Dear Subscribers,
Goodbye (57)81, hello ‘82!
In case one of your Jewish New Year resolutions doesn’t have to do with watching less TV, I can report that I caught up on two late-to-the-party series. The two masks have called to me:
Comedy:
Never Have I Ever, by Mindy Kaling (Netflix). High school rom-com that people are obsessed with. I liked her college-setting series better, though it has a worse title, The Sex Lives Of College Girls (HBO). I really loved that one. Both premised on female friendgroups (one a 3-some, one a quad); and their unrequited urges, crushes, and experimentations; and somewhat unreasonable but loving parents. Season 4 of NHIE is coming in 2023. Season 2 of SLoCG is coming this November! I wonder if it’s odd for Netflix and HBO to have dueling Mindy Kaling series. Give the brilliant woman a home, I say!
Drama:
“Pieces of Her,” starring Toni Collette. I ate up every episode of this mystery/thriller/“who are any of us, really?” series. I somehow thought I had missed something that ‘everyone’ thought was amazing, but now I just looked it up to include a review here. Turns out, not entirely, but those same ‘everyones’ agreed that Toni Collette is amazing to watch and that it really gets you going…
Okay, readers, for those of you who did see it, (not really a spoiler but still if you want to skip to the next paragraph, please do:)…why did the guy eavesdropping at the very end, in the final episode, have her nickel?
If one of your resolutions is to “read more,” try The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett. More stories about kids! This time, a sister and brother and the exploration of abandonment (whether physically or emotionally), fairy tale family trials and tribulations; and also fairy tale endings. Apparently I am among the last to the Patchett Party — people are very passionate about this absorbing story and all her other books!
Also speaking of resolutions, just fyi the Jewish New Year resolutions aren’t, really, so much about going to the gym more or trying to be less careless about losing socks in the dryer. More like confessing to all the sins that the human character is capable of and praying (literally) to be able to do better next year under penalty of death. It makes the recurring January 1st promises look like a cakewalk.
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The Pic(k) of the Week:
Donna Ferrato’s Camera Is A Weapon For Women via The New York Times
BUSINESS & TECH:
Silicon Valley Slides Back Into ‘Bro’ Culture via The New York Times
HP Enterprise To Pay $8.5M To Settle Gender Pay Gap Lawsuit via Bloomberg
Hollywood’s (Still) Embarrassing Gender Gap via The Town
CRIME & PUNISHMENT:
Trump To Be Deposed In E. Jean Carroll Defamation Suit via Axios
In New Film, Former Employee Says Mario Batali Sexually Assaulted Her via The New York Times
CAMPUS CLIMATE:
How Female-Heavy Sex Ratios Are Changing The College Dating Scene via Slate
THE ARTS & POP CULTURE:
The World Is Done With ‘Wife Guys.’ Thank Goodness For That via The Guardian
As ‘Blonde’ Goes No. 1 On Netflix, Viewers Lash Out: “So Sexist,” “Cruel,” and “One Of The Most Detestable” Movies Ever Made Variety
Constance Wu Is Ready To Tell Her Story: ‘Maybe It Wasn’t Violent, But It Was Rape’ via Vanity Fair
Before Thomas Keller, It Was Her French Laundry via The New York Times Op Docs
The Law Of Desire In ‘Getting Lost’ via The Chicago Review Of Books
OBITUARIES:
Mabel John, Soul Singer With A Star-Studded Resumé, Dies At 91 via The New York Times
Lily Renée Philips, Pioneering Comic Book Artist, Dies At 101 via The New York Times
In 1938, Claire McCardell Started Changing Women’s Fashion via The Washington Post
AND WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT…?
Queen Elizabeth Used Her Lipstick To Send A Secret Signal and It’s Actually Genius via Glamour
