I Am A Swede

Yes, that was one of the absolute best of the many disasters that has befallen this little village after the plane crash, and the Kings remain the best inhabitants of Home Farm since the Tates. Subsequent families have failed miserably to live up to them. I wish they would have kept on releasing the early years on DVD. The show only aired twice a week back then and regularly took long seasonal breaks so it wouldn't have been that difficult to continue, at least up to 1979. But maybe the sales figures were disappointing and that's why they didn't continue.

I don't think anyone has denied that this has happened in the past, but what people then seem to forget to address is the power imbalance which caused this in the first place. And this only applies to Hollywood and the rest of the entertainment industry. What about all the women from other professions who have reported similar claims? I don't know how it is in the US, but here we've had reports of sexual harassment and abuse from virtually every aspect of society. I'd like to see men try to justify that. To start blaming women for these horrible stories by bringing up the casting couch system is something that I expected would happen, but I for one hope that this will not succeed and that the blame for this is put where it belongs, on the men. This is not simply a Hollywood problem, this is a problem permeating the whole society and it's time to deal with it, openly and honestly. We've had massive problems here in recent years with women being sexually harassed and even raped right in the middle of a crowd on music festivals, and when one female artist, Zara Larsson, spoke out about this many men immediately tried to shift the focus by attacking her and calling her man-hater and other, non-printable words. Until we men, as a group, start to accept responsiblity for this behaviour, nothing is going to change. Naturally the majority of us men haven't done anything, but we still have a very important part to play. Now we must do our bit to ensure that this kind of behaviour is stopped, by speaking out against it, and calling out those men who have committed these crimes.

Yes, all throughout the 1970s they only had a small group of core characters and other characters would come in for a story and then leave, never to be heard of again. It was one of the few downsides of those early years. Alison did last longer than most of these characters, but there was definitely untapped potential in the character. On a sad note, Carolyn Moody, who played Alison, passed away as early as 1989, only 49 years old.

Oh, the memories.....

Here's a beautiful version of one of my favourite Swedish Christmas carols.

Yes, some women have almost certainly behaved badly, but I seriously doubt that it's on a scale even remotely comparable to what men have done, and still do. So let's not try to shift focus from the heinous behaviour of these men, because it is almost overwhelmingly men. And while some behaviour is more despicable than other I don't think it's entirely wrong to lump them all together, because they're symptoms of the same disease in our society. At the end of the day all these actions are wrong, whether it's pinching someone's butt against their will or something more serious. It's all sexual abuse, and it's all wrong, and it should not be tolerated in any shape or form.

I didn't mean that the stories were alike, just that once again it seems like a murderer will get off without punishment on this show. They will probably use Moira's post-partum depression as reason. Another option is that Adam takes the blame for his mother and no-one finds out that Moira is actually the guilty one.

So is Natalie Robb leaving or are they gonna let Moira get away with it, just like they did with Carl King when he murdered his father? And I agree that it was such a shame to turn this story into a murder mystery.

Am I reading too much into their recent interactions or is it possible that the show, with Adam's departure approaching, is steering Ross and Victoria towards each other?

Traditional Swedish celebration of Saint Lucia's day, celebrated every year on December 13th.

How about this: Christopher Plummer just got a Golden Globe nomination as Best Supporting Actor for "All the Money in the World". The role Kevin Spacey played before his scandal. Here are the nominations: Best motion picture - drama Call Me by Your Name Dunkirk The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best motion picture - comedy or musical The Disaster Artist Get Out The Greatest Showman I, Tonya Lady Bird Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - drama Timothee Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread Tom Hanks, The Post Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq. Best performance by an actress in a motion picture - drama Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Meryl Streep, The Post Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - comedy or musical Steve Carrell, Battle of the Sexes Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver James Franco, The Disaster Artist Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Best performance by an actress in a motion picture - comedy or musical Judi Dench, Victoria and Abdul Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker Margot Robbie, I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Emma Stone, The Battle of the Sexes Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture Mary J Blige, Mudbound Hong Chau, Downsizing Alison Janney, I, Tonya Laurie Metcalf, Ladybird Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42310630

I have to admit that I've been partly guilty of that. When Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland and there was dicussion about extraditing him to the US to stand trail my first thought was: "Why don't they just let it go? It's been so long, stop harassing this man, He's been through enough anyway". But then I thought about it and felt deeply ashamed of myself. He raped a girl, and he should have to face the consequences for what he did, just as she has had to do since then. I also have to admit that I really don't want some of the rumours I've read in this thread to be true, like the ones about Steven Spielberg. And I would be completely crushed if there were accusations about someone like Peter Jackson, whose Tolkien movies are some of my all-time favourite movies. So in a way I can understand why someone would defend these men. Like I said I had the same gut reaction when it came to Polanski, and he's not even someone I particularly care about. So I can imagine how hard it would be if it was someone you've admired who turned out to be a criminal who could do things like this. Hopefully all this will change now. I know that I have changed at least.

I don't think there's been one of those since the days of Robin Hood!

As predicted violence has flared up in Israel/Gaza as a result of Trump's declaration regarding Jerusalem. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42278644

This quote feels very appropriate:

^^ It's such an unnecessary thing to do as well. Jerusalem's status is such a controversial issue, and to do something like this is just like throwing petrol on a fire. I'm not surprised. They will allow individual Russian athletes to compete under neutral flag though, if they can prove that they're clean.