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[avidbookreader2028]

Favorite Kindle Authors 2024

Happy Thursday Nerds! I often get asked about my favorite Kindle authors and why they are my favorite. When I get put on the spot I have a hard time answering that question, I’m not that great at thinking on my feet. So I decided to compile a list that will probably change in the future but is up to date as of now. This list is pretty interchangeable for the most part. These are authors that I…

[wcnderlcnding]

Once I have her, I’m not letting go, and I fully intended to show her why she should belong to me. Why it was always supposed to end with us.

Hollows Grove, Lee Jacquot

[cajon-desastre]

Something about being so close, yet not, is intoxicating. Perhaps it's the anticipation of the possibility that's so exciting.

Lee Jacquot. The Four Leaf

[thirdrowcentre]

It's that time again. A few years ago I decided I would try and watch two films I'd never seen before each week. This year I've watched 374.

These are some of the ones that stood out.

JANUARY

The Leopard (dir. Luchino Visconti, 1963). Watched 1.1.23 at BFI Southbank

Benediction (dir. Terence Davies, 2021). Watched 11.1.23

Gangubai Kathiawadi (dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 2022). Watched 17.1.23

The Swimmer (dir. Frank Perry, 1968). Watched 30.1.23.

Comizi d’amore (dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964). Watched 31.1.23

FEBRUARY

Ugetsu Monogatari (dir. Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953). Watched 7.2.23

Wings (dir. Larisa Shepitko, 1966). Watched 22.2.23

Mirror (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975). Watched 24.2.23

MARCH

Born in Flames (dir. Lizzie Borden, 1983). Watched 2.3.23

Yi Yi (dir. Edward Yang, 2000). Watched 5.3.23

Taste of Cherry (dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1997). Watched 6.3.23

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. (dir. Chantal Akerman, 1975). Watched 11.2.23 at BFI Southbank

Judex (dir. Georges Franju, 1963). Watched 12.3.23

Transit (dir. Christian Petzold, 2018). Watched 14.3.23

A Man Escaped (dir. Robert Bresson, 1956). Watched 19.3.23

Bellissima (dir. Luchino Visconti, 1951). Watched 31.3.23

APRIL

Army of Shadows (dir. Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969). Watched 2.4.23

Jacquot de Nantes (dir. Agnès Varda, 1991). Watched 10.4.23

Where is the friend’s house? (dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1987). Watched 13.4.23

John Wick: Chapter 4 (dir. Chad Stahelski, 2023). Watched 16.4.23 at BFI IMAX

Charulata (dir. Satyajit Ray, 1964). Watched 27.4.23

Night and Fog (dir. Alain Resnais, 1956). Watched 28.4.23

MAY

Thirst (dir. Park Chan-wook, 2009). Watched 3.5.23

Return to Seoul (dir. Davy Chou, 2023). Watched 7.5.23 at Curzon Hoxton

The Eight Mountains (dir. Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch, 2023) Watched 12.5.23 at Curzon Hoxton

The Five Devils (dir. Léa Mysius, 2022). Watched 24.5.23

Nostalgia for the Light (dir. Patricio Guzmán, 2010). Watched 31.5.23

JUNE

Citadel (dir. John Smith, 2021). Watched 1.6.23

It’s Always Fair Weather (dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1955). Watched 10.6.23 at BFI Southbank 35mm.

Service for Ladies (dir. Alexander Korda, 1932). Watched 11.6.23 at BFI Southbank 35mm *nitrate*

And Life Goes On (dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1992). Watched 14.6.23

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy (dir. Pamela Green, 2018). Watched 19.6.23

King and Country (dir. Joseph Losey, 1964). Watched 20.6.23

JULY

London (dir. Patrick Keiller, 1994). Watched 3.7.23

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (dir. J. Lee Thompson, 1972). Watched 14.7.23

Barbie (dir. Greta Gerwig, 2023). Watched 21.7.23 at BFI Southbank

Oppenheimer (dir. Christopher Nolan, 2023). Watched 23.7.23 at BFI IMAX. 70mm IMAX

