#((it was kind of the perfect place to see 'wonka'; that was the last movie i went to see; on christmas eve no less!))

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"I, uh...I'd love to go to California," Randall smiled, having been particularly intrigued by her account of the Golden State-even from this small recollection, he found himself a little excited at the thought of visiting. He never was a big fan of the cold, and so a warm state full of lush greenery and beautiful sights sounded right up his alley.

"I wouldn't mind visiting Los Angeles, seeing the Walk of Fame in real life," he continued shyly. "Getting to tour the Hollywood backlots, maybe even see how movies are made...it sounds so exciting to me. I'd love to go to some of the film museums, and get to see the costumes and props up close..."

Maybe it was because of where he worked, but Randall had an affinity for great costumes-they said "clothes make the man", and that certainly applied to any number of characters on the silver screen, their outfits making them just as memorable as the actors who donned them. He had tried to study them as best he could in his film magazines, but to see them up close and personal? That would be even better.

"I mean, to see Scarlett O'Hara's gowns from Gone With The Wind, or Holly Golightly's dress from Breakfast at Tiffany's," he grinned a little at the thought. "That would be a thrill in its own right, but...to see something like the Red Death costume from Phantom of the Opera, or Dracula's cape? Oh...that would be incredible!"

[liskantope]

I don't know if there's a name for this trope, but lately I've been thinking of a character that pops up from time to time in literature, which can be described as someone with quirky magical abilities used to promote the deserving and punish the wicked, playing a crucial role in the plot by doing this, but who on a more personal level has an amoral streak, or isn't particularly nice or kind, and whose methods are ethically suspect.

Willy Wonka from the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book, and to some extent also the Gene Wilder rendition of that character, exemplifies this for me. I saw the Wonka movie that came out around last December and found it fun and entertaining but on a fundamental level was bothered by how perfect, idealistic, and saintly they wrote the young Wonka to be (without acknowledging any dissonance between that version of him and the Wonka we already knew from the original book and movie, or indicating that some change in his character would arrive along the way).

It's hard for me to come up with other examples that direct, especially ones that aren't somewhat obscure, but maybe Yay in Questionable Content in their earlier appearances (eventually, as with most QC characters, Yay drifted towards the central gentle-hearted-with-some-quirks default), or, more questionably, the Ellimist in the Animorphs series.

(EDITED TO ADD: Two days after originally writing this post, I'm delighted to see a direct comparison between Willy Wonka and the Ellimist appear on my dash.)

In the Disney and Broadway musical version of Beauty and the Beast, I have to interpret the enchantress (basically never seen, only showing up in the prologue, but crucially setting up the entire backstory) as exactly this type of character. I'm not sure that punishing a selfish person by turning him physically into a beast and only allowing him to un-transform if he managed to form a genuine romantic relationship with someone, when he didn't understand the concept of genuine relationships in the first place, was really the best approach. But even accepting for the sake of argument that it was, I was bothered for years by the fact that she enchanted the other occupants of his castle as well, turning them into household objects so that they were essentially imprisoned along with their already unpleasant and now bitter and rage-prone master. For a long time I viewed this as a plot hole, and apparently so did a lot of other people because an awkward line or two was added to the musical version to "explain" it and a bunch of lines with an even more tortured explanation were added to the (IMO rather bad) recent Emma Watson movie adaptation. I now think this shouldn't have been treated as a plot hole, and the enchantress' decision to punish everyone along with the prince should have been left alone with no explanation added. The enchantress (really maybe better called "witch") character can simply be interpreted as falling under the "Wonka mold": she knows profound selfishness from genuine capacity to care for others but likes to punish people for the former in a way that itself doesn't have to conform to the highest standard of ethics. (Note the irony that the clumsy explanations offered, which if I remember right boil down to "the people around the Prince didn't do enough to stop him from turning into a bad person", make the witch if anything look arguably rather victim-blamey and worse and an even less perfectly just agent than before attention was called to her decision to enchant everyone.)

[glamlistweekly]

In our second issue of Glam List Weekly we’ve shined a spotlight on actor Timothée Chalamet! Timothée takes his time to thoughtfully answer questions such as his style inspirations, what it’s like to take on the role of Willy Wonka, he explains how he’s a jack of all trades, and more! Read through our interview with Timothée and delve into the mind of one of Hollywood’s most promising young actors. @glamchalamet

GLAM LIST WEEKLY: You were a co-host of last year’s Met Gala. What or who inspires your style and fashion choices, in your day to day life or for red carpet events?

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET:  Oh man, I've got influences from all over the place. I'd say the biggest, especially for the red carpet, is Haider Ackermann and Stella McCartney - they're forever challenging the binary, and making such unique and thoughtful pieces that I can't wait to get my hands on. For the Met Gala, I worked closely with HA on trying to capture the two main styles that dominate the Manhattan where I grew up - combining the well tailored suit of the skyscrapers, with the sweatpants and high-tops of the streets, for an outfit that united them in one look. That look right there was the peak of my style and fashion, on and off the red carpet.

GLW: What attracted you to want to take on the iconic role of Willy Wonka? Were/are you nervous about comparisons that might arise after the release of the film?

TC: I grew up with the Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp movies, and they're two people I've always looked up to as actors. To even have the chance to be put in a group with those icons is a dream come true for me. But also saying yes to the part wasn't just about getting to play the iconic character, it's a trust in the script, the director, the whole technical side to it that drew me to the project, too. Paul King's repertoire is full of quirky comedy and the Paddington movies, so he's the perfect person to be at the helm of this movie. I'm hoping that this new spin on the story, and the focus on Wonka's past, rather than what we know him for, will separate the movie enough to be appreciated in its own right, rather than merely as a comparison.

GLW: It seems like everywhere we turn, there you are in a new or upcoming film! How do you unwind and take time for yourself to not get overwhelmed with such a busy schedule? What do you like to do in your free time?

TC: I usually feel the total opposite, like I'm hardly working at all! But having three movies come out in quick succession definitely makes it look like I'm working constantly. I travel a lot for work, whether it's spending months at a time in London, Hungary, the middle of the desert, so my first port of call once I'm free is to go home to New York and just enjoy the peace for a bit. I love catching up with friends, spending time with my family, going to museums, seeing my favorite sports teams play. Just living a normal life, without all the glamour. I also try to spend at least a couple of months of the year in France - my sister lives in Paris, and we've always been very close, so we love having a good catch-up, and she keeps me updated with all the French gossip that I've missed out on, and we go see the latest French movies together and all that kind of thing.

GLW: What is the best advice or lessons you’ve learned from a co-star?

TC: I learn something new with everybody I've worked with, and I've been very lucky to work with some huge names, most of whom I was admiring for their work long before we met. But I've always found the best advice has been focused on being unashamedly myself and not allowing other people to pigeonhole me. It works in acting and life in general. It's given me the freedom and confidence to pursue the roles that I'm interested in, whether I'm the best person for the part or not. There's no harm in trying out for a role. It's led to some of the best performances of my career.

GLW: What's the strangest fan encounter you’ve had throughout the years?

TC: I don't know about strangest, but one of the most surreal was last year before the Met Gala. I'd planned with my artist friend JR (and The Frick Collection) this Instagram livestream where we would showcase some of this exhibition with the camera following me like a guide, then we would make our way to the gala. Sadly we had to cut it short once we were a few blocks into the streets of Manhattan, because we basically got swarmed by dozens of people and got separated. It was nice that so many people wanted to come out to see me, but it's also sad that we didn't get to finish what we started as a result.

GLW: You’ve had some different acting experiences over the years. Do you have a favorite role of yours, and what makes you feel so connected to it? Do you have a dream role you have yet to experience?

TC:  I have a number of roles that are my favorite in their own way, sometimes it's because of the people I got to work with, or the places I got to travel, or the work in itself. I think I'll always have a soft spot for Elio, as I saw a lot of myself in him and his emotional journey. When you're young, it's so hard trying to figure out who you are, what you're like, how your future will turn out, especially when it comes to love - so getting to be a part of Elio's story meant a lot to me, and many people have identified that struggle and resolve within themselves, too, and that's so touching, as an actor. We tell stories to remind other people that they're not alone in their experiences, so when it resonates so strongly with audiences, you know you've done your job well. As for dream future roles, I'm definitely becoming more open to a potential superhero movie in the future. Maybe more along the lines of a standalone feature like Joker than the expanse of the Avengers universe, but there's so many complex stories to tell in comic universes that I don't think I can avoid the genre forever.

GLW: Do you have an awkward audition story? Something that didn’t exactly go down as rehearsed, and how did you deal with that rejection? Perhaps even a time where you didn’t think this was the industry for you?

TC: I'm still bad at dealing with rejection. I'm now in a position where I'm not having to send audition tapes out constantly, and a couple of roles have even been directly offered to me, so that's a sense of relief. Every time I audition for a part, I give a little of myself to the character, whether I get the role or not. So there's been the odd occasion where I've gone to see the movie I auditioned for and didn't get, and feel a sense of loss for what might have been. As for awkward auditions, when Bates Motel was in the works, I sent in a tape for it. But me being the dumb teenager I was, I thought when they said it was "Psycho inspired" that they meant American Psycho, because that's what first came up when I searched the word psycho into Netflix. Obviously I didn't get a part - the two movies are very different in tone.

GLW: On the opposite end of things, what was your “I made it” moment — the one that made you realize you’re Hollywood’s next big name.

TC: I still don't believe I am. I've had plenty of surreal moments, but I don't plan on getting comfortable with it. Any day, I could suddenly stop getting roles and ten years down the line I'll be forgotten. So I try not to focus on the hierarchy of it all, and just enjoy the here and now whilst I've got it.

GLW: Is there anything you find challenging about bringing a script to life? How exactly do you get in the mind of a character?

TC: Before I even get to a set, my first focus is getting into the physicality for a part. For Beautiful Boy, I had to lose a lot of weight, and it's not like I had much meat on me to begin with. But I have to make sure I'm careful with that kind of physical transformation, too. There's a very thin line between acting and reality. In your mind, you know that you're not experiencing the same exact situations as your character, but when you're lost in the scene, and you're freezing to the bone, and you're having to be on a strict diet - your body doesn't really know the difference. It's about finding that sweet spot, the golden mean, where your own experience and that of your character unite - once you find that, getting through a scene feels easy.

GLW: Off screen, do you have any strange and unusual talents?

TC: I don't think I've got any "out there" talents. I can play a little piano, some guitar, and kinda sing, dance, rap. I'm a jack of all trades, master of none kinda guy, I guess.

[kingneptunesthinninghead]

In your opinion, which fast food place has the best fries? i love me some mcdonald’s fries.

Are there hurricanes where you live? they happen every once in a while

What do you hate the most about yourself? I'd really rather not get into this right about now. same

What song are you listening to right now? nothing but catch fire by 5sos is stuck in my head.

What was your first concert? brad paisley 🤠.

What’s your favorite Johnny Depp movie? willy wonka and the chocolate factory

Who did you last say “I love you” to? My sister. probably same

Do you like pumpkin pie? it’s about the only pie i DO like.

Do you know anyone named Austin? no one i like

Do you know anyone who is having a baby? my friend just gave birth to a baby about a week ago

What was the last thing you cried about? i cried in the car on the way home from work last night while listening to jet black heart lmaooo.

Do you prefer regular or chocolate milk? i dont drink milk.

Do you think you are an argumentative person? Definitely not. agreed, i’m conflict avoidant to a fault

How many deep dark secrets do you have? i dont think i have any

What was the spiciest thing you’ve ever eaten? the hot wings from bonchon were pretty f’n spicy

Who last called you sexy? i dont remember

Would you class yourself as a good role model? i think for the most part

Are you scared of the dark? sometimes i am

Do you have a motto? nah.

Who did you last see on webcam? my club committee from school

Do you need a haircut? i just got one about a month ago so not atm

How would you react if your mother told you that she was pregnant again? that would be impossible considering she’s in menopause and has her tubes tied

You log into Facebook and see the red ‘1’ notification next to the message icon. Who do you want it to be? no one i hate facebook

Would you rather exercise alone or with other people? most of the time alone but sometimes i’ll exercise with my sister or in a structured workout class

What is the most difficult or involved video game you’ve ever played? any bc i suck at video games

Ever watch the show Supernatural? nope

Ever heard of flavored honey? If so, what’s you’re favorite flavor? i’ve heard of it but never tried it

Do you remember what your favorite show was when you were little? i went thru hardcore icarly and victorious phases, also LOVED spongebob

Do you put anything besides cheese on grilled cheese sandwiches? sometimes i’ll do bacon on mine

When it comes to books, what do you think is the “perfect” amount of pages? the length of a book has never deterred me from reading it, ever.

Would you ever be interested in going scuba diving? maybe

Out of all of your friends/relatives, who would you say has the best vocabulary? not to toot my own horn but me

Are any of your fingers or toes deformed? What about the nails? no

When is the last time you cried? didnt i already answer this

Would you ever date somebody that has been divorced more than once? mm prob not

What are some stereotypically nerdy things that you like? i guess marvel and space would count

Have you ever attended a wedding that ended where the bride and groom didn’t actually get married? What happened? no but i’ve attended several weddings of people who have quickly divorced

What scares you the most about becoming a mother (hypothetically, if you don’t want to have children)? raising them to be a good well adjusted person.

Would you ever want a job in fashion? What would you enjoy about that type of job? prob not

Would you ever be a surrogate mother? nope

What do you think would be the best and worst parts about being a twin? i would love having that strong of a bond with someone and having someone to go thru life with but i would also feel like i never had anything that was truly mine esp in early childhood

Do you feel that your childhood was more rough compared to others around you? my childhood was great compared to a lot of peoples and i’m extremely thankful for that

How would you react if you found out today that you were actually adopted? i would feel betrayed that i’d lied to for 20 years

Have either of your parents ever cheated on one another before, that you know of? How would you react if you found out today that one of them cheated? not that i know of and again i would feel crushed and betrayed

Do you like cleaning and organizing? when i’m in the mood for it

How would you react if you found out you were infertile? If you don’t plan on having kids to begin with, what is a long-term goal you’d be crushed to find out was impossible to achieve? i would definitely be upset bc i want to have at least one biological kid but in the end i would find just as much joy from adopting a child and giving them a loving home.

Would you take your dream job if it were out of the country? it depends on what other factors are in my life at the time

Have you ever been robbed? no

Is anyone close to you an alcoholic? my friend at college and that’s not even a joke that’s genuine. i think he’s getting the help he needs tho which is good

Have you ever dumped anyone? no

What kind of tea do you drink? I hate tea. same it tastes like dish water

Do you know anyone in a gang? No, and I hope I never do. same

What’s the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for you? omg i still remember this bc i was blown away by how sweet it was. so in 9th grade i had one friend in my pe class and idek how we started talking but we just stuck by each other bc we didn’t have anyone else and we sat at our own table right by the teacher’s desk in health class and we actually became pretty close friends throughout the year well anyway i mentioned my birthday was coming up and she asked me what i wanted and i was like no you don’t have to and she was like do you want flowers and i was like sure why not and i didn’t think she was gonna actually do it but then on my birthday she shows up to health class with these beautiful purple flowers and i was so shocked that she actually got them for me so yeah i’ve never forgotten that ever. she moved away after that year and i never saw her again but i hope she’s doing well

What is your orientation? Gay? Straight? Metrosexual? straight but i have questioned before.

Have you ever done anything really dangerous or illegal with friends? nothing too wild

Name three feelings you’re feeling right now: bored, content, excited

And the reasons for these feelings? bored bc i’m at work, content bc i like the way my life is going rn, excited bc i get to go back to school and see all my college friends soon.

How do you feel about your life right now? pretty pleased at the moment

Is it easy for you to like yourself? Why or why not? no. it’s a conscious choice to like yourself that you have to make everyday and some days that choice is easier to make than others

What subjects come naturally to you? English, some aspects of science. agree with this, i’m very good at english and i understand some science

What subjects do not? MATH

Do you read more fiction or more non-fiction books? fiction but sometimes i like a good non fiction book.

How has today been for you? pretty good nothing too exciting

What did you do? watched tv and went to work

Are there any candles lit in the room you’re in? no

Are there any lava lamps near you? nope.

Do you like cats or dogs better? Cats. agree i have 4

Are any of your friends a pothead? yes, several

What’s a goal you’re trying to accomplish soon? start working out consistently again and get into therapy.

Are you a high maintenance person? nope

The last time you yelled as loud as you could, what was the reason? i was at a karaoke night

Have you ever been heartbroken? yep

Who did that to you? my ex crush

Did you go through an ugly stage as a kid? ohhhh yeah

The last type of sandwich you made or ate: a ham and cheese sandwich with pepperoni and mayo

The last time you spent most of the day in bed: when i was at school and i had stayed up until 6am the night before.

The last friend or acquaintance you made: my coworker

The last thing you took pictures of: a rainbow

The last time you were scared: when i thought a car was following me the other night

The last thing you looked up online: manic panic hair dye.

The last thing you disagreed with: i don’t remember.

Does your house have a separate laundry room? yep

Do your parents still help you financially? yes, a lot

Does your car have a backup camera? nope.

Have either of your parents ever been in trouble with the law? not to where they’ve been arrested

Have you ever had a pet that lived to be really old for its breed/species? my childhood cat lived to be 18 which was pretty impressive.

What was the last strong scent you smelled? my cat’s fart

Have you ever told someone to their face that they were ugly? no way

Is your bed against more than one of your walls? nope

Have you ever been attracted to someone’s parent? um yes some people i know have dilfs i’m sorry

Have you ever pole danced before? no

Have you ever broken into someone’s house? no.

Have you ever seen a live bat? yup at a beach house in the obx

What is the most amount of money you’ve spent on a meal before? i bought bonchon for my friends and i one time which was just about $100

Have you ever taken a woodshop class? no

How much time do you spend on Facebook, if you have one? as little time as possible.

Has a teacher ever made you hate yourself/your work? i had one math teacher in high school that consistently made me feel dumb bc i needed extra help to understand the concepts and couldn’t do mental math that fast so didnt like her

Have you ever been on the barrier or front row at a concert? closest i’ve been was second row

Are your parents supportive of you? yep

[troublewheeler]

three times he thought he fell in love.

