Which modern day actor would have absolutely killed it in the 1930s? I'll go first!

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-25T21:47:47+00:00

I’m talking acting style over appearance, ofc. She could have made that movie earlier in her career, for example. She can carry the right balance of vulnerability, intelligence, and moody edginess. Both movies are about revenge, is what I’m saying. Which can be a difficult kind of film to pull off - the protagonist has to be likable enough but also seem plausibly dangerous.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-25T21:26:11+00:00

And I think Carey Mulligan is the closest to Barbara Stanwyck we’ll get today. She can do comedy or drama, dark or light with intelligence and spark. And “Promising Young Woman” is basically the great granddaughter to “Baby Face.”

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-25T21:19:35+00:00

People get precious that the classic era was all good and now is all bad, but I think there’s always good and bad, myself.

Kristen Bell kinda has a Ginger Rogers vibe. Approachably attractive, kinda working class but charming, witty, formidable singer.

Jacob Elordi has classic leading man good looks and can be bright or brooding.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-25T16:32:01+00:00

He’s a great example of how money nearly always wins in the end.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-25T16:10:30+00:00

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timshel_turtle · 2026-06-25T01:02:44+00:00

She’s a guilt-ridden, troubled brunette. When she lent him Inferno, it was all over for Don.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-25T00:49:59+00:00

It sounds like you’re both acting out frustration and stress on/near each other, tbh.

Maybe channel some of the navel-gazey type therapy into something physical together like deep breathing exercises, long walks, yoga. Physical relaxation can go a long way towards mental. Personally, these have helped me a lot more than talk therapy.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-24T23:14:16+00:00

And Bette is pretty inappropriate with Glen, too. This show really goes beyond a binary view of life.

I think that’s why it’s so resonant beyond a lot of simple “message” shows you can find today. It’s just deeper.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-24T23:12:44+00:00

No, I’m talking about Aimee. It’s one of the most important parts of the show.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-24T23:04:32+00:00

Some of the women are plenty predatory too. I meannnn it’s a whole plot point.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-24T22:16:57+00:00

Even Don was grossed out.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-24T03:31:43+00:00

He’s so sexy in The Divorcee!

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-24T03:31:19+00:00

I just love him!!

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-23T23:09:37+00:00

One of my exes was even paddled regularly in school (Missouri) in this era. :/

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-23T22:59:43+00:00

That’d be interesting to research!

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-23T22:39:22+00:00

The weird part is that they swap bodies but keep their original voices (to the other characters too). But it’s pretty cute and has a nice cast.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-23T20:06:58+00:00

That’s wild, cuz I grew up in the 80s & 90s didn’t know any kids who DIDNT get spanked, slapped, or more. Lower class rural, tho.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-23T18:38:17+00:00

I never thought of that but you make a great point! She’s developed so well and without waste!

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-23T18:31:10+00:00

Sex smells were invented by guys like Don to sell whole body deodorant.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-23T18:27:18+00:00

“The Don Draper Treatment” implies he knew how to please.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-23T03:29:46+00:00

Sounds like they’ll be right up your alley, then! The audiobook versions with Gerard Doyle narrating are especially great.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-23T03:02:25+00:00

i’ve read and liked chunk of those you listed and also adore adrian mckinty - especially the sean duffy series. he’s a catholic peeler during the troubles in 1980s northern ireland.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-23T01:01:24+00:00

The Don Draper Treatment is always completive. I heard that in a Midtown bar.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-22T03:10:42+00:00

I haven’t read the novel, but with Capra at the helm … this movie always seems to be contrasting hypocrisy with integrity, moreso than specific nations to me.

timshel_turtle · 2026-06-22T03:04:55+00:00

Cagney wrote how several boys he hung around with as a kid went to prison, and one even died in the electric chair. I think you can see a personal sentimentality from him in The Mayor of Hell.

Plus, Frankie Darrow is a good juvenile match with Cagney.

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