Re: TV: HBO: Barry
Posted: Sun April 16, 2023 9:42 pm
I'm excited. This is probably my favorite show that's currently airing.
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.
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.
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.
if you're not having a team meeting at Dave and Buster's are you really a team?tragabigzanda wrote:First ep was kind of dark. Second ep had a lot more humor.
NoHo Hank: “…and now we are fucking! But I know what you guys are thinking and don’t worry, total unicorn situation.”
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.
credit to mrs. dad for pointing that out when barry has flashbacks to being a kid in ep two...the second flashback of him in the field.tragabigzanda wrote:Oh that would be somethingdad wrote:are we going to find out that...
- Spoiler: show
it was hilarious. Him posting that envelope and getting caught was also a highlight.tragabigzanda wrote:Gene’s one-man play last night is one of the funniest things this show has done
Hank running around the table during the pitch had me goingdad wrote:if you're not having a team meeting at Dave and Buster's are you really a team?tragabigzanda wrote:First ep was kind of dark. Second ep had a lot more humor.
NoHo Hank: “…and now we are fucking! But I know what you guys are thinking and don’t worry, total unicorn situation.”
Same. Hank is easily one of the most likable tv characters of…maybe, all-time.Mecca wrote:Hank running around the table during the pitch had me goingdad wrote:if you're not having a team meeting at Dave and Buster's are you really a team?tragabigzanda wrote:First ep was kind of dark. Second ep had a lot more humor.
NoHo Hank: “…and now we are fucking! But I know what you guys are thinking and don’t worry, total unicorn situation.”
Jalapeño poppers for the tabledad wrote:Same. Hank is easily one of the most likable tv characters of…maybe, all-time.Mecca wrote:Hank running around the table during the pitch had me goingdad wrote:if you're not having a team meeting at Dave and Buster's are you really a team?tragabigzanda wrote:First ep was kind of dark. Second ep had a lot more humor.
NoHo Hank: “…and now we are fucking! But I know what you guys are thinking and don’t worry, total unicorn situation.”
I think Cristobal said that.Mecca wrote:Jalapeño poppers for the tabledad wrote:Same. Hank is easily one of the most likable tv characters of…maybe, all-time.Mecca wrote:Hank running around the table during the pitch had me goingdad wrote:if you're not having a team meeting at Dave and Buster's are you really a team?tragabigzanda wrote:First ep was kind of dark. Second ep had a lot more humor.
NoHo Hank: “…and now we are fucking! But I know what you guys are thinking and don’t worry, total unicorn situation.”
You’re right; it was a very Hank line thoughspike wrote:I think Cristobal said that.Mecca wrote:Jalapeño poppers for the tabledad wrote:Same. Hank is easily one of the most likable tv characters of…maybe, all-time.Mecca wrote:Hank running around the table during the pitch had me goingdad wrote:if you're not having a team meeting at Dave and Buster's are you really a team?tragabigzanda wrote:First ep was kind of dark. Second ep had a lot more humor.
NoHo Hank: “…and now we are fucking! But I know what you guys are thinking and don’t worry, total unicorn situation.”
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.