Faulkner

At least they get to watch Lorraine Broderick’s early 1995-96 run, which was probably the last really good run for the show.

Whoopi announced Robert Redford’s passing on The View this morning, and the audience gasped:

His iconic meme

Another icon gone. He was almost otherworldly in his blond beauty.

I thought his look was a miss too.

Jen Jacob and Mike Manning are next to each other in the opening and look similar enough to be kinfolk. Ashley and Smitty could have totally been brother/sister. As irritating as Ashley can be, it’s obvious JJ has some talent that’s not being harnessed properly. Her heavy-handed introduction and obnoxious behavior (which the writers don’t seem to have a clear perspective on, even after nearly seven months) were never going to play well. Why is she on this show other than as “a way in” for white viewers à la Piper on OITNB? Even white viewers can’t stand Ashley from what we’ve seen.

Last night’s Primetime Emmys were such a shitshow that I turned them off. So unprofessional—lots of dead air with presenters and winners crossing a stage that felt like it was the length of a football field. Nate Bergatze was totally unprepared and underrehearsed as host, and the running joke about the donation to the Boys and Girls Club should have been a one and done, but instead they beat that dead horse throughout the evening. Feels like the Academy has given up. Makes the Daytime Emmys look slightly less amateurish.

Oh, it was the worst. Such a poor use of an incredibly talented soap icon in an absolutely laughable story. I said that partially in jest, partially out of morbid curiosity. I do like the idea of a crossover being more than “special guest star” window dressing, with some real story stakes. Otherwise, it’s all very meh to me.

I keep thinking about Rae Cummings and what a CBS equivalent might look like.

On Reddit, they called him “High Booty Martin” before moderators cracked down.

Well, he’s purty. They could hire the whole ensemble from Sean Cody’s Winter Getaway and I’m still not watching that mess.

LOL. Ok, that’s funny.

That sucks because I think Jason Graham has emerged as one of the better male performers. I hope both him and Ted don’t both end up in body bags.

Overalls

We see a lot of takes on sex in ostensibly left-leaning circles that would have been unthinkable even 10 years ago. I give BTG some credit for bucking that trend.

It’s interesting. We’ve seen a lot of conservative and even puritanical takes on sex from younger people in recent years. Like how a three-year age gap between adults is a “power differential.”

I just hope it’s more than the typical “good brother/hood brother” trope.

I love this song to the marrow of my bones: