#Their cast was all so amazing

[joeseventies]

FEDS BACKYARD THEATER SUPREMACY

[getonmybookshelf]

(@oqmemphis thank you for this spectacular new meme template)

[sundrykitsch]

all dressed up!!

[puppmeo]

Truly the best part of Beat The Buzzer was Rekha and Erika ending up in fairly normal locations, and then it cuts to Becca:

[likealittleheartbeat]

I try to generally be constructive and engaged with the show I love on here, so on this day, I’ll just say that one of the most thematically important aspects for me from the original ATLA is Aang’s emotional core of real shame for running away when he was hurt by the monk’s decision to send him away. People who feel the kind of deep-seated shame that Aang feels from this decision can understand how that kind of all-encompassing shame is not built around a simple failure or a lie they tell themselves; it’s constructed from real misbehaviors and transgressions of their own sense of ethics—lashing out, telling lies, attempting to hurt others intentionally—that then have consequences (abuses, abandonments, or deaths) which seem to far exceed their expectations or even basic logic.

The combination of the misbehavior with exaggerated existential punishments (along with a lack of support and amend-making in the immediate wake of the events) is what transforms a sense of guilt (I fucked up) into shame (I am a forever fuck-up). Then shame, that sense of being a secret monster ‘no matter what I do or how good everyone thinks I am,’ invites all the avoidance strategies (Aang puts on big smiles, makes lots of jokes, constantly tries to make everyone happy, hops from town to town without building deeper connections). One doesn’t want to acknowledge one’s true feelings or let others in to see those feelings and experiences because it’s too painful to face the grief at the same time that you have to look at yourself for being responsible—even when you recognize it wasn’t totally your fault. It’s just that if you had just been good, less emotional, less human, then maybe the world wouldn’t be so messed up. Of course, in a zen view of things, the world will always be messed up in the same way it will always be beautiful. These are constant facts that always coexist in balance, and this is the truth that Aang learns and that undergirds the whole series.

So I always loved that Aang ran away. It was his sin and his salvation. And it becomes this constant tension for the series—he gets hurt in Bato of the Water Tribe and starts to run away from Katara and Sokka, he runs away to the Guru in the Crossroads of Destiny and his best friend is attacked, he and the gaang retreat after the Day of the Black Sun failure, he runs away to meditation in Sozin’s Comet when everyone wants him preparing for war. Aang’s reluctance to be a hero and the attachments and petulance for which he gets criticized are what metamorphasize to become his most noble attributes. They allow him to empathize with others shame and, ultimately, wield the kind of compassion that can deconstruct the power and perfectionism of imperialism.

So yes, Aang ran away from his temple 100 years ago. It wasn’t the mentally healthy choice. It wasn’t the ethical choice. It wasn’t the wise choice. It was human and emotional and shameful and real. Aang is a better character for it. ATLA is a better show because of it. And we are better people when we understand these kind of tragic emotional experiences that people are trying so hard to grow through.

[aroaceleovaldez]

finally some good pjo tv news

[filipineapple]

just finished detroit become human. love love LOVE the characters but lmao what was that story. the alice twist? north despite having a really interesting backstory being sidelined to markus' love interest no matter which route? don't even get me started on the pacifist route. like it's pretty obvious the game takes heavy inspiration from the civil rights movement but the overall messaging is so watered down. it has the aesthetics of oppression and freedom movements but has an incredibly shallow understanding of how it works.

[mikimeiko]

For All Mankind | Season 1 (2019), Ronald D. Moore

[demadogs]

stranger things season one 2016 was so fucking incredible. it exists as an entirely different entity to me than the rest of the show. you literally just had to be there. to this day nothing has ever come close to the amount of universal love for a fictional story that stranger things first received. ive been chasing this high for eight years.

[in-kyblogs]

Iwtv is so good as an adaptation because the knowledge of the books doesn’t take away at all from the enjoyment and the suspense but it over all enriches the experience. It really is done by fans for fans

[rhysdoesstuff]

My Thoughts on TUTS Newsies (Part Two!)

If you haven’t read part one, I recommend you do that, but if not, here is all the stuff I forgot to include in the first one!

Here is the first one: https://www.tumblr.com/rhysdoesstuff/751603955388268544/my-thoughts-on-tuts-newsies?source=share

ANYWAYS!

When Jack writes strike on the Headline board, he doesn’t actually write Strike, he takes a towel and erases spots so that it says Strike in the blank places.

Unlike the Broadway version, Teddy Roosevelt was played completely serious, which I loved!!! (The best way to summarize what I’m trying to say is that in Livesies each line was delivered like it was a punchline to a joke, which was great for that production, whereas in TUTS he was more serious which I loved to see.

In Medea’s theater a pair of curtains was flown in from the ceiling to make it look like a theater on the stage, which the Bowery Beauties performed in front of. The drawing of Kathrine was also projected onto that!

Also! As the Bowery Beauties left the stage through that same curtain, Jack followed them and did a silly little kick as he followed them through the curtain.

The photographer who took the photo for the news was there at the resolution of the strike and was taking pictures of all the Newsies! (Including a photo of Medda and Roosevelt!

There were several moments which utilized the stage freezing with one character singing, and being the only one moving. It was very well executed, and was done in I Never Planned On You, and also in Once And For All!

Also, I am in love with the costume department! The costumes particularly for Kathrine and Medda were amazing, and they all had multiple costumes! (RIP to Jack’s red shirt that was onstage for all of two minutes before he went back to his blue one)

(That’s all I can think of right now, but odds are I’ll be back later with a part three)

[blackholesun321]

Like the one piece live action casting don’t fucking miss! We all cheer for Joe Manganeilo like that’s the peoples Crocodile right there. But they better commit to the bit and give that man purple contacts or use CGI to give them a purple tint so help me god we will not have another game of throne’s Targaryens on are hands we have the technology! they have no excuses.

[teafiend]

[petrovna-zamo]

Katya will be featured in the documentary series Raw & Real: The Truth Be Told

[blueaerin]

Guess we know why there were 11 episodes now, huh?

[queermomo]

Tumblr needs to catch up on The On1y One before I lose my mind. Please please please people go watch it asap