I’m Not There (dir. Todd Haynes, 2007). Watched 28.7.23

AUGUST

Three Blind Mice (dir. William A. Seiter, 1938). Watched 17.8.23

Corridor of Mirrors (dir. Terence Young, 1948). Watched 22.8.23

World of Apu (dir. Satyajit Ray, 1959). Watched 26.8.23

L’argent (dir. Robert Bresson, 1983). Watched 31.8.23

SEPTEMBER

Past Lives (dir. Celine Song, 2023). Watched 3.9.23 at Curzon Soho.

Austenland (dir. Jerusha Hess, 2013). Watched 8.9.23

Lady Vengeance (dir. Park Chan-wook, 2005). Watched 19.9.23

News from Home (dir. Chantal Akerman, 1977). Watched 20.9.23

Edge of Tomorrow (dir. Doug Liman, 2014). Watched 28.9.23

OCTOBER

Killers of the Flower Moon (dir. Martin Scorsese, 2023). Watched 8.1.23 at Royal Festival Hall. London Film Festival

Judgement at Nuremberg (dir. Stanley Kramer, 1961). Watched 12.10.23

The Stranger and the Fog (dir. Bahram Beyzai, 1974). Watched 14.10.23 at BFI Southbank. London Film Festival. 35mm

I am Not a Witch (dir. Rungano Nyoni, 2017). Watched 26.10.23

Contraband (dir. Michael Powell, 1940). Watched 30.10.23 at BFI Southbank

NOVEMBER

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010). Watched 9.11.23.

Anatomy of a Fall (dir. Justine Triet, 2023). Watched 15.11.23 at Curzon Hoxton

Citizens Band (dir. Jonathan Demme, 1977). Watched 21.11.23

DECEMBER

Oh, Rosalinda!! (dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1955). Watched 2.12.23 at BFI Southbank. 35mm

How to Have Sex (dir. Molly Manning Walker, 2023). Watched 10.12.23 at the Garden cinema.

Tish (dir. Paul Sng, 2023). Watched 22.12.23

Fallen Angels (dir. Wong Kar-wai, 1996). Watched 29.12.23

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Other highlights included: Stop Making Sense (twice!) on BFI IMAX. Tears of joy, dancing in my seat. Black Narcissus on nitrate at the BFI Southbank. Crying all the way through The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp at BFI Southbank. Showing someone L��Atalante and I Know Where I’m Going, two of my favourite films, in my favourite cinema (again, BFI Southbank). The terrible Fast X, in Vue Leicester Square with one of my best friends. Walking through Shoreditch on a Saturday night, maybe the most heterosexual place imaginable, to watch Bottoms at Curzon Aldgate. Talking and crying about Jonathan Demme at a house party with a stranger. Sitting and sobbing, breathless, after How to Have Sex - steeling myself and walking home thinking about my life, the lives of all the young women I know. Watching Aftersun for the second time at the beginning of the year with my youngest sister, floods of tears overtaking us both. Seven Samurai on the BFI IMAX with my best friends. The Hunger on 35mm at the Prince Charles Cinema, with more of my best friends. And screening Some Like it Hot on 16mm in the tiny theatre at the back of Ümit and Son in Clapton, surrounded by loving, beautiful people who make me who I am.

[leviackermanscleaningbuddy]

I think that's been one of the spiciest chapters I've read from you. And I even read all of Inked petals last week (the innuendos and angst had my dying for very different reasons btw).

We got to see more bratty y/n and Dom alpha y/n 🥵 also now I've discovered that the name for one of my....interests is consensual primal play, I didn't know it was an actual thing lol. (I don't know whether to thank you for the realization or blame you for the thoughts it's giving me now)

Also Hwa and Minho being sore losers after Jeongin fooled them was pretty funny, good job little fox 🦊 I'm proud of you.

