Catching up on a night of movies and Stargate Atlantis

If this week and weekend are the norm, I am going to have great difficulty keeping up my television schedule as well as an effective blog.

You've read my reviews on the premieres of Melrose Place and Glee (so recently posted), plus a special post on my expectation of Stargate Universe. You have not yet received my thoughts on Supernatural, Vampire Diaries, Warehouse 13, Robin Hood, or Eureka, all of which have aired this week. Seems there will be a delay between air dates and the time I have to watch and post. But do not fear, we shall get there. And this way, there is a higher likelihood you will have watched the episode before reading my posts.

That said, I have watched several movies and programs which merit note and require discussion.

I watched Blazing Saddles, the Wedding Singer and Stardust on Thursday night and Friday morning. If you have not seen these, you are missing out. Blazing Saddles is a hilarious Mel Brooks parody of Westerns; the Wedding Singer is a delightful romcom; Stardust is the Princess Bride of this millenium (at least so far).

Then I watched a whole lot of Stargate Atlantis. How I love Stargate Atlantis. I should mention that I have yet to see seasons 4 and 5, but having watched several episodes this weekend, part of me wants to catch up before the commencement of Stargate Universe in October. I doubt this will happen since there are so many shows that get priority (those currently on the air), but Ghost Whisperer has been bumped. I'll get to it eventually, no fear, but priorities, people!

I saw SG:A, Season 3, ep 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9.

I nearly laughed myself into histeria. I LOVE Rodney McKay (played by David Hewlett). He makes me laugh and laugh; everything he does just makes me happy.

4 - The beauty of this episode (in which Ronon avenges his time as a runner) is the portrait drawn of Ronon. He is an incredible fighter, which we already know, but the scene in which he positions guns throughout a warehouse and then kills a dozen or so Wraith, moving perfectly, predicting every move and position his enemy will take. His art is warfare. Even more moving are the flashback sequences in which we witness the destruction of Ronon's world and the death of his love. The film is graining, the colours dull and faded, the details a little fuzzy. The scenes run perfectly parallel with Ronon's story; once more on his home planet, the visions come back as he walks the street.

5 - I hate the replicators. I really really have the replicators. Why? Please tell me why the replicators had to reappear in Atlantis? Sigh. There were strong similarities between this episode and SG1 when that team left a time device on the replicator planet, betraying 5. On Atlantis, they took the replicator humanoid with them, but he was rebooted by his fellows and betrayed our heroes.

6 - We skipped it. Stupid replicators taking over Elizabeth's mind...Did not need to see it again, thanks.

7 - Shepard and a Wraith team up against Kolya. Apparently the enemy of my enemy is ALWAYS my friend, even if he's a wraith. Plus, if you are a super devoted Wraith follower, you may get to live forever! Isn't that exciting. Maybe I should do that.

8 - MCKAY!!! Doubled! McKay's sister helps him build a bridge to another galaxy, through which a second McKay comes when the bridge is hurting his universe. And we learn his first name is Meredith. The most hilarious part is when McKay and Jeannie are bickering and Carter stops them and they both say "sorry" and she giggles that their "sorry" is so Canadian when Amanda Tapping has lived in Canada since she was 3.

9 - The team halucinates and Shepard shoots Rodney and Ronon. He apologizes at the end. And Ronon laughs. Hehehe...

Atlantis is great. You love the characters - Shepard who is smart and competant, but actually not suave (despite McKay calling him Kirk and telling him to stay away from his sister); Thayla who may be part Wraith, but really looks hot with a gun; Ronon who is so protective of his people and is SO capable of protecting them; McKay. I love McKay.

Glee, the premiere

I don't really know what to say here. Glee was...well..unique? Sort of. Special might be a more accurate word. Bizarre, disturbing, yet somehow delightful. I think.

Bottom line? I want to see it again next week. So in that way the premiere was successful, but it's very hard to pin down or express the reaction I had to it.

If you have seen the premiere, either when it first aired in May or last night, you know what I'm talking about. In some ways, the show is SO stereotypical. The nice guy teacher whose wife wants him to get a "real" (read "lucrative") job, the uncompromising B*tch who coaches the popular Cheerleaders, the germaphobic guidance councilor who has her own issues, the jocks who will shave your eye brows off for watching Grey's Anatomy, the fashion savvy black chick with the amazing voice, the fashion savvy (probably gay) tenor, the kid with the stutter, the kid in the wheelchair, the overenthusiastic girl with the dream and the jock.

