6x01: mac fights gay marriage is such a funny episode. mac’s ex girlfriend, who was his thinly veiled attempt to confirm his own heterosexuality, beat his ass by way of becoming happily married. his decades long idol of obsessive yet closeted love also got married on the same day, suddenly ending their not-platonic-not-romantic-but-a-secret-third-fucked-up-thing. dennis kicked him off their family phone plan. he asked for his shirt back. which mac dug out of the trash. dennis got tired of it and threw it in the trash. and mac took it out and wears it. do you see what i’m saying. can anyone hear me
my copy of the Asteroid City screenplay is finally here so here are some particularly insane script moments:
Incredibly specific homoerotic cowboy painting description!
Jones GIGGLING
Conrad stepping back when he gets the hunting knife lmao
'Simultaneously deeply touched, mildly suspicious, and uncomfortable.'
'Tentatively playful'
The fact originally Jones was punching the window to get to the latch but in the film he just. Punches it. And that's it
The mutual laugh oh they're INSANE
'Pointed but gentle'
PLAYWRIGHT (enchanted)
HE'S ENCHANTED
THE FACT THERE WAS SO MUCH CONRAD DIALOGUE BUT THEY WHITTLED IT DOWN TO 'YOU'RE PERFECT.' THE SAME WAY HE DECIDED SOME OF AUGGIE'S LINES WEREN'T NEEDED BECAUSE LESS WAS MORE.
it's so crazy to me that the kiss isn't even in this script. It isn't even *mentioned*. How do they not kiss but Jones also takes more clothes off in this than in the scene. Oh my god
'Often it is the unexpected human connections which lead to the surprises of artistic discovery'
answering this publicly hope thats ok! cant do a readmore im on mobile *****asteroid city spoilers below beware*****
i dont remember anyones names so this is gonna sound partly unhinged. okay so the edward norton playwright and jason schwartzman actor (not character, in the black and white parts) are lovers right. tbh i thought this was kind of a gag and forgot about it. but later we find out that the playwright died 6 months into the production. i didnt make the connection that THAT’s why the actor-jason has to suddenly leave the stage and freaks out backstage about how he’s not sure he’s Doing it right. hes not talking about acting!! because he himself is literally grieving his lover while he’s playing a character who’s grieving his wife written by his lover so obviously it’s too much!!! actor-jason is trying to find meaning in his death through his writing but there isnt any meaning in death [gerris drinkwater voice] which is what the play is trying to say anyway. he doesnt think he’s performing grief right even in his own life!!! (and tbh it’s the 50s so he wouldnt be able to perform grief publicly anyway!!!!) the play starts with a car accident… anyone would search for some hidden meaning there, some sign…. so when he talks to margot robbie outside it’s not really about finding the CHARACTER’s motivations it’s about the actor himself being able to process the playwright’s death! and adrien brody director was probably also dealing with that too (him and norton seemed to be good buddies) so the whole “sleeping backstage” thing gets a bit sadder maybe? maybe everyone else got this in the theatre and im just stupid lol but crazy making stuff to me!!! the whole story is about sublimated gay grief that cannot be expressed?!?!
the tweet that caught me onto this was here which posits that the playwright’s death was a suicide but i think that’s pretty stupid and unnecessary because the whole thing about the play asteroid city is that death is random and meaningless. im pretty sure that’s what the alien represents— a shocking and absurd event that isnt outright evil or menacing, not something anyone can predict or make sense of, it’s just a thing that happens to you out of nowhere, it doesnt mean anything. he’s a little black figure, he’s death! giving and taking! aagh
not to be a negative nancy but i personally am not the biggest fan of when you have to ask a man a question and he starts talking before you finish the question or can explain what you need help with so he just talks and walks away when he’s done and you don’t get the help you need. so you have to ask again later when you still don’t know the answer and he gets upset at you for asking so many questions
i gotta say. the visible haze from the “unhealthy for sensitive groups” polluted air combined with the days of nonstop severe thunderstorms has me feeling significantly unmotivated to go to work
sorry for veggieangelism but really you can put pretty much any veg in the oven for 20 minutes at 400 covered in olive oil, salt, pepper, onion+garlic powder and have it be good
I hate... fanon archetypes. You know how people sand down their blorbos to fit into the same handful of incorrect quote templates and then they forget their actual canon personalities because they've gone too long without engaging with the source material? I hate it. I hate it. He would not fucking say that. The joke was slightly funny when it was on the office or whatever but we've all heard it over and over with different characters pasted into it how are you still laughing please let me out
The funny character has no other personality traits. Also he's incompetent now. The one who's kind of prickly is just weirdly mean OR sad and did nothing wrong, take your pick. Gotta have the Sunshine Boy. Woman 1 is yass slay badass. Woman 2 is the rest of the cast's Mother. If there's only one woman, she can be both. Do you want to kill yourself yet
I didn't say a fandom but you thought of one, didn't you? That's because they all do this. All of them. You search the main tags for the media of your choice and you will find them there. The same incorrect quotes you've been hearing for years. It's like a time loop. It's my own personal torment nexus
another question that gets me is… would u be friends with your parents if they were your not your parents/ were the age you are now?? hard to tell bc who knows what they were really like at 20 something but….. we wonder. and we wonder and wonder.
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