SIX YEARS OLD.

it’s 1977 and karen wheeler is bound and determined to appear like the perfect suburban family. cookouts every other weekend, bringing casserole to neighbors who need cheering up, etc. she’s ticked almost every box she can possibly think of. even going to church on every sunday.

and mike hates it.

however, it doesn’t seem so bad when he runs into catherine on his way to the bathroom. if mike likes anything about coming to this dreadful place, it’s her. in fact, he tells his mom at least every fifteen minutes that he has to go potty so he can sneak out and meet her. they’ve made it a routine. if one leaves the room, the other follows closely behind.

most of the time, they don’t even make it to the bathroom. they just talk and share candy with each other. mike has asked her to come over several times, but she never follows up with an answer from her own mother. it’s fine, though. he’ll cherish their brief moments of sneaking away if he has to.

because of catherine, mike is more excited to wake up early on sunday mornings. jumping out of bed, putting on his best clothes and even checking his hair in the mirror. this is the first time he’s liked a girl—like, really liked a girl. according to the movies he’s watched with nancy, he’s most definitely falling in love! they’re just like robin hood and maid marian, meeting up in secret. they’re sweethearts!

then they stopped going to church, because everyone got bored with it. especially ted, who usually has the biggest say in things given that he’s the ‘man of the house’. mike is absolutely crushed. their sunday meetings were ended so suddenly, but mostly, he’s upset because he never got to tell her how he felt.

EIGHT YEARS OLD.

mike’s got a new babysitter, because nancy isn’t always available. in fact, she hardly ever is. not since she’s been running off to barb’s every weekend for sleepovers or whatever. probably talking about boys, and doing each other’s nails. gross!

but the new babysitter, carol, is all right. kind of rough around the edges, but totally fun. actually, she’s the coolest person mike’s ever met. when nancy babysits, she hardly lets him do anything, but this girl will let him do everything. in fact, she’ll let him stay up late, and eat ice cream, and throw firecrackers into the neighbor’s yard.

they can’t tell mike’s parents, though! because it’s their little secret. mike knows what they’re doing would be frowned upon by anyone, especially parents, so he’s good to keep the secret. he loves that it’s something that only they share. it’s like they’re bonnie and clyde!

mike has never felt more smitten for a girl in his entire life. this is it, he thinks. i’m really in love this time.

but then she invites her new boyfriend, tommy, over. they always send mike to his room so they can sit on the couch and make out. it’s gross! and unfair! carol was his girl first, and now this tommy guy just swoops in and steals her away. it’s absolute total BULLSHIT!

now they’ve grown apart over the years, but she’ll always stay close to his heart, no matter how much it hurt to lose her to someone else. and... maybe she wasn’t his first love, not really, but he did love her. he does love her, because she’s carol. so, how could he not?

TEN YEARS OLD.

debbie gilmore. man, oh man. mike doesn’t even know where to begin when describing that girl. debbie is, by far, the prettiest girl he’s ever seen. actually, she’s the first girl he’s ever thought was pretty, because now he’s older, and that’s something he notices.

he meets her in science class when they’re paired up for some stupid assignment. they’re supposed to build a volcano together, but mike is more interested in spending time with her. she’s cool, and funny, and also likes star wars. which, isn’t really surprising, because star wars is amazing.

once the project is finished ( they get a b because mike accidentally overdid it with the baking soda ), mike still hangs out with debbie almost everyday. his friends are getting frustrated, and his mom is constantly giving him the third degree.

they’re watching willy wonka and the chocolate factory when she tells him. “ my family is moving.”  what? but... they’ve only just met! she can’t leave. he hasn’t even gotten around to telling her how he feels—which is... like he’s in love or... something.

it doesn’t matter now, he figures, because she’ll be gone no matter what. they have a fight, a big one, and mike will always regret leaving it on bad terms. but, it’s not as if it was meant to be, anyway. it’s not like he was really in love. debbie was just a girl who seemed amazing, and he let his mind run away with the idea that he could fall for her.

mike will never forget her, though. it only lasted for two weeks, but for a ten year old, two weeks can feel like a lifetime.

and the one time he did.

TWELVE YEARS OLD.

at first, he thought maybe she was a boy, but she isn’t. she’s a girl, scared and alone and confused. mike doesn’t know where she came from, or what she’s been through, but he wants to help. in any way that he can, and he builds her a fort in the basement, and gives her food. mike teaches her about friends, and family. and he gives her a name—el. but it’s not enough. she can’t stay cooped up in the basement forever.

so, he ditches school to hang out with her. to briefly let her out of hiding so she can take a breather. he shows her his family’s tv, boasting about how big it is. he explains the pictures on the mantle, naming all his family members. then he shows her their la-z-boy. “ just trust me, okay? ” he tells her softly before pulling the handle on the side and unfolding the footrest. the chair launches backwards and she’s startled at first, but then she giggles.

“ see? fun, right? ” he pulls the chair back into it’s original position, locking it into place. “ now you try. ” watching her closely, el copies exactly what he did, giggling again when the chair folds out. it’s amazing how the most mundane things excite and amuse her. that smile, too—mike will do anything to see that smile over and over and over. there’s bubbling feeling in his chest, the reason he can’t stop grinning. his entire body feels light, and happy.

this time, he’s going to tell the girl how he feels. but—how? he’s never done it before. quite frankly, these emotions feel so much stronger than all the other times combined. he fumbles over his words, failing to explain it to her. hell, he can’t even really make sense of it himself. so, in a moment of panicked desperation, mike kisses her.

and then she’s gone.

he loses her for three hundred and fifty-three days, and it’s the most devastating thing he’s every had to experience. it’s like his whole world has been shattered, and he spends almost an entire goddamn year trying to find all the pieces. trying to find el, to reach out to her somehow.

finally, she comes back to him, and she’s been listening this whole time. every single day. mike stares down at el, completely dumbstruck by the fact that she’s been longing for him as much as he’s been been longing for her. then it hits him. now this... this is what love feels like, and he doesn’t even have to question it. because it’s not a crush, and it’s not infatuation.

mike is in love with el, and he has been from the moment he first saw her smile.

