Happy Monday!!! I did so much this weekend! I finished my thousand piece jigsaw puzzle, most importantly. And I also dropped off a birthday present, got a massage, got a pedicure, made dinner for my parents, did two loads of recycling, organized the massive number of fence posts I need to assemble, and read the instructions for a lavender-in-a-jar planting project. And now I am at work, being all unproductive.
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Ranbir-Alia Wedding Discussion Questions!
Well, it’s Ranbir and Alia’s wedding day. And this is so upsetting that FilmiKudhi sent me a video of her son fussing about it. He’s not even 6 months yet, and even he thinks it is a bad idea.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Watching and Reading and Thinking and Listening to on Kangana’s Birthday?
Happy Wednesday! Ugh, Albie dog kept me up all night, and now it is still so gloomy and rainy that it’s like the sun never rose. And it’s Kangana’s birthday, everything bad at once. Oh well, the good news is that tomorrow will be better!
Continue readingDiscussion Post: What Are Our Personal Feelings on Art Versus Artist?
I’m watching the Farrow vs Allen doc now, and what is so different about it is that it actually directly addresses the art versus artist question. That’s genius, because normally these kind of stories avoid that whole element, and that leaves the audience a bit lost. I think we need to talk about art versus artist more, come up with more tools for ourselves to handle that question.
Continue reading2021 Wish List: Who Do You Want to Go to a Desert Island? Kangana, Ranbir, Priyanka, Other?
I wasn’t going to do a mean wish, but then your comments helped guide me to how this can be a NOT mean wish.
Continue readingHappy Birthday Krish! Let’s Remember the Insanity of What Happened to You With Manikarnika!
Oh boy, this was such a fun story! All this juicy stuff about process and production and funding and those cool things I like so much more than boring personal dramas.
Continue readingThinky Post: “Nepotism” and How a Harmless Word Turns Into a Weapon of Hate Speech
I decided in the past few months that I would no longer casually use the word “nepotism” or accept it’s usage in comments on this blog. You didn’t notice, because you all must have made the same decision consciously or unconsciously, somehow it just became a term we did not use any more. But I feel like that isn’t enough. Being passive is being complicit, I want to open up the argument to why and how this word is used as a weapon.
Continue readingTriple Birthday Alphabet Game! Kangana to Emraan to Akshaye, in Order!
This may or may not be possible, but I am holding out hope that it is! Let’s see if we can combine all of this week’s birthdays into one Alphabet list.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: Kangana Ranaut, a Troubled Person
I have avoided doing a full 101 on Kangana, because I follow a firm rule of “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”. There are loads of people that I can look at and hate the sin but love the sinner. With Kangana though, somehow her “sins” are so tied up with her person that I have a hard time separating out “sin” from “sinner”.
Continue reading101 Repost: Class And Film And A Little Bit Kangana
I am going to do my best to attempt a starting point of class and film in India. Not caste, I’m not even touching caste, just class. And a little bit Kangana too, but again just an attempt at a start with her.
Continue readingDaily Hrithik Shipping Post: What Other Films Has He Had Chemistry With His Co-Stars?
Sorry Tiger, I’m dropping you. Ultimately you just aren’t that interesting. But let us take a look back at Hrithik without Tiger and with someone else. What other films has he managed to create similar chemistry with his co-stars?
Continue readingJudgmentall Hai Kya Review (SPOILERS): A Movie That Fails Its Own Internal Logic
This movie had honest trailers, so if you liked what you saw in the trailer, the weird look and the twisted plot idea and so on, then you should avoid this review and read the No Spoilers instead. The film is far more enjoyable if you don’t know the twists. But if you saw the trailers and felt like it wasn’t for you, then it probably isn’t for you and you can just read this review instead.
