#bill henderson

[isabellaofparma]

cold case rewatch (5/∞)

1.07 -'A Time to Hate'

[whartonists]

I really like what they did with the union plotline this episode--I thought that the stakes of it were taken seriously and that they leaned into the drama in a way that was really compelling. George's visit to the Hendersons' home was a wonderful bit of role reversal, and visually I thought they did that scene excellently--I could write a whole post on the Henderson house set, but I thought it was really well-done, stark (especially compared to the interiors we're used to on this show) but dignified.

But I think my fundamental problem with the handling of this plotline gets back to my complaint about the George-Henderson scene in 2.03, that the writing never allowed Henderson to rebut George's arguments even when they were obviously not only in bad faith but built upon entirely false premises. Here, George's change of heart is just that--a charge of heart, without changing his mind, which casts Henderson and the other (nameless) mill workers as figures of pathos rather than intellect.

They exist within their circumstances to stir George's conscience rather than to pose an alternate philosophy--in part because, of course, if George truly changed his mind a large part of the show's practical foundation would crumble. But by positioning them this way, the show cedes no ground to their perspective, but instead particularizes them within their pathetic (literally and in the 19th century sense, a source of pathos) circumstances, which serves to both a) prevent any intellectual or symbolic reach beyond those circumstances and b) sentimentalize George's decision in a way that keeps him and the show from having to incorporate any of Henderson's arguments--which he was never allowed to make--into his/its worldview.

[dailydccomics]

Clark Kent in Black Lightning (1977—1978) #3

[letterboxd-loggd]

Clue (1985) Jonathan Lynn

March 19th 2024

[nerds-yearbook]

The pilot for Black Lightening aired on January 16, 2018. Cress Williams played principal Jefferson Pierce, who secretly used to be the super hero Black Lightening. Events occured to cause him to suit up once more to protect his students and city. ("The Resurrection" Black Lightening, TV Event)

[jt1674]

[dailytuckerrule]

[myvinylplaylist]

Chilliwack: Wanna Be A Star (1981)

Millennium Records

[elviehun]

HAPPY 25th MY BEAUTIFUL DARLING

Yes, we're getting AULLLLD😂 but we're doing it together 🥰🥰🥹🥹!!!!

I will love you until my heart stops beating❤️❤️❤️. Promise.

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

Somewhat regrettably....

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension 1984

[whartonists]

First of all, I do have to say that "either 20 people die or the Brooklyn Bridge never gets built" is the stupidest and easiest-to-counter fallacy ever, and the fact that they didn't let Henderson do so was extremely cheap.

[dcbinges]

Lois Lane #2 (1986) by Mindy Newell & Gray Morrow

[formlines]

Komokwa 

Bill Henderson

[jt1674]

[genevieveetguy]

. I was a victim, too. At least my wife was. She had friends who were... socialists. Well, we all make mistakes.

Clue, Jonathan Lynn (1985)