[lisacongo2-blog]

‘Shrill’ Shreds Hollywood Stereotypes About How Women of Size Eat

The first time you see Annie, the protagonist of the new Hulu show Shrill, eating, her meal doesn’t look particularly pleasant. Played by SNL cast member Aidy Bryant, Annie grabs a plastic container from the fridge, opening it to reveal three white disks — supposedly pancakes — from a Tupperware labeled “Thin Menu.” While standing in her kitchen, she tries to break off a slab, puts it in her mouth, and wrinkles her nose in disgust. Her roommate, Fran (played by Lolly Adefope), walks by to witness the three doughy pucks, and says, “Good God.”

It’s not the only time Annie eats in her kitchen. Later in the series, Bryant opens a sealed container of leftover spaghetti, standing alone over an island near the sink. She twirls noodles around her fork, grinning in anticipation. She looks confident, blissed out, holding her hand under her chin as a noodle inches toward her lips. She scrunches her eyebrows and crinkles her nose, the perfect opposite of her look of disgust eating the Thin Meal pancakes. She nods and smiles while chewing, enjoying the moment.

The annals of TV are full of stories where women change themselves, from Mad Men’s Peggy Olsen to Eleanor Shellstrop in The Good Place. But Shrill, the six-episode adaptation of writer Lindy West’s memoir of the same name, is a different kind of “transformation” story, starring a woman of size. The show tells the story of Annie, a Portland-based calendar editor for an alt-weekly newspaper, trying to jump start her career, earn the love of Ryan, a painfully oblivious loser, and become a more honest, self-assured person. What Shrill is not is a story of body transformation, of a fat woman getting thin. Although it shows Annie eating diet meals and exercising with her mother, her real goal goes beyond the universal challenge of self-acceptance — she wants to feel powerful, as a woman of size and simply as a woman. She wants to demand respect from the people around her.

Those people often fat-shame Annie, whether it’s her obsessive online troll, her perpetually sneering editor, or an invasive personal trainer who eventually devolves into calling her a “fat bitch.” Still, Annie’s relationship with her body is more nuanced. Her insecurities are more often portrayed in physical details or unspoken interpersonal choices she makes because she feels that, in her words, “there’s a certain way that your body’s supposed to be and I’m not that.”

In media where a woman’s relationship with her body plays its own role, the eating scenes are telling. There are countless movies in which women devour ice cream during break-ups or lonely moments. And for years, when a person of size ate on screen, it was portrayed as comic relief, from Melissa McCarthy consuming a napkin in Spy to a cross-dressing Chris Farley on Saturday Night Live inhaling his friend’s french fries while asking, “Can I have some?”

Even in shows and movies celebrated for their representations of non-normative bodies, eating is reserved for emotional distress. In HBO’s Girls, Hannah Horvath (played by Lena Dunham) is often caught eating during low moments, like when she eats cake with her hands after her purse is stolen on the train. In Real Women Have Curves, it takes a conflict with her mother to get the protagonist, Ana (America Ferrera), to eat a bite of flan in a moment of overall positive defiance. Rarely do women of size get the opportunity to eat happily on screen without some tumult, some churning emotional hang-ups or interpersonal conflict. The exception, of course, is when people of size are shot eating healthy foods, like when the contestants on The Biggest Loser marvel over turkey burgers. But if a not-thin character is caught eating a cupcake, the audience is meant to laugh or cry at their expense.

When Annie eats so-called “indulgent” foods in Shrill, she’s not considered a failure, and it’s not used as a comic device. Instead, it’s often tied to a moment of personal or thematic triumph completely unrelated to her weight. By simply showing Annie eating the foods countless people love in a way that’s empowering, Shrill reinforces the idea that people, regardless of size, have the right to enjoy food in its entirety — not just salads and apples and other pious things, but rather the foods that are seen as permissibly comforting and luxurious for people of a smaller size. Like last year’s hit culinary travel show Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, Hulu’s new series rewrites the rules for who gets to enjoy food on television.

Annie isn’t the only big millennial woman eating spaghetti on TV. In a scene on Girls, Hannah grabs handfuls of noodles from a takeout box, dangling them into her open mouth. There is an element of watching this scene that feels relatable, especially for anyone who lives alone, but nothing about that moment is sexy or empowering. At its best, it’s a moment of comic relief born out of universality; at its worst, it’s Dunham’s self-ridiculing humor shaming herself — and other women — for eating without control while not thin.

This is far from the only moment when a woman eating sugary, greasy, and otherwise “bad” foods on television works as a boiler-plate scene representing rock bottom. In her essay “Why is it sad and lonely women who turn to chocolate?” Telegraph culture writer Rebecca Hawkes recalls similar moments in romantic comedies, like when Renee Zellweger devours chocolates under a blanket in Bridget Jones’s Diary, or when Sandra Bullock turns to ice cream in Miss Congeniality. “When you look at the trope in more detail, the implication is that eating chocolate is something ‘naughty,’” she writes. “It’s something that (calorie-counting, figure-obsessed) women shouldn’t be doing, but can’t help resorting to in moments of extreme trauma — or simply due to a comedic lack of discipline.” In her essay, Hawkes also brings up another classic plus-sized person comically shamed and punished for their gluttony: Augustus Gloop, the rotund little boy in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, presumably killed for wanting to eat some of the chocolate in a literal river of chocolate — as if anyone wouldn’t.

Ryan (Luka Jones) and Annie (Aidy Bryant)

Photo: Allyson Riggs/Shrill

But still, beyond little boys, beyond thin ladies, it’s plus-size women whose eating is most often used as a thematic example of a psychological and/or personal failure, whether it’s comical or supposedly tragic. “With any overweight, unruly woman, there’s always a tendency to pathologize their relationship with food,” says Kathleen Rowe Karlyn, author of The Unruly Woman: Gender and the Genres of Laughter. “[For] women who dive in to the quart of ice cream or the box of chocolate, food is a source of comfort because life is not giving them other types of comfort.”

If women get fat as a plot device, they’re often shown eating something like pizza, ice cream, chocolate, or other sweets — take, for example, Goldie Hawn gorging herself on frosting post-breakup in Death Becomes Her. If a character appears to get them out of a slump, a chicken wing might be yanked out of their hands. And they won’t reach personal fulfillment until they’re skinny again. Meanwhile, women who are thin and confident — whether it’s Drew Barrymore in Charlie’s Angels, or the titular Gilmore Girls — are free to eat as much as they please, to the delight of all who watch them.

