Red Mosquito

tree_ wrote:Tried to watch fleabag the other day. Right at the beginning when she’s stressed and worried that her butt hole might be enormous I knew the show was not for me

Jorge wrote:Just watch it without her

epilogue wrote:

tree_ wrote:Tried to watch fleabag the other day. Right at the beginning when she’s stressed and worried that her butt hole might be enormous I knew the show was not for me

I had the exact opposite reaction.

tree_ wrote:Tried to watch fleabag the other day. Right at the beginning when she’s stressed and worried that her butt hole might be enormous I knew the show was not for me

tree_ wrote:

epilogue wrote:

tree_ wrote:Tried to watch fleabag the other day. Right at the beginning when she’s stressed and worried that her butt hole might be enormous I knew the show was not for me

I had the exact opposite reaction.

all that buildup and the breaking of the 4th wall for that punchline.. and the way it's edited I was so turned off. Like it's trying to hook you by being shocking and hilarious and it just struck me so hard as being very lame. This is not the kind of punchline I have patience for.

tree_ wrote:yeah my taste for comedy can be pretty specific. This and Friends are like drinking toilet water for me. And lots of people apparently love both shows. Maybe it gets better. But if the rest of the show is anything like that opening scene, no way.

epilogue wrote:

Jorge wrote:Just watch it without her

I could but I told her I'd wait.

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:

Jorge wrote:Just watch it without her

I could but I told her I'd wait.

the things we do for love.

tragabigzanda wrote:Lenny’s joke was funnier

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

epilogue wrote:

tree_ wrote:

epilogue wrote:

tree_ wrote:Tried to watch fleabag the other day. Right at the beginning when she’s stressed and worried that her butt hole might be enormous I knew the show was not for me

I had the exact opposite reaction.

all that buildup and the breaking of the 4th wall for that punchline.. and the way it's edited I was so turned off. Like it's trying to hook you by being shocking and hilarious and it just struck me so hard as being very lame. This is not the kind of punchline I have patience for.

To each their own.

Fleabag is, for my money, one of the greatest TV shows of all time. I found it fresh, honest, insightful, hilarious, poignant, exquisite, and downright brilliant.

But nothing is for everyone.

who doesn't like peanut butter?

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:jfc rangi

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Not sure where to post this, but this morning I discovered the Chad and JT Go Deep YouTube channel and I’m in heaven.

It's pretty great. Haven't watched much, but the few clips I've seen have cracked me up. There was a big article about them a while back (WaPo maybe?), and just last week I saw a guy wearing a shirt with their name on it. They are carving out a unique absurdist niche.