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BRIDGERTON (2020-)

KATE AND ANTHONY

2.05

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I think part of Carmy’s problem in S3 is how he accelerates everything to get the star. Which is about Syd. The idea that he will run out of time (which he even says).

I’ve always thought this meant he knows there is a countdown clock until Syd leaves him (like she almost did in S1). That he can’t do this without her and doesn’t even want to. It’s always really been about Syd and wanting to get her to stay from the minute she walked through the door of The Beef.

How much of what Carmy has done from the start is about keeping Syd with him? Starting with the brigade (hierarchy, she’s his subordinate), which creates a barrier so he can’t fully act on his feelings. Then she leaves him and he promises her the restaurant she’s always wanted in return.

He dated Claire in S2 and yet tells Syd he is giving her what she wanted, but distanced himself physically. He wasn’t around the way he knows he should’ve been and tries to make up for it at the end (I also get slight vibes of what maybe went down with the Berzatto dad here, and his aversion to hard emotional things despite being a dreamer). When you see how at ease he is with Syd versus his anxiety around Claire it lines up with him hiding out to avoid real feelings vs superficial ones.

In S3, he distances himself from Syd emotionally, while trying to make her his partner and constantly being physically present but controlling (Donna/Chef David mode) and trying to make Syd believe she needs him to get a star as he watches her demonstrate that’s absolutely not the case; it’s the other way around and now everyone knows it, too.

Like I’ve said many times before I think he has realized this by the end of S3, it’s just a matter of what Syd will do now.

At least since the discussion in Legacy when he saw her in the cute outfit, he mentions wanting to get square with everything and everyone.

Then he realizes he is obsessing over trying to figure Syd out instead of working on himself in Apologies (this is the reason he contemplates calling Claire: to apologize and not be shitty).

Then he starts to do the actual work in Forever by acknowledging he’s been a bad boss by confronting his own bad boss. Claire and his mom will follow as well as Richie.

These three seasons combined also give me massive François Truffaut feels, following a similar arc about love, marriage, and seasons of life in his film cycle The Adventures of Antoine Doinel.

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Kate Sharma ━ 2.1: Capital R Rake

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BRIDGERTON (2020-)

KATE AND ANTHONY

2.03

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miss when ayo and jeremy were active on socials and would interact with each other in comments/stories….the things we lost ohhh my god my shaylaaaaas 🥲🥲🥲

RIGHT!

A moment of silence for my faves:

They’ll get back to this some day 😔🙏🏽

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I have realised all of us obsessed with The Bear are a little bit fucked up in similar ways and that's beautiful

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Carmy saying

"Richie, I'm not gonna drop this ass"

so deadpan is peak comedy.

I don't ever want to hear that the bear is not a comedy again. 😅

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when the fanfic so good you start gripping it in your claws through the screen and speaking in tongues

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fucked up to me that some people dont let their pets on the furniture. you have this little guy in your house and youre not gonna let them sit on the couch with you? no kitty on the bed? incomprehensible.

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nobody asked for this post BUT has anybody talked about the beautiful metaphor of all the call and response choreography in the Wicked movie??? how the dancing shows the influence that characters have over each other. cuz im about to.

okay okay look at this. everybody at shiz copies Galinda during "what is this feeling"

okay standard expected yeah but THEN we get to "dancing through life" (AKA everybody's horny for Jonathan Bailey) and Fiyero has to "corrupt his fellow classmates"

WATCH them follow along! watch them LEARN the dance as his influence spreads over them. BUT not just them! because for the first time in her life, Galinda is NOT the center of attention. she's nor in command of the crowd and she JOINS IT. SHE JOINS THE CROWD.

now of course she eventually finds her way to the center, she finds a place of influence in the dance because that's who she is. When Glinda isn't in control, she joins the influence to take control of it.

but you know who isn't dancing? you know who's the one person refusing that call? of course you do you watched the movie too.

and yes. I know, those of us that are familiar with musical theater probably already saw all of this. but shhhh this is fun to talk about anyways. AND we're getting to the fun part. that's right... it's the

🧊🐟✨️ozdust ballroom✨️🐠🧊

now THIS is what's special about the call and response aspect of the choreography. THIS is the part that makes all of us cry whether or not we consciously realize it.

because whereas Glinda is able to FIND her place of control in the influence, Elphaba doesn't have that ability. she's NEVER had that. she can't join a crowd because she's different and she sticks out no matter what.

Elphaba has to do her own thing. She always has to go it alone. that's why this dance is so strange and so beautiful!! because it's so uniquely her! and THATS why the call and response motif of the choreography makes this moment so sad. because it's not just Elphie not caring what anyone thinks.

it's a desperate call for anyone, ANYONE to respond to her.

And Galinda sees her. FINALLY, a response. finally, Elphaba has broken through that wall. for the first time in her life, she's reached out a hand, and someone else took it.

and i just think that's beautiful. 🥺

i definitely have more to say about this but for now I will end it here anyways thanks for coming to my OZTEDtalk.

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Born to don't wanna. Forced to gotta