THANK YOU. It is definitely the spiciest thing I've written so far. Thank you for noticing. We love to see personal growth over here. 💅🏼

OKAY. Let's talk about Primal Play.

One: it's totally a thing. Primal Doms are also definitely a thing, if that's what you're in to and wanna explore a little with a partner. 👀

Secondly, there's a short novel (think like novella) that focuses on a relationship with Primal Play and a Primal Dom and ITS SO GOOD. It's not kpop oriented, but it Explains things soooo well and it's a super fun smutty read with so many spicy primal chase scenes. If you wanna read it, It's called 'The Four Leaf" by Lee Jacquot. 😘

Speaking about Jeongin-we all know that kid lives to irritate his hyungs. That's not stopping anytime soon. XD

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Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can’t bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Xavier Rousseau: Romain Duris Martine: Audrey Tautou Isabelle: Cécile de France Wendy: Kelly Reilly Ju: Sandrine Holt Isabelle, la babysitter: Flore Bonaventura les philosophes allemands: Jochen Hägele le père de Xavier: Benoît Jacquot la mère de Xavier: Martine Demaret Nancy: Li Jun Li l’éditeur: Dominique Besnehard M. Boubaker: Zinedine Soualem John: Peter Hermann l’avocat new-yorkais de Xavier: Jason Kravits L’infirmière: Vanessa Guide Antoine Garceau: Kyan Khojandi le photographe (caméo): Cédric Klapisch Le deuxième mari Latino: Alex Kruz Le mari latino: Luis Vega Tom Rousseau: Pablo Mugnier-Jacob Mia Rousseau: Margaux Mansart Lucas: Amin Djakliou Jade: Clara Abbasi Ray: Sharrieff Pugh L’agent bureau immigration: Peter McRobbie L’avocat de Wendy: Byron Jennings La première collégienne: Alison Arboux La deuxième collégienne: Loreleï Aubry La femme sensuelle: Natalia Segura L’associé de l’éditeur: Xavier Alcan L’assistante de l’éditeur: Maud Wyler L’infirmière de la maternité: Catrina Ganey Le patron coursier: Adrian Martinez Miguel: Jose Soto Ming Li: Shuya Chang Ben: Howah Hung Le chauffeur de taxi chinois: Phil Nee La vieille dame: Anna Berger Le premier rocker: Larry Fessenden Le deuxième rocker: Joe Stefko Le chauffeur en colère: Yinka Adeboyeku Le chauffeur de taxi indien: Kenneth Maharaj L’assistant-photographe: Antoine Garceau Le piéton secouriste: Damon Michael Gordon Un passant: Michael Che Carlos Fernandez: Dominic Colón Kayla: Ryiah Rene Suazo La femme yiddish: Yelena Shmulenson L’homme yiddish: Allen Lewis Rickman Le père en colère: Dylan Chalfy Le deuxième avocat: Victor Colicchio Le barman: J.D. Williams La femme latino: Jenny L. Saldaña Le réceptionniste: Wang Yinuo Une skater: Celia Au Un gay qui se marie: Brian Cheeks Un invité au mariage au City Hall: Alexander Jameson Hasidic Daughter: Mia Sinclair Jenness Le premier fuyard: Ilan Krigsfeld Un messager à vélo: Stephen Lin Sammie: Niyi Oni La fille hassidique: Anna Rapp Le fils hassidique: Tyler Rapp Le témoin du marié: Will Tomi Film Crew: Producer: Cédric Klapisch Location Manager: Damon Michael Gordon Director of Photography: Natasha Braier Editor: Anne-Sophie Bion Producer: Bruno Levy Music: Loïc Dury Music: Christophe Minck Production Design: Roshelle Berliner Production Design: Marie Cheminal Art Direction: Valérie Rozanes Art Direction: Matteo De Cosmo Costume Design: Lee Harper Hairstylist: Christopher Fulton Key Makeup Artist: Rachel Geary Hair Department Head: Mandy Lyons Key Makeup Artist: Frédéric Marin Wigmaker: Anne Moralis Special Effects Makeup Artist: Pierre Olivier Persin Key Hair Stylist: April Schuller Hairstylist: Adenike Wright Executive Producer: Raphaël Benoliel Executive Producer: Carol Cuddy Co-Producer: Gaëtan David Co-Producer: Buzz Koenig Co-Producer: André Logie Producer: Arlette Zylberberg Casting: Ann Goulder Casting: Gayle Keller Casting: Jeanne Millet Set Decoration: David Schlesinger Foley Editor: Jérémy Babinet ADR Recordist: Ric Schnupp Foley Artist: Philippe Penot Sound Mixer: Nicolas Mazet Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Cyril Holtz ADR Mixer: Mark DeSimone Sound: Cyril Moisson Movie Reviews: Andres Gomez: This third part of the series started with “The Spanish Apartment” and “Russian Dolls” continues following the life of Xavier and his complications. The cast is the well known and very good from previous parts with the good additions of the children, which perform really well. This part, although shows again the chaotic life of Xavier, feels, somehow more coherent and luminous, as if the pieces would be finally fitting. Maybe the best way of summarizing the series and the conclusion is with the conversation that Xavier and Martine have by the end of the film in which Martine tell Xavier...

