Also does Hollywood love Richard? I just saw Lion in Winter again & I'd say Anthony Hopkins (brilliantly) plays him as a cruel, warmongering, unbalanced creep.

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The Iraq War is truly the gift that keeps giving.

But those people still do have kings! Despite all those and Nazi POS Edward VIII.

Also unless your name is George you aren’t incomparable.

Could these immoderate statements reflect wanting to live in a Proust place but realizing we live in a James place—fragile civilized things and getting more fragile every day. I also wish I were living in Proust right now!

A Korean couple whose relation to each other is still mysterious at episode 2. It doesn’t look good for me. Maybe somewhat better if I’ve been K-napped .

Ha—I was going to comment earlier that I was boringly in agreement with all the critics and loved La Chimera.

Does this mean good?