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A Streetcar Named Desire

While Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire has seen countless iterations on stage, this ensemble with Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Kirby and Ben Foster as its central roles feels fresh and poignant, among which the most notable is Gillian’s portrayal of Blanche DuBois’ slow unraveling psyche when facing the unbearable realism in the French Quarter tiny apartment. The addition of a revolving stage in this production provides the audience a unique experience in the environ that has catapulted Blache’s decaying sanity. And all of this thanks to the brilliant insights provided by director Benedict Andrews.

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World, meet blue magnolia hydrangea, how she is sleeping like an angel in my arms

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Lena Dunham’s Girls: the show that turned TV upside down

Girls helped reinvent the female ensemble show, but it hasn’t been an easy ride. As it approaches its final season before hitting the big screen, we assess its legacy

As much as I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience watching Girls both times, I will be the first one to admit that, in its six-season-run, its failed attempts at addressing issues such as classism and tokenism do, to some level, distract from its creators’ genuine effort at portraying the angst of the millennial psyche. “I think I might be the voice of my generation”, I cannot begin to fathom how someone musters enough moxie to make such a pronouncement. At the more ludicrous and incredulously dramaticized moments (e.g. Marnie’s clearly drag influenced wedding makeup look), I find myself almost regarding it as a modern farce: in the way that only by applying blanket comedic tropes to all those otherwise heartfelt vignets does make it possible for Hannah et al. to bear their struggles at adulthood for the world to see.

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Blood of Zeus | Official Trailer | Netflix

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. 

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Self-acceptance is a long and winding road through which self-exile is not the destined route.

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I shan’t rely on people good will to sustain oneself. Doing so is tantamount to being an “energy empire” where draining people’s good will is the only way to sustain oneself.

I have found that the outpouring of good will, while in good intention, makes one question whether one has done enough to warrant such worries.

I hate people having been looking at me like a “charity case” and that only by draining people’s good will is what I am in my capability to sustain myself.

Doing the bare minimum is the reason why people having been treating me like a case in which salvation is the only way.

Embrace your quirkiness and staying true to yourself, but also be mindful of others’ perception and how sometimes perception is reality.

I have found that willingness to be vulnerable signifies the initiation of bonds that can be torn down and fortified.

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I think Sars-Cov-2 happens to strike at a time when my vagabond is at its peak. I have been stuck too long in this cocoon that I have made for myself from which there is no easy way out. Anywho, I have been asked to take better care of myself and yet all I want to do is to sqauder what little restrain I have accumulated simmering in this covennant that I have made with myself. But just maybe, maybe, that paradoxically, something better would result from this conumdrum...

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"The Ladies Who Lunch" with Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski & Audra McD...

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Pro Chefs Go on a Scavenger Hunt (One-on-One) | Test Kitchen Talks @ Hom...

This, in no uncertain terms, reminds of the time of having to organize a scavanger hunt in college.

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FINNEAS Explains How He Builds Songs For Billie Eilish | Critical Breakt...

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5 Seconds of Summer - Wildflower (Official Video)

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A Case For Family Planning

It seems that a lot of people are struggling with homeschooling in the wake of COVID-19. I think this is a strong case for family planning, given the fact that people who are lamenting this extending period of time with their kids now should have given a more thorough examination of their life choices so far before embarking on what could only be described as a “life-altering” change of life style. If more consideration have been given, better educational outcome may result for the kids involved.

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Comedy writers Amber Ruffin and Jenny Hagel's Brief But Spectacular take...

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Light Of Love