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I cant think of a simultaneously better and also worse show to interrupt with such a declaration.
), and whether that was meant as some kind of bullshit passive-aggressive hint.
In that moment, I felt compelled to stop and parse and analyze ad infinitum.
And now that youve watched thePhysicalpremiere, I mean, can you blame me?
(If I sound like Ive had a lot of therapy, its because I have!)
We start with a snippet from 1986.
The louche clothes, the wood-and-wallpaper decor, the soundtrack, the getting-high-and-angling-for-a-threesome hedonism all looked veryBoogie Nights/American Hustle.
(Sheila, to herself: Hope you like sucking unemployed dick.)
The next morning, she runs through her daily to-do list in her head.
Today, you will eat clean healthy, foods.
After school drop-off you will go to ballet.
Other people dont need this kind of hand-holding.
Again, this is amazing to me.
How am I not the only one whos talked to herself like this?
Sheilas interior monologue is accurate and therefore plausible, but does it make for good TV?
Does it make Sheila relatable or does it render her one-dimensional, just a conventionally attractive Debbie Downer?
Im still not sure.
(Thank you for coming to my TED talk.)
Not to beat a dead horse here, but oh my goodness, theresonance.
Oh my god that joke is so embarrassing dont say it out loud.
She suggests that he get into politics and run for office.
(I mean, I guess thatsaway to find work.)
Sheila walks in and seems instantly entranced.
She begins following along, doing the moves, looking increasingly exhilarated until she passes out.
Why the instantaneous obsession?