On the other hand, the show delivers terrific performative talent. We are continually serenaded with great music, recent hits, old favourites and show tunes. And it mocks itself openly. I was delighted by the performance of "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat" from Guys and Dolls; they used their "guy in the wheelchair" as the lead. Hilarious.

The show's success will be entirely derived from those continued performances, the singing, the dancing, that talent. The script is another matter. In 43 minutes, so many plot points and conflicts were addressed. There was enough there for a whole season.

Will, former glee member now high school teacher, takes over glee club, gets his wife pregnant, quits the school and the glee club to get a better job, and finally gets over it and goes back to the kids.

Finn, the jock, is coerced into joining glee, loves it but pretends he doesn't, gets paint balled by his team mates, quits glee club, refuses to flip a port-a-potty with wheelchair boy inside, announces he will do both glee and football.

I could go on, but I'm sure you've got the picture now.

The best lines and acting was Finn's, however, when he decided not to be a jerk anymore. "We're all losers," he tells his team mates.

So I'm interested to see where this is going to go. The biggest intrigue is that, other than the singing and dancing, I have no idea what's going to happen. It's too bizarre to be predictable. SO much happened in the premiere that I can't figure out where it's going to go next.

It will be interesting how well the writers can sustain a storyline throughout one season, let alone throughout many, but I hope they manage.

Whatever else can be said, Glee is not like any other show you're watching, so check it out and if you do manage to pigeon hole it, let me know.

Insights on Stargate Universe

A friend posted this request "Danielle, what's your insight on Stargate Universe? It looks like SG meets Voyager in the style of BSG with hint of Lost in Space thrown in. What are you expecting of it?"

What am I expecting of Stargate: Universe?

The premise is Stargate (SG1 or Atlantis) on a spaceship, in a galaxy far, far away without one specific enemy (Goa'uld or Wraith or anything else). Which means the overarching story will be survival on the ship and trying to find the way to Earth. Yes, that's right, the same idea as BSG. But, do not fear, Stargate takes place today, with people from our Earth trying to get back to it. We know it exists from the start; Earth cannot be a myth.

Still, those who end up on this ship, the Destiny (which is a much more normal ship name than the Asgard-named Jack O'Neill), will have to deal with finding supplies, keeping the ship and its life support system in working order, and maintaining the hierarchy. As a military op, it will be interesting to see how many people on the ship end up being civilians, and if they have a problem with military rule.

The show is designed to appeal both to fans of SG1 and Atlantis, and to newcomers. We can expect the same humour we've come to love (including the references to Star Trek, Star Wars, etc), but this series is to be darker and edgier. According to Wikipedia, within the first 6 episodes, someone will commit suicide. This will not be the first Stargate suicide, so we will have to see how it is treated to determine the differences between previous deaths, but I get the impression that actions will have far more import in the contained ship that in the wide universe of previous seasons.

Also, it will be difficult to have cast members from previous series guest star. Yes, Jack O'Neill and Daniel Jackson will make their appearances in the premiere. Passing the torch like they did for Atlantis (interesting that it is still SG1 that is being carried on, and not Atlantis, but that shows you the importance of Earth). It's possible through flash backs or any number of weird scientific occurrences to have guest stars we recognize, but it will not be common or easy, like a simple visit through the Stargate. More likely a Samantha Carter from another dimension who ended up on the Destiny there and is now connecting with our dimension than the exact character from previous series.

I am very excited about this series. I'm sad that Atlantis was cancelled for it to exist, and I hope that there are no @#%$ing replicators in this series...there will be; it cannot be avoided, but I hate them SO much. Ugh! The scripts will continue to carry the essence of the Stargate world, and the actors (led by Robert Carlyle) should be able to step up. They've got a lot of pressure on their shoulders, but I have always liked SG casting. Besides, if someone isn't working out, they can just find a replacement on some random planet.

I hope that properly covers my expectations. What do you think we're going to get? Don't forget to watch the premiere on October 2.

Melrose Place Pilot

Okay, so I know some of you are thinking Melrose Place? Are you kidding, Danielle? Why would you watch that? I mean, so what if it's about a bunch of 20something year olds trying to start their lives (just like you), and so what if there's a murder mystery to be solved (which are always good), it's Melrose Place. And I say to you, you're right. I had NO intention to watch this show. None. Was not interested.