Annie didn’t originally eat the spaghetti. It was made by Fran’s brother, Lamar (Akemnji Ndifornyen), who spends the third episode, “Pencil,” visiting his sister and her roommate. For most of the first few episodes, Annie is busy obsessing over a man (Luka Jones) who is so embarrassed by her that he sends her out the back door of his apartment so his roommates can’t see her. On their first date, she eats a salad. When she arrives home after Ryan has stood her up, Lamar and Fran offer her the spaghetti. She turns it down.

Lamar, a chef, spends the episode quietly fawning over Annie. When he arrives, he gives her a box of chocolate turtles, an elaborate reference to a memory from their past. He lights up when she enters the room. And later, when she comes back after choosing not to see Ryan, he admits that he likes her, and that he always did. After they have sex, Annie tiptoes downstairs to the kitchen, where she finds the pasta he made. The scene is romantic and almost sexy, in a totally subtle, maybe even unintentional way. He didn’t make the pasta for her, specifically, but it was made by him.

But beyond the romantic arc of Annie and Lamar, the scene’s impact comes directly from what it means for her, in her path to self-respect: she’s giving herself what she wants and deserves, on her own terms. And the bewildered delight in her face as she eats is so contagiously joyful that the context of her weight becomes irrelevant.

Annie (Aidy Bryant) and Lamar (Akemnji Ndifornyen).

Photo by: Allyson Riggs/Shrill

Beyond the men in her life, one of Annie’s most fraught relationships is with her mother, Vera (played by Julia Sweeney), who’s responsible for the Thin Menu meals. During a pivotal rant, when Annie describes the ways the people around her have made her size seem like a moral failing, she says, “At this point, I could be a licensed fucking nutritionist because I’ve literally been training for it since the fourth grade, which is the first time that my mom said that I should just eat a bowl of Special K and not the dinner that she made for everyone else so I might be a little bit smaller.” One of Annie’s most significant plot developments with her mother, when she pushes back against her health policing, starts with a meal of meatball subs with her father. And when the season ends, we leave Vera lying on the ground with a bag of chips, suggesting that Annie’s number one advice giver also needs respite from controlling everything.

“Whether they’re very curvy like Mae West or they’re slender, I think what we haven’t seen in a long time is the ability of women just to be seen enjoying food,” Karlyn says. “Food is enjoyable (to women), not because they’re neurotic, not because they’re crazy, not because they’re sex-obsessed, just because food is a natural pleasure of life.” That’s how Shrill treats food, but also most of life’s joys: dancing at a party, swimming in a pool, having sex, being honest. Counter to the ways television and movies have previously presented plus-size women, as victims of their own lack of self-control, Shrill shows how restrictive life as a plus-size woman can be, and how often that’s a direct result of their self control. Shrill seems to be advocating for more self-designated freedom for women of size — the freedom to live with abandon. As Annie says, lying in bed and taking charge, “I’ve got big titties and a fat ass — I make the rules.”

Brooke Jackson-Glidden is the editor of Eater Portland. Edited by: Greg Morabito

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923.

5k Survey XLI

2101. Are you an optimist? >> No. I don’t think I’m really any of the “-ists”, not in any consistent sense. 2102. If you were in the Breakfast Club, which character would you be? >> I don’t know enough about the Breakfast Club to have an answer for this. 2103. Who do you have no respect for? >> I don’t know. I haven’t encountered anyone that I can’t even muster the most bare-bones amount of respect for. Even if I don’t agree with them or think their behaviour is deplorable, I’m still going to do my best to treat them like a human being -- just a human being I don’t necessarily want to be around. 2104. Is the plural form of cactus cactuses or cacti? >> I’m under the impression that it’s “cactuses” but “cacti” is acceptable. Kind of like “octopuses” and “octopi” (although I am also under the impression that another acceptable plural of octopus is “octopodes”??) Is the plural form of penis penises or peni? >> I have never heard “peni” offered as a true plural for penis.