[thelazywitchphotographer]

Thank you for the tag! @thelocalnemesis

Do you play an instrument? played clarinet for like 8 yrs but I wanna start playing again eventually

Fav Book Character(s): SO MANY

Onyx Embros - Lee Jacquot

Madi - Haley Tyler

Fuentes Brothers - Simone Elkeles

Auri & Kal - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Macey McHenry - Ally Carter

Star Sign: Taurus ♉️

Favorite color scheme(s):

gold + emerald + baby pink

gold + blood

lilac + bronze

peach + ivory

ink + sand

Plus this!

Naps or Long Sleep: Long Sleep, cant do naps anymore

Languages: Fluent - English. Advanced - German, Sign Language. Learning - Dutch, French. Know a bit of Spanish from middle school.

Dreams/Aspirations: I think somewhere along the lines of book cover designer or making movie posters.

Long Hair or Short Hair? Long hair

Tea or Coffee? Coffee, all the way

Character irl or fictional world: Fictional world, 100%.

Tagging: @zillanovikov @johnmurphyisqueer @wellthatwasalie @mothmxwhump @livingforthewhump @esperosisdoeswriting @kaleidoscope-of-thoughts @gingerly-writing @faytelumos and anyone else who wants to join!

Wanna get to know my tumblr friends better cuz y'all are dope so have a tag game challenge if you want :)

Also, if you don’t wanna answer anything you don’t need to.

♫Do you play an instrument?

•Favourite book characters?

•What’s your star sign?

•Favourite colour schemes?

•Naps or long sleep?

•What languages do you speak?

•Dreams/aspirations?

•Long hair or Short Hair?

•Tea or coffee?

•Bring a book character to life or go into a fictional world?

No pressure tags: @thebestieyoureinlovewith @nikolaistealcoat @grishaverse-chaos @lostinfantasyworldsbi @lilisouless @l3st1b0urn3s-707 @arany-studio @waluigicumjar

[pluviophile-who-likes-coffee]

Grieving something you never quite had is such an overwhelming emotion. It’s like a phantom pain in a place you can’t quite describe.

The Masks We Break by Lee Jacquot

[eternallyemily]

Read in one sitting because you won't want to put it down! Didn't know about primal kink until this book 🥵

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[caffeinated-fae]

WWW Wednesday | 5.18.2022

It's #WWWWednesday and it's time to answer the 3 Ws. Take a look at my blog to see my answers! What are you reading? What did you just finish? What are you reading next? #BookBlogger

It’s Wednesday, and that means it is time for WWW Wednesday! WWW Wednesdays is a weekly tag that is currently being hosted by Taking on a World of Words! Wondering how WWW Wednesday works? Just answer the three Ws! Those three Ws are: What are you currently reading? I’m currently reading Lee Jacquot’s The Four Leaf. I saw it on BookTok and I haven’t been able to get my mind off of it. Right…

