Pretty, and question

[beer_good_foamy]

Right, so first, pretty from still_grrr:


And for those of you who don't get the reference (at least I hope that's the reference xlivvielockex was making) and you don't mind watching the last scene of The Sopranos again, here it is.

Then, a question especially for US folks: can someone explain to me the appeal of Mary Kate Olsen, apart from the fact that she used to be jailbait a couple of years ago? She just joined the cast of my current favourite TV series, Weeds, and they're promoting it as if she's the lovechild of Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman. I don't get it. She's passably pretty with enough make-up, but judging from her first episode she can't act at all. Why can't smart, ever so slightly anti-establishment TV shows remain like that, without celebrity guests? At least Paris Hilton only got one episode on VM, not ten... ETA: I mean, I get that she has a fanbase, even though I don't get why. I'm just surprised that it's the same fanbase as a very adult dark comedy.

Oh well. The last-episode-but-for-the-epilogue of "Elves, Gremlins and Eskimoes" is almost done. Plus, obviously there had to be a Rock on Faith challenge at facets_of_faith just a couple of days after I posted a few fics about Faith and rock'n'roll... so I guess I'll just have to write another. Hell, there are birthdays coming up and I've never written Faith/Willow before.

Comments

Re: Mary Kate and Ashley

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

That's pretty much my thoughts too. I just hope hiring her isn't a sign that the show is going to start dumbing itself down...

Re: Mary Kate and Ashley

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the show. I've got too much on my plate to start up with a new fandom, and it drives me crazy to see drug use glorified (yeah, I'm a stick in the mud); of course, don't almost all shows glorify *something* that someone thinks is bad? Anyway, I've heard it's very good, so maybe it'll survive a bit of stunt casting without heading downhill.

Re: Mary Kate and Ashley

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

I'm so with you on the "no time for a new fandom" thing, but in fairness to Weeds, I don't think it glorifies drug use any more than, say, season 6 of Buffy glorifies depression. It's remarkably preach-free, neither really pro nor con but simply... about. Plus, it's hysterically funny. Hopefully it'll stay like that, yeah.

yeah, I've been there with the depression thing

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I'll buy that; there are a lot of unsavory things on TV and movies that are just a part of the character's lives and/or plot, rather than being glorified. Besides, I'm always up for hysterically funny.