2105. What does your favorite coffee mug look like? >> It’s white on the outside, yellow on the inside, and it has a little cactus drawing on it. 2106. Have you ever gotten hurt at a concert? >> Mildly. I was a little banged up in the neck/head area after Taste of Chaos, because of crowdsurfers kicking me in the back of the head and landing on me while trying to dismount. Nothing any more intense than that, though. 2107. What age do you think it is most difficult to be? >> --- 2108. Do you like to be considered weird or different? >> I’m indifferent. I know I’m weird, I don’t need external confirmation on that front. 2109. Do you think you could handle a day in jail? >> I suppose I’d make it through somehow. But it would be very harrowing, and I certainly couldn’t push through for much more time than that without breaking down in some way. 2110. Is your body an amusement park? >> It isn’t. 2111. Are dj’s obsolete? >> My last encounter with a DJ was in January of this year, so I imagine they’re not obsolete. 2112. What is the best liquid in existence? >> I mean, water. All other earthly liquid (well, that I can think of...) is based on it in some fashion, anyway. 2113. What is turning out better than expected? >> I’m not sure. 2114. Who is the most overbearing person you know? >> I don’t think I know any especially overbearing people. 2115. Who does it surprise you that you are close to? >> Being close to anyone outside of Inworld would surprise me. 2116. Apparently Eminem got booed at the MTV music video awards because he was making fun of Moby onstage. What do you think of this? >> I don’t even remember this. 2117. Close your eyes. What do you see? >> Mostly blackness. 2118. What’s the best Van Halen song? >> I don’t know. I do like Running with the Devil, but mostly I just... don’t remember what songs they put out. 2119. What do you picture when you hear the word “Puritans?” >> Some vague eighteenth or nineteenth-century imagery of New England mostly cobbled together from movies. 2120. Have you ever been on a trampoline? >> I have, I used to love trampolines. I don’t have the same stamina for them now, but I’d still probably get one if we moved into a house with a backyard. 2121. What do you use batteries for the most often? >> The only things I’ve put batteries in lately are my toothbrush and... yeah, no, I think that’s it. My computer peripherals are wired, I haven’t had to replace the TV remote’s batteries yet, and every other electronic I have plugs in to be charged. 2122. What do you find thrilling? >> I’m not sure. 2123. Porch swing. Sunrise. What else could you ask for? >> A nice beverage, I guess, otherwise I agree -- that just sounds perfect. 2124. Do you like William Shatner’s cover of Mr Tambourine Man? >> I’ve never heard it. 2125. Where’s the sexiest place to have a piercing? >> --- 2126. Do you get panic attacks? >> Occasionally. 2127. How long does getting dressed to go to a club take you? >> --- 2128. What is Adam Ant’s best song? >> I don’t know his (their?) music. 2129. Does your body need improvement or is it just fine? >> I’m inclined to believe that it needs improvement, but I’d also just love to accept it the way it is while allowing room for improvement (in terms of health and fitness, I mean). That’s the hard part. 2130. Does watching MTV or reading beauty magazines make you feel bad about yourself? >> Those are not the things that make me feel bad about myself... 2132. What is the most romantic movie ever? >> The Shape of Water. 2133. Do you think that woman are treated as second class citizens of this world? >> What world? Every culture / nation has its own way of treating women. 2134. What would you do if you were at a dance club with your significant other and he or she got into a fistfight with someone? >> If Sparrow got into a fistfight with someone, I’d like to see that play out. She’s always talkin about fighting people anyway, lmao. There’s her chance. I, on the other hand, am disinterested in getting beaten up, so. (If it gets bad, I’ll just call the EMTs.) 2135. Has anyplace ever asked you to leave? >> Yeah. 2136. Have you ever been openly kicked out? >> As opposed to politely being asked to leave, you mean? Yeah, actually, this is a better descriptor of what happened. 2137. Are you permanently banned from anywhere? >> I don’t know if the bans were permanent, per se. I didn’t go back to find out. 2138. Who is your favorite movie director? >> Darren Aronofsky. 2139. What topic do you hate to talk about? >> I hate talking about music sometimes because it often turns into a “x genre/song/artist is better than y genre/song/artist” sort of thing. I don’t care about all that, I just like talking about music I enjoy and hearing what kinds of music other people enjoy (and maybe listening to that music to see if I also enjoy it, because common ground is nice to have). 2140. Are you looking forward to the remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory or do you think it could never be as good as the original? >> Oh, is this the one with Johnny Depp? I saw it, but considering I am unfamiliar with the original, I have no comparisons to make. It was... all right, I suppose. Like most JD movies. 2141. Do you enjoy the band Ministry? >> I think I’ve heard them a few times but they didn’t make a lasting impression or anything. 2142. What is your coziest article of clothing? >> I find my hoodies to be cozy. Also, pjs. 2143. What is your favorite word to say? >> I don’t know. 2144. Does your name and your significant other’s name feel like one word to you? >> No... 2145. Do you like the band the Buzzcocks? >> I’ve never listened to them. 2146. Can you tell when other people are lying? >> I don’t know, I don’t bother trying to guess. 2147. Do you like to wear glitter? >> No. 2148. Would you prefer to wrap your own presents or have them all gift-wrapped? >> --- 2149. Where do you go when you want to meet new people? >> I have no idea where one goes to meet new people. 2150. What is the best first sentence to a book, in your opinion? >> I don’t have an opinion about this.

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New from Kevin Wozniak on Kevflix: What’s Streaming This Month? – May

As we continue to be stuck in quarantine due to COVID-19, our streaming services have become essential to keep us entertained during this time.  Luckily for us, our streaming services have had pretty great content during this time and May only adds to it.  Along with Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Disney+, I include the Criterion Channel on this list as well, as the content Criterion produces is spectacular.  Here are my picks for the best movies coming to Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+, and Criterion Channel in May.

        NETFLIX

Full list of everything coming to Netflix in April can be found here.

    BACK TO THE FUTURE and BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (Robert Zemeckis, 1985/1989)

The third film was already on Netflix, so it’s only right to put the first two on as well.  Back to the Future is a perfect movie and the best time travel movie ever made.  The sequel is inventive and fun.  Watch all three, it’s an excellent trilogy.

  THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (David Fincher, 2008)

A visually stunning piece of filmmaking from the great David Fincher.

  DEN OF THIEVES (Christian Gudegast, 2018)

An interesting, methodical, Heat-like crime thriller that has grown on me after multiple viewings.

  DISTRICT 9 (Neil Blomkamp, 2009)

A wildly original sci-fi movie and the only good movie of Neil Blomkamp’s career.

  THE LINCOLN LAWYER (Brad Furman, 2011)

A cool little courtroom drama that kicked off the McConaissance of the early 2010’s.

  THE LOVEBIRDS (Michael Showalter, 2020)

I usually don’t put new Netflix movies on here, but a romantic comedy with Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani directed by the director of The Big Sick gives me hope that this could be a great one.

  PUBLIC ENEMIES (Michael Mann, 2009)

Johnny Depp gives one of the best performances of his career in Michael Mann’s engrossing, stunningly made biopic about gangster John Dillinger.

  UNCUT GEMS (Josh and Benny Safdie, 2019)

One of the best movies of 2019, Uncut Gems features a career-best performance by Adam Sandler in the Safdie Brother’s anxiety-enducing crime thriller.

  UNITED 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006)

A tough watch, but Paul Greengrass rightly earned a Best Director Oscar nomination of this harrowing true story of passengers who foiled a terrorist plot on 9/11.

  WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY/CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (Mel Stuart, 1971/Tim Burton, 2005)

Two films from the same source material that couldn’t be more different.  Could be a cool little double feature.

    AMAZON PRIME

Full list of everything coming to Amazon Prime in April can be found here.

    COME TO DADDY (Ant Timpson, 2020)

A horror flick starring Elijah Wood.  That’s all I got and that’s all I need.

  THE GOLDFINCH (John Crowley, 2019)

2019’s biggest Oscar-bait failure is a film I didn’t see in theaters, but one I want to check out and see why this movie failed as hard as it did.

  LIKE CRAZY (Drake Dormeus, 2011)

The 2011 Sundance U.S. Dramatic winner is one of the most authentic love stories I’ve ever seen on film and features stellar performances from Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones.

  ROCKETMAN (Dexter Fletcher, 2019)

Taron Egerton is masterful in this unique biopic of music icon Elton John.