What changed my mind? More like who changed my mind. Katie Cassidy, Season 3's Ruby on Supernatural and Trish on Harper's Island. If you liked her as a bad ass, spunky demon, (and you haven't seen Harper's Island) you'll be surprised that as Trish she was sweet and naive and, while she could hold her own, still liked a little taking care of. So when I found out she was on Melrose Place, well it earned it's spot on my premiere list.

So now I'm drinking some hard lemonade, and enjoying the show.

Enjoying the show? I'm not exactly certain. Will I watch it again next week? Probably.

First things first, Shaun Sipos, who portrays David, is a terrible, terrible, terrible actor. I know tons of guys who can act and are better looking, so please, please have him improve. I really hope he's the killer just so we can get rid of him at the end of the season, but how many episodes are we going to have to suffer through him before that happens?

Also, who tells strangers that they used to be in AA in their first conversation? Cause Auggie, played by Colin Egglesfield, did...but he's cute enough to make up for the not-exactly-stellar writing.

And Jonah refused to take a $100 000 deal to make his movie because he saw a producer making out with his daughter's under age best friend...are you planning to tell someone about it? It doesn't look that way, and yet he's not taking advantage of the offer that he didn't force the guy to make. Oh, you don't want to become famous *that* way, well guess what, buddy, it's never going to happen then. But at least he's a sweetie, and a dork. Meanwhile his girlfriend took the whole episode to accept his marriage proposal because he plays with lego. Honey, he's male! Any guy who did put it away can't wait to have kids just so he's got an excuse.

So you are probably wondering what I did like about the show. That's easy. Katie Cassidy, who's Ella was amazing! Full of attitude and I love it. Of course, she really has feelings deep inside somewhere, but she'll never let you know it. Stephanie Jacobsen, as Lauren the broke doctor, also makes her presence felt on screen. Her big decision of the episode - to sleep with a guy she wanted to sleep with anyways for $5000. That is a tough decision for someone in so much debt.

What do I foresee? Well the plot of the first season is likely going to revolve around the murder. Who did it? My thoughts - Ella? Far too obvious. Not only did she use David to give herself an alibi, she had a pretty good reason to want Sidney dead. And she'd have the balls to do it. Besides, there's no way Katie Cassidy is a one season chick. I expect they haven't actually picked the killer yet and are waiting to see who we hate so they have an easy exit strategy.

David? I can only hope. He was with her the night she died, and blacked out. Auggie? Well he did burn some blood covered clothes...but he's hot (at least comparatively). Jonah and Riley would have had to do it as a couple, since they sleep in the same bed, but maybe we'll learn that one is a heavy sleeper. Lauren was at the hospital, but could have done it just as she got home. We don't really have a motive for her yet. Violet clearly has some sort of involvement or issues, but we haven't got into them yet, and David's dad...well that would just be boring. Sure, pick the guy who's older and apart.

What do you think? Worth watching until next week? And who do you think the killer is?

I finally figured out my Star Count. Adam Kaufman (II), who is not even credited as Toby $5000 on IMDB, gets on the count.

Ghost Whisperer Naivety

Alright, episode 13 of season 1 just makes me think that Melinda and even Jim have absolutely NO sanity when it comes to safety. It doesn't matter that the guy across the street turned out to be a good guy, when your "neighbour" is breaking into his "rental" in the middle of the night because he "lost" his bloody keys, you don't just believe him. You call the police! And when he is burying weird stuff in his yard and you suspect he's a murderer...call the police.

Honestly, with that kind of common sense and naivety, Melinda is going to end up dead the first time she encounters anyone who is actually dangerous, as opposed to all these seemingly evil guys who turn out to actually have a good explanation and a heart of gold.

It was like the earlier episode when Jim's mother brings over her boyfriend, so Jim gets his buddy to run a police check. The guy's apparently a con artist, but when Jim confronts him about it, his response is that he changed his name when he started his business to sound more official. Go look up this name, you won't find anything wrong with it. What does Jim do? Does he consider the fact that this guy is supposedly a con? No! Instead he feels terrible for mistrusting him, taking him on his word that the name was a mistake.

Give me their address, and I'll take these suckers for all their worth. They're lovely people, and so far really lucky, but there's no way that would last forever.

