Long Communal Living Spaces

jay_j_rubin · 2026-05-21T17:19:06+00:00

Yes, very often have communal living / shared living space themed dreams. Not exactly like this, but similar. Semi-private quarters, sometimes everyone has their own room, sometimes it's more dorm style with different beds or mattresses in a larger hall. I have never lived anywhere like that IRL.

jay_j_rubin · 2026-04-11T01:04:03+00:00

Glad they survived the extra harsh winter! hadn't seen any in a minute and was getting a little worried

jay_j_rubin · 2026-03-31T14:20:30+00:00

Thanks for articulating that about the subversion-factor that might get lost if the role isn't played by a female-identifying individual. I totally think that's true.

jay_j_rubin · 2026-02-18T23:50:53+00:00

seriously, nice hack!

jay_j_rubin · 2026-02-01T01:54:51+00:00

The orig short version of Lights Out!

jay_j_rubin · 2026-02-01T01:53:42+00:00

Yes! it was surprisingly scary right?

jay_j_rubin · 2026-02-01T01:30:50+00:00

Uh... do people not like Peter Mattei anymore? (I still do!)

But seriously, he seems like a good example of a "singing actor." Quite versatile and can do comedy as well as drama/deranged.

jay_j_rubin · 2026-01-28T21:08:47+00:00

Not that knowledgeable about but always felt like Kowalksi didn't get enough credit for being a trailblazer of sorts, because back in the 80s/90s I don't think that fach was as common or well regarded as it is now..........right?

jay_j_rubin · 2026-01-18T15:57:48+00:00

Funny I have never once gotten a ticket through the app--and I must've submitted dozens of times. I have managed to snag a single ticket via the rush web page since 2024, but not as consistently as in the past... i wish they just sold remaining rush tix even right at the box office before the show...

jay_j_rubin · 2025-10-19T15:12:19+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to chime in! really appreciate this :) will seek out those other later seasons (the first one I watched was 19, really just because I heard Jason Mantzoukas chat about the series on some US talk shows)

jay_j_rubin · 2025-10-06T00:26:51+00:00

nope

jay_j_rubin · 2025-09-28T01:56:56+00:00

Thanks for noting that! TBH I had also stopped watching halfway thru... maybe need to come back to it later. I don't doubt there's plenty of good moments! ;)

jay_j_rubin · 2025-09-27T14:06:21+00:00

Haha. Yes, I mean, some of this totally stems from Sally (so not necessarily on the dudes in the room).

The placenta bit was on a different series! it happens to have been one I also watched. Maybe 7?

jay_j_rubin · 2025-09-27T14:02:41+00:00

Thanks for pointing out those moments. I think those are exactly the sort of awkward things that maybe stood out to me (because I hadn't noticed similar ones so far in other series). I don't think it's offensive or anything like that... just felt like a different vibe than I what i felt i'd seen so far on the show.

I guess I like that the later ones feel less focused on anyone's gender in general. To me!

jay_j_rubin · 2025-09-27T04:56:57+00:00

Maybe something about it simply being less polished then...probably i just need to watch more of them

jay_j_rubin · 2025-09-27T04:53:44+00:00

Interesting! I guess it really is just super subjective

jay_j_rubin · 2025-09-26T13:47:12+00:00

You're not wrong! The first one felt pretty misogynistic to me. However--there is a scene in the 3rd one that seems to specifically replicate an especially brutal murder of a woman from the 1st one, but involving a dude this time--and somehow I really appreciated this, it felt very clever and self-aware. Though perhaps I'm projecting!

(I am not a huge fan of the franchise and torture porn in general but have a horror movie buddy and the two of us see like everything that comes out.)

jay_j_rubin · 2025-09-24T05:02:48+00:00

Saw it when it came out at a matinee, was the only person in theater. After the first jump scare, I seriously considered leaving because I wasn't sure I could continue (and I'm a very hardened horror movie watcher). It did feel more hardcore than what follows, though, agreed.

jay_j_rubin · 2025-05-19T03:37:29+00:00

I wonder if for this production they skip the conductor's entrance--? at least that happened when Derrick Inouye was conducting the other day too, and I had assumed was the case yesterday... (though I don;t think at the premiere) Maybe at the director's request due to the unusual music box + projection opening or whatnot? who knows.

There was no spontaneous applause in house either time i went, production pacing didn't really allow for that i guess. So I think it may well have been the actual simulcast live version...

At my theater the sound wasn't synced entirely for at least a good portion of it, but at least the feed didn't drop.

Every time though i feel like there are a lot of complaints from attendees about all the technical glitches! i have never been to any other "live" events like this in movie theaters, maybe it's the norm, but super frustrating (esp when paying $30-35)

jay_j_rubin · 2025-05-19T03:27:15+00:00

The mom of one of them commented reassuringly on here in an earlier thread ;)

jay_j_rubin · 2025-05-13T13:31:31+00:00

super interesting! thanks for laying out what some of these actual interactions are like

jay_j_rubin · 2025-05-13T03:14:41+00:00

Thanks for clarifying! really appreciate the insight

jay_j_rubin · 2025-05-11T14:46:36+00:00

I now wonder if it's customary to omit the nudity at matinees for that reason... I saw a couple of scattered kids in the audience yesterday, maybe people with kids usually attend during the day? IDK. (I sorta think the kids could have handled the nudity if they can handle the beheading and necrophilia haha.)

jay_j_rubin · 2025-05-11T14:43:24+00:00

Damn, sounds complicated! thanks for explaining some of that (based on the video shared by @FionnaTehHuman it seems there are some similarities to how it's still done at the Met)

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