[avidbookreader2028]

2023 Top Books/ Authors

Happy Tuesday Nerds! This is the last 2023 post. This is my top five books of 2023 and my top five read authors. Books: Throne of the Fallen – Kerri Maniscalco Carnage – Shantel Tessier Evil Boys – Clarissa Wild Docile – K.M.Szpara Lore Olympus Vol 4 – Rachel Smythe Authors: Lee Jacquot Tatsuya Endo Shantel Tessier Angel Lawson James S.A. Corey

[wcnderlcnding]

“No truer words have even been spoken. I hope they taste good when I jam them down your pretty little throat later.”

Hollows Grove, Lee Jacquot

[fasternneverscared]

Book 01/50: Queen of Madness by Lee Jacquot.

[hopeless-weakness]

2022 Books I’ve Read

85/150

The Four Leaf by Lee Jacquot

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Trigger Warnings include:

primal play

I won’t be sweet, soft, or anything remotely close to gentle. This will be years of pent-up desire, unleashed in a way that will leave you a f!cking mess.

Samantha and Adrian grew up together, in the walls of a hotel their families owned and ran together. When it was time for them to grow up, and go off into the real world, Samantha stayed behind to run the hotel, while Adrian went off to become a well loved rugby player. Their friendship never faltered. Years of calls and facetimes, before every one of his games. They missed one? He lost. She wasn’t his lucky charm…he just couldn’t get his mind off of her. That friendship though? It had become much more for both of them. But of course, they stayed silent about it. Until one lucky day, St. Patrick's Day, when Adrian comes home between games. I was NOT expecting that switch to Adrian’s POV. Our charming athlete has a very dirty mind. And all his thoughts are about his Bambi. The only thing he’s more afraid of than losing their friendship if he makes a move? Scaring her off with his sexual urges. He puts it to the test when they play hide and seek like they did as kids. And when she says they should play tag? They’re both all in.

Bambi count: 18

My Favorite Quotes:

• “I have one, and I like to lick them, but I’m not one.”

• “Wherever you hide, I will find you.”

• “If you weren’t meant to see it, don’t you think I would have stopped?”

• “I want to know what my name sounds like when you come.”

• “You’ve never hidden from me before. Don’t start now.”

• “I need your eyes on me when I’m touching you.”

• “Run.”

• “I keep what I catch.”

7/10 BDSM

9/10 Dirty Birdy

9/10 Friends to Lovers

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[goneadrift]

I have trouble committing to books... So tried to turn to romance novels - as it's something at least somewhat close to what i seek in fanfiction. There isn’t many, but it’s more than i could focus on previous, so i count this as a win. Listing in chronological order as I read.

“The Hating Game” by Sally Thorne

I really liked this one! It is fun and lighthearted. And OMG this girls is thirsty 😏 good for her, of course. There were some... moments that could be considered kinda reddish flags (or maybe only by me, i am sensitive to some stuff) but everything got resolved in immediate or soon-following conversations so it didn’t bother me too much. I liked how the guy seemed a bit more in doubt about girl’s intentions 😁 

I watched the movie too and liked it a little less 😅 It is visually pleasing and still fun but the things were kinda rushed. Therefore some moments lost their significance and made less sense. That’s rather disappointing.

“The Four Leaf” by Lee Jacquot 

This one tuned out to be rather short. Like some explicit one shot on AO3. It was... ok. It kept levelling up expectations and giving hints - but didn’t live up for the set expectation, in my opinion. Also portraiting the liking of some kinks as “my beast longs to be released from his cage” gets rather annoying to me very soon, I can’t help it. As I mentioned, it’s short, so not much happens besides the development in main relationship. And to me the “chasing” part was more interesting than the “smut” part. It wasn’t bad but just didn’t hook me in. 

