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The Princess Diaries (2001) // The Kelly Clarkson Show (2024)

#spectacular #the princess diaries #sandra oh #anne hathaway

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#if you knew me in my 20s no you didn't #twas also a bad sophomore season #but the show got so much better after that!

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#mood

RILEY KEOUGH as DAISY JONES in DAISY JONES & THE SIX

#relatable tbh #daisy jones and the six #riley keough

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DAISY JONES & THE SIX Episode 4: I Saw the Light

#i support womens rights and womens wrongs #daisy jones and the six

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DAISY JONES & THE SIX Track 10: Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide

#my friend: you should watch daisy jones and the six #me: i can't do anything too dark and sad right now #my friend: it's fine don't worry #me looking at this gif set: veep what the fuck.gif #daisy jones and the six #riley keough

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IT'S GONNA BE

#much better than that rancid jt dude!

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The girls on the bus realizing Melissa is a whole ass supergirl.

"Wait. Melissa. Melissa! That is YOU".

#adorable #a whole ass supergirl! #melissa benoist

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this is a bit of a serious post about under the bridge in a wider context than rebecca and cam (but also, well, still has to do with rebecca and cam), because other people have made some good points about the nature of the show already but i have some thoughts on it too that i'm trying to organize.

we're all wondering about the choice to fictionalize the true events to the extent that the show has by creating cam and pairing her with rebecca, and i think this speaks to a very fundamental choice the show has made in how they approach the story, and what their aim with telling this story even is. these are questions you ask yourself as a writer regarding every story you approach, and they take a different turn when you are writing true events. because stories demand a narrative, and a narrative demands the making of subjective decisions about objective events. what the show has done by fictionalizing the story to the extent they have was make these subjective decisions crystal clear. and i think that, combined with their close work with the virks, is what enables the show to respectfully and thoughtfully handle writing about a real case that holds immense personal, societal, and political weight.

i often find that the failures of the true crime genre are even larger than the sensationalization of atrocities for the benefit of entertainment. true crime rarely admits its own subjectivity, even more so than other 'real life' genres such as biopics. more than that, true crimes often holds a claim to absolute objectivity and its ability to illuminate real events by telling them 'as they were'. but subjective decisions regarding narrative were made. the refusal to illuminate those decisions contributes to the genre's failure in telling these stories in ways that don't feel empty at best, and irresponsible and disrespectful at worst. because by denying subjectivity you deny the meaning your story carries, you deny that you as its writer imbued it with meaning.

i think from the onset, under the bridge was interested in meaning -- in the personal meaning of this story to the virks, and in the meaning behind the larger societal and political forces at play within this story. in the meaning behind telling this story. so instead of claiming to tell 'events as they were', they involved all the necessary parties to be able to understand this story on a deeper level than the facts of it, and be able to reflect this understanding in how they tell the story, and what they intentionally choose to direct people to take from this story. so, yes, it might feel weird to have rebecca and cam's story intertwined with a traumatizing event that affected real people in the real world but the thing is, that's a lot of the fiction we consume. and the way i see it with under the bridge is that, so far, the choices made with rebecca and cam were made in service of the story. 1. to be able to reveal subjectivity and narrative choices, 2. to be able to give the different forces at play within the story faces and names and objectives and conflicts, so that we can see them and recognize them for what they are, because that's how television works, and 3. to be able to do with the story something that is more than "telling it", but -- with the help of the people affected by this story -- tell it with a purpose.

so i think more than saying 'it is what it is' about the fictionalization of events, we can maybe even recognize the benefits of it for the show's ability to treat such a harrowing story with the care it deserves.

#under the bridge #lily alludes to a lot of this in the recent interviews she and riley did together #how the characters and their relationship serve a purpose within the story #are a conduit and shine a light on systemic issues #among other things

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UNDER THE BRIDGE 1.02|1.03

#‘it’s okay to feel that’ i need 10 business weeks to recover #finally some good fucking food #under the bridge

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anyway

#the notes on her manuscript i am dead #under the bridge

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Under the Bridge (2024)

#becca thought bubble: don’t mind if i do #‘i like ONE cop’ #under the bridge

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I know we haven't had the chance to talk properly, but I wanted you to know I'm sorry. Ya know, about leaving suddenly and losing touch.

#this was another candidate for favorite angsty moment for me #if becca had stayed would cam have given things up for her? #that line from cam is a killer and is so loaded #i am such a fool i’m rooting so hard for them to figure their stuff out #under the bridge

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#hold up adverbs are controversial??

i’ve seen this in quite a few write-ups where people have said that adverbs are telling and therefore in violation of show not tell, like instead of ‘angrily’ you could have the character i don’t know, stomp their foot and storm out but you will pry my adverbs from my cold dead hands

(she said vehemently)

I agree most emphatically!

It seems there’s a wee bit of misinterpretation going on of what ‘show, don’t tell’ actually means. 😆

#am i surprised? no #asks

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“When I first asked my grandma if I could write and publish about her, she gave me an instruction that has stuck with me over the years and I try to always keep it in mind when I write about family. She said, roughly translated from Korean: “you can write what you want, but let us live a little more beautifully the second time.” I took this as permission with a condition that I would fictionalize where necessary, to protect them and myself. The women I write about are both us and not us. Maintaining that fictionalized barrier is important to me.”

— Jihyun Yun, from “you can write what you want, but let us live a little more beautifully the second time": Jihyun Yun in conversation with Nicole Lachat, published Prairie Schooner, March 9, 2023

#beautiful #jihyun yun

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I know adverbs are controversial, but "said softly" means something different than "whispered" and this is the hill I will die on.

#hold up adverbs are controversial??

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Poll: if your mom remarries when you’re 26 years old is that guy still your stepdad or is he just your mom’s husband.

#great work everyone

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COMMUNITY 2.14 "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons"

#zing! #community