Star Count

Castle S02E03 - Matt Barr> Sully from Harper's Island
S02E04 - David Ramsey > Anton from Dexter

S02E05 - Reed Diamond > Laurence Dominic from Dollhouse

S02E08 - Mark Moses > Duck Phillips from Mad Men

S02E10 - Abigail Spencer > Miss Farrell from Mad Men

S02E11 - Rider Strong > Shawn Hunter from Boy Meets World

- Marc Blucos > Riley from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

S02E12 - Alyssa Milano from Who's the Boss and Charmed

Dexter S04E04 - Christina Cox > Jen Crane from Defying Gravity,

Dollhouse S02E01 - Jamie Bamber > Lee "Apollo" Adama from Battlestar Galactica
- Alexis Denisof > Wesley Wyndam-Price from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
S02E03 - Michael Hogan > Saul Tye from BSG

S02E04 - Keith Carradine > Frank Lundy from Dexter


Eastwick S01E04 - Ivana Milicevic > Ilsa Trinchina from Chuck, Yvette from Down with Love, Roxana from Head over Heals


FlashForward S01E01 - Genevieve Cortese > Ruby from Supernatural (Season 4)
S01E03 - Gina Torres > Zoe from Firefly

Fringe S02E06 - JR Bourne > Martouf from Stargate SG1

Glee, S01E03 - Victor Garber > Ron Trott from Justice; Jack Bristow from Alias


Mad Men, S03E04 - Carla Gallo > Daisy from Bones

- Ryan Cartwright > Vincent Nigel-Murray from Bones

Melrose Place, S01E01 - Adam Kaufman (II) > Charlie Keys from Taken; The Door to Door Salesman from Mad Men
S01E02 - Victor Webster > Brennan from Mutant X; Coop from Charmed; Hunter Jennings from Harper's Island
- Niall Matter > Zane from Eureka



Supernatural, S05E05 - Paul McGillion > Dr. Beckett from Stargate Atlantis
- Paris Hilton
S05E06 - Ever Carradine > Lexi Carter from Eureka

The Good Wife, S01E04 - Joe Morton> Henry Deacon from Eureka
- Chris Bauer> Andy Bellefleur from True Blood

S01E10 - Kate Burton > Ellis Grey on Grey's Anatomy

- Michael Gladis > Paul Kinsey on Mad Men

- Michael Boatman > Carter on Spin City

- Tony Goldwyn > Carl Bruner in Ghost

The Mentalist, S02E04 - Mark Pellegrino > Nick/Lucifer from Supernatural; Paul Bennett from Dexter.

S02E05 - Derk Cheetwood > Max Giambetti from General Hospital

- Frances Fisher > Eva Thorne from Eureka

- Michael McMillian > Steve Newlin from True Blood

Warehouse 13 S01E12 - Michael Hogan > Saul Tigh from Battlestar Galactica
- Roger Rees > The Sheriff of Rottingham from Robin Hood, Men in Tights
- Philip Akin > Charlie DeSalvo from Highlander the series

White Collar S01E03 - Kirk Acevedo > Charlie Francis from Fringe

Mad Men 3, ep 4

For those of you who don't watch Mad Men, go get the first two seasons and watch it now. It's brilliant and wonderful.

This most recent episode, the focus was on the relationships between parents and their children, and grandchildren. With Betty about to pop, I was surprised that she didn't go into labour by the end, but instead, Don was in the spare room putting away Grampa Gene's bed and bringing out a crib. The old die, the young replace them, life continues.

I was surprised, not that Gene died, but the way Betty was told. A cop showed up and told her he was gone, collapsed at a store, while she was on her front step. Even if she wasn't 9 months pregnant, isn't that the sort of thing you should get a person to sit down to hear?

The saddest part, to me, was the lack of communication. Poor little Sally is crying over her grampa's death and she hears her parents and her uncle laughing. She's appalled; how could they laugh? And do they explain to the hurting little girl that they were laughing because they were remembering? That it helps the pain? No, they send her to watch television. How many households still treat their children so?

On the lighter side, Peggy's getting an apartment and moving to Manhattan. After her ad was mocked by her co-workers, Joan appeared for a very brief, but utterly perfect conversation with her younger friend. She tells her what a good ad for a roommate is! Ironic that Joan is better at advertising than Peggy is. I would definitely have wanted to live with her!