“The Love Hypothesis” by Ali Hazelwood

I loved this! 😍 Well, I am week for fake dating, and this one was absolutely adorable and entertaining and captivating. I loved other developments that were going on besides that, and the twists too. And ooooomg that was sooo hot 🔥🔥🔥 All in all, i loved the idea and the execution. I don’t care how unrealistic the set up was - it’s romcom and it was absolutely sweet and did it’s job of distracting me and lifting my mood. So it’s all good to me.

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I also started reading other book (”All the Kremlin's Men” by Mikhail Zygar), but it is not a happy reading, more like a necessary wake-up call. Another reason why I latch on other types of books too.

[pauline-lewis]

If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing

Je n’ai pas du tout écrit pendant les vacances. J’ai écrit dans ma tête. Je tournais mes phrases et je les réécrivais, allongée dans l’eau, je regardais les nuages qui défilaient en chantonnant Is that all there is ? de Peggy Lee. Je voyais tous ces gens se confier sur leur impossibilité à couper, à arrêter le travail. Je complexais presque de tout débrancher si facilement : l’écriture, la lecture, la réflexion. Simplement essayer de manger des glaces en tentant de ne pas (trop) penser à la fin du monde me semblait déjà une tâche suffisamment ardue pour les vacances. 

Dans cet espace mental où sont stockés des tas d’écrits jamais couchés sur le papier, je réfléchis depuis quelques années à un livre que je ne concrétiserai (probablement) jamais sur la comédie musicale. À chaque fois que j’en vois une, j’en ajoute un chapitre. C’est un long récit personnel sur tout ce que ce genre m’a apporté personnellement, sur la manière dont le chant et la danse augmentent la réalité et dessinent les contours des sentiments.

Le postulat de la série Schmigadoon ! (dispo sur Apple TV+) ne pouvait, en somme, que me plaire : un couple en pleine dispute se retrouve propulsé dans un univers parallèle, dans lequel tout le monde chante et danse dans des décors de cinéma. Les mentalités, elles aussi, sont très proches de l’âge d’or de la comédie musicale. La série s’inspire de Brigadoon de Vincente Minnelli, qui raconte de la même manière l’histoire de deux amis qui se retrouvent coincés dans une sorte de monde féérique écossais-kitsch. Je pense très souvent à Brigadoon parce qu’il est pour moi la métaphore d’un univers imaginaire fertile, d’un monde alternatif et supportable que l’on s’imagine pour survivre. Et ce film est aussi, dans mon récit fictif, une porte d’entrée dans la comédie musicale. Comme les personnages du film, rentrer dans un musical rend possible l’ouverture d’une parenthèse enchantée.

Schmigadoon ! n’aurait pas eu beaucoup de sens si, en 2021, il n’avait offert comme postulat que la plongée dans un monde merveilleux, chantant et dansant et que l’histoire s’était arrêtée là. Dans le couple, formé par Keegan-Michael Key et Cecily Strong, deux camps s’affrontent : l’une, acquise au monde magique du musical et l’autre complètement hermétique à ces énergumènes qui se mettent à chanter au moindre mouvement de leurs cœurs et de leurs émotions (tout comme dans Brigadoon, dont le duo principal compte, comme souvent, un cynique et un idéaliste). Si je n’étais pas moi-même une telle fan de comédie musicale, j’aurais pu m’agacer que le personnage féminin soit si romantique, occupée à espérer un amour idéal. Mais le jeu franc et sans détours de Cecily Strong m’a immédiatement acquise à sa cause et je crois que la série réfléchit plus profondément qu’il ne le paraît à la manière dont la fiction infuse notre quotidien et nous fixe, parfois, des standards impossibles. (j’attends toujours de pouvoir chanter dans la rue, mais à part le playback occasionnel autorisé par le masque, on est loin du compte)

