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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Oof E4 made me uncomfortable
That scene was bad
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tragabigzanda wrote:Three eps in and this is tracking to be the best season yet of The Morning Show. The goofy fun is dialed up while the topical stuff feels less self-important than seasons past. And Corey and Stella are finally getting more screen time than Alex and Bradley!
Caught up on this now. The topical stuff has been dialed back up, and not sure we needed an entire episode flashback to Covid days. I don’t think this show can go an episode without mentioning the pandemic, actually.

Anyway, seems Cory is about to go scorched earth, so looking forward to the last few eps!
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tragabigzanda wrote:Three eps in and this is tracking to be the best season yet of The Morning Show. The goofy fun is dialed up while the topical stuff feels less self-important than seasons past. And Corey and Stella are finally getting more screen time than Alex and Bradley!
Caught up on this now. The topical stuff has been dialed back up, and not sure we needed an entire episode flashback to Covid days. I don’t think this show can go an episode without mentioning the pandemic, actually.

Anyway, seems Cory is about to go scorched earth, so looking forward to the last few eps!
Yeah, I’m quite anxious to see how Cory gets thru this. The visit to mom’s was quite the roller coaster. I was left wondering if she’s bipolar.

With the latest episode, it dawned on me that Stella was in Russian Doll.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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We watching Lessons in Chemistry as well. What a wonderful television programs. Brie Larson is absolutely fantastic in it. I’m not ashamed to say episode 3 brought a few tears.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
wease wrote:We watching Lessons in Chemistry as well. What a wonderful television programs. Brie Larson is absolutely fantastic in it. I’m not ashamed to say episode 3 brought a few tears.
Good to know, I thought the trailer was intriguing and I'm up to see her do something good again
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Things are about to just blow up on The Morning Show
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
wease wrote:Things are about to just blow up on The Morning Show
Haven’t seen this week’s episode yet!
Just you wait
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I'm not caught up yet but I have been enjoying TMS this season. Though, I can't agree that the topical stuff is lesser this season. To me, it's WAY more in your face. It's like the people writing this show have never learned about subtext. It's all just text!
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
epilogue wrote:I'm not caught up yet but I have been enjoying TMS this season. Though, I can't agree that the topical stuff is lesser this season. To me, it's WAY more in your face. It's like the people writing this show have never learned about subtext. It's all just text!
I don’t think there’s less topical stuff per se, but it feels more widespread across a more diverse cast of characters, and less self important. Less Newsroom vibes, more 90210 vibes.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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It's easily his best performance so far, though.
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