can't have him, can't I just have his life?
#407THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 11:59amWho says you cant have him?!
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#408THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 12:38pmOh heavens. You're right. No one has that that to me! JBH! I'm a-comin!
#409THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 12:40pm
Best episode so far. And yes, I think that has a lot to do with the fact Barkin was nowhere to be found in it.
And "The Growing Painseses" almost made me cry from laughing so hard.
#410THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 12:50pm
I enjoyed the episode as well. I thought I'd be turned off by the whole religion aspect, but it's also kind of hitting a chord in my right now, and I thought it was handled decently.
And yes...Growing Painseses was marvelous.
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#411THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 1:26pm
This was a good line from last night too:
Shania: What are Polaroids?
Bryan: Just an old-timey word that David likes to use, like landline or Josh Hartnett.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#412THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 1:39pm
I thought it was pretty much business as usual, though the unexplained absence of Nana did make things less ugly and hostile. Props to Goldie for soldiering on and imagining her life post-baby being fab and not fretting for a second about that custody hearing we once heard about. Nene continues to astound with the way she says everything in her sing-songy, yet almost monotone delivery. Unless her character is supposed sound perpetually astonished. If so, give this lady an Emmy!
Speaking of plot points that turn with the wind, I like how Shania goes from being precocious and wiser than everyone else to being borderline moronic when the story calls for it.
The "spiritual" aspect of this episode was equally ridiculous, I thought. And for someone whose Judaism seems to be very important to him (at least for this episode) I found it strange that David was willing to step back and let Christianity be the model for their child's "spiritual" life.
And Robbie, I can't speak for you, but John Benjamin Hickey crossed that divide for me with The Big C. There was something about his dirty, slitchy, mentally ill brother character that made look at him with new eyes.
Updated On: 10/24/12 at 01:39 PM
#413THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 1:42pm
I sincerely wish I liked this show. The cast is grating on my nerves, and I found myself only partially paying attention last night...Christmas shopping in catelogues vastly preferrable.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#414THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 6:06pm
Ryan Murphy: "You either love me or you hate me."
Updated On: 10/24/12 at 06:06 PM
#415THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 6:27pmAfter reading that Hollywood Reporter story that answers a lot of questions, and someone keep this man away from The Normal Heart.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#416THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 6:39pmHe bought it with his own money, baby. Ain't no getting his mitts off that!
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#418THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 6:47pmThe doctor is going to be played by someone with a developmental disorder. She's going to be hilarious!
#419THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 6:51pmAnd Ellen Barkin is reprising her Broadway role--but this doctor's got a whole bunch of Haitian AIDS jokes up her sleeve!
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#420THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 6:53pmI can't wait to hear them. I think the Normal Heart's treatment of AIDS could really benefit from Ryan Murphy's "everyone is fodder for horrible jokes" style!
#421THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 6:55pmAnd just wait until you hear the hilarious Man fvcks a monkey and creates AIDS jokes she tells! But don't worry because in the next scene, she'll be amazingly loving and nothing like that hateful person she was 2 minutes ago.
#422THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 6:57pm
This was a good line from last night too:
Shania: What are Polaroids?
Bryan: Just an old-timey word that David likes to use, like landline or Josh Hartnett.
lol, agreed. Begrudgingly. When he started the sentence, I rolled my eyes, but it won me over with Josh Hartnett. However, I was reeeally annoyed with how Goldie didn't know Annie Leibovitz - similar to how she didn't know Simon & Garfunkel. I can't tell if it's meant to be that she's a. stupid b. too young c. both
Updated On: 10/24/12 at 06:57 PM
#423THE New Normal
Posted: 10/24/12 at 7:02pm
"I can't tell if it's meant to be that she's a. stupid b. too young c. both"
I think it does mean to say that she's a stupid b.
