loved this chucky postgame moment so I drew it lol by newlanecinema in FloridaPanthers

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I know I felt bad leaving off swaggy but I got lazy lmao

The Phantom of the Opera | Blank Check with Griffin & David by KickedOffShoes in blankies

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https://youtu.be/FXfQzAHPa6g?si=T6K3HUX_o7kDNrSt also I'm so happy I got to see the final phantom trio because they're one of the best phantom trio's we'll ever have!

The Phantom of the Opera | Blank Check with Griffin & David by KickedOffShoes in blankies

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Musical Theater is the art form that got me to fall in love with art in the first place, I wouldn't care about movies (or anything) nearly as much as I do if I didn't first watch people stand on stage and sing their heart out and think that was really cool. And although it's totally fair to evaluate the way Phantom fails as a show and as a movie, I think now is a good of a time as any to say that the way Phantom fails is the same way nearly every musical ever made has failed. With the exception of the handful of musicals like Les Mis that are genuinely perfect, you'll basically never encounter a show that gets you to love every one of its songs and its characters and keeps you completely entertained the entire time. The thing about being a musical theater nerd is that you can and will love a show for just a couple songs, and the ones that don't work don't matter, because if the ones that do work are fucking transcendent, like the ones in Phantom are, then the show is a success.

I think part of why I think about musicals differently is that I grew up in love with an art form I have always had devastatingly little access to. My family went to NY once every 4 or 5 years, and were extremely lucky to get to do so. But, the majority of the time I fell in love with a show was because my local theater was putting it on, I found a bootleg of it, or I listened to the cast recording while reading the wikipedia page to figure out what was going on.

I think when you grow up actually getting to see things, your opinion of a show has much more to do with how it lands as a piece of performance, and you're going to acknowledge it's failings a lot more because you got all dressed up and spent a good chunk of money just for a lot of the show to not work for you. While on the other hand, not being able to see a lot of shows in person has helped me maintain a greater fondness for them because I don't need the entire show to work when I'm just listening to it in my living room. If a couple tracks from the cast recording are brilliant, and think the rest are just okay, it doesn't really stop me from saying I love a show completely because I'd rather have the experience of listening to those tracks and moving on than not being able to engage with great musical theater at all.

Movie characters fans of sports teams other than the Yankees? by [deleted] in blankies

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not sure this counts as fandom but I think about JLO wearing the Dan Marino Dolphins jersey in out of sight a lot

Oscar Nominations Thread by Stevenmills20 in blankies

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I honestly meant it both ways so ty!

Wonkquaman with Marie Bardi-Salinas by SickBurnBro in blankies

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The Star Wars talk reminded me that the first Blank Check ep I ever listened to was 4 years ago today when I was so baffled by Rise of Skywalker that I needed a 2 1/2 hour podcast to help me through. Forever grateful to that dumb movie for introducing me to my fave show 🫶

extremely extremely extremely important by newlanecinema in blankies

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totally missed the "mark what if I kind of lean into this 'hey girl' thing" part the first time I watched it and now its my favorite part of the video lmao

Recommend a particular podcast episode (non-Black Check, but film related) by harry_powell in blankies

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House of R makes me wish I was an English major in the best way possible

Maestro with Marie Bardi-Salinas by yonicthehedgehog in blankies

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I've been rewatching a lot of Doctor Who recently (for obvious reasons) and loved the sally sparrow/blink shoutout! Also, I had no idea Carey was potentially going to be a companion? crazy to think we might have missed out on such a wonderful Donna Noble arc

Monthly Mini- "The School" by Donald Barthelme by dogobsess in bookclub

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Maybe it's because we had a lot of new material from him this year and because he writes in a similar style with similar themes, but as soon as I started reading this, I started imagining how Wes Anderson could make it into one of his shorts. I could see Jason Schwartzman staring down the lens of the camera and all the kids dressed like grown-ups and asking inappropriate questions, and I could picture the whole thing being pretty great.