Canada, Oh

Dear Millicent,
Let’s move to Canada.  Why? While the healthcare will be nice, and we’ll have the seasons, they will be extras.  The real benefit will be good television, radio, and publishing.  It seems as if in Canada the arts not only matter, but they are inclusive.
My ridiculous proof for this is a TV show that [...]

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I Love You, Three Dimensional Well Written Character

Dear Millicent,
I am trying to find a phrase for the female bromance, and am not having much luck: sismance (sounds like a goiter), ladymance (sounds like a medieval weapon), cronemance (I kind of like this, but it makes me think Dune), girlcrush, or the brit term for falling in love at boarding school — –’having [...]

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The Mermaids, Singing

While watching Funny Girl, I kept wanting to apply the plot from Disney’s The Little Mermaid.  It doesn’t completely hold up, but is fun to consider.

Red hair.
The view from the bottom (Fanny’s Henry Street her own little ocean kingdom)
The singing, usually about yearning or adorable shenanigans.
Legs as the beauty ideal.  Fanny is constantly referencing her [...]

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Where Are The Miracles?

1.) The other best part of the strangest goat-belly compared fight scene ever? That after harshly throwing her on the bed (really, not okay–way to hard for a comedy), he says “Queenie! You have one thing coming to me!” and then he rolls her off the bed and they start making out (as you aptly [...]

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