Wig in A Box

I’m Wendy. 25. Jamaican. 🇯🇲

[oldshrewsburyian]

Things I did not expect to find in The Pirate (1948):

Judy Garland in high camp mode

Gene Kelly pole-dancing for an audience of understandably appreciative women (not an exaggeration)

Interrogation of gender roles

Gladys Cooper doing comedy in a mantilla

The whole thing to be a spoof of pirate movie tropes?

Every two-line summary of it to be wrong?

Did I mention the camp?

Gene Kelly in a black leotard

The protagonist negotiating her emotional attachment to self-insert dubcon fic (also strangely not an exaggeration)

[forsapphics]

FLEABAG (2016 - 2019)

S02, E03: Episode 2.3 — directed by Harry Bradbeer and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge

[ampervadasz]

Unmute !

[rumplefuckingstiltzkin]

POV: You are Simba

[drtanner]

Love it when you can see the impending disaster before it hits, lol.

[ceekari]

you know the camera is going down, so you’re just guessing which dog it’s gonna be

until suddenly you know

[palukoo]

yk between death becomes her smash and wicked megan hilty really has being an image obsessed self absorbed neurotic repressed overly outgoing as a defense hyperfeminine seductive ambitious kind of morally bankrupt woman in an intense homoerotic mutually obsessive competitive rivalry that is also sometimes a friendship soooo down its not even funny

[nataliescatorccioapologist]

The adult timeline version of Nat is really starting to take shape. I can absolutely hear Juliette Lewis in her delivery!

[cardigan-jam]

Gene and Judy triple threat besties who made three films together like who is doing it like these two

@hotvintagepoll

[divinewxrld]

All pisces placements …

[purpleisnotacolor]

Hadestown is the best take on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, because all over the internet I see people say, "You're not supposed to think of how he could have succeeded! That misses the total point of the story. Everyone was doomed and there was no way anything could have worked out alright. If you're imagining a scenario that didn't end in tragedy, you're just an arrogant fool. Just shut up and be sad about it"

But Hadestown says, "please please please think of how it could have been. Orpheus would have never looked back if he just had hope, please have hope, he would have wanted us to have hope. If you don't walk out of this theater thinking of how it could have been, we have failed you. go have hope, go see the world in the way it could be, so help us"

[box-dwelling]

If I had nickel for every adaptation of orpheus and eurydice that made the underworld a metaphor for capitalism and gave eurydice more agency in the fact she went to the underworld, I'd have 2 nickles but it's weird that it's happened twice now

[maxdibert]

Never underestimate the connection that can exist between the only girl in the office and her gay sixty-something colleague, it's something that no macroeconomic superstructure of any kind will ever be able to break, it's something that goes beyond the psyche, it's something that screams perfect father-daughter-coded-relationship, and you'll never understand it unless you're the only girl in the office who hates going to the office.

[jessaerys]

so we all know the reason why mark didn't notice helly is off is because he's reintegrated right. we all know that's why he didn't think she was cruel. honestly reintegrated mark and helena having sex is so funny if i'm having sex with you under false pretenses and you're having sex with me under false pretenses who's overthrowing lumen

[beetleandfox]

obsessed with the Helena and Irving parallel and what it says about the aspects of our identity we think are fundamental (but aren't)...

Like Outie Irving assumes his Innie is just as radically anti-Lumon as he is. He assumes his hatred of Lumon is something ingrained in his personality! That's why he stays up at night drinking coffee and making paintings, because he hopes that when his innie dreams about the testing floor, he'll say "okay bet" and start exploring. That's what Outie Irving would do, after all. But he miscalculated! His hatred of Lumon isn't inherent--- his desire for meaning and art and spirituality is inherent. That's what his hatred for Lumon is built on. But in a world where there's no meaning outside of Lumon propaganda, of COURSE his innie would become ridiculously devoted to the company.

And Helena!! She is the corporation, that's her whole identity. She presumably assumed that Helly would be just as pro-Lumon as she is. But she miscalculated too! Her devotion to the company isn't inherent, her headstrong and entitled nature is what's inherent! And in a world where she's denied any agency whatsoever, that manifests as rebellion.

It's the same dynamic flipped on its head. They both sent their innies in there with opposite intentions--- one to take down the company, one feed the company's expansion--- only to realize that rebellion and devotion aren't inherent characteristics. Their innies have become the exact opposite of their outie selves, while still being exactly the same!! Because even though your personality is inherent, the values you hold are determined circumstantially. OUGH IT'S SO GOOD.

[rylandsgrace]

Severance 2.02 + tumblr text posts

[elinordash]

Gene Kelly and Judy Garland in SUMMER STOCK (1950)

[the-golden-onion]

So I work at a library and about a month ago I helped a little old woman who is legally blind figure out how to listen to our audiobooks on her tablet. We got to chatting and I mentioned that I always listen to audiobooks while I knit, which made her very excited and she told me all about the afghans she used to make when she could still see. She was so sweet and I was so glad to be able to help her figure out a way to still enjoy books without being able to read.

Yesterday I answered the phone at work and when I said my name the woman on the other line got so excited and said “Madeline?? You’re exactly who I wanted to talk to! This is Marie, you helped me about a month ago. How late are you working today?” It was her!! And about an hour later she and her husband showed up, and she was carrying a huge stack of old knitting patterns for me, and her husband brought in a few boxes full of yarn. They couldn’t stay long but I was so touched that she remembered me, and I struggled to not just flat out start crying when she handed me the patterns. When I looked through them later I realized it was her entire personal collection from over the years, including all her personal notes and drawings and even some photographs of her finished pieces. No one in my family knits, and to have someone pass on their legacy to me like that was incredibly moving.

This isn’t what I usually post here, but with life being especially dark lately I wanted to share a moment of happiness and a reminder that a bit of kindness goes a long way ♡

[causalityparadoxes]

The Doctor and TARDIS are perfect for each other because they both have the same terrible taste in partners <3

[the-autistic-spider]

its weird how sutekh fits into this image too well like the only edit needed is make the light shading more yellow

[casasupernovas]

shoutout to my favourite doctor who blooper ever

[suz-blog]

Subs

Doctor: Martha, you trust me don’t you?

Martha: Of course I do.

Doctor: Because it all depends on you.

Martha: What does? What am I supposed to do?

David Tennant, breaking character and returning to his natural Scottish accent: Well there’s a watch, but I’ve lost it.