  SEBERG (Benedict Andrews, 2020)

Kristen Stewart, one of my favorite actresses working today, stars as French New Wave icon Jean Seberg, who was being watched by Herbert Hoover and the F.B.I. for her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal.

  THE VAST OF NIGHT (Andrew Patterson, 2020)

I’ve heard nothing but great things about this movie for over a year and I am excited to finally watch this mystery thriller.

    HULU

Full list of everything coming to Hulu in April can be found here.

    BATMAN BEGINS and THE DARK KNIGHT (Christopher Nolan, 2005/2008)

Kind of annoying that they didn’t make the entire trilogy available, but whatever.  Batman Begins reinvented Batman on the silver screen and The Dark Knight is my favorite comic book movie ever and one of my all-time favorite movies.

  THE CONJURING (James Wan, 2013)

One of the best horror movies of the last ten years.

  GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese, 1990)

Goodfellas is my favorite movie ever made.  I love this movie so much.  It’s perfect.

  THE GRADUATE (Mike Nichols, 1967)

Another perfect movie, The Graduate is an undeniable classic with themes that still resonate today.

  THE LODGE (Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, 2020)

Even though I’ve heard mixed things about this one, I’ve wanted to see The Lodge since the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and I’m excited to get the chance to check it out.

  PAINTER AND THE THIEF (Benjamin Ree, 2020)

This documentary, about a painter who befriends a thief who stole her paintings, was one that I missed at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, but one I really want to check out.

  PREMATURE (Rashaad Ernesto Green, 2020)

Rashaad Ernesto Green is a director I’ve been excited for since seeing his debut film Gun Hill Road in 2011, so getting to check out his latest film should be a treat.

  SPACESHIP EARTH (Matt Wolf, 2020)

I saw Spaceship Earth at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and it was a very interesting documentary about the group of people who built the Biosphere 2, a giant replica of the earth’s ecosystem, in 1991.

  DISNEY+

Full list of everything coming to Disney+ in May can be found here.

    FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Wes Anderson, 2009)

A stunning, hilarious, masterful stop-motion film from the great Wes Anderson.

  JOHN CARTER (Andrew Stanton, 2012)

A film that isn’t nearly as bad as its legacy precedes it, I’m excited to watch this one again for its sheer scale and insanity.

  MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (Joachim Rønning, 2019)

A decent movie that might be better than the first one.  Angelina Jolie is pitch-perfect casting as Maleficent.

  THE PRINCESS BRIDE (Rob Reiner, 1987)

Could be argued as the most watchable movie ever made.  A film full of action, adventure, comedy, romance, and drama and every piece is great.

  STAR WARS: EPISODE IX – THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (JJ Abrams, 2019)

I was not a fan of this movie (full review here), but it’s a Star Wars movie and it’s available to stream (along with the rest of the saga).

  CRITERION CHANNEL

Full list of everything coming to Criterion Channel in May can be found here.

*The Criterion Channel does things a little differently than every other streaming service.  The Criterion Channel, a wonderful streaming service that focuses on independent, foreign, and under-appreciates movies, doesn’t just throw a bunch of random movies to stream.  They get more creative, by having categories like “DOUBLE FEATURES” or “FILMS FROM…”, giving us curated lists of films that somehow blend together or feature a specific artist.*

  DOUBLE FEATURES

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’:

The Limey (Steven Soderbergh, 1999)

Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)

A Soderbergh-Lynch double feature is always going to be great, but this one is going to be especially great because these two movies are some of the best work from these directing legends.

  KNOCK OUT!:

The Harder They Fall (Mark Robson, 1956)

Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)

Two movies that feature drama in and outside of the boxing ring.  The Harder They Fall features Humphrey Bogart as an ex-sportswriter who is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote an unknown but easily exploitable boxer from Argentina.  Raging Bull is a cinematic masterpiece and features Robert De Niro in, what this critic considers to be, the greatest acting performance ever on film.

  JOSH AND BENNY SAFDIE’S ADVENTURES IN MOVIEGOING

Josh and Benny Safdie are the most exciting directing duo since the Coen Brothers, so having a curated list from them is something that needs to be taken seriously.

The Naked City (Jules Dassin, 1948)

In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950)

Camera Buff (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1979)

Gloria (John Cassavetes, 1980)

Bless Their Little Hearts (Billy Woodberry, 1984)

Meantime (Mike Leigh, 1984)

Close-up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)

Hero (Stephen Frears, 1992)

The Mirror (Jafar Panahi, 1997)

SAUL BASS TURNS 100!

Saul Bass is responsible for some of the most iconic opening credits in cinematic history (ex: Psycho, Vertigo).  This impressive list of great films features some of Bass’ finest work.

The Big Knife (Robert Aldrich, 1955)

The Man with the Golden Arm (Otto Preminger, 1955)

Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Anderson, 1956)

Storm Center (Daniel Taradash, 1956)

Bonjour Tristesse (Otto Preminger, 1958)

The Big Country (William Wyler, 1958)

Cowboy (Delmer Daves, 1958)

Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, 1959)

The Facts of Life (Melvin Frank, 1960)

Ocean’s 11 (Lewis Milestone, 1960)

Something Wild (Jack Garfein, 1961)

West Side Story (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961)

Walk on the Wild Side (Edward Dmytryk, 1962)

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Stanley Kramer, 1963)

Bunny Lake Is Missing (Otto Preminger, 1965)

Grand Prix (John Frankenheimer, 1966)

Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966)

Phase IV (Saul Bass, 1974)

The Human Factor (Otto Preminger, 1979)

The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, 1993)

STARRING JACKIE CHAN

Jackie Chan is a martial arts legend and one of the greatest action stars to ever grace the silver screen.  These films show Chan’s early work as an actor, as well as show off his chops as a director.  This should be an absolute blast.

Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (Chen Chi-hwa, 1978)

Spiritual Kung Fu (Lo Wei, 1978)

The Fearless Hyena (Jackie Chan, 1979)

The Young Master (Jackie Chan, 1980)

Fearless Hyena 2, (Chan Chuen, 1983)

My Lucky Stars (Sammo Hung, 1985)

Police Story (Jackie Chan, 1985)

Police Story 2 (Jackie Chan, 1988)

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