Continue readingJudgmental Hai Kya Review (No Spoilers): Style Over Substance
I did it! I watched it! Just for you all. And it was odd and unpleasant to watch, in a way that I thought was on purpose, but apparently not.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Hide From the Heat
Happy Saturday! Supposedly we will get a bunch of thunderstorms today that will turn the 99 degree weather into a more tolerable high 70s. But I will believe it when I see it. In the meantime, I will spend my day hiding in air conditioned spaces.
Continue readingJudgemental Hai Kya Trailer: What Do We Think?
Thank you Niki for alerting me that this exists! And now I’ve watched it and I am honestly not sure what to say about it. So I guess this is more of a discussion post than anything.
Continue readingNews Round-Up: Kangana Versus Karan, the World Versus Karan
Huh. Interesting collection of stories for my usual Monday post. More beating up on Karan than I would have expected.
Continue readingNews Round-Up: Harshwardhan Rane is In a Movie That Won’t Happen, Kangana Tries to Start Feuds That Won’t Happen, Tiger 3 WILL Happen, and Shahrukh’s PR is Happening
Nothing super duper interesting here, just stories that are continuations of other stories, or else rumors of things that won’t happen. But it’s Monday, we need things to talk about!
Continue readingHrithik-Kangana Background Reading
An anonymous commenter (sorry! If you identify yourself in the comments, I will thank you!) posted a link to this article and I finally sat down and read it. It not only gives an extremely similar story to Hrithik-Kangana, only not between celebrities so it is easier to be objective, it also gives information on stalking behavior from psychiatrists and police experts.
Continue readingHrithik Kangana Ekta Discussion Space, I Am So Tired of This!!!!
Oh boy, I get to recap the whole Hrithik-Kangana thing again! The only good thing is, I was team Hrithik from the start (go me!) because Kangana’s story was always just WEIRD, and his wasn’t. So I get a little ego-boost each time it comes up again. But that is literally the ONLY good thing. Otherwise, it is all stressful and exhausting and strangely repetitive. I would much rather go back to Kangana’s weird work issues than digging up her work-personal issues.
Continue readingUpcoming Movie News! Mental Hai Kya Mess, and New SOTY2 Song
Another SOTY2 song? This one might be my favorite in every way, but I am still kind of tired of them all. On the other hand, the Ekta Kapoor Mental Hai Kya statement is FASCINATING.
Continue readingNews Round-Up: Kangana Fails to Understand Mental Illness, Kat Lands a Big Role, Varun and Sara in a Comedy
Kangana through Rangoli just said something so shocking I have to point it out and correct it. And on the other hand, two bits of casting that make me happy, Kat and Sara both get good parts.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Talk Amongst Yourselves While I Renew My Driver’s License
Happy Saturday! I get to spend the morning waiting in line and doing paperwork. I’m honestly a little excited because I have a whole bag of books and I don’t have to feel guilty for reading, because I’m still doing something productive (waiting in line).
Continue readingNews Round-Up/Discussion Post: K-Pop and Korea Arrives, Janvhi is Innocent, SRK Sells Movies, Kajol-Ajay Move House, Nyssa is Trolled, Alia and Osho, Kangana Directs, Varun is Stalked, Nawazuddin Pulls Muscle
So many little little stories today! I don’t want to try to tie them together and they aren’t really worth deep discussion on their own, so instead I will throw it all out there and let you discuss.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: Class and Film and a Little Bit Kangana
I am going to do my best to attempt a starting point of class and film in India. Not caste, I’m not even touching caste, just class. And a little bit Kangana too, but again just an attempt at a start with her.
Continue readingNews Update: Alia Responds to Kangana, Why Context is Important
Sometimes I really hate media. This is being sold as “Alia-Kangana Feud Heats Up!”, but really it is just Kangana making wild insane (literally) accusations and Alia trying not to deal with it. Exactly like the Hrithik situation, which was sold as “Hrithik-Kangana Break-Up Goes Bad!” instead of “Hrithik Roshan is Victimized by a Stalker”.
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