The Diplomat, On the Verge, The Last Thing He Told Me, and Tiny Beautiful Things have all made my recent "zeitgeist of women in their middle years" watch list
I tried watching On the Verge and couldn't get through an episode. And I LOVE Julie Delpy. She is my not-so-secret 30 year crush. The Before trilogy are all 3 in my top ten films of all time. I really liked Two Days in Paris and Two Days in New York.
The Last Thing He Told Me doesn't really interest me and it's getting pretty awful reviews so I'll skip that one. I have The Diplomat on my "if I ever have time" list. And Tiny Beautiful Things I started and like somewhat. My wife did not like it so I'll have to watch that one myself. It's worth it just for Kathryn Hahn. She is always amazing. I was SO BUMMED that Mrs. Fletcher wasn't renewed and that was really good. Anyway, I saw a stage play of Tiny Beautiful Things that was structured around the letters to Dear Sugar and it was not good at all. The way they adapted the book for the TV show is way better. They are definitely playing loose with the real stories of both the book and Cheryl Strayed's life as portrayed in Wild. But that's all good with me.
I hear ya on “On the Verge” / though it held my interest enough to make it thru the plane ride. That’s interesting about “Tony Beautiful Things” as I can’t imagine it as a play! I enjoy Hahn and I find her performance in “Mrs. Fletcher” to be one of her better ones.
The dynamic I loved in The Diplomat is how Kate's insecurity in her own abilities continued to self-sabotage her marriage. She wanted Hal's help, then pushed him away when he helped. When she succeeded with his help, she got angry and acted like he thought she was stupid or something. She kept externalizing her own insecurities. I appreciated the nuance of their relationship.
I also loved the fact that she always looked frazzled and needed to wash her hair and hated wearing dresses. LOL saaaaaame, girl. same.
Her insecurities drive me up the wall and I have to say I don't think Hal was trying to undermine her, but yes, duh, he wants the Secretary of State gig. That we figured out early on, so how could she be blind to this? Kate seems incapable of seeing nuance (as in Hal can truly want her to succeed and help her BUT also want to achieve this gig for himself and be "using" her position and connections to further his agenda) which is surprising given her role but then again perhaps it's too close for comfort for her to see this. I mean hasn't Kate Wyler seen an episode of "Scandal" before? But in all seriousness, my brain was also turning with the question of, "Can she be VP and him Secretary of State?" - Like in what universe would that fly? They seem like a good husband-wife team in that he's the more extraverted, loves the crowd type thing, gets people and she's more introverted and meticulous and hates to wash her hair. I totally related to the pants thing. Hate, hate, hate dresses.
I tried watching On the Verge and couldn't get through an episode. And I LOVE Julie Delpy. She is my not-so-secret 30 year crush. The Before trilogy are all 3 in my top ten films of all time. I really liked Two Days in Paris and Two Days in New York.
The Last Thing He Told Me doesn't really interest me and it's getting pretty awful reviews so I'll skip that one. I have The Diplomat on my "if I ever have time" list. And Tiny Beautiful Things I started and like somewhat. My wife did not like it so I'll have to watch that one myself. It's worth it just for Kathryn Hahn. She is always amazing. I was SO BUMMED that Mrs. Fletcher wasn't renewed and that was really good. Anyway, I saw a stage play of Tiny Beautiful Things that was structured around the letters to Dear Sugar and it was not good at all. The way they adapted the book for the TV show is way better. They are definitely playing loose with the real stories of both the book and Cheryl Strayed's life as portrayed in Wild. But that's all good with me.
Steve
Thanks for your note.
I hear ya on “On the Verge” / though it held my interest enough to make it thru the plane ride. That’s interesting about “Tony Beautiful Things” as I can’t imagine it as a play! I enjoy Hahn and I find her performance in “Mrs. Fletcher” to be one of her better ones.
The dynamic I loved in The Diplomat is how Kate's insecurity in her own abilities continued to self-sabotage her marriage. She wanted Hal's help, then pushed him away when he helped. When she succeeded with his help, she got angry and acted like he thought she was stupid or something. She kept externalizing her own insecurities. I appreciated the nuance of their relationship.
I also loved the fact that she always looked frazzled and needed to wash her hair and hated wearing dresses. LOL saaaaaame, girl. same.
Her insecurities drive me up the wall and I have to say I don't think Hal was trying to undermine her, but yes, duh, he wants the Secretary of State gig. That we figured out early on, so how could she be blind to this? Kate seems incapable of seeing nuance (as in Hal can truly want her to succeed and help her BUT also want to achieve this gig for himself and be "using" her position and connections to further his agenda) which is surprising given her role but then again perhaps it's too close for comfort for her to see this. I mean hasn't Kate Wyler seen an episode of "Scandal" before? But in all seriousness, my brain was also turning with the question of, "Can she be VP and him Secretary of State?" - Like in what universe would that fly? They seem like a good husband-wife team in that he's the more extraverted, loves the crowd type thing, gets people and she's more introverted and meticulous and hates to wash her hair. I totally related to the pants thing. Hate, hate, hate dresses.