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alf_pogs posted:i think Whitney has always been skirting around the topic of divorce and whether they'll stay together; she refused to rule it out in the talking head interviews, when Dougie asked her directly. ("next question"). I think my takeaway from that scene was that it hadn't even occurred to her as a thing until he asked the question. I think she's begun to realize what a terrible person Asher is, and was pretty upset by that casino video. gurragadon posted:I think Whitney had convinced herself over the filming and watching the edited shows that she wanted a divorce. The potter cut was pretty rough on Asher. I think it also hurt her ego some because she can't just be the Green Queen without her Jester, she needs "someone" there, but she's stuck with Asher who she has grown to dislike. I agree, but the reveal of that cut was later in the episode. I guess I can see how the show is sort of building to a breakup, but it all read to me as the stress and friction that comes from putting all of your dreams and efforts into one shaky project (that doesn't seem to be going particularly well). That is, until the scene with Dougie where she gets mad that it's off the table.
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discoukulele posted:Thanks for the Happiness recommendation, thread. I loved Welcome to the Dollhouse back in the day and I didn't realize that it was the same director. Now watch Palindromes
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okay Benny Safdie is making a compelling case that this show is going to be totally hilarious on rewatch once i get past the narrative stress https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1-rwkIPQv1/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
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deep dish peat moss posted:I take both this show and Good Time as a type of comedy that's not necessarily intended to be laughed at. In both cases it's amusing just how much the protagonists are failing at things and hoisting themselves by their own petards and digging themselves into ever-deeper holes. It's amusing in the same sense that schadenfreude is amusing, you're seeing lovely people get their comeuppance for being in over their heads and earnestly trying to do something that they're not at all emotionally or intellectually equipped to do. It's comedy in the same sense as typing "lol" at a post that amused you, as opposed to literally laughing out loud. I agree with all of this.
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deep dish peat moss posted:It's kind of similar to Patriot
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deep dish peat moss posted:It's kind of similar to Patriot though that leaned slightly further into literal funny-comedy - things get progressively worse and more tense for the protagonist in a comedically-escalating way despite never or rarely having "jokes", it's 'funny' in the sense that it keeps one-upping itself in just how atrocious it gets. Just when you think things can't possibly get any worse, they do, usually in an unexpected way. Patriot is so loving good man. It was done very dirty by both the name (which is on the other hand a great name especially in the greek origin sense of of one's father) and being in the dregs of Amazon Prime with no marketing. Perfect show.
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WHERE THE gently caress IS THE FINALE PARAMOUNT?
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It says “New Episode” but it’s not up yet!!!!!
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ahahahaha what the gently caress
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Lmao I definitely could not have called this
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Yeah, nobody was guessing that for a million dollars.
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So, I can definitely see how this will be polarizing. But oh my god I loved it. I would love to see some behind the scenes footage of how they shot that
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Well I uh, did not see that coming…
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also lmao after all of the theorycrafting, I am positive no one was close.
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I loved that so much. That was incredible. None of the elements of tension that have been ratcheting up for nine episodes ended up amounting to anything. Even their relationship seemed to be improved. Was this then some kind of cosmic consequence for their shittery in service of an audience that desperately expected them to be punished? Like is this Fielder and Safdie saying "here is what you want to see, in a manner of speaking anyway"? What a loving series. A goddamned masterpiece
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I’m really gonna need a break down of what that means because lol what the gently caress
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Look, sometimes you have to go to extreme lengths to make your point, is what I’m saying.
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I'm gonna need someone to explain that ending to me as directly as Cara explaining her art to Whitney because idgi.
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https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-recaps/the-curse-finale-recap-nathan-fielder-emma-stone-benny-safdie-1234941021/amp/ I think we’re all in the same boat here.
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alf_pogs posted:boy there are gonna be some folks on reddit getting very cranky hahaha. what a treat It’s pretty funny so many people came up with these intricate theories and were acting like Asher trying to figure out who put the chicken in the bathroom, only for the show to just be like “nah”.
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wizardofloneliness posted:Look, sometimes you have to go to extreme lengths to make your point, is what I’m saying. Forgot about this line until now, yeah I think that sums it up
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I thought it was hysterical but I do have to agree with Sepinwall that it just feels like a big non sequitur for the sake of it. I wildly disagree with his take on The Rehearsal’s ending but we don’t need to relitigate that.
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discoukulele posted:also lmao after all of the theorycrafting, I am positive no one was close. I love that people saw an interview where a guy went "You could literally never in a million tries guess the ending of this show" and took that as a prompt to try to guess how the show ended
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Also, re: the finale — the episode with the most explicit horror premise is somehow nowhere near as anxiety inducing as a bunch of the much more mundane/grounded scenes that preceded it, and it might have been the straight-up funniest episode of the show. Fun dynamic imo
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George H.W. oval office posted:https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-recaps/the-curse-finale-recap-nathan-fielder-emma-stone-benny-safdie-1234941021/amp/
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the firefighter sawing off the branch felt a lot like abshir's chiropractor session. i saw something on reddit that actually makes a lot of sense - https://rebed.redditmedia.com/embed...on%2Fkhhj0xj%2F
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Aye Doc posted:seeing Nathan ascend into psycho dom-hood was the only payoff I needed. he was merely faking it for episodes 1 through 8 and finally he faked it until he made it in ep 9 I moved your spoiler tag for the quote, lol
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That moment with the contractors and the gender of the baby was the hardest I laughed all season. Loved the finale.
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There were definitely more obvious jokes in this episode than most of the last few episodes. For how strange it was, I didn't understand how it served the plot while watching it. The reddit post that was linked above probably got it though. The biggest theme of the whole show was trying to "help" people in ways that don't help them or actively hurt them. It happens over and over throughout. I don't know about the cultural statement on it, but showing asher in need of help and the help others give him only making things worse and worse totally lines up with the theme. I'm the kind of person that likes consistency with things either being grounded in reality or surreal/fantastic. So I think it's poor form to take a story that's been realistic (more or less) and then use something very unrealistic to make a point.
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