And so Peggy has a roommate. And who do you think it is? Why Carla Gallo who you may know as Daisy on Bones. That's the second Bones cross over with Ryan Cartwright (the delightful Vincent Nigel-Murray) portraying John Hooker. *Star Count -2*

How to negotiate this blog

Welcome to my blog!

The plan is at 6pm I post about one of the more popular shows, one of my favourite, a pilot, premiere or finale. At 6am, I post about anything else I'm watching. If there is more to post, then that gets posted in midday.

This is a page designed to help you find what you are looking for.

Look at the labels. That is the best way to find what you are looking for. TV shows are listed under the title of their shows, but pilot episodes are also listed in a category dedicated to premieres. These posts are comments on what I thought of the episodes and will usually contain spoilers. You have been warned.

What to Watch

This label denotes posts about shows without spoilers. If you want to know whether or not you should bother to tune into something, check in the What to Watch section for my opinion on the entire series. If there is something you are interested, but it's not there, just ask. I may not have had the chance to post on that particular show yet. Or I may decide to watch the whole thing just to provide you with an answer

Star Count

This a single posting which I continually update that mentions who I've seen guest staring in something I watch.

Star Watch

These posts are longer, detailed comments about specific actors.

Plays and Movies and Books

Where the posts on plays and movies and books go.

When there are more categories to explain, I will add them. Until them, keep reading and keep watching!

Preparing for Premiere Season

Premiere season is about to begin. As of Tuesday and until mid October, there will be a premiere of a new series almost every week, as well as the season premieres of the shows that already have me hooked. I'm going to list those shows and their air dates (though I often have to wait a day or two before I find time to see them), and you can tell me what you think. I am missing some amazing show? Do you think I'm insane for watching something? Are you excited too? Let me know!

I am already watching: Mad Men; True Blood; Warehouse 13; Eureka; Defying Gravity

I am interested in the series premieres of:

Melrose Place – Tuesdays, September 8

Glee – Wednesdays, September 9

Vampire Diaries – Thursdays, September 10

Eastwick – Wednesdays, September 23

Mercy – Wednesdays, September 23

Flash Forward – Thursdays, September 24

Stargate Universe (Season 1) – Fridays, October 2

White Collar – Fridays, October 23

V – Tuesdays, November 3

I am excited about the new seasons of:

Supernatural (Season 5) – Thursdays, September 10

Fringe (Season 2) – Thursdays, September 17

Bones (Season 5) – Thursdays, September 17

Castle (Season 2) – Mondays, September 21

The Mentalist (Season 2) – Thursdays, September 24

Dollhouse (Season 2) – Fridays, September 25

Dexter (Season 4) – Sundays, September 27

Ghost Whisperer at a Comedy Club

So I learned something new about Ghost Whisperer ghosts today. Apparently if someone died suddenly, horribly, then their ghost is not the pretty image of their living self, but much closer to what their corps looked like. Luckily, after a few chats with Melinda, the beauty comes back.

Also, this death was a suicide, which was a first, and yet he was still able to pass to the other side, going towards that light. Did he achieve forgiveness or do penance in his ghost form? I still haven't quite figured out what all the rules are for crossing over...I wonder if we ever will.

But none of that really matters compared to what our lovely lead was wearing. There was a definite red theme going on. Red dresses, red coat (a fabulous, full-length, full-skirted number I would kill for), even her night gown was a sexy silky red number (with a red bathrobe) rather than her flowy white 19th century garment. It's a good thing her antique store is turning a profit, or she'd never be able to afford all those new clothes.

We also got a sign that there is a ghost plot line that isn't just going to take place over one episode. Some crazy laughing ghost, who had appeared strangely at the end of an earlier episode was back, still laughing, with a fedora-wearing ghost whose face we could not see who claimed he had "business" with Melinda.

Will this turn into a serious ghost encounter or will Melinda help him to reconcile with his family and cross over as well? I guess I'll just have to keep watching!

Defying Gravity on Hallowe'en

The seventh episode of Defying Gravity was Hallowe'en themed. Obviously they had hoped for a Fall air schedule and ended up starting in the summer. Not that they are too early; after all, it's Labour Day weekend, which means once the kiddies are back to school, the Hallowe'en decorations go on sale. But it's nice to think that 50 years in the future, when the show is set, we will still have kids going house to house in costume to celebrate.

