Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
Emily St. James
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George C. Scott at the Doctor Strangelove premiere, realizing Kubrick only used the goofy takes.
There's a lotta Grover in the Netflix Sesame Street, and I like to imagine that was Sarandos's one note when they got the rights to new episodes. "I get that Elmo's the money, but I need more Grover. He's my guy."
If they made me the development executive in charge of Sesame Street, my only note would be that the Two-Headed Monster should be shoehorned into every episode, and Gonger should get a serialized arc where he tries to consolidate power in the SoSe neighborhood.
People truly seem to forget that trans communities have long had a very antagonistic relationship with WPATH, whom we have seen and continue to see as a major force of gatekeeping.
California lives rent free in the reactionary mind.
Every so often, this Canadian man posts YouTube videos about silent movies and comic strips, and I watch every one of them. Normally, they're a bit niche, but this one feels like it may be of interest to a larger audience, so I shall SHARE.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP01...
I just cannot make myself care about Tony Scott, while Wes is one of the good movie boys. Vote Wes! It's close! If he loses, democracy is a sham!
Writing for Yellowjackets really destroyed every single one of my recommendation algorithms