Récemment, j’ai vu le film de John Cassavetes Minnie et Moskowitz dans lequel Gena Rowlands a une longue tirade merveilleuse sur les mensonges de la fiction. Le cinéma lui a fait croire à une histoire d’amour parfaite, à des relations qui n’existent pas. Movies are a conspiracy. Schmigadoon ! ausculte justement une relation en lui faisant passer, tour à tour, le test de la fiction et celui de la réalité. Dans les scènes musicales, le couple ne tient pas la route, il n’arrive pas à se caler comme les autres dans des numéros parfaitement chorégraphiés. Pourtant, pendant tous les flashbacks de la vie de ces deux médecins, qui rythment la série, on comprend que leur relation a sa propre beauté. Pas une perfection hollywoodienne, mais une magie quotidienne qui se noue autour d’un distributeur de barres de céréales, qui doit composer avec le monde (pourri) dans lequel nous devons bien vivre. Et doit-on souhaiter de trouver Brigadoon/Schmigadoon, ou essayer d’enchanter nos quotidiens ?

Alors que l’on a beaucoup (trop) parlé ces dernières années du soi-disant problème de relire les œuvres avec un regard contemporain, Schmigadoon ! propose une lecture sensée du problème : aimer toutes ces œuvres, d’accord, mais la fiction, comme tout idéal, peut changer. Tout en rendant un hommage amoureux à la comédie musicale (et si vous aimez le genre, vous trouverez plein de clins d’œil aux classiques du genre), Schmigadoon ! se moque des clichés et des codes du musical : du bad boy, du numéro de ballet qui arrive comme un cheveu sur la soupe, des sous-textes gay qui cette fois sont explicités (Alan Cumming est, encore une fois, fantastique)… Et Schmigadoon ! réussit à remettre en perspective les valeurs parfois rétrogrades portées par Hollywood (sur l’avortement, sur le casting majoritairement blanc des musicals les plus populaires, sur l’homosexualité, sur la politique…) en proposant son twist contemporain.

J’étais vraiment heureuse de regarder Schmigadoon ! au cœur de cet été sombre, de voir ces décors colorés, ces numéros un peu kitsch, de constater l’alchimie de Cecily Strong et Keegan-Michael Key. De voir que ce dernier sait me faire pleurer de rire et juste pleurer tout court. C’est une série pleine de bons sentiments, et ça tombe bien, j’adore ça. Je lisais un excellent article hier dans le New Yorker sur le fait que I think you should leave de Tim Robinson est un love language. Je suis en général assez fascinée par le langage que l’on crée avec les personnes que l’on aime, fait d’allusions communes, de private jokes, de souvenirs évoqués en un mot et dans mon cas de blagues bêtes. La comédie musicale est, sans conteste, mon propre love language. J’y fais souvent allusion et, dans mon petit récit interne, il y a toujours une scène qui fait écho à une joie ou une peine. Je ne spoilerai pas la fin de la Schmigadoon!, mais le dernier épisode m’a arraché des larmes. J’ai pensé à mon propre sidekick, avec qui je partage aussi bien des blagues de I Think You Should Leave que les dizaines (++) de comédie musicale qu’il a regardé à mes côtés en subissant mon regard niais.

Quelques jours avant de finir Schmigadoon ! j’ai vu le film d’Agnès Varda Jacquot de Nantes réalisé avant le décès de Jacques Demy et qui raconte la jeunesse de ce dernier et les sources d’inspiration de son œuvre. Je n’étais pas forcément passionnée par les reconstitutions de ce Nantes de son enfance, par contre j’étais très émue par les longs plans sur son visage d’homme, sur lequel on décelait déjà la maladie et la mort imminente. Je pensais à tous ces mondes qu’il m’a offert, à la fantaisie, à la profondeur, à la beauté, à tout ce qu’il portait et qu’il a eu la bonté de partager. Ces brigadoon que nous abritons en nous. Il faut s’en méfier – dehors, evil breaks its chains and runs through the world like a mad dog disait l’oncle dans Fanny et Alexandre – mais peut-être que l’on peut quand même prendre quelques instants pour s’y lover.