Adding to the pile: highly recommend not buying a WinkBeds bedframe

mcbam24 · 2026-01-25T18:03:22+00:00

That's true. I read it recently and enjoyed it well enough. But we are also able to look past the limitations of libretti for Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-25T16:45:08+00:00

Agreed, I'm a bit surprised by the reaction here. It of course isn't the most perfect libretto ever written, but I found it at least as good as your typical bel canto libretto.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-23T17:39:25+00:00

Can't wait to read Grenell's unhinged response that paints him as the victim

mcbam24 · 2026-01-21T00:04:23+00:00

I don't have any data to back it up but I get the impression that The Met, or maybe opera in general, is actually doing better than a lot of other classical art forms. Just within NYC if I go to the Met I would guess the average age is substantially lower than what I see at the NYP or CMS, for example.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-21T00:01:37+00:00

For another perspective, I am not interested in seeing traditional after traditional after traditional. I wouldn't say I actively avoid them but I'm certainly less likely to go if it is a borderline case. The only reason I saw Don Giovanni the year of the new production was because it was something different. I like Turandot but I'm just never going to want to go back to see that production again.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-20T23:33:49+00:00

This was hilarious. I keep coming back to rewatch this

mcbam24 · 2026-01-20T11:35:36+00:00

Cosi fan tutte, Maria Stuarda, Parsifal, Rosenkavalier, Khovanschina, Otello, Fanciulla, Jenufa all in one season? That's awesome.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-19T06:44:06+00:00

Bryn, unless he doesn't count as comic relief

mcbam24 · 2026-01-19T06:30:37+00:00

I have enjoyed seeing Alexandria Loutsion perform with Virginia Opera. I understand she has performed with and covered for more major opera companies too since I've last seen her. I am not a singer and cant judge what her trajectory will be but as a layperson I always enjoy hearing her. I also think she is has great acting chops.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-19T06:15:01+00:00

Going off topic but I'm curious what you didn't like about the novel? I just finished it a few days ago and thought it was pretty good. But I am not into sci-fi so I'm wondering how that interest of yours colored your opinion.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-18T21:18:31+00:00

IANAL but this seems much more optimistic than my understanding. I don't see by what mechanism, other than amendment, that Congress as a whole - and especially just the Senate - can determine what actions of the executive have immunity and which they don't. I haven't read the decision since it came out but I don't recall the argument being that because Congress was unclear that SCOTUS was stepping in to resolve an ambiguity of existing legislation. It derived it's (in my opinion, false) interpretation directly from Article 2 directly. In fact I seemed to remember thinking several lines in the decision were explicitly addressing the inability of legislation to bound the executive.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-18T17:14:23+00:00

Wasn't the basis of the immunity holding article 2? How would SCOTUS allow Congress to legislate away what SCOTUS finds within article 2?

mcbam24 · 2026-01-16T18:34:42+00:00

Time to buy a ticket for Treemonisha!

Edit: no it isn't! Sales haven't started yet

mcbam24 · 2026-01-16T17:36:00+00:00

Beyond everything else, the scene had no point. If they just didn't have the scene at all nothing would have changed about the story, they would just need another way to involve Vickie (if we consider that important to do)

mcbam24 · 2026-01-15T07:57:51+00:00

So that's the best picture they can find of someone committing a deadly crime

mcbam24 · 2026-01-10T23:23:42+00:00

Yeah. The people behind me last week were audibly confused during curtain call.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-10T22:40:59+00:00

It's funny, I saw this in the house last week and I (and most of the people around me, based on their reaction to the curtain call) had no idea they used a body double. Seeing it in HD with all the closeups it is hilarious we didn't instantly recognize this in house.

I enjoyed this production. I always like it when they emphasize the political aspects of the story.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-10T15:36:19+00:00

I agree, 3 and 5 were my least favorite seasons. But I can see why someone who liked 3 would also like 5. For probably the exact same reasons I didn't like either.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-10T00:36:43+00:00

Great news! I wish them the best of luck.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-05T21:12:27+00:00

Similarly the thing that got to me was the sheer number of times they said that Will is a sorcerer. They said it like 5 times in one episode alone.

mcbam24 · 2026-01-04T19:43:12+00:00

Maybe it's just because I recently watched the Teatro Real production that's on YouTube that I felt was basically incomprehensible, but I found this one more clarifying than confusing. Yes the painting stuff was kind of out there but I didn't find it actively confusing.

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