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LMAO I wasn’t following the commentary but saw headlines saying Ariana’s opener was getting criticized. I expected it to be a bunch of anti-woke folk not wanting to see a Afro-Latina rapping at their precious BAFTAs. I didn’t expect her performance to be such a spectacular trainwreck. She’ll be better known for this than her Oscar-winning role.

No disagreement there! None of the soaps have been able to thread that needle, which is why I’m sorta pessimistic. RC has tried (featuring more inclusive forms of sexuality—pansexuality, threesomes, etc. Things DAYS wouldn’t have done 25 years ago.) But that show is just so unwatchably bad that it undercuts any progressive material. GH is content to do multiple concurrent maternity/paternity stories.

And they’re probably right. Soaps feel like the last bastion (in terms of new original scripted TV) for the conservative, “go woke, go broke” audience. Even the Yellowstone universe is more progressive, and it’s got a reputation as the “red state” series.

GH is the only soap that *attempts* to be a soap in the way we remember then from 20+ years ago right now. Multiple sets, a big cast, events and set pieces, etc. All the others are creatively inert and you really see on screen how their low budgets have affected them every single day. So I’ll give them that. But yeah they seem very hamstrung by their perceived core audience and playing to their expectations. They are likely hoping that Sprina fans will STFU for a while now that they’ve been given this and pivot back to whatever lame Corinthos family drama they want to force-feed them.

Of course, the fan countdown is on to them hitting the sheets. But NC might be gone and Spencer recast by the time that happens (no spoiler but I can only imagine he’ll be enticed to leave with his looks and talent). I’m very impatient with this show in general. It’s not worth the long-term investment.

The Sprina kiss was very sweet and well done but it would have had more impact a year ago. These shows being so gutless/poorly paced destroys even the few great things they have. Happy for the Sprina fans who hung in there.

Wow so sad for Hayden and her family:

B&B making Brooke and Taylor besties (or more? 😂 ) made me think about stories where soaps did a 180 on longtime relationships, either making good friends fall out and become enemies or having rivals go beyond simply burying the hatchet and actually form a close friendship. Enemies to Lovers: Carl/Rachel, AW Enemies to Friends: Jill/Katherine, Y&R Friends to Enemies: Victor/Sharon, Y&R Any others?

I haven’t watched this show in a while, but this sexual vibe between Brooke and Taylor… 👀

LOL. People were so enamored with Ashley, acting like she had some long game/3D chess going on to stay with that predatory gremlin. I enjoyed the first part too. Loved the little under-the-breath digs between Robyn and Karen, who were otherwise pretty silent for the most part.

Connor from the UK 🇬🇧

BAFTA Film Award winners BEST FILM ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Malte Grunert DIRECTOR ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger LEADING ACTRESS CATE BLANCHETT Tár LEADING ACTOR AUSTIN BUTLER Elvis OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin SUPPORTING ACTRESS KERRY CONDON The Banshees of Inisherin SUPPORTING ACTOR BARRY KEOGHAN The Banshees of Inisherin OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER or DIRECTOR AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director) ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh ADAPTED SCREENPLAY ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Malte Grunert ANIMATED FILM GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley DOCUMENTARY NAVALNY Daniel Roher, Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae CINEMATOGRAPHY ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT James Friend EDITING EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Paul Rogers PRODUCTION DESIGN BABYLON Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino ORIGINAL SCORE ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Volker Bertelmann COSTUME DESIGN ELVIS Catherine Martin SOUND ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil, Markus Stemler SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon MAKE UP & HAIR ELVIS Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas CASTING ELVIS Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian

The Ratings Archive link on that page is broken.

Not more CEO musical chairs…

Bradford from Los Angeles 🇺🇸

Iga back to her dominant ways.

Roberto from Spain 🇪🇸

I would legit wear that. There’s a ‘70s blaxploitation vibe to it.

Hijrah Bara from Malaysia 🇲🇾