Is Tom Ripley in this club? #tcmparty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

Sophia looks amazing, but it is utterly tedious! 😵‍💫

Lame is the name of this game. And now — vomiting jokes?!?!

Sorry, Charlie, but #ACountessFromHongKong is reminding me of every straining-to-be-wacky stage comedy I have ever suffered through where everyone mugs non-stop and runs around, slamming doors and losing their clothes. #tcmparty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

Awards dinner!

Wade H. McCree Jr. Advancement of Justice Award for our prison phone call story. Kristie, Raine and Reid did the reporting; I was the lead editor. #MichiganJournalismHallOfFame

Perhaps the best adjective to describe Vincent Price’s performance would be “honeybaked.” #tcmparty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

The Mary and Vincent Price cookbook: amazing recipes from around the world. Lobster omelette, anyone? #tcmparty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

I knew there was a name for it — thank you!

In real life Vincent Price would probably have done a great job on that duck: He and his wife were gourmets who wrote a great cookbook. #tcmparty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

Jane’s earrings match the jewel on the front of her dress. That’s what I call fashion coordination. #tcmparty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

I have that dream often! There is an improv comedy game based on it, in which one player doesn’t have a script and the partner does. It always ends in chaos. It’s called “The Actor’s Nightmare,” appropriately enough!

It’s definitely crossed my mind! 😂

Guy sitting next to me at the symphony: “I was in a musical in high school. I don’t remember what it was called, but it was the one with the big killer plant.” 🪴

Guy next to me at the symphony: “Yeah, ‘West Side Story’ — I think the music adds a lot…” 🙄

Guy sitting next to me at the symphony asks, “Where is Studio Ghibli located?” I resist the temptation to answer, “Sweden.”

#MichellePfeiffer is absolutely spectacular in #MargosGotMoneyTroubles. Just a world-class performance by a brilliant actress. #AppleTV

After seeing the third episode of #MargosGotMoneyTroubles I will never think of Sheena Easton’s “Morning Train” quite the same way again. #AppleTV

It seems the stereotypical portrayals in the Tarzan movies actually became more offensive as the series progressed. This one is really terrible: on one hand, the “yes, bwana!” servants and on the other, wicked witch doctors. #tcmparty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

My parents refused to allow me to go to any kind of summer camp. And that was even before PIRANHA and FRIDAY THE 13TH! 😂

Future super-producer Frank Marshall as the drive-in ticket guy in TARGETS. #tcmparty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

You’re so right! “Where’s a policeman when you need one?”

The house looks so pristine and sparsely furnished, like a department store “Dream house” display. It screams, “Nobody lives here.” Great choice by the production designer. #tcmparty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

RIIIIIGHT!

Immediate red flag: the guy who calls his mother “Mom,” but his father “Sir.” #tcmparty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

Walking through a plush Radisson lobby. Not at all what I expected to hear.

It feels like a serious script that suddenly had “wackiness” imposed on it (harmonica! Slapstick! Innuendo!). I’m guessing there was a lot of studio meddling.

It’s really not that much fun. Those kids need therapy STAT!

I remembered HOUSEBOAT as being a lot less heavy than it is. The kids are real downers! #tcmparty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

Also: Disco celebrated sexual freedom, which made it an easy target for the Moral Majority types to attack, the same way they would go after “Satanic panic” rock a few years later. You are absolutely right — it was all about race, gender, sexual identity and white masculinity feeling threatened.