This week's theme was fear, weakness. The show was originally advertised as Grey's Anatomy in space. I don't see much resemblance between the two shows, except in the framing devices used. Both shows start and end each episode with a voice over from the main character which talks about human nature. The challenges of the plot line fit the theme so that a lesson can be learnt by the end...at least by the audience watching if none of the characters picked it up.

In this case, admitting your weakness, your fear, may in fact be less damaging than keeping it a secret.

The astronauts were supposed to shoot a candy commercial in space to get 10 billion dollars. This seems like a lot of money...but will it be in 50 years? I doubt it, but as I plan on still being around, I'll tell you when I get there.

So preparations begin for the shoot, and suddenly all but two of the astronauts are suffering from hallucinations, and the shoot doesn't happen, the 10 billion for science is lost. How sad.

Why are they having hallucinations, you ask? Because of some weird alien thing they found on Mars that's somehow running their ship. Not that they have any idea about it. Only one of the astronauts actually knows.

The hallucinations, the back stories, are what make the show worth watching. Will Zoe ever tell Donner that she was once pregnant with his child? What really happened to Donner and Ted on Mars? Who are Nadia and Eve seeing? And why aren't Was and Jen having hallucinations in the first place?

And so I'll watch again next week and hope that, despite the budget required for a science fiction show with a large cast and the low ratings threatening to sink it, eventually I will know the answer to these questions.

Casablanca

Tonight, I saw Casablanca for the first time. Or, rather, I saw the actual movie for the first time. I had heard the lines quoted, seen Bunnies do the movie (angryalien.com), watched Dr. House dissuade a younger woman using Humphrey Bogart's famous lines, and experienced the Simpsons's imagined alternate ending, but tonight, tonight I actually heard Humphrey Bogart say those words to Ingrid Bergman, and that was something else. Michael Curtiz certainly knew what he was about.

Classic movies aren't for everyone. I find that the more I watch them, the more they become a part of me and the more I then appreciate them. I think that's the case for all dated works. They are confusing or not exactly relevant or something has happened in the passage of time that distances them from us. We do not see them or love them or understand them as easily as their intended audiences did. We cannot, since it has been over 60 years. A lot changes in 60 years. But a movie like Casablanca is eternal. We can watch it now and still be moved by it, still understand the subtle nuances. We may have to watch it a dozen times to notice details that may have been obvious when first seen in the theatre, or read about those details which are historically relevant but not known to us anymore today. Still, that we are willing to watch it again and again is the difference.

Good King Charles and DRAG

I was asked in my comments how many hours of television I watch in a week. This weekend, I've clearly watched none as I have not posted a single post, but by the end of the week, I'll have made up for it I'm sure.

As an example, to illustrate my television consumption, I started watching Battlestar Galactica this past January. I'd never seen an episode, but before the series ended at the end of March, I had caught up and was waiting like everyone else for the last few episode to air. That was in addition to watching all the other series airing each week.

Now that I've addressed that, let us move on to last night at the Shaw Festival.

I went to see In Good King Charles's Golden Days, by Shaw himself, and was thoroughly entertained. The acting was spot on, the set was magnificent (I most appreciated the light fixture in the third act which featured the planets, including Pluto), and everything was as one expects it ought to be from Shaw. My background being in theatre, I could go on about every merit or failure of the production, but this blog is about whether something is worth watching or not, so we'll keep to that.

It was worth watching. I particularly enjoyed the scenes heavy with historical irony. King Charles's younger brother James spend a good while telling his older brother how the British people ought to be ruled, while Charles shook his head sadly at the foolishness. When James did become king, he implemented those councils and lost his crown in under 5 years.

Also, the premise of so many interesting personages, including Nell Gwynn and George Fox, in the home of Isaac Newton was a delightful starting point. Certainly the play itself lacks a solid plot...or perhaps a solid beginning, middle and end, but it was entertaining throughout in despite of this.

After the performance, I went to see a different show. A DRAG night, performed by Shaw staff. I was jealous. I do not have those legs and I do not look that good in heels...in fact, I'd likely fall over. There is nothing quite like a good drag show, and this one was marvelous. The dancing, the lip sinking and the singing, the talent and the effort. Theatre that I want to be part of.

Last night's entertainment was live. Tonight's will be Casablanca. Still not TV, but movies are perhaps a little close. So a tout a l'heure.